Callaway Elyte Driver; Triple Diamond Max Model?

[ilikegolf26]

1 minute ago, txbadger said:

I believe he was talking about left handed versions. 

That’s correct. 

[tigercolt77]

14 hours ago, blakesmittkamp said:

are these supposed to be in stores today or just like shipping or something??  My local PGA Tour SS in Roswell GA is absolutely clueless.  

I picked up a 9 degree Elyte Max at pga superstore. Had the standard Elyte to trade in for playability. I have a 9 degree TD TD on order from DD's. They had a 10.5 td td in store and it definitely looks good.

[blakesmittkamp]

1 hour ago, tigercolt77 said:

I picked up a 9 degree Elyte Max at pga superstore. Had the standard Elyte to trade in for playability. I have a 9 degree TD TD on order from DD's. They had a 10.5 td td in store and it definitely looks good.

What do you think of the max??

[tigercolt77]

Just now, blakesmittkamp said:

What do you think of the max??

I really like the look, ill report back once I've hit it.

[txbadger]

Anyone else weigh the td max head with stock weights?  Mine is really light at 188.9g

[tigercolt77]

Just now, txbadger said:

Anyone else weigh the td max head with stock weights?  Mine is really light at 188.9g

Mine was 193g

[blakesmittkamp]

What shafts did yall buy at those head weights? 

[joshm500]

Shocked theres really no YT reviews out yet or comparisons with last years smoke td max

[hwwong]

19 minutes ago, joshm500 said:

Shocked theres really no YT reviews out yet or comparisons with last years smoke td max

 

Yea agreed - not a lot of media out there at the moment in general.  I haven't even found much about the Elyte TD 

[txbadger]

4 hours ago, blakesmittkamp said:

What shafts did yall buy at those head weights? 

I'm not using the stock shaft... pairing it with ventus black+ 6s

[tigercolt77]

 

Not comparing to last years but Elyte TD/ TD vs Elyte TD Max. 

[tigercolt77]

4 hours ago, blakesmittkamp said:

What shafts did yall buy at those head weights? 

I have a Ventus+ blue that I'm putting it in at 45 inches. 

[blakesmittkamp]

52 minutes ago, tigercolt77 said:

 

Not comparing to last years but Elyte TD/ TD vs Elyte TD Max. 

Surprised how low spin the max TD was for him.  

[hwwong]

1 hour ago, blakesmittkamp said:

Surprised how low spin the max TD was for him.  

He’s super low spin as it is. 

[Carlman]

Curious if anyone else feels this way - to me the TD line sits open via setting it down square and then it tilts back and open (almost like more “bounce” is exposed if that makes sense), vs just sitting open while it’s flat on the ground. I can never get comfortable with it behind the ball.
 

Ping LST on the other hand still sits flat but the face is just angled away slightly. 

[blakesmittkamp]

12 minutes ago, Carlman said:

Curious if anyone else feels this way - to me the TD line sits open via setting it down square and then it tilts back and open (almost like more “bounce” is exposed if that makes sense), vs just sitting open while it’s flat on the ground. I can never get comfortable with it behind the ball.
 

Ping LST on the other hand still sits flat but the face is just angled away slightly. 

Agreed.  I put them all in +1 to make it appear less open 

[bruinmw]

Picked up a TD Max 9* today to test against my AIS TD Max. Weighed the head, and it came in at 191.8, with a 9g and 4g weight. Actual weights were 8.7 and 3.8 for the 2 weights. My AIS TD Max head comes in at 196.2, so need to pick up a heavier weight to bring the weight up on the elyte, especially since I play a 45" driver. Anyone else have a lighter head weight on theirs?  What are the 2 removable weights that should come stock in the head?  Anyone know?

[blakesmittkamp]

22 hours ago, Carlman said:

Curious if anyone else feels this way - to me the TD line sits open via setting it down square and then it tilts back and open (almost like more “bounce” is exposed if that makes sense), vs just sitting open while it’s flat on the ground. I can never get comfortable with it behind the ball.
 

Ping LST on the other hand still sits flat but the face is just angled away slightly. 

Just picked one up in 9* and it site much more square than last years ai td max.  

[Pnwpingi210]

On 4/4/2025 at 7:53 PM, tigercolt77 said:

I picked up a 9 degree Elyte Max at pga superstore. Had the standard Elyte to trade in for playability. I have a 9 degree TD TD on order from DD's. They had a 10.5 td td in store and it definitely looks good.

Exemplary golf wrx behavior!  Well done👏

[Carlman]

11 minutes ago, blakesmittkamp said:

Just picked one up in 9* and it site much more square than last years ai td max.  

