If this is some version of what many people are thinking it might be, the litany of questions is robust.ĭid TaylorMade finally solve the carbon-face conundrum? If so, other than weight, what are the clear performance benefits? Are other manufacturers likely to follow suit? If so, how long might that take? Or, it might be that TaylorMade compressed three offerings into two. If we surmise that Stealth and Stealth + assume more or less the space of SIM2 and SIM2 Max, that leaves one missing piece.
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With the SIM and SIM2 driver families, TaylorMade ran with three models – standard, MAX and MAX D. One possibility would be to allocate that weight low/rear to pull the CG back and boost forgiveness. Why, might you ask? Without a weight track and sliding weight, TaylorMade wouldn’t have much reason to keep this discretionary weight toward the face. Naming conventions aside, we can reasonably assume that the mass properties of the Stealth feature a lower CG and higher MOI than Stealth Plus.
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Yet, the “+” designation doesn’t entirely fit the narrative as it is often used to indicate higher-MOI (forgiveness) which, all things being equal, is often a characteristic of drivers that target low-mid handicap players. I’d expect this to be the more “player-oriented” lower-spinning option as well. The weight track looks to contain a 10-gram moveable weight, allowing the golfer to introduce additional draw or fade shot-shape bias. TAYLORMADE STEALTH PLUSīetween the Stealth and Stealth Plus, the latter appears to be the more adjustable of the two. With a price tag well north of $1000, it was a niche offering that targeted golfers with mid-to-slow swing speeds. Side Note: The gear head with a penchant for Japanese gear might remember the TaylorMade Royal Gloire, a composite-face driver launched in 2015. And a driver with more expensive materials without quantifiable better performance is well, likely why we haven’t seen any recent carbon-face drivers in the market. The primary foible with past attempts is that while much lighter than titanium, carbon is quite a bit more expensive. With that, too many of us probably remember previous carbon-face failures such as the 2001 Callaway C4. Given the potential deviation, it’s unlikely that TaylorMade would go down such a road without plenty of reason to believe that success is all but guaranteed. What this perhaps suggests is that Stealth will utilize carbon differently than in previous TaylorMade drivers. The CARBONWOOD label on the sole and “Face: 60X Carbon” note in the section on identification markings. That said, my hunch is many of you will focus on two elements. Most of what the purposely generic USGA photos reveal is expected – Speed Pockets, adjustable hosels, and a relatively familiar sole design. But, they do provide plenty of potential talking points.
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With Tiger Woods and his son, Charlie, set to play in the PNC Championship this week, it’s not particularly surprising to see TaylorMade Stealth and Stealth Plus drivers on the USGA conforming clubs list.Īs per usual, the USGA pics don’t tell the entire story.
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