Equipment

Tour Edge unveils new Exotics 722 series of metalwoods

Published

4 years ago

Feb 8, 2022

Tour Edge has today introduced its new Exotics 722 Series of metalwoods.

For the first time in an Exotics lineup, the 722 Series will offer two distinct ranges covering every product category in the series, the E722 and C722.

Exotics E722 driver

The E722 driver features an M.O.I. boosting 30-gram back weight that is designed to help produce higher launch angles and more spin.

At the core of the new driver is the 722 Ridgeback tech that connects with a newly designed Ridgeback rail on the sole of the clubhead. The innovative design also features 34% more carbon fiber and a new Diamond Face VFT design that is thinner and extends further out to the heel and toe of the clubhead in a bid to provide forgiveness on mishits.

Here’s a rundown of all the technology in the E722 driver:

30-Gram Back Weight – An extreme weighting design features a 30-gram weight at the extreme trailing edge on the sole of the clubhead. The E722 Driver’s extreme low-rearward CG position produces an extremely high M.O.I. that is 18% higher than the previous iteration in design to increase stability at impact and tighter dispersion.

This equates to a top Moment of Inertia rating in a driver in golf: a 5500 g/cm2 M.O.I. rating. Additional weights are available in 20 grams, 25 grams and 35 grams and are available individually or in a weight kit.

Ridgeback Technology – This Ridgeback spine acts as a brace to produce more power across the entire face, including the extreme perimeters. TE engineers created a 20% thinner Ridgeback with increased structural properties and a Ridgeback Sole activation for the 722 Drivers.

The spine runs from the center of the face through the crown and wraps around the head to connect with a newly designed sole plate rail. The extra rigidity created by the brace through the crown is designed to produce a much stronger feel at impact and results in a crisper and brighter feel at strike.

Carbon Wrap Tech – Carbon Wrap technology replaced extra Titanium from the crown and sole with an extreme wrap-around design that features 34% more carbon fiber. These weight savings have been re-purposed to create the optimal CG location, allowing for greater face flex in the heel and toe, so off-center hits achieve greater power.

Diamond Face VFT Technology – There are 61 diamond shapes comprising of seven different thicknesses in an interweaving pattern in the new 722 Diamond Face VFT. They function as mini trampolines in a bid to offer hotter strikes across the vast majority of the clubface.

The face thickness of the new Diamond Face VFT is thinner and extends further out to the heel and toe of the clubhead, seeking to increase ball speed on off-center hits while also aiding forgiveness on these strikes.

Internal Sound Diffusion Ribbing – Sound Diffusion Ribbing is strategically placed sound-enhancing ribs located inside the clubhead. The S.D. Ribbing is designed to improve the acoustic properties by directing and diffusing sound waves within the clubhead at impact.

Adjustable Hosel – The adjustable hosel allows golfers to adjust the loft +/- 2 degrees and lie angle through a range of 3 degrees. With three lofts being offered (9.5, 10.5, and 12 degrees), the 722 Series delivers a loft range of 7.5 to 14 degrees, while various alternate settings afford lie angles from 59 degrees to 62 degrees.

SpeedTested Shafts – Every shaft in the Exotics 722 Series has been SpeedTested to find the optimal custom shaft pairing for every flex, determined by robotic testing and validated by player testing.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – 9.5, 10.5, 12 degrees; LG – 10.5 degrees
Availability: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $399.99

Exotics C722 driver

The C722 driver features a smaller 445cc profile with a deeper face that is designed for the competitive player and features a two-tier front/back weighting system that allows for increased M.O.I. and spin rate manipulation.

The driver contains the new 722 Ridgeback tech that connects with a newly designed Ridgeback rail on the sole of the clubhead.

The innovative design also features 26% more carbon fiber and a new Diamond Face VFT design that is thinner and extends further out to the heel and toe of the clubhead for added forgiveness on mishits.

A two-tier Front/Back Weight System is employed in the C722 Driver that allows for extreme M.O.I. and spin rate manipulation. The C722 Driver will come standard with a 20-gram weight in the back and a 5-gram weight in the front.

This allows for adjustability at a rate of +/- 300 RPMs of spin rate when the weights are switched. The M.O.I. range adjustment is from 4950 g/cm2 to 4400 g/cm2, making for available M.O.I. adjustability of 11% at your fingertips. Additional weights are available in 10 grams, 12.5 grams and 15 grams and are available individually or in a weight kit.

In addition, the C722 driver features the same Carbon Wrap tech, internal sound diffusion ribbing, adjustable hosel and SpeedTested shafts as in the E722 driver.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – 9.5, 10.5 degrees; LG – 10.5 degrees
Availability: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $429.99

Exotics E722 fairway metal

The shallow-faced E722 is aimed at players looking for maximum forgiveness and distance in a fairway metal.