Yeah I was looking at them at golf galaxy and still seemed to do that same flare open thing, but that’s always worse on floor vs a tee box. In other news though after one round today the Elyte Mini is an absolute weapon… I like what Cally is doing with this Elyte line, seems like something for everyone. 

[cardoustie]

Did anyone else find last year’s AIS TD max .. to be hooky on toe strikes?

 

I hope these new models address this, the video says it does, fwiw I am a high toe impact guy 

[moorebaseball]

I believe the triple diamond max will be the driver of the year for sure!

[bardezart]

7 hours ago, cardoustie said:

Did anyone else find last year’s AIS TD max .. to be hooky on toe strikes?

 

I hope these new models address this, the video says it does, fwiw I am a high toe impact guy 

No, not really. But I am a heavily fade biased player. Toe strikes for me travel straight and will tail a little right. Unless I put a really bad swing on it - no helping that. Head I play is the 10.5° at S/N with a DI 6x, swing weight D2.5 (with a midsize grip, so closer to D4 accounting for that), heavy weight back. 

[gioguy21]

picked mine up thursday, played with it friday and sunday. loving it so far, just need a bit more dialing in. it sure is deep off the tee, esp weight forward and lofted up +1. 

[magnus7319]

Contrarian position on the Elyte TD Max:

 

I had nearly identical results between the Elyte TD max and the AI Smoke TD Max. Ball speed and spin within 2 mph and 200 rpm. 

 

Obviously ymmv, but to me, this wasn't an evolutionary release, merely incremental.

[Scott0000]

On 4/4/2025 at 10:35 PM, ilikegolf26 said:

That’s correct. 

So just for my knowledge, I want to get this straight because there is a lot of information and I want to make sure I'm understanding.  Callaway released TD Max in 9/10.5 even stating directly from Callaway that 9 degree would be available in LH in promo material.  Not on the Callaway site, but other outlets took orders for the LH heads....people ordered. 

Now Callaway is saying that the LH promo material was a typo???  Yikes what a mess.

[bigdriveandy]

On 4/5/2025 at 4:31 PM, Carlman said:

Curious if anyone else feels this way - to me the TD line sits open via setting it down square and then it tilts back and open (almost like more “bounce” is exposed if that makes sense), vs just sitting open while it’s flat on the ground. I can never get comfortable with it behind the ball.
 

Ping LST on the other hand still sits flat but the face is just angled away slightly. 

IDK how to explain but this is such an important feature of drivers to me, like when you sole it, does it point at your intended target line? And how stable is it to just lay it there? I hate when companies design drivers that have a rounded sole where I ground the club so the face is not stable when i go to grip it. PING drivers are so stable in playing position regardless of adapter setting. 

[Carlman]

14 minutes ago, bigdriveandy said:

IDK how to explain but this is such an important feature of drivers to me, like when you sole it, does it point at your intended target line? And how stable is it to just lay it there? I hate when companies design drivers that have a rounded sole where I ground the club so the face is not stable when i go to grip it. PING drivers are so stable in playing position regardless of adapter setting. 

Yeah exactly what I mean. At least with driver it’s teed up so it’s not the end of the world but when fairways do it I don’t even try to hit them.

[underwater]

19 minutes ago, bigdriveandy said:

IDK how to explain but this is such an important feature of drivers to me, like when you sole it, does it point at your intended target line? And how stable is it to just lay it there? I hate when companies design drivers that have a rounded sole where I ground the club so the face is not stable when i go to grip it. PING drivers are so stable in playing position regardless of adapter setting. 

 

100%. I gave the E-TD Max a good workout, but like its brother, the standard TD, it sits oddly open.  It may be weighted to close around the shaft during the swing but I don't need to see something sitting wide open at address.  I've never understood Callaway's design philosophy on that "open at address" vibe.  Good drivers, but as a sometimes inside-out swinger it can cause me to manufacture a neutral face by manipulating the grip prior to my swing.

 

PING and Titleist just sit square.  The PING LST might be slightly flatter than their other offerings, but at address it points at my intended line.  Same with GT2/GT3.

 

 

[getitdaily]

2 hours ago, magnus7319 said:

Contrarian position on the Elyte TD Max:

 

I had nearly identical results between the Elyte TD max and the AI Smoke TD Max. Ball speed and spin within 2 mph and 200 rpm. 

 

Obviously ymmv, but to me, this wasn't an evolutionary release, merely incremental.

Swingspeed was equal as well?

 

I saw faster ballspeed on elyte standard over smoke td max,but it was primarily because I was swinging elyte faster. 

 

Same overall headweight and swing weight, same shaft in each.