Tour Edge Exotics E723 Driver Review

So enough with the quoting of older posts, I actually got the E723 out to the driving range yesterday, something I don't do much. I'm really liking the UST Elements Chrome shaft in this head, but getting some range time in is a good time to try something else. I have a HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX that also worked well in a previous TEE driver, so gave it a try too. These two shafts are similar, both counter-balanced, same weight, and not too different in torque. I think the Chrome feels a little smoother, and might be a little softer in the tip, but the Smoke Blue was really good in the E723 too. I'll leave the Smoke Blue in it for my next round this Thursday to really see how it plays.

As for the outing to the driving range, the E723 was very good with both shafts. I was getting 200 - 210 carry consistently with both, and that's with range balls, which is a good day for me. Flight was my normal mid-low most of the time, and either dead straight or a slight fade. I might have gotten a little more launch angle with the Chrome, but a bit more consistent center contact with the Smoke Blue.

I would love to give a couple different shafts a spin in this down the road. I think the Tensei is a solid all-around choice for many people, but I've got a couple favorites that I think would bring it even more alive.
 
I would love to give a couple different shafts a spin in this down the road. I think the Tensei is a solid all-around choice for many people, but I've got a couple favorites that I think would bring it even more alive.
I'm fortunate that I've had TEE drivers in the past, and kept my favorite shafts, with the TEE adapter. My E723 came with the Ventus Blue, which is also a very good stock offering, but I get along really well with counter-balanced shafts, so the Elements Chrome and the Smoke Blue were pretty sure bets for me. I'd still like to get my hands on the Ventus Red 4T that Tour Edge has as a stock offering, a shaft in the 50 g class would be fun to try. I used to have dispersion problems with lighter shafts, but I think the newer materials they are using in the more recent lightweight offerings has likely fixed that.
 
I'm fortunate that I've had TEE drivers in the past, and kept my favorite shafts, with the TEE adapter. My E723 came with the Ventus Blue, which is also a very good stock offering, but I get along really well with counter-balanced shafts, so the Elements Chrome and the Smoke Blue were pretty sure bets for me. I'd still like to get my hands on the Ventus Red 4T that Tour Edge has as a stock offering, a shaft in the 50 g class would be fun to try. I used to have dispersion problems with lighter shafts, but I think the newer materials they are using in the more recent lightweight offerings has likely fixed that.

I'm loving the PX Cypher 50 (mid 50's weight). Also have really been interested in the Kinetixx Velocity.
 
I got a real slow start testing the E723 driver, the weather here was not cooperating until just recently. It was a cold, wet, and windy winter/early spring, so opportunities to get out to the course or driving range were few and far between. I'll be getting out for another round tomorrow though, and it's going to be clear, calm, and in the 90s!!! From one extreme to another, and I am not ready for hot weather yet. On a positive note though, I'll likely see what kind of rollout I get from this driver for the first time.
 
So another round in the books with the E723, and it's starting to get pretty repetitive. I hit 8 of 12 fairways that I used driver, distance on those that hit the fairway ranged from 220 to 235 (measured with GPS), a little bit longer than my previous driver, and two of the misses were swings that no club could help. The HXRDUS Smoke Blue shaft worked really well, but still a toss-up between it and the Elements Chrome on which shaft will end up staying in it. I still can't get over the forgiveness of this driver, misses out toward the toe, which was my primary miss yesterday, still got close to my expected distance, and went pretty straight.
 
No golf for me this week, so nothing new to report about the E723. Spring disappeared here this week, it has rained everyday, but looks like it is finally heading back towards some good weather. I'll be playing Sunday at a very driver friendly course, so should have some feedback coming from that outing, and playing Monday at a the Cold Springs Country Club, a private course that I've never played before.
 
Nice round today, but mixed results with the E723. On the one hand I hit 12 of 14 fairways, but on the other hand I had a stretch where I was hitting everything really high on the face. Those high face shots still hit the fairways, but went way too high, and probably lost 50+ yards each time, making for some really long holes. As is typical with my game, the swings causing the high face strikes came out of nowhere, and went away the same way, and the last few holes I was hitting the center of the face again. When I put a good swing on the ball with this driver it is as good as any driver I've ever hit, and pretty much the same with marginal swings, in fact maybe the best I've ever had for mishits as long as they aren't big misses.

