TaylorMade Qi35 driver. (USGA)
There are four new TaylorMade drivers on the Conforming Driver Head List, and we’ve jumped from this season’s Qi10 to Qi35. Each of them has the word “Carbon” printed on the face, according to the USGA, so we can assume that TaylorMade is continuing to create drivers with carbon fiber faces.
While it could be cosmetic, there appears to be a large carbon fiber sole on each club. The standard Qi35, shown above, has a Speed Pocket behind the leading edge, a 3-gram weight that we can see, and according to the USGA notes, there is a second weight port in the back of the sole. The Qi35 LS, which undoubtedly is a low-spin version, has two 3-gram weights in the front of the head and a third weight in the back.
The Qi35 Max has a single, large weight on the back of the head and in small type, the words “10 kg-cm2” can be seen in the heel area. Last season, TaylorMade offered its first driver that has a combined moment of inertia over 10,000 g-cm2, the Qi10 Max, so we can assume this driver will be another extreme-MOI offering for golfers who struggle to find the center of the face on tee shots.
