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Tour Edge Exotics E725, C725 hybrids

The Exotics E725 hybrids are designed for golfers who want more forgiveness, stability, and easy launch

Gear: Tour Edge Exotics E725, C725 hybrids
Price: $229.99 (E725) and $249.99 (C725) with Project X HZRDUS Red, Smoke Black RDX or Mitsubishi TENSEI AV Blue shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grip.
Specs: Maraging steel face with a stainless steel body with carbon fiber crown (E725). Maraging steel face with titanium body and adjustable hosel (C725). Available lofts – 19, 22, 25 degrees (E725); 17, 19, and 21 degrees (C725).
Available: October 15 (pre-order); November 1 (in-stores).

Who it’s for: The Exotics E725 hybrids are designed for golfers who want more forgiveness, stability, and easy launch from a fairway wood-style hybrid, while the Exotics C725 hybrids are made for better players seeking reduced spin, a more penetrating flight, and workability from an iron-style hybrid.

What you should know: The Exotics E725 is a game-improvement hybrid featuring a slightly larger profile and low-back weighting to promote a higher launch and added stability. The Exotics C725, in contrast, has a compact, tour-inspired shape and adjustable hosel and produces lower spin and a more controlled trajectory.

The deep dive: The Tour Edge Exotics E725 and C725 hybrids may share a brand and lineup, but they were made to appeal to different players and golfers with different needs.

The Exotics E725 has a larger footprint and lower profile that is engineered to inspire confidence at address. It utilizes a stainless-steel construction combined with a carbon fiber crown that reduces weight on the top of the head and naturally lowers the center of gravity (CG) location.

Tour Edge Exotics E725 hybrid — The Exotics E725 has a channel in the sole to pull the sweet spot down and a carbon fiber crown to help lower the center of gravity. (Tour Edge)

The saved weight on the top allowed engineers to redistribute more weight low and back in the head using a 10-gram weight in the back of the sole. This weight distribution encourages higher spin rates, a higher launch angle and a steep angle of descent, so shots should stop faster on the greens. Having the extra weight in the back-middle of the sole also elevates the moment of inertia (MOI), so the Exotics E725 hybrids should twist less on off-center hits and allow golfers to hit straighter shots.

Like the Exotics E725 fairway woods, Tour Edge designed the hybrids with its head-stiffening 360-Degree Ridgeback technology, and 3D Diamond Face. While the hitting area may look like a regular face, on the inner-facing side, 41 diamond-shaped ridges act like miniature trampolines to broaden the sweet spot and protect ball speed on off-center strikes.

Finally, Tour Edge added a channel behind the leading edge to allow the lower portion of the hitting area to flex more efficiently on thin shots.

While the fairway wood-style Exotics E725 is designed to appeal to mid- and higher-handicap golfers, the Exotics C725 hybrids are iron-style clubs crafted for accomplished players who like to work the ball. They feature a more compact head size and shorter blade length.

Tour Edge Exotics C725 hybrid — The Exotics C725 hybrid has a moveable weight in the back to create a draw or fade bias. (Tour Edge)

The Exotics C725 hybrids were also designed with a stainless steel chassis and face, along with a carbon fiber crown, 360-Degree Ridgeback technology and 3D Diamond Face, but instead of having a fixed weight in the back of the head, the 10-gram weight can be adjusted into three positions–draw, neutral and fade–to allow accomplished players to shape shots more easily.

The Exotics C725 hybrids also have an eight-position adjustable hosel to increase or decrease the stated loft by up to 1.5 degrees, which is helpful for fitters who want to create precise distance gaps.

With a smaller head size and more squared shape, which low-handicap golfers tend to like, the CG location in the Exotics C725 is closer to the face, so it should produce a lower shot than the E725 hybrids, along with less spin and more ball speed.

Mizuno JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids

Mizuno’s updated Fli-Hi hybrids have a low profile and draw bias to help recreational golfers enhance their consistency and hit straighter shots than they can with long irons.

Gear: Mizuno JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids
Price: $150 each with UST Mamiya Recoil Dart ESX shaft and Lamkin UT+ grip
Specs: 17-4 stainless steel face with 431 stainless steel body and internal tungsten weight. Available in 19-, 22-, 25-, and 28-degree versions.
Available: Sept. 5 (pre-order), Sept. 19 (in stores)

Who It’s For: Golfers who want more height, distance, and consistency than they get from long irons.

What You Should Know: Mizuno’s updated Fli-Hi hybrids have a low profile and draw bias to help recreational golfers enhance their consistency and hit straighter shots than they can with long irons.

The Deep Dive: While pros make it look easy, most recreational golfers struggle to hit a high draw with long irons. Hybrids, thanks to their lower center of gravity and larger size, make solid contact and consistency easier to achieve for many players. With the release of its new JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids, Mizuno aims to bring that elusive shot, the high draw, to players who routinely shoot in the 80s and 90s.

The JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids are available in lofts designed to replace a golfer’s 3-, 4-, 5-, or 6-iron. They feature a wider profile in the stronger-lofted clubs, with the width decreasing as lofts increase. For example, the 19-degree, 3-iron replacement is a fairway wood-style hybrid and wider than the 28-degree version that could replace a 6-iron.

In the address position, the Mizuno JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids have no visual distractions. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

All JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids have a matte-black crown that is free of visual distractions, along with a low-profile design that is meant to inspire confidence.

These hybrids feature a 17-4 stainless steel face attached to a 431 stainless steel body. Internal mass placed in the back on the heel side is meant to help the faces close more easily during the downswing. That should result in squaring the face more consistently, so shots should fly straighter or be inclined to have a draw shape.

The accordion-style Wave Sole behind the leading edge is designed to compress at the moment of impact and lower the sweet spot, so thin-struck shots should retain more ball speed.

Mizuno’s designers rounded the leading edge and added extra bounce, making the JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids more adept at working through the turf, especially when golfers have a steep angle of attack or when conditions are soft.

While there isn’t an adjustable hosel on the JPX 925 Fli-Hi, the 17-4 stainless steel hosel is bendable, allowing custom fitters to adjust the lofts and help golfers fill distance gaps.

Finally, the price of the Mizuno JPX 925 Fli-Hi hybrids is $150, which is the same price as each of the new JPX 925 Hot Metal, Hot Metal Pro and Hot Metal HL irons. So, working with a custom fitter, golfers can mix and match the clubs to create their ideally blended sets without increasing the price.

Below are several close-up images of the new Mizuno JPX 925 hybrids.

Cobra Darkspeed, Darkspeed One-Length hybrids

The Cobra Darkspeed and Darkspeed One-Length hybrids are designed to take the place of long irons.

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Gear: Cobra Darkspeed, Darkspeed One-Length hybrids
Price: $279 with KBS PGI 85 shaft and Lamkin Crossline grip
Specs: 17-4 stainless steel body with 475 stainless steel face with adjustable hosel. Variable length in 2H (17 degrees), 3H (19 degrees), 4H (21 degrees), 5H (24 degrees), 6H (28 degrees). One-Length in 3H (19 degrees), 4H (21 degrees), 5H through custom order (24 degrees)
Available: January 11 (pre-sale), January 19 (in-stores)

Who It’s For: Golfers who want more ball speed and distance in a long-iron alternative.

The Skinny: The Cobra Darkspeed and Darkspeed One-Length hybrids are designed to take the place of long irons and make it easier for every golfer to hit higher, longer approach shots.

The Deep Dive: Some golfers who reluctantly hand over their longest iron and buy a hybrid still demand a short blade length and the ability to shape shots. For them, Cobra offers the King TEC hybrid, a control-oriented club that has three moveable weights.

Most recreational golfers, however, ditch their long irons and buy hybrids to make the game easier, to hit the ball farther and get it higher in the air so it stops faster on the green. For these players, Cobra is now offering the Darkspeed hybrids.

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Like the Darkspeed fairway woods, the Darkspeed hybrids feature a 475 stainless steel PWRShell face that wraps under the leading edge to enhance performance on low-struck shots. The inner-facing side of the hitting area has been studied and designed by computers that broke it into 15 regions. The system then modified the thickness of each area so it produces the most possible ball speed.

Inside the Darkspeed hybrids, Cobra added an internal PWR Bridge bar that extends from the heel to the toe area. The bar lowers the center of gravity (CG) location, as does the 12-gram weight in the center of the sole. The result should be higher-flying shots that come down more vertically and stop faster on the green.

In addition to the standard Darkspeed hybrid, Cobra is offering a One-Length version of the club. Each One-Length hybrid comes standard at 37.25 inches in length, like a typical 7-iron.

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PXG Black Ops hybrids

PXG Black Ops hybrids are loaded with the same features found in the company’s fairway woods.

Gear: PXG Black Ops hybrids
Price: $299.99
Specs: Carbon fiber crown with AM335 stainless steel body, proprietary stainless steel face, moveable weights and adjustable hosel. Available as 2-hybrid (17 degrees), 3-hybrid (19 degrees), 4-hybrid (22 degrees), 5-hybrid (25 degrees), 6-hybrid (28 degrees) and 7-hybrid (31 degrees)
Available: NOW

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Who They’re For: Golfers looking for more distance and forgiveness off the tee and from the turf.

The Skinny: PXG uses multiple materials, including new stainless steel alloys and moveable weights, to boost forgiveness and let players tweak the launch angle and spin rate of its latest hybrids.

