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USA Today
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Tour Edge releases Hot Launch E525 and X525 hybrids
AI-assisted summary Tour Edge is releasing two new hybrids, the E525 and X525, on March 1st. The E525 hybrids are designed for golfers who want more distance and forgiveness. Gear: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 hybrids Price: $149.99 each with UST Mamiya Helium shaft and Lamkin 360 grips Specs: Stainless steel body and face Available: March 1 Who it's for: Golfers who want a long-iron replacement that is easy to hit and provides more distance at a budget-friendly price (E525) and players who need help hitting straighter iron shots from the fairway and off the tee (X525). What you should know: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525 hybrids have a distance-enhancing face along with a low-back center of gravity location to distance and forgiveness, while the X525 hybrids should help mid- and higher-handicap golfers avoid slicing. The deep dive: The new Tour Edge Hot Launch E525 and X525 hybrids are like their fairway wood counterparts; they share technologies that debuted in the brand's Exotics family, but those features have been adapted to long-iron replacements that need to perform off the tee and from the fairway. To boost distance and ball speed, Tour Edge designed both the E525 and X525 hybrids with Diamond Face VFT hitting areas. On the outside, they look like ordinary faces, but 35 diamond-shaped areas of various thicknesses on the inner-facing side act like tiny trampolines to allow the hitting area to flex more efficiently at the moment of impact and generate more ball speed. The hybrids also feature Ridgeback, which is a thin rail that extends from the leading edge of the crown to the back of the head. It strengthens the clubhead at impact so it maintains its shape and sends energy back to the ball instead of deforming. Golfers will see the ridge in the address position, so it can also help players align and aim the face more efficiently. The E525 hybrid is available as a 3H (19 degrees), 4H (22 degrees) and 5H (25 degrees) and has a center sole rail on the bottom of the head that helps to drop the CG location even lower. In the back, golfers will see a gold-toned Max MOI weight that increases the moment of inertia (MOI) and encourages a higher launch angle. It also makes the E525 hybrids more stable on mishit drives. The X525 hybrid is available in 3H (19 degrees), 4H (22 degrees), 5H (25 degrees), and 6H (28 degrees) and comes with Tour Edge's Houdini Sole. It concentrates mass in the back of its head and features a V-shape piece in the back of the sole to enhance turf interaction. The X525 hybrids also have offset, which means the face is pushed back to encourage rotation and help golfers who slice square the face more easily on the downswing to avoid slicing. Tour Edge also designed the faces to be 1 degree closed in the address position, so the Hot Launch X525 hybrids naturally point left for more anti-slice help.
USA Today
20-02-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons for mid- and high-handicap golfers
Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons for mid- and high-handicap golfers The Hot Launch E525 and X525 irons are designed to help golfers generate more ball speed, hit the ball higher and make golf easier. Gear: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons Price: $79.99 each (E525) with True Temper Elevate MPH 95 steel shafts or UST Mamiya Helium graphite shafts and Lamkin 360 grips Specs: Cast 431 stainless steel head and face with thermoplastic polyurethane piece (E525); hollow-body, stainless steel heads (X525). Available: March 1 Who it's for: Golfers with a handicap between 12 and 20 who want a game-improvement iron that delivers more distance and forgiveness (E525); Players who shoot in the 100s and need an iron that is easy to hit and encourages higher- and straighter-flying shots. What you should know: The Hot Launch E525 is a classic game-improvement iron designed to provide more ball speed and forgiveness in a traditional-looking club, while the Hot Launch X525 is a max game-improvement set comprised of mini hybrids to help golfers get hit higher, straighter shots. The deep dive: While their names are similar and they share some technologies, the Tour Edge Hot Launch E525 and X 525 are very different clubs and made for very different players. The E525 has a moderate-thick topline, wide sole and some offset, giving it a reassuring look in the address position to golfers who typically shoot in the high 80s and 90s. The wide sole helps to lower the center of gravity (CG) location, which encourages a higher launch angle, and it allows the E525 to avoid digging in the turf. A large undercut cavity in the back of the head is filled with a high-grade thermoplastic polyurethane Tour Edge calls Vibrcor. It soaks up excessive vibrations created when the face strikes the ball but does not impede the face from flexing, so shots won't lose ball speed or distance. The reduced vibrations will, however, enhance sound and feel. To enlarge the sweet spot and pull the ideal hitting area into the middle of the face, Tour Edge has added extra weight low in the toe section. Finally, as it has in the past, Tour Edge has given the E525 irons extremely-strong lofts, with the 5-iron at 21.5 degrees, the 9-iron at 37 degrees and the pitching wedge at 42 degrees. A 46-degree attack wedge is also