Equipment
Tour Edge Exotics CBX fairway, Tour Edge Hybrid 119 models announced
The Tour Edge Exotics CBX 119 fairway metals and Hybrid 119 have arrived. The clubs are the latest version of the Exotics CBX models, initially launched in August of 2017, and the first Titanium face, stainless steel, carbon fiber sole club ever designed.
The new additions from Tour Edge feature a Speed Ramp Sole that has been widened by 15 percent from the company’s previous version. The widening of the Speed Ramp Sole was done to create a higher MOI and CG, which aims to reduce spin and increase distance.
Tour Edge Exotics CBX fairway
The wider and deeper Speed Ramp Sole design on the Exotics CBX clubs surrounds a larger carbon fiber section on the sole, which allowed for more weight to be distributed to the face of the clubhead. According to Tour Edge President David Glod, 50 grams of weight out of the 215-gram total head weight has been placed forward in the clubhead in order to reduce spin.
The combination of the Titanium face plate, stainless steel body and carbon fiber on the sole has also allowed Tour Edge to save 25 percent of the weight of the clubhead to use towards CG manipulation, in an aim to lower spin and increase distance.
“Reducing spin is the number one key to adding distance to a lofted club like a fairway or a hybrid. If we will lower the spin significantly, we will win the distance battle. This is not as easy as it sounds. It’s tough to lower spin in combination with loft.
We knew we had to concentrate on CG manipulation and the only way to do this was to make the only fairway wood and hybrid ever made with Titanium face, combo brazed on to stainless steel and with carbon fiber on the sole have even lower spin rates than what we had accomplished before.”
The Beta Titanium Cup Face on each club allows for more flexibility on the clubface with the aim of making the fairway wood and hybrid hotter off the face. As well, the thinner and longer design of the face aims to increase distance.
Tour Edge Hybrid 119
The CBX 119 fairway wood will be available in four lofts; 3 (13.5º), 3 (15º), 3 (16.5º) and 5 (18º). While the hybrid line will come in six lofts; 16º, 17º, 18º, 19º, 21º and 22º.
Stock shaft options for both clubs will include the Project X Even Flow Red, White and Blue series and the Project X HZRDUS Smoke shaft. The new additions from Tour Edge feature a Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grip.
Both clubs will hit the retail market on January 25. The Exotics CBX 119 fairway wood will cost $299.99, while the hybrid will be available at $249.99.
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- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Clint
Jan 15, 2019 at 9:35 am
Tour Edge were some of the earliest sets of clubs I had going back to the Bazooka driver and the Comp LX irons. Seems like they kind of fell away for a while and bounced back as a mid-priced option, but these are not mid-priced options. I can wrap my head around the titanium/carbon FW and hybrids, but reference demand alone, these seem a bit pricey.
JP
Jan 14, 2019 at 1:14 pm
Def gonna demo those fairway woods. TEE has had great woods in the past, I’d bet these are just a tad bit better.
martin
Jan 14, 2019 at 12:59 pm
Wrong, Adams had a Fairway wood and Hybrid with Titanium face years ago. XTD Super Hybrid – in 17 degrees was a rocket with very low spin.