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A Quick-9 with: David Glod
Tour Edge founder and president David Glod
started the company in 1985 in his garage in
Illinois. Since then his prowess has him leading
his boutique hardware company into new and
innovative club designs. The latest is their push
with fairway woods that boast driver speeds. But
the former golfing professional calls the constant
challenge before him an adventure. Inside Golf had
a chance to sit down to discuss this year’s line-up.
Q: What is the big news for TourEdge in
2014?
Our fairway woods. We have our best lineup ever. We’ve got three versions coming in
at the same time. XCG7 is our high to mid
handicap club, XCG7 Beta is our mid to low,
and then our CB Pro is our low handicap.
The CB Pro technology features a slip
stream sole so it actually can pick up speed
through the turf. When it hits the ground it
slides. We call it shock-wave. It’s a premium
head. It has a super ultra-premium shaft-- a
speeder Fujikura 757 or 661. 78 grams and 65
grams for different players. It’s really a good
player product.
Q: How do you think up the speed slot?
Actually it’s an old idea that’s been brought
to life. There was a sole design called
camelback sole which was a smooth version
of that about 15 years ago. Now everybody’s
trying to put slots in there, but it slows the
clubhead down. So we went the opposite way.
Q: Talk about that unique feel as it speeds
up.
The feel comes from the clubface technology,
the titanium. So it has a unique sound. It’s a
little higher pitched. Driver-like sound.
Also it’s got driver-like ball speeds with
our fairway woods which is why we are so
excited about this year’s version. You have a
smaller head with the CB Pro and then we’ve
got the XCG7 line. The XCG7 is the largest but
has the shallowest face so that gives it more
forgiveness but it’s easy to hit because of the
shallow face.
The XCG7 Beta is right in between the
two. It’s a medium-sized head, a little bit
deeper face, and you’ve got to have a little
bit more swing speed to get the power of
the clubhead to work. So you’ve got to be
100 mph or above on the beta to really gain
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distance because that’s where you actually
flex the face.
Q: Since 1985, when you started Tour
Edge, how has it been rewarding to you?
I had to learn all sides of the business. I had
to learn a bit of accounting, marketing. It’s
not just making clubs. That’s been the fun
part