2018 Gear Guide: Drivers

Getting off the tee and deep down the middle of the fairway is the theme this year for the game’s best driver technology. Check out the driver options below to see which one fits your game the best and add some straight distance to your game this year!

Callaway Rogue SubZero

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Appeal: ★★★★

Drool factor: Better players will love distance, higher handicappers the forgiveness.

Why: Its max size means max sweetspot, and “jailbreak” titanium bars behind the face are an ejection seat for tee shots.

TaylorMade M3 (440cc)

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Appeal: ★★★

Drool factor: New Twist Face technology in face gives center-of-face performance on mis-hits. Gear heads will love to fiddle with its 13,000 fitting options.

Why: TaylorMade continues to tinker with famed M-line of woods that you see so much on the pro tours.

Cobra F8

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Appeal: ★★★★

Drool factor: Techies love its milled face inserts for precision, and also for its high and long tee shots.

Why: More traditional head shape and traditional “crunch” sound will appeal to – you guessed it – traditionalists.

Ping G400 SFT

Appeal: ★★★

Drool factor: Anti-slice interior weighting turns a big miss into another fairway hit.

Why: You’re ready to get serious about the game. You want to love golf, but you need help. This is a high-tech driver for the aspiring newbie.

Cleveland Launcher HB

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Appeal: ★★

Drool factor: For many, similar performance to other “high-tech” clubs but at less cost.

Why: Old School “grab-and-hit” club—nothing to adjust on the head. Back-weighting means larger sweetspot, higher launch, less spin and more distance.

Knuth Golf High Heat 257+

Appeal: ★★★★

Drool factor: Conforms to latest “time-on-face” standards, so entire face brings “3-trampoline technology” to your tee shots.

Why: You don’t care about brands, you care about results. Here’s a driver that yields big-time results in eye-catching shape.

2018 Gear Guide: Gear Guide

2018 Gear Guide: Fairway Metals + Hybrids

2018 Gear Guide: Irons

2018 Gear Guide: Wedges

2018 Gear Guide: Putters

2018 Gear Guide: Balls

The 2018 Gear Guide appeared in the April issue of Colorado AvidGolfer. View the complete gear guide below:

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