The three-piece Z-Star and the four-piece, dual-core XV both feature core designs that start soft but get decidedly firmer towards the perimeter to give higher swing speed players more potential for longer driving distance.
At the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour, that meant a new driver shaft and wedge grind for Adam Scott, a putter switch for Jon Rahm and Lefty doing Lefty things. On the European Tour, Paul Casey had a new driver in the bag for his win in Dubai.
According to Ping, the process for Watson’s new G425 LST started more than a year ago with some concepts developed in-house by the company’s designers.
To suggest that the three new TaylorMade SIM2 drivers – SIM2, SIM2 Max and SIM2 Max•D – are simply a more-of-the-same follow-up to last year’s trio of SIM drivers is to suggest that Terminator 2 is merely The Terminator with a better motorcycle.
Of note is Na’s driver, Callaway’s Great Big Bertha Epic. He has used the same driver for each of his past four wins dating back to the 2017 A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier.
Now English is trying to pull off an Aloha double the way Justin Thomas did when he won both of the PGA Tour’s Hawaii events in 2017. And he’ll have the familiar flatstick by his side.
Australian Golf Digest
