the muted feel and sound. As a Club Maker,
I utilize the use of Hot Melt “Rat Glue” quite
often with my students, to dampen sound
and increase head weight. This Mavrik has
the feel and sound of a driver with Hot Melt
from the factory. Which in my opinion is
great! The reviews are in and it looks like
Callaway came out with a winner for 2020.
TaylorMade
SIM-
Ahhh,
TaylorMade.
For a while a
few companies
were absolutely
saturating the
market with
equipment, one of those was TaylorMade,
and Callaway is a close 2nd. The reason
I prefaced this at the beginning is that
TaylorMade is at the PGA show this year, but
decided to skip the show in 2019. I believe
they are trying to get into the black after
years of bad management and it seems to
be working with new management running a
lean ship.
Now, on to the SIM Driver. TaylorMade is
claiming “In our limitless pursuit to help
golfers improve, we’ve discovered the
new shape of driver performance. An
asymmetric sole design and powerful new
Inertia Generator combine to increase
aerodynamics and speed at the most critical
stage of the swing”. They are also keeping
their Speed Injected Twist Face technology
in the SIM. So from the quote it seems they
focused on aerodynamics and head shape
to achieve their goals for the SIM. I will say
that their business practices could be better,
but TaylorMade consistently produces “Hot”
Drivers year after year. I imagine this will be
no exception. As of today we are waiting on
our SIM demo’s, so I can’t give a first hand
review as of yet. But I’m willing to bet the
SIM will beat out the M5, M6 line which were
fantastic. Some of TaylorMade’s tour staff
have been playing the SIM for weeks, it’s
always a good sign for manufacturers to see
Tour Staff adopting early to new product,
which is not always the case.
Some key points of the new SIM:
“Our obsession with helping golfers improve
has driven us beyond the traditional. We
have reinvented the shape of the driver to
deliver both Speed and Forgiveness through
advanced aerodynamics combined with a
high-MOI multi-material construction”
1. Revolutionary asymmetric sole shape
to reduce drag at the most critical part
of the swing and improve aerodynamics
2. Redesigned Inertia Generator places
weight at the extreme low-and-back
portion of the club for enhanced
forgiveness
3. Speed Injected Twist Face is designed
to improve ball speed across the face
and increase accuracy on mis-hits
I hope this has given you a little insight into
two popular new golf products for 2020 and
encourage you to see your local certified
Club Fitter to improve your game and make
your rounds more enjoyable.
- Kristofer Sirak
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