Editor’s Note: Tour Edge Golf is at it again in with a new and updated Exotics line in 2023. Known as the Exotics 723 the Batavia, Illinois golf equipment manufacturer continues to build on their recent successes since the creation of 2019’s Exotics EXS line-up from 2019.
Known to golf industry insiders and influencers alike Tour Edge, the pound for pound industry leader in performance and innovation, are unveiling their new Exotics 723 Series of metals.
Similar to the previous Exotics product range (2022’s 722 Series) the Exotics 723 launch features two separate drivers, fairway and hybrid designs with two specific characteristics in mind. These products are designated as either the Extreme (E) and Competition (C) spec respectively.
The new Exotics E723 metals are built for maximum forgiveness and accuracy (“The Accurate”), while the new C723 designs are all about harnessing power and dialing in low spinning distance (“The Powerful”).
Following the path of the previous Exotics, the tour-winning 722 Series, the Exotics 723 launch features two separate drivers, fairway and hybrid designs designated as Extreme (E) and Competition (C) spec.
The new E723 metals are MOI+ designs built for maximum forgiveness, while the new C723 designs are all about harnessing power and dialing in low-spinning distance.
The Exotics 723 E and C drivers feature all-new design and technology called the “Flight Tuning System” or “F.T.S”.
F.T.S. was developed to provide Tour Edge’s largest fitting matrix ever produced allowing golfers and fitters to achieve optimal launch and performance characteristics. In doing so Tour Edge R&D was able to meet and reach one of their chief deign goals. To provide golf consumers one of the most adjustable drivers currently available in the marketplace
Geared towards the more discerning player the C723 Driver’s Flight Tuning System technology and all its available weight options total 4,860 different fitting configurations for the clubhead. In the hands of a knowledgeable and trusted fitter the possibilities are near-endless to find the perfect conditions.
Contributing to the optimization for each golfer, the ability to swap different weights both on the back sliding track, which is new to the 723 Series, and by having both front and back weights that are interchangeable.
“Every swing, every player type, every inch of performance you’ll need on the golf course is developed into our high technology Exotics 723 series.” “The Competition Spec player wants more adjustability with hotter and lower spinning flights, while the Extreme Spec player wants max MOI. for increased accuracy, ease of launch and overall playability. We have both sides covered and every swing in between with the 723 metals.”
Tour Edge founder and President David Glod
The new ultra-premium, high-performance Exotics 723 Series metals will be available worldwide on March 1, 2023. Pre-Sale starts February 8th and will go through February 28th.
The Drivers
The Powerful
Exotics C723 Driver
This ultra-premium 445cc profile and deeper face of the C723 is designed for the competitive player to produce low-spin power. The C723 Driver features a two-tier front/back Flight Tuning System with the back weight on a new sliding track that allows for both extreme MOI and flight/spin rate manipulation.
The C723 design offers the ultimate in power, feel and forgiveness through Tour Edge’s breakthrough 360-degree Ridgeback™ and Diamond Face VFT ™ technologies.
Flight Tuning System – A two-tier Front/Back Weight System with the back weight on a new sliding track is employed in the C723 Driver that allows for both extreme MOI and flight/spin rate manipulation.
The C723 Driver will come standard with a 5-gram weight in the front and a 15-gram weight in the back. This allows for adjustability at a rate of +/- 300 RPMs of spin rate when the weights are switched.
The MOI range adjustment is from 5300 g/cm2 to 4900 g/cm2, making for an available adjustability of 11% at your fingertips. It’s a 5% increase in MOI over the previous C design.
Sliding the weight on the adjustable track allows for a +/- 7-yard heel and toe bias in directional flight. For example, if you were to slide the weight all the way to edge of the Fade position, your flight would adjust seven yards to the right for a right-handed player, and vice versa for the Draw setting.
Nine different individual weights that are transferable to every club in the 723 Series will be available from 5 grams to 21 grams.
Adding to its adjustability the adjustable hosel allows golfers to adjust the loft +/- 2 degrees and lie angle through a range of 3 degrees.
360° Ridgeback Technology – Tour Edge engineers created a thinner, more refined Ridgeback activation for C723 with increased structural properties and 360-degree perimeter weighting.
The Titanium Ridgeback spine running from the center of the face through the crown now wraps around the entire perimeter to frame the entire clubhead.
Adding Titanium to the perimeter, along with Ridgeback down the center, allows more support on off-center hits to increase face deflection.
The additional perimeter Titanium has boosted MOI significantly. This Ridgeback spine and now 360-degree activation acts as a brace for the entire clubhead to produce more power across the entire face, including the extreme perimeters.
The C723 Ridgeback design is 15% thinner than the previous C722 model, while offering greater structural support properties. Ridgeback is designed to create a superior feel at impact.