I'm playing again tomorrow, on a course I've never even seen before, but I'm feeling pretty good about the driver I'll be hitting.

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Nice round today, but mixed results with the E723. On the one hand I hit 12 of 14 fairways, but on the other hand I had a stretch where I was hitting everything really high on the face. Those high face shots still hit the fairways, but went way too high, and probably lost 50+ yards each time, making for some really long holes. As is typical with my game, the swings causing the high face strikes came out of nowhere, and went away the same way, and the last few holes I was hitting the center of the face again. When I put a good swing on the ball with this driver it is as good as any driver I've ever hit, and pretty much the same with marginal swings, in fact maybe the best I've ever had for mishits as long as they aren't big misses.

I'm playing again tomorrow, on a course I've never even seen before, but I'm feeling pretty good about the driver I'll be hitting.

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Glad you're getting golf weather mate. I would love to know how much has changed between the E721 & E723, I was so impressed testing my C721 vs C723, I'd be super curious on the E line.
I was torn picking the head, I was leaning hard initially to the E first.
 
Nice round today, but mixed results with the E723. On the one hand I hit 12 of 14 fairways, but on the other hand I had a stretch where I was hitting everything really high on the face. Those high face shots still hit the fairways, but went way too high, and probably lost 50+ yards each time, making for some really long holes. As is typical with my game, the swings causing the high face strikes came out of nowhere, and went away the same way, and the last few holes I was hitting the center of the face again. When I put a good swing on the ball with this driver it is as good as any driver I've ever hit, and pretty much the same with marginal swings, in fact maybe the best I've ever had for mishits as long as they aren't big misses.

I'm playing again tomorrow, on a course I've never even seen before, but I'm feeling pretty good about the driver I'll be hitting.

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High face can be a blessing or curse for me. If I'm steep or swipey it's a very bad thing. If my path is good it's usually an ultra low-spin ball that launches really high.
 
High face can be a blessing or curse for me. If I'm steep or swipey it's a very bad thing. If my path is good it's usually an ultra low-spin ball that launches really high.
The high face misses for me yesterday were steep, so not a good thing, and real distance killers although they were still hitting the fairway. 🤷‍♂️
 
The high face misses for me yesterday were steep, so not a good thing, and real distance killers although they were still hitting the fairway. 🤷‍♂️

That's a good point. Not the worst miss, all things considered.
 
Thinking about pulling the Smoke Blue out and going back to the Elements Chrome for today's round. I really like them both, but I want to see if I'm remembering right that I was more consistent with the Chrome, or if it is just my consistently inconsistent swing.
 
Interesting round today, played the Cold Springs County Club in Placerville, CA for the first time, and had a pretty good day. This was a Golf Moose "Member for a day" outing, which is a cool way to get on a private course, shotgun start, and unfortunately a cart path only day due to all the rain we've gotten in the last week. This is a kind of old school style course (opened in 1960), not too long, some elevation changes, and really small greens. I hit 8 of 13 fairways that I hit driver on, all of the misses were playable, with only a couple missing the fairway by more than a few yards. Driving distance was good, wet fairways again limiting rollout quite a bit, but I was seeing carry distances at or a bit better than normal for me. I had the UST Elements Chrome shaft back in today, and saw much more consistent contact around the center of the face. I don't really know if I can credit the shaft, or if I was just having a better day.

2nd hole, driveable par-4 (~240 yds), put my drive left of the green just left of and a bit past the tree between the two bunker, leaving a clear pitch to the green. A missed fairway, but a good miss.

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13th, dogleg right par-4, got around the corner with a little fade, started it just left of the cart path and ended up well around the corner on the right side of the fairway.

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16th, short par-5, with a much more generous landing area than it looks like from the tee. The E723 hit a nice drive right down the middle on this one.

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Interesting round today, played the Cold Springs County Club in Placerville, CA for the first time, and had a pretty good day. This was a Golf Moose "Member for a day" outing, which is a cool way to get on a private course, shotgun start, and unfortunately a cart path only day due to all the rain we've gotten in the last week. This is a kind of old school style course (opened in 1960), not too long, some elevation changes, and really small greens. I hit 8 of 13 fairways that I hit driver on, all of the misses were playable, with only a couple missing the fairway by more than a few yards. Driving distance was good, wet fairways again limiting rollout quite a bit, but I was seeing carry distances at or a bit better than normal for me. I had the UST Elements Chrome shaft back in today, and saw much more consistent contact around the center of the face. I don't really know if I can credit the shaft, or if I was just having a better day.

