Equipment
TaylorMade M2 Fairway Woods and Hybrids
TaylorMade’s M2 fairway woods and hybrids address the needs of a wide range of golfers, with designs that forgo the M1’s slew of adjustability features in favor of better performance on off-center hits.
Bigger sweet spots, a higher trajectory, less spin and more distance: M2 models can give golfers all of those things compared to M1 models, making them a no-brainer for golfers who rate adjustability low on their list of needs.
M2 Fairway Woods
Like TaylorMade’s M1 fairway woods, M2 models use the company’s Carbon Composite crown to move weight lower in the clubhead. The overall shape of the M2 fairway woods is different, however, with a shallower design that will help golfers hit their shots higher.
What makes the M2 fairway woods TaylorMade’s “longest ever,” however, is the company’s newest Speed Pocket, which increases clubface flexibility so golfers can launch shots higher, faster and with less spin.
According to Brian Bazzel, TaylorMade’s senior director of product creation for metal woods, more flexible faces are not only the key to unlocking more distance in fairway woods, but more forgiveness as well. That’s because the more the company can get a fairway wood’s clubface to flex, the more consistent the ball speeds will be on shots contacted across the entirety of the clubface.
Related: Our review of TaylorMade’s more forgiving M2 driver
So what’s stopping TaylorMade from making its clubfaces more and more flexible with each release? Manufacturing limits and durability concerns are the greatest challenges. But another challenge is something you may not expect: maintaining great sound and feel.
A cut-through of an M2 fairway wood.
While designing the M2 fairway woods, engineered found that the clubfaces reached a threshold where they were flexing so much that they started to severely affect sound and feel.
The solution? A new, fluted hosel design. It may not look like a big deal, but the hosel’s scalloped shape allowed TaylorMade engineers to lengthen the hosel, thereby changing the frequencies of the clubhead vibrations for the better, without increasing weight in the top of the clubhead – a no-no when the goal is to move weight lower in the clubhead.
TaylorMade’s M2 fairway woods ($249) are available Feb. 19 in five lofts: 15, 16.5, 18, 21 (RH only) and 24 (RH only) degrees. The stock shaft is TaylorMade’s Reax 45 (L), Reax 55 (M, R) or Reax 65 (S, X), which have 0.335-inch tip diameters.
M1 Hybrids
TaylorMade’s M2 Rescues, or hybrids, use the same new Speed Pocket and fluted hosels as the M2 fairway woods. Compared to the M1 hybrids, M2 models have a larger, lower-profile head design, which not only increases their forgiveness but also lowers their center of gravity (CG) to make them lower spinning. For that most, most golfers will be able to hit the M2 hybrids farther than M1 models.
Like the M1 hybrids, M2 models have an all-steel construction, and a black crown with no alignment aids that provides an uninterrupted appearance at address.
The M2 hybrids ($199) are available on Feb. 19 in four lofts: 19, 22, 25 (RH only) and 28 (RH only). The stock shaft is TaylorMade’s Reax 45 (L), Reax 55 (M), Reax 65 (R) or Reax 75 (S).
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This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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Gary Rosenthal
May 15, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Can anybody post on the m2 hybrid in terms of its draw bias–as I too don’t like “overdraw”
and would like to be able to hit fades when called for. Yet am taking my old Adams hybrids out of the bag as they seem to have too much fade bias and I have to close club-face at address to hit them straight.
K
Jan 26, 2016 at 10:57 pm
Best feeling 3-Wood I’ve ever hit… Soft and stable/deep af.
Clay
Jan 25, 2016 at 9:33 am
Is there a TP model planned with a more neutral or open clubface?
Fahgdat
Jan 25, 2016 at 5:23 pm
The M1 is the TP model
LoganTM
Jan 30, 2016 at 3:53 am
Any shaft you can get in the M1 is also going to be available in the M2 Driver/Fairway and the club already sits pretty square so no TP model will be released is what I’m being told
Teaj
Feb 2, 2016 at 2:59 pm
x2 on the sitting pretty Square. im not a Taylormade guy at all but this Fairway wood may join the rest of my clubs. I was hitting the M2 great which was a surprise as most non tour models sit closed and I battle the overdraw’s but not with this which is great as I could use the more forgiving head.