1/2/2024 0 Comments Tour edge 3 woodsFor all of you “shot shapers”, the 721 fairway wood is plenty workable even with it’s back sole weight and high MOI design. What I’ve found through my testing sessions is that the club produces some great shots and it’s just easy to hit. The Tour Edge Exotics 721 fairway wood does exactly what it’s designed to do. More rigid heads and carbon fiber crowns are always a recipe for killer sounds in fairway woods. The sound lets you know the ball really popped off the face in quite the satisfying fashion. These panels combined with the hot Hyper-Steel Diamond Face, the Dual Carbon Wings, and the rigidity from the Ridgeback give the 721 fairway wood a firm, yet muted, “crack” at impact. First, they added their new Sound Diffusion Panels which “direct and diffuse” the sound waves in the club at impact. In the the Exotics 721 metalwoods, Tour Edge went about managing the sound a little differently. Sound is an area that Tour Edge has really attacked over the past few seasons. Not only does this make the club feel stronger and more crisp, but it also increases ball speed between the energy transfer and face felx. This spine makes the head more “rigid” at impact which allows the energy to transfer back into the ball as opposed to being absorbed into the head. While the face has a certain element of “springiness”, the new Ridgeback Technology makes the 721 fairway wood feel extremely powerful and solid at the same time. By design, the diamond shapes act as mini trampolines and you can really feel the life of the face at impact. Together, this makes the face more forgiving as well as hotter, especially on mishits. Diamond Face 2.0 adds 61 diamond shapes behind the face and five different variations face thickness. MOI stands for “moment of inertia” which helps prevent the club from twisting at impact and makes controlling your shot easier.ĭiamond Face technology is back in the Exotics 721 metalwoods lineup, but it’s been updated to the new 2.0 version. With the CG low and back in the head, the 721 fairway wood is well balanced throughout the entire swing, and the design also lends itself to a higher MOI. This enables Tour Edge to better optimize the CG of the club. As mentioned above, Tour Edge utilized “Dual Carbon Wings” in the head which allowed them reallocate discretionary weight throughout the club head. Overall, the Tour Edge Exotics 721 fairway wood feels smooth, well balanced, and extremely powerful. Additionally, the T shape created by the glossy black topline and the Ridgeback spine really frames and lines up the ball nicely. More than just a matter of appearances, those two elements functionally contribute to the club as well, which we’ll cover throughout this review. Though the brand has utilized carbon fiber in the body of their clubs before, the Dual Carbon Wings and Ridgeback Technology create a slick contrasting aesthetic on the crown. I wouldn’t call the 721 fairway wood’s face super shallow, but it’s in the shallow-to-medium depth area that will appeal to ball strikers across multiple skill levels.Ĭosmetically speaking, the Exotics 721 driver and fairway wood are a bit of a departure for Tour Edge. By moving the CG to this location, the 721 is a little easier to launch and control. This change in head shape allowed Tour Edge to bring the center of gravity (CG) lower and further back in the head. Standing over the club, the 721 fairway wood’s head shape is more of a “D shape” as opposed to the EXS 220’s pear shape. The overall footprint from address has changed a bit in the Tour Edge Exotics 721 fairway wood. With a bigger and better Diamond Face, new Ridgeback Technology, and a new “sound management system”, the Exotics 721 fairway wood is quite impressive. What Tour Edge delivered was updates to tried and true technology from previous models as well as new innovations that really brought the Exotics line to a another level. I eagerly anticipated seeing how Tour Edge would follow up the mighty EXS 220 fairway wood this season. Following my experience with the EXS 220 fairway wood last season, my standards were pretty high. The Tour Edge Exotics 721 fairway wood has some SERIOUSLY big shoes to fill.
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