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New drivers include improved technology and shapes
Our motives are clear. We want to hit it longer, higher, and straighter while seeking that which helps us achieve it. Here's what's new in drivers for the upcoming golf season. TaylorMade TaylorMade is preparing to launch its new r7 CGB Max driver, designed for maximum forgiveness while including a new triangular head shape that we all knew someone had to introduce this year. Known for being at forefront of golf club technology for years, their newest driver offers golfers more adjustability and forgiveness through its patented Movable Weight Technology. This flexibility promotes up to 35 yards in azimuth and trajectory change, allowing golfers to hit anything from slight fades to huge draws by simply adjusting the weighting. The r7 CGB Max driver's triangular head shape allows as much weight back as possible to improve launch angle. TaylorMade says it's the most forgiving driver they've ever made.
Lynx brand, owned by discount distributor Golfsmith, is introducing its own square shaped club in the new LX² driver. It's new square geometry and two rear weights provide an incredible Moment of Inertia (MOI): 5500 g-cm² - the highest MOI in any driver to date. I'm not sure what that means, but I want more of it! The patented shape helps stop clubhead twist on impact, and the weights are shifted further back to promote a better launch. This high launch angle low spin design creates greater accuracy and longer distances off the tee, even with off center shots. Callaway shocked the golfing world last year as the first manufacturer to introduce its square FT-i driver, and now it's following it up with the Hyper X and Hyper X Tour drivers. These more conventionally shaped, titaniumheaded drivers feature the largest hitting area of any Callaway club ever made, and its 460cc body allows designers to significantly increase ball speed over older Callaway drivers.
Callaway credits their Hyperbolic Face Technology, the strategic shaping of wall thicknesses, with the dramatically improved MOI and driver design they now enjoy. Ping is introducing its new G10 and G10 Draw drivers, which feature a larger profile head with a taller face and deeper crown to produce a higher MOI for greater forgiveness and increased ball velocity. Ping Ping's patented Variable Face Thickness Technology, not to be confused with Callaway's Hyperbolic Face Technology, produces a thin, highly responsive hitting surface for increased ball velocity and greater consistency across the face, while reducing spin and promoting a higher launch. Nike Nike's SasQuatch Sumo 5900 driver is their latest square-headed driver scheduled for release in February next year. It's designed to reach the limits of size, dimension and MOI rules put into place by the USGA and is expected to be one of the most forgiving drivers on the market next year.
Of course, I'll be comparing the new clubs with last
year's model to see which hits longer, higher and straighter. Is there rehab for
golf addicts?
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