Kurt Kitayama had suffered one-shot defeats in the past year to stars such as Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy, so it was fitting that Kitayama flipped the script for his first PGA Tour win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational to hold off a star-studded leaderboard to win a wild one at Bay Hill.
TaylorMade Stealth 2 drivers take another bold step in moving to fully carbon composite constructions, this time with special attention to making mis-hits more like centre hits.
The line includes high-forgiveness, draw-enhancing fairway woods and hybrids (the HD models), the easier launching, faster-faced standard models and better player options with the more iron-like flight of the Stealth Plus hybrid and multiple adjustability and driver-like face of the titanium Stealth Plus fairway wood.
Designed with the slower swinger in mind, the Stealth HD irons offer a low-profile clubhead designed to create a lower centre of gravity to promote a higher launch with a draw bias.
In recent years a key to successfully marketing almost any golf club has been to create something with visible technology. Those thinking TaylorMade’s latest iron line-up might chase that design goal will be disappointed.
With the Tour360 22, adidas’ primary focus was to re-examine how it addressed two critical areas that are important for golfers of all skill levels: fit and traction.
A carbon-composite face – not the crown or even the body as we’ve seen in various stages over the past 15 years or so, but the part of the club that makes contact with the ball – is the foundation for TaylorMade’s three new Stealth drivers.
The most anticipated return to golf since, well, Tiger Woods’ last return to golf sees the 15-time Major champion wielding what might very well become the most-talked about club of the year.
Australian Golf Digest
