Tour Edge Exotics E725 Hybrid

Titanium wraps the whole perimeter of the face, thickening into a ridge at the centre, a layout meant to let the outer edges flex more freely when contact drifts off the middle. Above it the Ridgeback brace runs through the crown, which Tour Edge argues gives a firmer sensation at impact than a full composite top would. Sizes fall from 113cc at 19 degrees to 108 at 25.

Weighting is simple. One 10 gram piece bolts to the very back of the sole, and nine substitutes between 5 and 28 grams let the head be made lighter or considerably heavier. Left handed players are served in the 19 degree build alone. Stock graphite is either the Cypher 2.0 or the Denali Blue 60, four flexes deep, finished with a Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 Black.