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HOT LIST Build Your Own Bag Which of the 138 medal-winning clubs on Golf Digest’s Hot List are right for you? Take our interactive quiz to find out GO My best hits My worst hits My best hits My worst hits I care most about my driver’s performance on… build your own bag Hot List Question 3/3 FAIRWAY WOODS HYBRIDS IRONS WEDGES PUTTERS drivers Higher with more carry Lower with more roll Higher with more carry Lower with more roll I want my drives to be.... Yes no yes no I need a driver to be lightweight and/or counter my slice: details RECOMMENDATIONs next category Question 2/3 Question 1/3 CLEVELAND Launcher XL Lite next XXIO 12 prev CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max D Our Review: Extra weight in the heel and a unique face design aids those looking to fight a slice. Street Price: $550 CLEVELAND Launcher XL Lite Draw next CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max D prev Street Price: $350 The overall size stretches the volume limit to occupy the maximum distance from heel to toe and front to back for a stable head that resists twisting on mis-hits. An ultralight shaft encourages swing speed gains. Our Review: Launcher XL Lite CLEVELAND PING G425 SFT next CLEVELAND Launcher XL Lite prev Street Price: $350 Its large footprint injects all those mis-hits with forgiveness, while a closed face angle attacks your slice. Our Review: Launcher XL Lite Draw CLEVELAND TOUR EDGE Exotics E722 next tITLEIST TSi1 prev Street Price: $350 The key to making a driver that weighs about 35 grams less than some of today’s leading models is to take the weight out in measured proportions—like a lightened grip, a feathery 48-gram shaft and a head that saves weight through its carbon-composite crown. Our Review: Air-X COBRA PXG 0811 XF GEN4 next CLEVELAND Launcher XL Lite Draw prev Street Price: $550 There’s extra weight slightly on the heel side to help with squaring up the face and lauching it higher. Our Review: G425 SFT PING TAYLORMADE Stealth HD next PING G425 SFT prev Street Price: $300 The fast-flexing, weight-saving titanium alloy in the face makes room for adjustable weight ports in the sole. The large face helps mis-hits along with its deep front-to-back frame. Our Review: 0811 XF GEN4 PXG TITLEIST TSi1 next PXG 0811 XF GEN4 prev Street Price: $580 The carbon composite face is 40 percent lighter than traditional titanium for better and more consistent ballspeed. That saves weight to create a high-stability design with high launch and draw-biased characteristics to fight your slice. Our Review: Stealth HD TAYLORMADE COBRA Air-X next TAYLORMADE Stealth HD prev Street Price: $550 This lighter weight model (some 40 grams less than standard models) still features the special titanium alloy developed for the Mars Lander. The head’s weighting attacks your slice. Our Review: TSi1 TITLEIST XXIO 12 next COBRA Air-X prev Street Price: $450 The use of large sections of carbon composite around a titanium skeleton provides plenty of discretionary weight. This larger model positions a 30-gram weight in the extreme rear perimeter for maximum forgiveness. Our Review: Exotics E722 TOUR EDGE CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max D next TOUR EDGE Exotics E722 prev Street Price: $700 This super ultralight model uses a 41-gram shaft to help slower swingers accelerate. An aerodynamic ridge on the crown aims to improve how the face squares to the target at impact. Our Review: 12 XXIO PRICE: $550 Rogue ST Max D CALLAWAY PRICE: $350 Launcher XL Lite CLEVELAND PRICE: $350 Launcher XL Lite Draw CLEVELAND PRICE: $350 Air-X COBRA PRICE: $550 TSi1 TITLEIST PRICE: $580 Stealth HD TAYLORMADE PRICE: $300 0811 XF GEN4 PXG PRICE: $550 G425 SFT PING PRICE: $450 Exotics E722 TOUR EDGE PRICE: $700 12 XXIO PRICE: $500 ZX5 SRIXON dETAILS PRICE: $450 ST-X 220 MIZUNO MIZUNO ST-X 220 prev Street Price: $500 Learn more While this model produces a higher flight and a draw bias, its longer front-to-back body still includes a frame that supports the face for faster on- and off-center ball speeds. Our Review: ZX5 SRIXON SRIXON ZX5 next Street Price: $450 