2nd hole, driveable par-4 (~240 yds), put my drive left of the green just left of and a bit past the tree between the two bunker, leaving a clear pitch to the green. A missed fairway, but a good miss.

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13th, dogleg right par-4, got around the corner with a little fade, started it just left of the cart path and ended up well around the corner on the right side of the fairway.

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16th, short par-5, with a much more generous landing area than it looks like from the tee. The E723 hit a nice drive right down the middle on this one.

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The pictures are beautiful, but I think I hate everything about that course :ROFLMAO:
 
Officially part of the crew.

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Better yet, I'm able to put it to the test right away with 4 rounds over the next 4 days. Looking forward to sharing my thoughts.
 
Nice. What loft did you get?
I likely would have gotten 9.5 but lefty only comes in 10.5*. I'm going to leave it at that setting for a baseline and maybe tinker slightly each round.
 
First Impressions:

Accuracy
I hit 5/9 fairways in round 1, which is very good for me - someone who just really started to learn the driver this past winter. I birdied the first two holes I ever played with it, although it turned out to be a pretty dreadful round from there-out (for me, not the driver). I wasn't swinging great either, contact was a little weird and my ball flight was low but I was keeping it in play. Round two, I went 3/6 with no penalties (shorter course, less driver centric). If I can play 50% FIRs this season I will be a happy man.

Distance
I didn't know what to think of the distance since my swing wasn't feeling great, the ball definitely wasn't exploding off the face and it was too low to get much carry. The flip side of that is I think those swings would have actually not even gone as far as they did with the old M2. I saw a glimpse though - I absolutely peppered one roughly 280, and most of that was carry because it went past the dogleg point and ended up in the rough so I think it could have rolled out quite a bit further. Max hit for max hit, it doesn't seem like I will be losing any distance but I need to do more testing.

Sound
The sound is verrry different than my M2, took about half a round to get used to it. I don't think it will bother me much moving forward but it was a little jarring at first.

Appearance
Really a very good looking club, especially since I'm not usually drawn to Tour Edge from an aesthetics perspective. The topline at address is nice for accuracy and alignment. I do weirdly notice sparks when I hit the ground, that's never happened to me before. It seems related to the moveable weight positioning, and grass definitely gets stuck in between the weight and the driver but I've been able to pick it out fairly easily.

I'm going to stick with stock settings for awhile. I'm still prone to two way misses - both hooks and slices. Until I can get those down to one-way I will stay neutral. Ball flight on my great hits seemed perfect and I'd rather it play to its potential rather than to my faults. I don't want to punish myself on great swings and I'm only going to get better.

So far, thumbs up (y)
 
First Impressions:

Accuracy
I hit 5/9 fairways in round 1, which is very good for me - someone who just really started to learn the driver this past winter. I birdied the first two holes I ever played with it, although it turned out to be a pretty dreadful round from there-out (for me, not the driver). I wasn't swinging great either, contact was a little weird and my ball flight was low but I was keeping it in play. Round two, I went 3/6 with no penalties (shorter course, less driver centric). If I can play 50% FIRs this season I will be a happy man.

Distance
I didn't know what to think of the distance since my swing wasn't feeling great, the ball definitely wasn't exploding off the face and it was too low to get much carry. The flip side of that is I think those swings would have actually not even gone as far as they did with the old M2. I saw a glimpse though - I absolutely peppered one roughly 280, and most of that was carry because it went past the dogleg point and ended up in the rough so I think it could have rolled out quite a bit further. Max hit for max hit, it doesn't seem like I will be losing any distance but I need to do more testing.

Sound
The sound is verrry different than my M2, took about half a round to get used to it. I don't think it will bother me much moving forward but it was a little jarring at first.

