By Leonard Finkel
Tour Edge again delivers with the release of its Exotics EX10 hybrid. The EX10 builds upon the popular Exotics hybrid line, focusing on incredible forgiveness and effortless hit-ability. The EX10 features a new cup face, deeper CG and a larger SlipStream sole, all with a classic hybrid head shape.
The Tour Edge R&D team has successfully elevated Exotics hybrids to the same caliber as its fairway woods via their MATERIAL ADVANTAGE. The EX10 differentiates itself in the hybrid category with a Japanese high-density, steel cup face and HT 980 high-tensile strength steel. This steel can be engineered extremely thinly, producing higher CT levels across the face, ensuring mishits fly longer and straighter.
Exotics continues to use combo brazing technology, despite the increased expense, because the process ensures the tightest tolerances. The EX10 hybrid features a 450 SS hyper-steel body which is combo brazed with the steel cup face, producing added distance and forgiveness.
Engineers made substantial changes to the SlipStream sole, lengthening the rails and designing channels between the rails shallower and more compact. This produces minimal turf interaction. A heavy rear sole pad located behind the rails, produces a deeper CG and gets the ball airborne from any lie. To further enhance the aerodynamics of the club head, speed channels run both vertically and horizontally. The increased heel weight and aerodynamic design all add up to deliver faster speed, higher MOI, less spin and greater distance.
The EX10 hybrid features Variable Face Thickness technology. Thinner and thicker compartments of the face are strategically positioned for optimal forgiveness to produce superior results on off-center hits. The EX10 hybrid is available in 2 (17°), 3 (19°), 4 (22°), 5 (25°), and 6 (28°) models. Every Tour Edge club comes with a lifetime warranty and a 30-day play guarantee. www.touredge.com
Leonard Finkel is the author of The Secrets to the Game of Golf & Life and former editor in chief of Golf Journeys Magazine. His work has been featured in almost 200 publications including Golf Magazine, Golf Digest, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Golf Illustrated, Golf Tips and Player Magazine. He has written more than a dozen cover stories for Golf Today Magazine. He has written extensively about golf and travel and has added poker to his writing repertoire. Finkel also works as a marketing and public relations consultant. His specialty niche is writing advertorial copy. Prior to his career in golf, Finkel owned a chain of retail stores and a consulting and import company based in Asia. He attended the University of Utah.