Bench Tested: Callaway Elyte Drivers

With equipment manufacturers creating greater segmentation in their product lines and more products to go with it, trying to figure out what should work best for you can feel like a complicated process. This is where seeking out an experienced fitter can be a big help.

But, we also understand that a lot of golfers are simply looking for a place to start when it comes to trying to understand how certain models are designed to work for them, and how they compare to each other, which is why at Skratch, we’ve created Bench Tested. It's a series is dedicated to walking you through various models of clubs, balls, and any other gear to help you better understand how they stack up and educate you on what to look for when shopping for new gear.

For this episode of Bench Tested, we're taking a look at Callaway’s Elyte Series drivers, including the Elyte, Elyte X, Elyte Triple Diamond, Elyte Triple Diamond TD, and the Elyte Triple Diamond MAX to show you how they stack up.

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The core model of Callaway’s Elyte series offers 3-way weight adjustability along the back of the driver head to control bias and hosel adjustability to fine-tune ball flight and spin.

For golfers looking to reduce a fade, the X driver features neutral and draw-biased adjustable weighting, while the shallower fairway woods provide extra confidence. It will also spin a bit more than the core to help with carry distance and dispersion.

Designed for players on the fastest end of the club head speed spectrum, the triple diamond models offer workability, a smaller neutral to fade bias shape, and low spin performance.

From the outside the TD doesn’t look any different than the standard Triple Diamond model, but it's what on the inside that counts and the TD features adjusted internal weighting to help close the clubface easier and promote a more draw-biased ball flight. It also helps maintain ball speeds and reduce spin axis for golfers with a tendency for misses toward the heel.

Although it looks similar the standard Triple Diamond, the MAX is best described (at least in my head) as something created if the Elyte Core and the Triple Diamond had a baby. It has the Triple Diamond front and back adjustable weighting, but with a slightly longer front to back and shallower profile to increase MOI. Think of it as the perfect option for someone in need of spin reduction while still maintaining a solid amount of forgiveness.