For a long time, golfers were faced with a one-size fits all approach to golf club design. You bought your driver and that was that. If the balance fitted your swing eccentricities, then great. If not, there was no changing things around.
Then Taylor Made came out with the now-famous r7 quad in 2004.
This driver had weighted plugs screwed into holes in the sole of the club. The trick was, you could put different weights in each hole, thus changing the balance and bias of the club. So you, the golfer, now had the chance to modify the club to your swing. Different weight configurations could compensate for slices and hooks, or encourage fades and draws.
A star was born and the concept of movable weights hit the big time.
Numerous manufacturers joined the movable weights design circus. And the concept soon spread to fairway woods, utility clubs and even irons.
As technology followers, the clone manufacturers were a little slower getting customizable clubs out to market. But now there are various models available for you to choose from. If the idea of changing the configuration of your club with a quick twist of a wrench is appealing, here are some of the top clone choices.
Drivers:
Pursuit TC 420
Power Max KC2 425 Ti
Command Q2 455cc Titanium Driver
Command Q4 Titanium Driver
Power Play System Q 410cc Ti Driver
Power Play System Q 455cc Ti Driver
Power Play System Q Tri-Port Titanium Driver
Movable weights have one downside: they don’t work well with 460cc clubheads. So a movable weight driver will be a touch smaller than the behemoths now dominating traditional driver design.
The most flexible movable weight drivers typically have a 420cc clubhead, just under 10% smaller than the maximum allowable size under golf’s rules. The biggest are 455cc, almost at the maximum size, but these usually have fewer weight holes than their slightly smaller cousins.
So it’s a tradeoff: the more flexibility, the smaller the clubhead.
Fairway woods:
Power Max KC2 Fairways
Command Q4 Fairway Woods
Power Play System Q Fairway Woods
Irons:
Power Max KC2
Power Play System Q Dual Irons
Hybrids:
Power Max KC2 Hybrid
Command Hybrid Irons
