THE TOUR EDGE HOT LAUNCH- E & C series, see the wedges in this coming week. ______________________________________________________________________
TOUR EDGE E Series 521 3-Wood with the Houdini Sole (L) The Tour Edge C521 series Hybrid. Put a little magic in your game with a new Houdini Sole. #Gamechanger
PART 2. The new Tour Edge C and E series clubs, the largest rollout in Tour Edge’s 34 year history.
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WHAT IT MEANS: The E521 Series is an Extreme Spec Game Improvement, with the C-521 Series brings Competition Spec Game Improvement models. The two lines bring different shapes, specs and shafts with separate driver, fairway metal, hybrid and iron designs. Overall there are 46 lofts of clubs in right-handed clubs, with 20 lofts in left-handed clubs.
The E-Series design has provided a super-low Center of Gravity (CG), super shallow faces, offset designs and a extremely light premium shafts to get the ball off the ground for players with a slower to mid-tempo swing.
The C-Series includes a premium, state-of-the-art Competition Spec designs with a higher M.O.I. in a standard look that sits square at address, but provide players with a medium+ swing speed the power to launch the golf ball easier, but with added forgiveness and power across the face of the club. The new look for both series comes in a sleek all-black PVC finish.
Tour Edge Marketing VP Jon Claffey (R) appeared as a guest on Golfers on Golf Radio in August.
The E-Series 521 fairway woods come with the newly created Houdini Sole.
A thinner and lighter forged steel crown, will increase ball speed for more power and ease of use by the golfer.
What is Houdini Sole Technology?
The raised steel mass area at the rear of the club head, reduces the area the clubhead spends connecting with the turf and reduces drag. When that happens it allows for more improved shots and results from tough lies.
“The Houdini Sole becomes a complete life-saver from tight and tough lies,” said Tour Edge President and Lead Design Engineer David Glod. “Either series C or E, fairways or hybrids, these are your get out of jail free cards for anywhere on the golf course.”
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On the E-Series the CG is 23% lower and 6% further back than the previous HL4 fairway metal, which makes the E521 the highest launching easiest-to-hit fairway wood Tour Edge has ever created.
A Control Length Shaft Technology that utilizes shorter shaft lengths for better control and accuracy. The premium Mitsubishi Fubuki Shaft is a super-light metalwood shaft that weighs in at 45-55 grams pending the flex. E-Series fairway woods retail at $149.99 and include Tour Edge’s lifetime warranty. Right handed lofts 16 degree 3-Wood, 20 degree 5-Wood, 23 degree 7-Wood, 25 degree 9-Wood. Left handed lofts-same as RH’ed except no 25 degree 9-Wood. Grips are Lamkin Z5 rubber available in various sizes.
HOT LAUNCH C521 Fairway Metals. For players looking for optimal launch and spin rates with minima offset designs. High (MOI) that tightens dispersion and increases accuracy.
The lighter and thinner forged steel crown increases clubhead speed for an ultimate in power creation. Diamond Face technology with 29 different thick and thin diamond shapes behind the face of the metals for an enhanced sweet spot.
A deeper cup face on the C-series allows for better distance off-center hits.
“To be able to take an amazing innovation like Diamond Face that changed the level of what we produced with Exotics EXS and be able to bring it over to Hot Launch is a huge deal for the performance characteristics of these clubs,” says Glod. “This is going to help a lot of golfers gain speed and power.”
Other aspects of the C-Series 521. High Moment of Inertia/Rear Sole Weighting-more weight in the rear sole, and the weighting provides a 6% increase in the M.O.I. over the previous HL4 Fairway metal.
Acoustic Engineering-Power Channel-Premium Aldila Rogue Shaft. $149.99 retail and included in TE’s 48-hour custom fitting delivery program, from over 850 fitting locations.
Right handed lofts: 15-degree 3-Wood, 17-degree 4-Wood, 18-degree 5-Wood and 22 degree 7-Wood. Stick Shaft Aldila Rogue 50-gram and 60-gram options. Grip Lampkin Z5 rubber.
The Tour Edge Hybrid 521 C-Series.
HOT LAUNCH HYBRIDS: “The Extreme Spec 521 hybrid is going to give you the ultimate in getting you out of trouble or just getting the ball up in air due to amazingly effective Houdini Sole we’ve developed,” said Glod.
Hot Launch 521 series Hybrids and Fairways are available on November 1st.
“The Competition Spec 521 hybrid is loaded with advanced tech in a classic shape that is still extremely easy to launch, but in a design that suits the eye, the ear of the discerning golfer,” says Glod.
The innovation story of the hybrids is the same as the Driver and Fairway metals. The weighting, shallow face, offset designs, mixed with the Houdini Sole. The Hybrids come with the super-light Mitsubishi Fubuki Shafts.
Hybrids will retail for $129.99 and come with the Tour Edge industry leading lifetime warranty of manufacturer defects.
Lofts for Right-Handed #3/19 degree, #4/22 degree, #5-degree, and #6/28-degree. Lofts for Left-Handed are same as above. Shafts and grips remain the same.
The C-Series and E-Series Tour Edge Hot Launch Fairway Woods and Hybrids are Pound-for-Pound in a category of their own. More details at TourEdge.com.