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.
The Callaway Epic, the company’s most successful driver franchise since the introduction of the Great Big Bertha in 1995, looks to have three new models on the verge of being introduced to start the new year.
Jon Rahm is the No.2 player in the world, winner of five PGA Tour events and six more on the European Tour, and one of the more intriguing players in pro golf. He’s also now a member of Callaway Golf’s tour staff, having been lured away from TaylorMade.
Mizuno’s M.Craft lineup of forged carbon steel putters, which debuted earlier this year, adds three new models for 2021, including two new mallets and a wide-body blade.
TaylorMade put two new drivers on the conforming list of golf clubs published by the R&A this week, both apparently follow-ups to the current SIM line of drivers.
A Lim Kim wore a mask all week at the US Women’s Open at Champions Golf Club in Houston. Although the mask was an admirable bit of safety, it also seemed fitting as she stole the title with a trio of birdies to finish off a final-round 67 on Monday, winning by one over Jin Young Ko and Amy Olson.
Srixon’s new ZX wood family, which includes the low-spin, tour-styled ZX7 driver and the larger footprint, high-launching ZX5 driver along with fairway woods and hybrids, seeks to improve the way the clubface transfers energy to the ball by recalibrating the crown and sole design.
Partnering with HP & Parmatech, Cobra also is using 3D printing to design, prototype and test multiple iterations of a product much faster than conventional methods.
