Equipment
Tour Edge Exotics EX9 Hybrid
- 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.
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.
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.”
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.
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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Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.
From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4
3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4
Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms
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Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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Mark
Sep 16, 2015 at 5:16 am
17 degree. Quality shaft. Do daft adjustable gizmos. Me want.
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
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.
Ben
Sep 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm
Interesting point of view.