The extra rigidity created by the brace through the crown produces a much stronger feel at impact when compared to a full carbon crown and results in a crisper and brighter feel at strike.
Quad Carbon Tech – Tour Edge engineers replaced extra Titanium from the crown and sole by creating Quad Carbon Tech in four different areas of the clubhead. The C723 features 5% more carbon fiber than its previous iteration.
The addition of Quad Carbon Tech saves considerable weight in the clubhead, allowing for the 360-degree Ridgeback design, an increase in MOI, greater face flex in the heel and toe areas so off- center hits achieve greater power. This weight savings has been re-purposed to the ideal location to help with creating optimal CG location.
Diamond Face VFT – New Diamond Face VFT is made up of diamond shapes of variable face thickness behind the face. There are 44 total diamond shapes featured on Diamond Face VFT, comprising seven different thicknesses in an interweaving pattern. The face thickness of the new Diamond Face VFT is thinner on the heel and toe on the C723 Driver.
The mini trampolines that make-up Diamond Face VFT create faster ball speeds and an expanded sweet spot. The increase in Diamond Face coverage to the extreme heel and toe dramatically increases ball speed on off-center hits while also greatly aiding forgiveness on these strikes.
Stock Shafts: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Series Blue 65 with X Link Tech R/S/X, Project X HZRDUS Black Gen 4 60 R/S/X
Available Lofts in Right-Handed: 8°, 9°, 10.5°
Available Lofts in Left-Handed: 10.5°
Retail Price: $499.99
The Accurate
Exotics E723 Driver
This ultra-premium 460cc profile designed for maximum forgiveness takes MOI to the absolute extreme! The E723 Driver’s extreme low rearward CG position produces an extremely high MOI of 5600 g/cm2, the highest MOI driver Tour Edge has ever produced.
The E723 Driver features a Flight Tuning System on a new sliding track, while bringing the ultimate in power, feel and forgiveness through Tour Edge’s breakthrough 360-degree Ridgeback™ and Diamond Face VFT ™ technologies.
Flight Tuning System / MOI+ -The Flight Tuning System is a weighting design on a sliding track features a 20-gram weight at the extreme trailing edge on the sole of the clubhead.
Sliding the weight on the adjustable track allows for a +/- 10-yard heel and toe bias in directional flight. For example, if you were to slide the weight all the way to edge of the Fade position, your flight would adjust 10 yards to the right for a right-handed player, and vice versa for the Draw setting.
Nine different individual weights that are transferable to every club in the 723 Series will be available from 5 grams to 21 grams.
Adding to its adjustability the adjustable hosel allows golfers to adjust the loft +/- 2 degrees and lie angle through a range of 3 degrees.
The E723 Driver’s extreme low rearward CG position produces an extremely high MOI at 5600 g/cm2 MOI, the highest MOI driver we have ever produced. This leads to increased stability at impact and tighter dispersion. It’s a 5% increase in MOI over the previous E design.
360° Ridgeback Technology – Tour Edge engineers created a thinner, more refined Ridgeback activation for E723 with increased structural properties and 360-degree perimeter weighting. The Titanium Ridgeback spine running from the center of the face through the crown now wraps around the entire perimeter to frame the entire clubhead.
Adding Titanium to the perimeter, along with Ridgeback down the center, allows more support on off-center hits to increase face deflection. The additional perimeter Titanium has boosted MOI significantly.
This Ridgeback spine and now 360-degree activation acts as a brace for the entire clubhead to produce more power across the entire face, including the extreme perimeters.
The E723 Ridgeback design is 15% thinner than the previous E722 model, while offering greater structural support properties.
Quad Carbon Tech – Tour Edge engineers replaced extra Titanium from the crown and sole by creating Quad Carbon Tech in four different areas of the clubhead. The E723 features 5% more carbon fiber than its previous iteration.
The addition of Quad Carbon Tech saves considerable weight in the clubhead, allowing for the 360-degree Ridgeback design, an increase in MOI, greater face flex in the heel and toe areas so off- center hits achieve greater power. This weight savings has been re-purposed to the ideal location to help with creating optimal CG location.
Diamond Face VFT – The new Diamond Face VFT is made up of diamond shapes of variable face thickness behind the face. There are 44 total diamond shapes featured on Diamond Face VFT, comprising seven different thicknesses in an interweaving pattern. The face thickness of the new Diamond Face VFT is thinner on the heel and toe on the E723 Driver.
Stock Shafts: Fukjikura Air Speeder 35/40 L, A, R, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Series Blue 65 with X Link Tech R, S, X
Available Lofts in Right-Handed: 9°, 10.5°, 12°
Available Lofts in Left-Handed: 10.5°
Retail Price: $449.99
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