Everyone wants to hit the ball further. It’s a given. Tell everyone from the best players in the world to the weekend warrior that a new driver can gain them ten yards, and they will want to try your driver.
We were lucky enough to try the TaylorMade M1 back in September. In short, It looks great and goes like stink. But what did the professionals think?
What clubs were in the Winners' Bags this week?
It’s the Sunday Driver, every week we’re going to showcase a driver you may not have seen before. This week it’s the brand new Tour Edge Exotic EX9 and EX9 Tour Driver’s.
An eventful weekend had Argentinian Emillano Grillo winning his first PGA Tour event as a full member, Andy Sullivan taking his third win of the season, and Lexi Thomson bombing it to victory in Korea. Here’s what gear they were using.
Vice Golf are a new golf ball brand that offer premium quality golf balls at a significant discount from the usual price. Oh, and they're pretty cool too. GolfPunk has a look at what they're all about.
Mizuno’s JPX EZ is the easiest to hit iron in their range. Designed to hit the ball a mile, the JPX EZ is designed for distance but not at the expense of feel.
Mizuno have gone down the EZ route with their new Fairway Woods. Distance is important but not at the expense of being easy to use.
Mizuno have gone down the EZ route with their new hybids. these are designed to hit it high and land soft.
The most forgiving forged iron that Mizuno have ever produced, the JPX EZ Forged is a true distance iron. Yet with it's forged head, it should feel incredibly soft at impact.
So we’ve hit it. The new TaylorMade M1 Driver. A monochrome bomber. TaylorMade are sure this will be the number one driver on tour at the BMW Championship in its first week out there. After hitting it we know why they're so confident. We got to hit the 430, and the 460 heads, and they are both belters.
I’ve written about limited edition drivers before. Sometimes there's a thousand pieces, and we've seen it as low as 500 of each driver. But 5? Vega have trumped them all with three limited edition drivers of just 5 pieces each!
