Head to head

TaylorMade R7 Quad vs Titleist GT280 mini driver

Choose the R7 Quad if you use it mostly off the tee or fight a slice.

Choose the GT280 if you strike it well and hit it mostly off the fairway.

R7 Quad $479.99GT280 $399, each with its shop and checked date

The R7 Quad is the more forgiving of the two: a bigger head, 305cc against 280cc, with a weight setting TaylorMade gives for more forgiveness and another for a slight draw. It comes in 11.5°, 13.5° or 15.5°; the GT280 comes in 13° only, with a flatter sole Titleist built for tight lies, and Titleist has since replaced it with the bigger GTS300. Both are sold left- or right-handed, in regular to extra stiff.

  1. Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade R7 Quad

    $479.99 at Golf Discountchecked 2 Nov

    Used from $399.99 at 2nd Swing Golf13.5°, stiff flex, average condition · checked 31 Oct

  2. Forgiveness 2.0 out of 5

    Titleist GT280

    $399 at Golf Discountchecked 2 Nov

    Used from $271.99 at 2nd Swing Golf13°, stiff flex, below average condition · checked 3 Nov

TaylorMade R7 Quad

11.5° loft; head volume 305 cc.

Titleist GT280

13° loft; head volume 280 cc.

Drawn to the same scale from each maker's loft, offset and sole: drawings, not photos. A dashed line marks a dimension the maker does not publish.
  1. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade R7 Quad

    TaylorMade's mini driver: a 305cc head with four movable weights. Both heavy weights at the back is TaylorMade's setting for more forgiveness; heel forward and toe back gives a slight draw. In 11.5°, 13.5° or 15.5°.

    $479.99 at Golf Discountchecked 2 Nov

    Used from $399.99 at 2nd Swing Golf13.5°, stiff flex, average condition · checked 31 Oct

    Lofts
    11.5°, 13.5°, 15.5°
    Draw help
    Draw setting
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular to extra stiff

    Fits golfers who miss the driver off the tee and find a 3-wood hard to launch.

    If your driver misses are big ones, a 460cc maximum-forgiveness driver forgives more than any mini driver.

  2. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 2.0 out of 5

    Titleist GT280

    Titleist's 2025 mini driver, sold as a 2-wood: a 280cc head with a flatter sole for tight lies, in 13° only. Titleist pitched it on distance and control, not forgiveness.

    $399 at Golf Discountchecked 2 Nov

    Used from $271.99 at 2nd Swing Golf13°, stiff flex, below average condition · checked 3 Nov

    Lofts
    13°
    Draw help
    None
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular to extra stiff

    Fits good strikers who want a club between the driver and the 3-wood.

    The smallest head here: for more help on a mishit, the GTS300 that replaced it is bigger, at 305cc.

Side by side

TaylorMade R7 Quad vs Titleist GT280 mini driver
DetailR7 QuadGT280
Forgiveness score3.0 of 52.0 of 5
ClassGame improvementPlayers distance
Stock lofts11.5° · 13.5° · 15.5°13°
Draw helpyesno
FlexesR · S · XR · S · X
HandsRH · LHRH · LH

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