Tour Edge Pro 721 Driver Review

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Thegoal? Well there are two, really: 1) to have the same sick-ass shots coming off of my driver, 3 wood, and 3 hybrid that I get out of my 4 hybrid, and 2) to see whether or not Tour Edge is lurking in the shadows making some absolutely legitimate clubs that should not be so easily overlooked by average consumers like myself.

One way to put it: I often find myself in a precarious situation behind some trees or in a fairway bunker with a lip to deal with. No way to reach the green but want to get as much yardage as I can out of the next shot. While my conventional wisdom always thinks taking less club will increase my chances of clearing the obstacle, I am now reaching for my Tour Edge hybrids because they launch the ball higher than even my 7 iron and, obviously, give me more distance.

In fact, I hit the longest drives of my life with this club, about 4 of them over the course of 20 rounds or so. While this is partly a sneak-peek at the state of my tee game, the truth is that I slowly realized that the Fujikura FUEL shaft I so dearly loved with the hybrids feels just a tad too soft for the driver. I could kinda tell it was soft with even my first waggle, but then I decided that I was a dumbass and I should let the performance do the talking. So over those 20 rounds I had a blast giving the Tour Edge driver a run, knowing that at any moment a lightning bolt could go through my ball and send it 20 yards longer than usual, but unfortunately the misses were equally as charged.

Nice review. I use TEE XCG6 19 and 26 degree hybrids, they too are great. Perfect shape and just the right size.

I still carry a 3 iron when I want a low runner on a par 5, but the TEE hybrids are workable like you said.

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I too carry the same clubs; driver, 3, and 4 woods, 3 and 4 hyb. My 3 wood is 11.5 degrees, smash and straight off the tee. I use the driver on long par 5s. I find the driver tougher to hit, wish it had the same lie as the woods.

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This was my first time hitting a ball since January. So needless to say my back was a little tight by the time I got to hitting driver (went through a fairly normal early season range session - only hit about 15 drives total). I have been going through a modified speedsticks training 3 days a week for the last month so I have been swinging, just not hitting balls.

This club screams technology and also for me it also screams confidence. From the carbon on the crown, to the ridgeback (which is a fantastic alignment aide) technology and the fact that it sits square at address... it has a trifecta for anyone looking for more confidence off the tee.

I am presuming this is the stock smoke RDX Black? X-Stiff must feel like a telephone pole on that. Thanks for the review as this is a good cost effective option. Looked like it finished middle of the pack though in the latest high swing speed testing

I felt the same. It is the smoke rdx black. Yes. Got out today for a second session and was working on a couple things (including clearing my hips earlier) and even though I was hitting into a stiff cross breeze, it was still flying. Really impressed two sessions in.

I have played some golf this past week and get into what is working and what is not out on the course. I also get time to review the new Tour Edge Exotics C722 and E722 drivers. They are both really long, low spin, and forgiving. The E722 is built to go long, high, and straight where the C722 is more compact and built for higher swing speed players.

The Plus might be the lowest-launching of the three, but it is still easy to elevate off the tee and produces flat, boring drives. I averaged a launch of 11.1 degrees in a 10.5-degree head with a Fujikura Ventus TR Red shaft. Spin was also the lowest and averaged 2,874 RPM, but the bigger part of that number is how the spin variation from center strikes to off center is very low. Only a few hundred RPM separated the highest and lowest spinning shots.

For most players the nice thing about the Stealth 2 is that it seems a little easier to square up and turn over at impact. I saw a little more draw in the shots and the starting line was more straight to just slightly left. Like the Plus, I was pleased with the face that my miss off the high toe launched a little higher and stayed in the air a bit longer for a more playable shot.

We have four members testing out the new Tour Edge Exotics 723 Driver. Two members will be testing the E723, while the other two will be testing the C723. The new E723 metals are MOI+ designs built for maximum forgiveness, while the new C723 designs are all about harnessing power and dialing in low spinning distance. The members below will be reporting back to the community about the things that they have noticed while testing this product. Please feel free to ask any questions that you might have, as the testers will be happy to answer them!

