3 drivers tie as the lowest-lofted of 2020: TaylorMade SIM Driver, Titleist TSi2 Driver and Titleist TSi3 Driver, all down to 8°.
All 15 drivers with a loft are ranked below, along with 5 more lists: highest opening loft, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, longest, shortest.
Every driver the record publishes a 2020 release year for. A model year is the year a club was launched, not the year it was designed or the year it left the shops — a driver still on sale is still filed under the year it launched.
Each figure is ranked from both ends — strongest and weakest, most and least — over the same clubs, and each list counts only the clubs that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Loft, lie, offset and bounce are fitting specifications — a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name, not a better one, and neither end of any list here is the good end. How this is worked out.
Who they are built for
The 15 drivers by handicap band — DERIVED from published loft, offset and length by the same classifier the fitting uses, never taken from a maker's marketing copy. A club whose category publishes nothing to read keeps its own row rather than being sorted into a band nobody computed.
| Handicap band | drivers | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low handicap | 1 | 6.7% | |
| Mid handicap | 9 | 60.0% | |
| High handicap | 5 | 33.3% |
Lowest published loft
— all 15 clubs with a loft
| # | Club | Brand | lowest loft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 8° |
| 1 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 8° |
| 1 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 8° |
| 4 | Honma T//World TR20 Driver | Honma | 8.5° |
| 5 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 9° |
| 5 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 5 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 9° |
| 5 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 5 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 5 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 5 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 9° |
| 5 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 9° |
| 5 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 9° |
| 14 | Honma XP-1 Driver | Honma | 9.5° |
| 14 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 9.5° |
The lowest loft the model is sold in. A driver line opening at 8° and one opening at 10.5° are aimed at different players; this is that difference, stated in the manufacturer’s own numbers. Irons are excluded — their lowest loft is whichever long iron the set happens to start at, which measures set composition rather than the club.
Highest opening loft
— all 15 clubs with a loft
| # | Club | Brand | lowest loft |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honma XP-1 Driver | Honma | 9.5° |
| 1 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 9.5° |
| 3 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 9° |
| 3 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 3 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 9° |
| 3 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 3 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 3 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 9° |
| 3 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 9° |
| 3 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 9° |
| 3 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 9° |
| 12 | Honma T//World TR20 Driver | Honma | 8.5° |
| 13 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 8° |
| 13 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 8° |
| 13 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 8° |
The lowest loft the model is sold in. A driver line opening at 8° and one opening at 10.5° are aimed at different players; this is that difference, stated in the manufacturer’s own numbers. Irons are excluded — their lowest loft is whichever long iron the set happens to start at, which measures set composition rather than the club.
Widest loft range
— all 15 clubs with two or more lofts
| # | Club | Brand | loft range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 3.5° |
| 2 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 3° |
| 2 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 3° |
| 2 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 3° |
| 2 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 3° |
| 2 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 3° |
| 2 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 3° |
| 8 | Honma XP-1 Driver | Honma | 2.5° |
| 8 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 2.5° |
| 8 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 2.5° |
| 11 | Honma T//World TR20 Driver | Honma | 2° |
| 12 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 1.5° |
| 12 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 1.5° |
| 12 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 1.5° |
| 12 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 1.5° |
Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.
Narrowest loft range
— all 15 clubs with two or more lofts
| # | Club | Brand | loft range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 1.5° |
| 1 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 1.5° |
| 1 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 1.5° |
| 1 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 1.5° |
| 5 | Honma T//World TR20 Driver | Honma | 2° |
| 6 | Honma XP-1 Driver | Honma | 2.5° |
| 6 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 2.5° |
| 6 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 2.5° |
| 9 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 3° |
| 9 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 3° |
| 9 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 3° |
| 9 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 3° |
| 9 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 3° |
| 9 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 3° |
| 15 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 3.5° |
Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.
Longest
— all 13 clubs with a length
| # | Club | Brand | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 1 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 1 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 1 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 1 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
| 1 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
| 1 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
| 8 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 45.5" |
| 8 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 45.5" |
| 8 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 45.5" |
| 8 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 45.5" |
| 8 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 45.5" |
| 13 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 45.3" |
Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.
Shortest
— all 13 clubs with a length
| # | Club | Brand | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobra KING SpeedZone Driver | Cobra | 45.3" |
| 2 | Ben Hogan GS53 MAX Drivers | Ben Hogan | 45.5" |
| 2 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Triple Diamond Driver | Callaway | 45.5" |
| 2 | Titleist TSi2 Driver | Titleist | 45.5" |
| 2 | Titleist TSi3 Driver | Titleist | 45.5" |
| 2 | Tour Edge Exotics EXS 220 Driver | Tour Edge | 45.5" |
| 7 | Callaway Big Bertha B21 Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 7 | Callaway Mavrik | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 7 | Callaway Mavrik Max Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 7 | Callaway Mavrik Sub Zero Driver | Callaway | 45.8" |
| 7 | TaylorMade SIM Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
| 7 | TaylorMade SIM Max Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
| 7 | TaylorMade SIM Max-D Driver | TaylorMade | 45.8" |
Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.
Who makes them
The 7 brands with the most, of 7 with at least one driver on record. Each brand with its own boards links to them, where its line is ranked against itself and never against another maker's.
| Brand | drivers | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway | 5 | 33.3% | |
| TaylorMade | 3 | 20.0% | |
| Honma | 2 | 13.3% | |
| Titleist | 2 | 13.3% | |
| Ben Hogan | 1 | 6.7% | |
| Cobra | 1 | 6.7% | |
| Tour Edge | 1 | 6.7% |