The first club in the new line is the Exotics Combo-Brazing (C.B) fairway wood. "Combo-Brazing" is the name Tour Edge has given its new technological approach.
The results, Tour Edge says, is a remarkable improvement in fairway wood distance. Tour Edge compared its Exotics C.B fairway wood against the Callaway Great Big Bertha, Ping G2, Cobra SZ and Titleist 980F fairway woods in testing. Tests were conducted using the Iron Byron with a 107 mph swing speed and stiff graphite shafts.
The results, Tour Edge says, showed the Exotics C.B produced a distance 23 yards greater than its closest competitor, the Callaway GBB. According to TE's tests, the Exotics C.B produced a distance of 253 yards and a spin rate of 4030 rpm; the GBB was at 230.38 yards with a spin rate of 5310 rpm. The Ping G2 had the second-lowest spin rate at 4579 rpm.
"For years, golfers have enjoyed the face-striking benefits of titanium drivers: longer distance and incredible feel," said Tour Edge Golf founder David Glod. "However, titanium fairway woods have come up short, unable to deliver the low center of gravity found in steel woods."
Tour Edge's answer is the new Combo-Brazing technique. Combo-Brazing blends together a titanium-cupped face and a Hypersteel body by chemical bonding.
The process starts with a cold-rolled titanium cup face that is computer-milled around the edge of the cup to produce a precision rim. The remaining steel body is precision cast to include an interlocking channel. The parts are chemically treated, fitted together and vacuum heat-cured for permanent bonding without the need of heavy welding.
The combination of a light titanium cup face with a heavier steel body, minus heavy welding, allows 50 grams more weight to be shifted to the rear skirt and sole. This enhances perimeter weighting, but is especially effective at deepening the center of gravity.
The Exotics Combo-Brazing fairway wood, Glod says, "join(s) a lightweight, Beta titanium-cupped face with a heavier Hypersteel body. The optimal weight of two parts combined with the elimination of welding allows every single gram of excess weight to be removed from the face area and shifted to the rear skirt and sole for a deeper CG (center of gravity)."
Glod says Tour Edge will introduce more Exotics-branded clubs over the next few years. "Our goal is to take the best and make it better. When it does not exist, design it."
The Exotics Combo-Brazing fairway wood from Tour Edge Golf comes in 3+, 3, 5 and 7-wood models. The 3+ is 170cc with 13 degrees loft; the 3-wood, 170cc at 15-degrees; the 5-wood, 160cc at 18-degrees; and the 7-wood 153cc at 21-degrees.
Available at launch in men's right-handed only, the Exotics C.B comes with a Fujikura shaft in R, S and X. The stock grip is Golf Pride's Dual Durometer.
For more information, visit the Exotics website.