The testers are:

Super excited to test this out! Thank you to GolfWRX and Tour Edge!

I haven't received the driver yet - but I'll be sure to update with some pictures once I do.

I'll be testing the C723. My current driver is the 9* Ping G425 Max set on flat and 1* down to play 8* with a Tensei AV Raw Orange 6x. I'm formally a pretty decent golfer, able to manage a single digit handicap with minimal practice and play over the past decade. I've really had a resurgence in the past season or two, and especially this season spending a lot of time on the range.

The driver, at one point, was my most confident club. I've been through several drivers over the recent years (TM M4, TM SIM, Callaway Epic Flash SZ, and now the Ping). I've not really loved any of them like my old SMT Nemesis.

With a lot of swing work this season, I'm hitting the Ping G425 Max really well - but I don't particularly love the head shape and sound. The heads a little heavy and looks huge + the slightly longer playing length at 45.75. It just feels slow and unwieldy. I also find I'm getting too much spin when I really go after it.

Excited to compare with the Tour Edge. With two weights and 2* of adjustment there is a lot to work with. I watched a recent review going head to head with the Titleist TSr3, the Tour Edge was lower spinning and longer! More compact shape, better sound, low spin - all the things I want.

HDCP - The group I play with really doesn't keep track anymore and to be honest it's just not an important thing for me to care about these days. When I played more regularly I was once as low as an 8 hdcp but I don't play or practice as much these days. Now my game blows hot and cold and if I had to guess based upon how I shoot in aggregate, it's probably somewhere between 16 and 18 on the average.

I am a fair driver of the ball for my age. My long approaches are decent enough for the better part and my putting blows hot and cold, but my iron play has been very inconsistent for the past couple of years which has caused a jump in my average scores unfortunately.

I also gamed the C721 Driver on and off for about 2 seasons. When I struck the C721near the center the distance was stellar but the forgiveness was what I would only call adequate. The main reason it did not inevitably stay in the bag was that on certain off center hits the spin would simply drop too low for me as I do not have a high swing speed. As you probably know, a moderate to low swing speed and spin around or under 1800 rpm results in some serious Phil Niekro like action causing the ball to simply drop from the sky.

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday with the arrival of the Tour Edge box. (That was fast!) A box by any other name is still a box but Tour Edge does use a nice heavy box which did not suffer even a small nick in shipping.

The finish of the crown on the E723 is pretty much on par with the last two generations which include the 721 and 722 lines. While I knew this was the case, when looking the driver over, it did strike me that this look has perhaps become a bit dated. To be honest, a glossy carbon fiber crown just no longer moves me the way it once did. I guess the novelty there has simply worn off a bit. As I went over it, I kept thinking that even simply changing the crown to have a matte finish would breathe some new life into the now familiar RidgeBack design.

Still all in all the crown is pleasant enough to look at and not off putting in anyway at all. From a purely aesthetic view point, I particularly like the change regarding the new spine on the crown. On the 723 it is tapered and much sleeker looking than in past years and the flare at the heel is gone from view. The sole has also been updated and in my book for the better. Gone are the red and white splashes of color and\or chrome ridges of the 721 and 722 series and IMO the new simplified and well thought out plain black coloring with tasteful white lettering is simply more elegant and pleasing to the eye.

Per Tour Edge the E723 has numerous tech driven features. These include Quad Carbon Wings to move weight for higher MOI, Diamond Face VFT (variable face tech) to create faster ball speeds and an expanded sweet spot, Flight Tuning -MOI+ which allows you to reposition the rear weighting to promote either a fade or draw bias, a 15% thinner 360 RidgeBack design which incorporate titanium and allows more support on off-center hits to increase face deflection and increase MOI, internal Sound Diffusion Panels, and of course an adjustable hosel which allows golfers to adjust the loft +/- 2 degrees and lie angle through a range of 3 degrees.

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