available. The Hot Launch X525 irons are a completely different beast: Having been designed like hybrids, Tour Edge refers to their construction as iron-woods. Each club, 4-iron through attack wedge, is hollow to allow the face to flex as much as possible and generate the most ball speed. The face heights are short, and along with the extra space inside the hollow heads, that allowed Tour Edge designers to pull the CG location dramatically back and down. Combined with the wide Houdini sole that has a V-shape in the back, the X525 irons should help high-handicap players maintain speed through the hitting zone and avoid digging. As it did in the X525 drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, Tour Edge designed the Hot Launch X525 irons with significant offset, which should help players who tend to slice the ball square the face at impact more easily and hit less-curved shots. The lofts of the Hot Launch X525 irons are weaker than the lofts of the E525 irons – the 5-iron is 25 degrees, the 9-iron is 38 degrees and the pitching wedge is 43 degrees – to encourage higher-flying shots.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons for mid- and high-handicap golfers
Gear: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons Price: $79.99 each (E525) with True Temper Elevate MPH 95 steel shafts or UST Mamiya Helium graphite shafts and Lamkin 360 grips Specs: Cast 431 stainless steel head and face with thermoplastic polyurethane piece (E525); hollow-body, stainless steel heads (X525). Available: March 1 Who it's for: Golfers with a handicap between 12 and 20 who want a game-improvement iron that delivers more distance and forgiveness (E525); Players who shoot in the 100s and need an iron that is easy to hit and encourages higher- and straighter-flying shots. What you should know: The Hot Launch E525 is a classic game-improvement iron designed to provide more ball speed and forgiveness in a traditional-looking club, while the Hot Launch X525 is a max game-improvement set comprised of mini hybrids to help golfers get hit higher, straighter shots. The deep dive: While their names are similar and they share some technologies, the Tour Edge Hot Launch E525 and X 525 are very different clubs and made for very different players. The E525 has a moderate-thick topline, wide sole and some offset, giving it a reassuring look in the address position to golfers who typically shoot in the high 80s and 90s. The wide sole helps to lower the center of gravity (CG) location, which encourages a higher launch angle, and it allows the E525 to avoid digging in the turf. A large undercut cavity in the back of the head is filled with a high-grade thermoplastic polyurethane Tour Edge calls Vibrcor. It soaks up excessive vibrations created when the face strikes the ball but does not impede the face from flexing, so shots won't lose ball speed or distance. The reduced vibrations will, however, enhance sound and feel. To enlarge the sweet spot and pull the ideal hitting area into the middle of the face, Tour Edge has added extra weight low in the toe section. Finally, as it has in the past, Tour Edge has given the E525 irons extremely-strong lofts, with the 5-iron at 21.5 degrees, the 9-iron at 37 degrees and the pitching wedge at 42 degrees. A 46-degree attack wedge is also available. The Hot Launch X525 irons are a completely different beast: Having been designed like hybrids, Tour Edge refers to their construction as iron-woods. Each club, 4-iron through attack wedge, is hollow to allow the face to flex as much as possible and generate the most ball speed. The face heights are short, and along with the extra space inside the hollow heads, that allowed Tour Edge designers to pull the CG location dramatically back and down. Combined with the wide Houdini sole that has a V-shape in the back, the X525 irons should help high-handicap players maintain speed through the hitting zone and avoid digging. As it did in the X525 drivers, fairway woods and hybrids, Tour Edge designed the Hot Launch X525 irons with significant offset, which should help players who tend to slice the ball square the face at impact more easily and hit less-curved shots. The lofts of the Hot Launch X525 irons are weaker than the lofts of the E525 irons – the 5-iron is 25 degrees, the 9-iron is 38 degrees and the pitching wedge is 43 degrees – to encourage higher-flying shots. This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 irons: Prices, specs and more
USA Today
19-02-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Tour Edge's Hot Launch E525 and X525 drivers focus on distance and forgiveness
Tour Edge's Hot Launch E525 and X525 drivers focus on distance and forgiveness The Hot Launch E525 driver blends distance and forgiveness, while the X525 was made to help golfers cure their slice. Gear: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 drivers Price: $249.99 each with UST Mamiya Helium shaft and Lamkin 360 grips Specs: 460cc, all-titanium heads with adjust Available: March 1 Who it's for: Value-minded golfers who want more distance and forgiveness (E525) and players who need help hitting straighter drives and avoiding a slice (X525) What you should know: Tour Edge has brought technologies and features from its premium Exotics line to Hot Launch, its lower-price line of clubs, to help golfers get better performance off the tee while saving money. The deep dive: For years, Tour Edge has divided its energy and resources to create two families of clubs, Exotics and Hot