TaylorMade Qi10 hybrids: Full reviews, testing results and more
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SAME BUT DIFFERENT
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TaylorMade Qi10 Hybrids
Just like the Qi10 drivers, the Qi10 hybrids have been refined and tuned to better fit the intended player for each model. The standard model remains, but there has also been a change in vocabulary. The plus or + model is now called the Qi10 Tour, and the HD is now called the Qi10 Max.
Although the new Qi10 hybrids don’t have a full infinity crown like the fairway woods, the new crown design covers more surface area to save weight and boost forgiveness.
The Qi10 Tour hybrid is the only hybrid in the line that offers up adjustability in the form of the (4-degree) loft sleeve, and like the tour fairway wood, the Qi10 hybrid offers a more boring and lower spinning ball flight to help faster players control the ball in all conditions.
The Qi10 Max hybrids are where TaylorMade is taking a big step away from its traditional playbook for fairway woods and hybrids by creating clubs that are extremely easy to hit and can help golfers at the lower end of the clubhead speed spectrum.
The core Qi10 hybrids offer an idealistic blend of forgiveness and low-spin performance to match their slightly larger address profiles.
Other proven TaylorMade technologies include an adjustable loft sleeve (in the tour models), a thru-slot speed pocket for optimized ball speeds on lower face strikes, the V-steel sole for better turf interaction, and “twist face” bulge and roll to help off-center shots deliver a centered ball flight.
The now familiar moveable 50g front-to-back weight returns in the new Qi10 Tour fairway, but the design has been drastically altered to make the weight track 18 percent shallower, helping to lower the center of gravity to both raise the forgiveness while also keeping spin rates lower.
