I tried out the new TaylorMade driver, the Qi10.

Profile of the test hitter

→He’s a true amateur golfer! A male golfer in his early senior years. His handicap is 17 (once it was as high as 12…). He’s a slicer who isn’t very good with drivers. In the past he struggled with chipping the ball, so I think he swings a lot from inside to out (←self-analysis).
169 cm / 58 kg

I received two test clubs, the Qi10 driver MAX and normal. Both have a loft angle of 10.5 degrees. They are the most popular heads. The shafts are genuine Diamana. They were fitted with SR and S, respectively. These are also specs aimed at the volume zone.
The jet black painted head of the MAX looks obviously larger than the standard model when you hold it. The head depth is said to have been extended to the limit of regulations, but the word “huge” is the best. I wonder how much larger it would look if it was a white head, which TaylorMade was good at a while back.

According to the catalog, the club uses a lot of carbon material to reduce weight, and the excess weight is distributed appropriately to maximize the moment of inertia, resulting in a head that flies well and stays still.
And of course, the carbon face that has been used since the Stealth model two years ago has been redesigned and is now used in a blue color.

It’s a driver packed with some very innovative technology, but it also has a simple paint job, and although the size is a bit of a concern, once you get used to it it seems like a very conventional head, so it’s well made.
Can I really hit the ball without being late with such a big head? I was a little worried, but I started by swinging at the maximum. The shaft is SR flex. It’s neither heavy nor light, and I feel like it bends just right. By the way, the head speed of the tester was about 40m/sec. With my driver, I hit the ball right in the center and the carry was 190-200 yards. Yes, it’s not that far. Sigh.

Going off topic a little, the testers prefer full titanium drivers. That exhilarating sound of the ball hitting the ball, the feeling of hitting the ball when it hits the center. Even though it doesn’t actually fly that far, it gives you a sense of accomplishment. In short, hitting a driver makes you feel intoxicated.

However, the number of full titanium drivers has decreased recently, and the only major driver is XXIO. The tester is a senior citizen, but he somehow feels resistant to XXIO… that’s my recent mental landscape (a little exaggerated).