Launch. The Exotics brand features the latest technologies and multi-material constructions for serious players while the Hot Launch gear tends to be distance and forgiveness-focused equipment for golfers on slightly tighter budgets. However, one of the nice things about having that type of system is that as technologies mature, they often trickle down from the premium brand to the less-pricey family, and that is what's happened with the release of the Hot Launch 525 Series drivers. Both the E525 and X525 feature Diamond Face VFT hitting areas. On the outside, the hitting area looks like any other face, but on the inner-facing side, there are 37 diamond-shaped pieces of various thicknesses that act like tiny trampolines to allow the hitting area to flex more efficiently at the moment of impact and generate more ball speed. The drivers also feature Ridgeback, a structure-stiffening beam extending from the topline to the back of the head that reinforces the chassis and redirects energy back to the ball instead of allowing it to deform the club head. While they share those technologies, the E525 and X525 are made for very different players. The E525 – which is available in 9-, 10.5- and 12-degree versions and comes standard at 45 inches in length – has a center sole rail on the bottom of the head that helps to lower the center of gravity (CG) location and extends to a large weight in the center-back portion of the sole. That pulls the CG location back, away from the hitting area, to boost the moment of inertia (MOI) and encourage a higher launch angle. It also makes the E525 more stable on mis-hit drives. The X525 driver, which can be purchased with either 10.5, 12, or 15 degrees of loft at 44.5 inches in length, also has a 10-gram weight in the back of its head, but the weight is located on the heel side of the sole. The X525 also has offset, which means the face is pushed back slightly, and the face angle is naturally 1 degree closed when you set the club down behind the ball. The combination of the heel-side weight, offset, and the closed face should all work together to help slicers square the face more easily on the downswing and help golfers hit straighter shots off the tee.
USA Today
19-02-2025
- Automotive
- USA Today
Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 fairway woods boost distance and accuracy
Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 fairway woods boost distance and accuracy Hot Lauch 525 fairway woods borrow technology and features found in the family's drivers to boost distance and forgiveness. Gear: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525, X525 fairway woods Price: $169.99 each with UST Mamiya Helium shaft and Lamkin 360 grips Specs: Stainless steel body and face Available: March 1 Who it's for: Golfers who want a fairway wood that offers more distance and forgiveness at a less-than-premium price (E525), and players who need help hitting straighter shots from the fairway and off the tee (X525). What you should know: Tour Edge Hot Launch E525 fairway woods borrow technology and features found in the family's drivers to boost distance and forgiveness, while the X525 fairways should help mid- and higher-handicap golfers avoid slicing. The deep dive: The new Tour Edge E525 and X525 fairway woods share many of the technologies that debuted in the brand's Exotics family and have been added to the Hot Launch 525 drivers, with the goal being to help golfers hit longer, straighter shots off the tee and from the turf. Both the E525 and X525 fairways feature Diamond Face VFT hitting areas that look ordinary on the outside but feature 35 diamond-shaped pieces of various thicknesses in the inner-facing side. Those thick and thin areas act like tiny trampolines to allow the hitting area to flex more efficiently at the moment of impact and generate more ball speed. The fairway woods also feature Ridgeback, which is a rail structure designed into the stainless steel crown that extends from the topline to the back of the head. It reinforces the clubhead so if maintains its shape and redirects energy back to the ball instead of deforming. Where the E525 and X525 fairways differ can be seen in the sole. The E525 – which is available 3-wood (15 degrees), 4-wood (17 degrees), 5-wood (19 degrees), and 7-wood (22 degrees) – has a center sole rail on the bottom of the head that helps to drop the center of gravity (CG). In the back of the sole, Tour Edge has added a weight to boost the moment of inertia (MOI) and encourage a higher launch angle. Positioning extra mass back and in the center of the head also makes the E525 fairways more stable on mis-hit drives. The X525 fairway woods are made to be even more forgiving and to help golfers who battle a slice hit straighter shots. Available as a 3-wood (16 degrees), 5-wood (20 degrees), 7-wood (23 degrees), 9-wood (25 degrees) and 11-wood (27 degrees), the X525 fairways have a Houdini Sole that concentrates mass in the back of its head, the X525 also has offset, which means the face is pushed back slightly. So, in addition to encouraging a higher flight and being more stable on mishits, the X525's face should rotate and square more easily on the downswing, which will result in less sidespin and a straighter ball flight. Finally, to create a more confidence-inspiring look at address, Tour Edge designed the face of the X525 fairway woods to be more shallow and sit lower to the ground, which typically encourages more-solid contact for mid- and higher-handicap players.
