Equipment
TaylorMade M2 Fairway Woods and Hybrids
TaylorMade’s M2 fairway woods and hybrids address the needs of a wide range of golfers, with designs that forgo the M1’s slew of adjustability features in favor of better performance on off-center hits.
Bigger sweet spots, a higher trajectory, less spin and more distance: M2 models can give golfers all of those things compared to M1 models, making them a no-brainer for golfers who rate adjustability low on their list of needs.
M2 Fairway Woods
Like TaylorMade’s M1 fairway woods, M2 models use the company’s Carbon Composite crown to move weight lower in the clubhead. The overall shape of the M2 fairway woods is different, however, with a shallower design that will help golfers hit their shots higher.
What makes the M2 fairway woods TaylorMade’s “longest ever,” however, is the company’s newest Speed Pocket, which increases clubface flexibility so golfers can launch shots higher, faster and with less spin.
According to Brian Bazzel, TaylorMade’s senior director of product creation for metal woods, more flexible faces are not only the key to unlocking more distance in fairway woods, but more forgiveness as well. That’s because the more the company can get a fairway wood’s clubface to flex, the more consistent the ball speeds will be on shots contacted across the entirety of the clubface.
Related: Our review of TaylorMade’s more forgiving M2 driver
So what’s stopping TaylorMade from making its clubfaces more and more flexible with each release? Manufacturing limits and durability concerns are the greatest challenges. But another challenge is something you may not expect: maintaining great sound and feel.
A cut-through of an M2 fairway wood.
While designing the M2 fairway woods, engineered found that the clubfaces reached a threshold where they were flexing so much that they started to severely affect sound and feel.
The solution? A new, fluted hosel design. It may not look like a big deal, but the hosel’s scalloped shape allowed TaylorMade engineers to lengthen the hosel, thereby changing the frequencies of the clubhead vibrations for the better, without increasing weight in the top of the clubhead – a no-no when the goal is to move weight lower in the clubhead.
TaylorMade’s M2 fairway woods ($249) are available Feb. 19 in five lofts: 15, 16.5, 18, 21 (RH only) and 24 (RH only) degrees. The stock shaft is TaylorMade’s Reax 45 (L), Reax 55 (M, R) or Reax 65 (S, X), which have 0.335-inch tip diameters.
M1 Hybrids
TaylorMade’s M2 Rescues, or hybrids, use the same new Speed Pocket and fluted hosels as the M2 fairway woods. Compared to the M1 hybrids, M2 models have a larger, lower-profile head design, which not only increases their forgiveness but also lowers their center of gravity (CG) to make them lower spinning. For that most, most golfers will be able to hit the M2 hybrids farther than M1 models.
Like the M1 hybrids, M2 models have an all-steel construction, and a black crown with no alignment aids that provides an uninterrupted appearance at address.
The M2 hybrids ($199) are available on Feb. 19 in four lofts: 19, 22, 25 (RH only) and 28 (RH only). The stock shaft is TaylorMade’s Reax 45 (L), Reax 55 (M), Reax 65 (R) or Reax 75 (S).
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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.
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Gary Rosenthal
May 15, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Can anybody post on the m2 hybrid in terms of its draw bias–as I too don’t like “overdraw”
and would like to be able to hit fades when called for. Yet am taking my old Adams hybrids out of the bag as they seem to have too much fade bias and I have to close club-face at address to hit them straight.
K
Jan 26, 2016 at 10:57 pm
Best feeling 3-Wood I’ve ever hit… Soft and stable/deep af.
Clay
Jan 25, 2016 at 9:33 am
Is there a TP model planned with a more neutral or open clubface?
Fahgdat
Jan 25, 2016 at 5:23 pm
The M1 is the TP model
LoganTM
Jan 30, 2016 at 3:53 am
Any shaft you can get in the M1 is also going to be available in the M2 Driver/Fairway and the club already sits pretty square so no TP model will be released is what I’m being told
Teaj
Feb 2, 2016 at 2:59 pm
x2 on the sitting pretty Square. im not a Taylormade guy at all but this Fairway wood may join the rest of my clubs. I was hitting the M2 great which was a surprise as most non tour models sit closed and I battle the overdraw’s but not with this which is great as I could use the more forgiving head.