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Tour Edge Exotics EX9 Hybrid

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  • Suggested retail: $159.99
  • Release date: Nov. 15, 2015
  • Options: 17 degrees (2), 19 degrees (3), 22 degrees (4), 25 degrees (5), 28 degrees (6). Not adjustable.
  • Stock shaft offerings: UST Mamiya Recoil (450, 460, 470, 480).

Tour Edge Exotics’ new EX9 hybrids were created with distance and forgiveness in mind, boasting several of the company’s premium features in a design that will cater to golfers who value ease of use from a variety of lies.

Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

Like Exotics’ recently launched EX9 fairway woods, the hybrids use the company’s refined SlipStream sole that has shorter “waves” from front to back, reducing the amount of turf interaction at impact compared to previous models.

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Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

Ball speed has been improved, according to Exotics, through use of a maraging steel cup and a refined “Power Grid.”

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Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

The club’s cup face is combo-brazed to its heavy hyper-stainless-steel body to lower the hybrid’s center of gravity (CG), which makes the club easier to hit, particularly on shots from the rough. The club face also uses Variable Face Thickness (VFT), a construction that is thicker in the center of the face and thinner on its edges to create more consistent distance on all shots.

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Photo courtesy of Tour Edge Exotics.

The Power Grid, which is positioned behind the club face, uses a deeper, narrower slot and notches along its back edge that improve spring-like effect regardless of where contact is made on the face.

Coming Soon: According to Tour Edge Exotics, a smaller, tour-shaped hybrid will also be released in the coming weeks.

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  1. Mark

    Sep 16, 2015 at 5:16 am

    17 degree. Quality shaft. Do daft adjustable gizmos. Me want.

  2. Ben

    Sep 15, 2015 at 7:38 pm

    Looks great!!! Great price as well!! Hopefully I can find one to hit, that is the challenge

  3. ETW

    Sep 15, 2015 at 1:19 pm

    So there is no patent on these slots by anybody?

    • Tom

      Sep 16, 2015 at 10:36 am

      Nope. Even if there were, one minute change would render the patent not applicable.

      • andrew

        Sep 16, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        My guess is there are loads of patents on the slots. There are probably many people infringing on them. However, Company A is just as likely to be infringing on one of Company B’s patents as the other way around. If one sues, they’ll be hit with a bunch of counter suits and no one will win.

        It’s also entirely possible that companies have worked out royalty agreements.

        The interesting thing will be if someone like Tour Edge goes out of business. If they have useful patents, you might see a troll buy them up and sue everyone in the industry. But as long as the company is making clubs, that’s unlikely to happen.

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  • Adam Scott what’s in the bag accurate as of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson. 

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 TX

 

Driver: TaylorMade BRNR (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X

7-wood: TaylorMade Stealth (21 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Black 9 X

Irons: Srixon ZX Mk II (3), Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (5), Srixon Z-Forged II (6-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 54-08M), SM9 (LW), WedgeWorks (LW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-54), S400 (LW)

Putter: L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Proto

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

See the rest of Adam Scott’s WITB in the forums.

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi 10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 70 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi 10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 80 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P790 (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-6), and TaylorMade P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 58-08LB)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Reserve Juno

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

Check out more in-hand photos of Pierceson Coody’s WITB here.

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Why Ben Griffin is making the surprising switch to a Maxfli golf ball

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Ben Griffin might be a little too young to remember some of the iconic Maxfli golf balls that won on tour, but that isn’t stopping him from putting the newest Tour X ball from the brand in play. Today, Maxfli and Griffin announced an exclusive partnership that will see the PGA Tour player using the company’s four-piece golf ball.

While Griffin might be the first PGA Tour player to put a new Maxfli golf ball in play, he isn’t the first profesional golfer to do so. Lexi Thompson has been playing the Maxfli Tour golf ball on the LPGA Tour since the beginning of the 2024.

 

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We caught up with Ben at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas this week to ask him about the new ball switch.

“I was able to finally get my hands on some and try it and immediately I saw faster ball speed with the driver, which is always something every golfer wants to see.

“Then I had to test a lot around the greens and test irons, test spins, test everything like that. Basically, I came to the conclusion that I thought this was probably one of the best golf balls for my game.

“And so I decided to make it official and partner with them and very excited to help kind of launch this golf ball and see where it takes us.”

Griffin’s ball of choice is the Maxfli Tour X, a four-piece golf ball that is made for highly skilled players that want consistent distance off the driver and spin around the green. An updated core design helps add the ball speed that Griffin mentioned and two ionomer mantle layers separate low spin driver shots from higher spin iron and wedge shots. Maxfli uses Center Of center-of-gravity balancing to ensure each ball has consistent flight in the air and roll on the green. Like all golf balls on tour, the Tour X features a cast urethane cover for maximum performance, and it has a tetrahedron dimple pattern to enhance aerodynamics.

It is exciting to see a golf ball at a lower price point — $39.99 at Golf Galaxy — being used by a top 100 ranked player in the world like Ben Griffin, and equipment junkies will be keenly watching his performance with the new ball.

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