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The Deep Dive: Some hybrids are designed to be long-iron replacements for golfers who prefer irons but know they need more forgiveness, height and distance than their 3-iron or 4-iron can deliver. Other players see them as an extension of their fairway woods, acting like a bridge club to their first iron. With the release of the new PXG Black Ops hybrids, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company has made a club loaded with the same technologies and features found in the Black Ops fairways but in a traditional hybrid shape.

The Black Ops are made with a new high-strength stainless steel alloy in the face that PXG said is stronger than other steels used in hybrids. This allowed designers to make the hitting area thinner and lighter, which in turn helps it to be more flexible at impact.

And like the Black Ops fairway woods, the hybrids feature a compression-molded carbon fiber crown that reduces weight and lowers the center of gravity.

In the sole of the Black Ops hybrids, golfers will see three adjustable screws that can be moved into different locations to modify the club’s performance. Each Black Ops hybrid comes with a 12-gram weight in the back port and 2.5-gram weights in the heel and toe to maximize forgiveness and help create more spin and a higher launch. Moving the heavier weight to the heel will create a draw bias, while adding it to the toe port will encourage a fade.

To help golfers find a club that hits shots to the ideal distance, PXG has made the Black Ops with an adjustable hosel that can increase or decrease the loft by as many as 1.5 degrees and raise or lower the lie angle.

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Below are several images of the Black Ops hybrids:

TaylorMade Qi10, Qi10 Max, Qi10 Tour Rescue clubs

The multimaterial construction and distance-enhancing features of the Qi 10 Rescue clubs help deliver distance and versatility.

Gear: TaylorMade Qi10, Qi10 Max, Qi10 Tour Rescue clubs
Price: $299 each with Fujikura Speeder NX TCS shaft, Fujikura Ventus Blue TR shaft or Mitsubishi Tensei AV Limited Blue shaft and Golf Pride Z-Grip grip.
Specs: Carbon fiber crown with Speed Pocket and stainless steel face for the Qi10 and Qi10 Max; stainless steel crown with adjustable hosel for the Qi10 Tour.
Available: Feb. 2, but available via pre-order NOW

Who They’re For: Golfers who want to maximize forgiveness and distance off the tee and from the fairway (Qi10, Qi10 Max), or accomplished ballstrikers who want adjustability and ball speed from an iron-style hybrid (Qi10 Tour).

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The Skinny: The standard Qi10 and Qi10 Max rescues benefit from a carbon fiber crown that lowers the center of gravity and a fast face design to make them extremely forgiving and easy to launch high into the air. The Qi10 Tour has a compact shape and an adjustable hosel, making it a long-iron replacement for golfers who put a premium on control and shot-making.

The Deep Dive: It has been more than two decades since hybrids gained acceptance and earned a spot in many golfers’ bags. Since that time, the category has been segmented. Some hybrids are miniature fairway woods and some are designed with better players in mind, so they resemble the irons they replace more closely.

As with the Qi10 family of fairway woods, TaylorMade is offering three rescue clubs that share several technologies but are made for three different types of players.

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TaylorMade Qi10 Rescue — The Qi10 Rescue’s carbon fiber crown helps reduce weight on the top of the head and lower the center of gravity. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The standard Qi10 rescue has a large carbon fiber crown that helps reduce weight on the top of the club and lower the center of gravity to encourage higher-flying shots. A significant amount of the weight saved by opting for a carbon fiber crown has been repurposed inside the head and split between the front and back areas for better overall performance. The standard Qi10 is available in 19 (3), 22 (4), 25 (5), 28 (6) and 31 (7) degrees of loft.

The Qi10 Max rescue is bigger from front to back and has a lower profile than the standard Qi10, and it also has a carbon fiber crown to help lower the center of gravity. Designed for golfers who prioritize forgiveness, the Qi10 Max has extra internal weight in the back area, increasing the moment of inertia to make the club more forgiving. The Qi10 Max comes in 20 (3), 23 (4), 27 (5) and 31 (6) degrees of loft.

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TaylorMade Qi10 Tour Rescue — The Qi10 Tour has a compact head and boxy shape that accomplished golfers tend to like. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The Qi10 Tour has been made with better players in mind. It has a forged C300 stainless steel face and a stainless steel crown, a hosel that allows players and fitters to increase or decrease the loft, and it is the smallest of the three rescue clubs.

The Qi10 Tour has a boxy-shaped face that is taller than the hitting area of either the Qi10 or the Qi10 Max, and it also has the highest center of gravity. That means while its hollow-body design allows the face to flex more for increased ball speed and distance, shots should have an iron-style trajectory. At the same time, TaylorMade added extra weight in the heel and toe areas to make this club more stable on off-center hits.

The Qi10 Tour is available in 17 (2), 19 (3) and 22 (4) degrees.

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