In a new equipment series from Golf Digest, we tested the latest drivers from every major manufacturer on the Golf Laboratories swing robot to determine if they were noticeably better than their predecessors.
Until recently, you needed a tour card to access Callaway’s Triple Diamond Max driver. Thanks to consumer demand, the Elyte Triple Diamond Max – along with the Triple Diamond Tour Draw – are bound for retail shelves.
The Titleist GT1 line-up of driver, fairway woods and hybrids continues the idea of bringing the technology of the mainstream line-up to players who are looking for more help with clubhead speed, forgiveness and higher launch.
The Ping G440 driver line-up (G440 Max, G440 SFT, G440 LST) mixes something different with its traditional focus on forgiveness for a slightly new approach to more distance.
The Callaway Elyte drivers look to maximise distance by combining the most productive aspects of a forgiving, lower spin head design with an aerodynamically sleek shape – two design paradigms that typically work at cross purposes.
The three new Titleist GT drivers (GT2, GT3, GT4) fill similar slots to the three TSR models they replace with the forgiving GT2, the shot-shaping GT3 and the ultra low-spin GT4. But they do so in a dramatically new way for the traditional Titleist metalwood philosophy.
Australian Golf Digest