The E fairway design boasts a Max M.O.I. boosting backweight and a Maraging Steel Face with an all-carbon fiber crown. It also features the RyzerSole sole rail designed to produce high-launch angles with optimized spin.

A new Diamond Face VFT design continues the evolution of Diamond Face tech with thinner areas towards the heel and toe in a bid to offer faster ball speed off mishits.

Here’s a look at all the technology behind the new E722 fairways:

RyzerSole Technology – The RyzerSole on the E722 Fairway Metal includes a sole rail and added weight that extends from leading edge to trailing edge. The new RyzerSole produces a super-low CG designed for high-launching shots with optimized spin rates, decreased turf interaction and maximum ball speed off the face.

Adjustable M.O.I. Boosting Back Weight – An adjustable 10-gram weight is strategically placed at the extreme trailing edge on the sole of the E722 fairway metal. The extreme low- rearward CG position produces an extremely high M.O.I. and a deeper CG position.

The position of the backweight helps deliver an optimally located CG, maximizing M.O.I. and aiding extreme stability and resistance to twisting at impact. Additional weights are available in 5 grams, 15 grams and 20 grams and are available individually or in a weight kit.

100% Carbon Fiber Crown – A Carbon Fiber Crown covers the entire crown area of the clubhead on the E722 Fairway Metal. The all-Carbon Crown helps increase face flex and contributes to the desired extremely low CG of the clubhead.

Diamond Face VFT/ Maraging Steel Face – There are 61 diamond shapes comprising of seven different thicknesses in an interweaving pattern in the new 722 Diamond Face VFT. They act as mini trampolines for strikes across the vast majority of the clubface.

The face thickness of the new Diamond Face VFT is thinner and extends further out to the heel and toe of the clubhead, in design to increase ball speed on off-center hits while aiding forgiveness on these strikes.

A.R.C. Acoustic Engineering – Upgraded acoustic engineering is achieved through A.R.C. (Acoustic Resonance Channels) Engineering. The A.R.C. sound channel system is a visible technology that can be seen on the sole of the clubhead. Internally, these channels bounce sound on the inside of the clubhead to provide an optimized sound and feel.

The fairway metals also offer SpeedTested shafts.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – #3/13, #3/15, #3/16.5, #5/18, #7/21 degrees; LH – #3/15, #5/18 degrees
Available: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $249.99

Exotics C722 fairway metal

This all-Titanium face and body fairway metal features a 90-gram RyzerSole, including an 80-gram Tungsten sole weight, to make for a great amount of weight placed as low as possible in the clubhead.

This new tech will lead to a super-low and forward CG that produces high launching shots in combination with low spin rates.

Forgiveness is powered by the new Diamond Face VFT technology utilized in the face. It also features an adjustable hosel, the first in an Exotics fairway series since the EX9 Tour in 2016, and player-preferred shaping with a deeper face.

The C722 fairway contains A.R.C. Acoustic Engineering, an adjustable hosel and SpeedTested shafts.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – #3/13, #3/15, #5/18 degrees
Available: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $299.99

Exotics E722 hybrid

The E722 hybrids feature the new RyzerSole sole rail design that makes for a super-low and forward CG to produce high-launching shots with low spin rates and maximum ball speed off the face.

Forgiveness in the hybrids is powered by the new Diamond Face VFT technology utilized in the face.

In addition, the E722 hybrids contain adjustable M.O.I. boosting back weights and SpeedTested shafts.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – #2/17, #3/19, #4/22, #5/25 degrees; LH – #3/19 degrees
Available: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $229.99

Exotics C722 hybrid

This ultra-compact player’s hybrid features the high launching and low-spinning RyzerSole Technology with an adjustable 10-gram weight located directly behind the face.

The added weight further lowers the CG on this ultra-compact clubhead, pulling down spin rates while adding to launch characteristics.

An adjustable 10-gram weight located directly behind the face sits in the middle of the RyzerSole. Additional weights are available in five grams, 15 grams and 20 grams and are available individually or in a weight kit.

In addition, the hybrids contain Diamond Face VFT Technology and SpeedTested shafts.

Specs, Availability & Price

Lofts: RH – #2/17, #3/19, #4/21, #5/23 degrees
Available: Pre-order February 9th; At retail March 5th
Price: $249.99

Whats in the Bag

Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

Published

14 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.

Equipment

TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available

Published

14 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.

The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.

One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.

See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:

MySpider Tour

MySpider Tour X

Equipment

Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory

Published

17 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.

McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.

So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?

Driver

2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.

What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)

The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.

Fairway woods

2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.

Irons

2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.

With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.

Wedges

2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.

Putter

2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.

Ball

2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)

As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.

Grips

2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC

Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.