Appearance
Really a very good looking club, especially since I'm not usually drawn to Tour Edge from an aesthetics perspective. The topline at address is nice for accuracy and alignment. I do weirdly notice sparks when I hit the ground, that's never happened to me before. It seems related to the moveable weight positioning, and grass definitely gets stuck in between the weight and the driver but I've been able to pick it out fairly easily.

I'm going to stick with stock settings for awhile. I'm still prone to two way misses - both hooks and slices. Until I can get those down to one-way I will stay neutral. Ball flight on my great hits seemed perfect and I'd rather it play to its potential rather than to my faults. I don't want to punish myself on great swings and I'm only going to get better.

So far, thumbs up (y)

Appreciate the feedback. I know you mentioned not tinkering yet, but a loft change might be worth it. Compared to some other drivers out there I found it pretty effective.
 
Are the E series for high handicaps or slower swing speeds or both? I currently have a c721, really like it and not sure if I should be looking at the E or C series if I wanted to upgrade. I'm a high swing speed high handicap kinda guy
 
Are the E series for high handicaps or slower swing speeds or both? I currently have a c721, really like it and not sure if I should be looking at the E or C series if I wanted to upgrade. I'm a high swing speed high handicap kinda guy
I'd say it depends more on what you need out of a driver than it does on swing speed or handicap. If you need the most forgiveness the E723 is the one. It is very adjustable, so launch conditions can be tuned with weight settings, adapter settings, and shaft selection. The C723 has a bit more adjustability in weight placement, so can be set up to reduce launch and spin more if that is an issue. Both are forgiving drivers, with the E723 being the most forgiving of the two, and both are very adjustable, with the C723 having a little extra there.
 
I was going to wait until after my round tomorrow to post, but have to drop a quick note that I had likely my best tee game round I've ever had today. To be fair I was hammering the 3W too, but 8/10 FIRs with the E723 and consistent 260 carry. I used to be happy with 260 total distance. 3 birdies today, bringing my total up to 6 in 3 rounds since putting the E723 into play.

A few better chips and putts and I could have broke 80. Not bad for a 16 handicap.

#17 - a short but tricky and risky par 5, the #2 handicap hole. I took an even more aggressive line than suggested by this satellite view (accidentally, it's blind because of tall trees along the water) and landed at the red dot. 168 yards 2nd shot in, could have had a look at eagle if I didn't hit my 7 iron over the green. It's not very often I get to "settle" for a birdie.

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I was going to wait until after my round tomorrow to post, but have to drop a quick note that I had likely my best tee game round I've ever had today. To be fair I was hammering the 3W too, but 8/10 FIRs with the E723 and consistent 260 carry. I used to be happy with 260 total distance. 3 birdies today, bringing my total up to 6 in 3 rounds since putting the E723 into play.

A few better chips and putts and I could have broke 80. Not bad for a 16 handicap.

#17 - a short but tricky and risky par 5, the #2 handicap hole. I took an even more aggressive line than suggested by this satellite view (accidentally, it's blind because of tall trees along the water) and landed at the red dot. 168 yards 2nd shot in, could have had a look at eagle if I didn't hit my 7 iron over the green. It's not very often I get to "settle" for a birdie.

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Nice round! Are you still getting a decent amount of roll, even with the additional carry?
 
An interesting outing yesterday, only hit the driver on eight holes, but did hit five fairways with it, so still a pretty good percentage. One of the misses was into a hazard, a big push into the trees on a dogleg right, a really bad swing that got what it deserved. I kind of verified something else about the E723 though, it doesn't mind if you really go after one. Three of the five fairways I hit were, swings that I really put everything into, and got some of the nicest ball flights of the day. Maybe I need to go with the big swing more often, results yesterday showed that it might be a good idea.
 
Nice round! Are you still getting a decent amount of roll, even with the additional carry?
Not as much roll but but that's not a bad thing. I was hitting 230-240 w/ 20-30 yards rollout. Now it's closer to 255-260 w/ 10-15 yards roll out. More total distance by at least 10 yards and it feels a lot more reliable.

I couldn't replicate my Saturday results on Sunday. 2/7 FIRs, ended up on adjacent fairways a couple of times to save my score. I had a couple of bombs but in general the swing wasn't there. That's golf 🤷‍♂️

Still getting decent distance off of bad pokes though which is great, and knowing that days like Saturday are possible is good enough for me.
 
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