Learn more The carbon composite crown helps lower the center of gravity and shift it slightly toward the heel to help counteract a slice. Our Review: ST-X 220 MIZUNO PRICE: $600 Stealth Plus TAYLORMADE Street Price: $700 Learn more This model still combines lightweight (only 300 grams) with an adjustable hosel. A high-strength titanium alloy face and an aerodynamic crown build consistency at impact. Our Review: X XXIO PRICE: $530 ZX7 SRIXON PRICE: $300 0811 XT GEN4 PXG PRICE: $300 0811 X GEN4 PXG PRICE: $500 ST-G 220 MIZUNO PRICE: $550 TSi3 TITLEIST MIZUNO ST-220 G next TAYLORMADE Stealth Plus prev Street Price: $550 This design uses a more traditional pear-shape with more of a mid-launch. The face is a special space-ship grade high-strength titanium alloy, and the head includes both 16-way hosel adjustability and three weight settings on the sole. Our Review: TSi3 TITLEIST TITLEIST TSi3 next SRIXON ZX7 prev Street Price: $600 The carbon composite face weighs 40 percent less than titanium. That saved weight makes room for a low CG, as well as a sliding weight in the sole to tweak left or right misses. Our Review: Stealth Plus TAYLORMADE TAYLORMADE Stealth Plus next PXG 0811 XT GEN4 prev Street Price: $530 A frame with alternating stiff and flexible sections delivers more energy to the face. The ZX7 offers a penetrating, lower spinning trajectory and adjustable heel-and-toe weights to tweak CG. Our Review: ZX7 SRIXON SRIXON ZX7 next PXG 0811 X GEN4 prev Street Price: $300 The fast-flexing, weight-saving titanium alloy in the face makes room for adjustable weight ports in the sole. The shallow-face XT maximizes clubhead speed with an aerodynamically sleeker shape. Our Review: 0811 XT GEN4 PXG PXG 0811 XT GEN4 next MIZUNO ST-220 G prev Street Price: $300 Learn more The aluminum vapor-infused carbon composite panel in the crown both saves weight and works with the surrounding titanium to direct more energy into the face. A sloping crown lowers the center of gravity for less spin. Our Review: 0811 X GEN4 PXG PXG 0811 X GEN4 next TITLEIST TSi3 prev Street Price: $500 Learn more The carbon composite panels in the crown and sole save weight to make room for adjustable weights that fit in heel, toe and deep center tracks to target preferred ball flights. Our Review: ST-G 220 MIZUNO PRICE: $550 TSi4 TITLEIST PRICE: $500 LTDx LS COBRA PRICE: $550 Rogue ST Max LS CALLAWAY PRICE: $550 Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS CALLAWAY CALLAWAY Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS next COBRA LTDx LS prev Street Price: $550 The low-spin head features the lowest and most forward CG of any TSi driver. It also checks in with the smallest head at just 430 cc. The face features a titanium alloy developed for the Mars Lander. Our Review: TSi4 TITLEIST TITLEIST TSi4 next CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max LS prev Street Price: $500 The lowest spinning model in the LTDx family, its discretionary weight is positioned forward for a low CG. Our Review: LTDx LS COBRA COBRA LTDx LS next CALLAWAY Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS prev Street Price: $550 The deep tungsten weighting and a new jailbreak structure behind the face keys both forgiveness and lower spin. Our Review: Rogue ST Max LS CALLAWAY CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max LS next TITLEIST TSi4 prev Street Price: $550 A more compact head with front weighting to balance stability with extreme low spin and flatter launch. Our Review: Rogue ST ◊◊◊LS CALLAWAY PRICE: $450 Exotics C722 TOUR EDGE PRICE: $550 TSi2 TITLEIST PRICE: $580 Stealth TAYLORMADE PRICE: $550 G425 MAX PING PRICE: $450 ST-Z 220 MIZUNO PRICE: $500 LTDx COBRA PRICE: $400 Launcher XL CLEVELAND PRICE: $550 Rogue ST Max CALLAWAY CALLAWAY Rogue ST Max next TITLEIST TSi2 prev Street Price: $450 The use of large sections of carbon composite around a titanium skeleton provides plenty of discretionary weight. This more compact head utilizes two weight ports (20 and five grams) centered in the front and back of the sole that allow better players to tweak spin and launch. Our Review: Exotics C722 TOUR EDGE TOUR EDGE...