Focusing on carbon materials for more than 20 years, about 50% of the body of the “AXEL DI series” launched in 2005 was designed with non frame carbon. The carbon face has been in development for 5 years, with more than 50 prototypes. It was created by overcoming various challenges such as those related to strength, spin performance, repulsion performance, impact feel, golf rules, etc. We have launched one of the best carbon face drivers in the history of TSURUYA that satisfies needs for both repulsion performance and forgiveness and produces a long flying distance and a stable trajectory.
High repulsion performance to enhance the strength is realized by thickening the peripheral edge of the face and thinning the center part. The unique thickness distribution design deflects the face, so that there is a soft impact feel and overwhelming drive distance.
Carbon sheets are compressed at high density to increase strength and achieve a full carbonface with a direct scoreline design. It is made of a single material and has a supple deflectionthat provides both a good impact feel and repulsive performance.
Carbon can be deflected more than metals such as titanium and stainless steel. By using only carbon for the face and forming the center part with a thin wall, a high initial velocity is achieved more effectively by deflection. In addition, we are also pursuing a lighter face.※Carbon face weight: about 25g, typical titanium face weight: about 50g
Combining carbon and tungsten alloy for the face body provides a deep center of gravity and a moment of inertia of 5,000g/㎠ of over. It prevents mistakes from a shifted hitting point,and enables stable hitting with a high trajectory.
In the case of a golf ball, having an impact by an object of the same hardness as that golf ball increases the energy efficiency.
It is less productive and more expensive to make non frame design heads due to the lack of a metal frame, but they can be significantly lighter and allow the entire head to deflect softly at impact.
During impact, the tungsten weight at the back of the head tries to move forward and it pushes out the carbon part of the body, so that the deflection and restoration timing of the head and ball is synchronized. Energy efficiency increases, leading to a greater ball initial velocity and carrying distance. Compared to the titanium face, the carbon face has a larger deflection,giving a further carrying distance.
It uses T.C.S. (Trajectory Control System) to adjust the loft angle (degree), lie angle (degree), and face angle (degree). This enables the angles to be changed to ±1.5 degrees of that of the loft angle. The trajectory can be adjusted by changing the angle.
■Amount of angle (degree) change by T.C.S.| UP- RIGHT |
HIGHER 1.5° |
STD LOFT |
LOWER 1.5° |
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| Loft angle(real loft) | ±0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.5 | ±0 | -0.5 | -1.0 | -1.5 | -1.0 | -0.5 |
| Lie angle | +3.0 | +2.5 | +2.0 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.5 | ±0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +2.0 | +2.5 |
| Face angle | ±0 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +2.0 | +1.0 | ±0 | -1.0 | -2.0 | -3.0 | -2.0 | -1.0 |
| DRIVERMade in Japan | ||
|---|---|---|
| Club number | Driver | |
| #1 | ||
| Head volume (㎤) | 460 | |
| Loft angle (degrees) | 10.5 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 59.5 | |
| Club length (inches) | 46 | |
| Club weight (g) | R | 280 |
| S | 283 | |
| Swing weight | R/S | D3 |
| Line up | R | ● |
| S | ● | |
| LeftR | ● | |
| LeftS | △ | |
| Head materials | Face: Carbon Body: Ti-811, carbon Weight: Tungsten alloy | |
| Shaft (weight/torque/flex point) |
R | 46g ／ 5.5° ／ low |
| S | 49g ／ 5.5° ／ low | Grip | IOMIC Sticky SUPER LIGHT M62 Black/Black 34g No backline(Iomic Co., Ltd.) |
For the FAIRWAY WOOD, Titanium, a highly repulsive material that is lighter in weight than stainless steel, is adopted for the face body. The ideal design for the center of gravity is made possible by reducing weight; also, by combining only titanium and tungsten alloy, we have sought an ultra low center of gravity and great carry performance.
| FAIRWAY WOODMade in Japan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club number | Fairway Wood | ||||
| #3 | #5 | #7 | #9 | ||
| Head volume (㎤) | 153 | 147 | 140 | 131 | |
| Loft angle (degrees) | 15 | 18 | 21 | 24 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 59 | 59.5 | 60 | 60.5 | |
| Club length (inches) | 43.25 | 42.5 | 41.75 | 41 | |
| Club weight (g) | R | 296 | 302 | 309 | 315 |
| S | 299 | 305 | 312 | 318 | |
| Swing weight | R/S | D2 | |||
| Line up | R | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| S | ● | ● | △ | △ | |
| LeftR | ● | ● | － | － | |
| LeftS | △ | △ | － | － | |
| Head materials | Face/Body: 6-4Ti Sole: Tungsten alloy | ||||
| Shaft (weight/torque/flex point) |
R | 46g ／ 4.8° ／ low（#3） | |||
| S | 49g ／ 4.8° ／ low（#3） | Grip | IOMIC Sticky SUPER LIGHT M62 Black/Black 34g with backline (Iomic Co., Ltd.) | ||
The utility also adopts titanium for the face and combines it with a stainless steel body for a high moment of inertia. The increased roundness of the sole makes it resistant to duffing mistakes and provides a stable carrying distance with high forgiveness.
| UTILITYMade in Japan | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club number | Utility | ||||
| U3 | U4 | U5 | U6 | ||
| Head volume (㎤) | 100 | 99 | 97 | 95 | |
| Loft angle (degrees) | 18 | 21 | 24 | 28 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 59.5 | 60 | 60.5 | 61 | |
| Club length (inches) | 40.75 | 40 | 39.25 | 38.5 | |
| Club weight (g) | R | 321 | 329 | 337 | 345 |
| S | 324 | 332 | 340 | 348 | |
| Swing weight | R/S | D2 | |||
| Line up | R | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| S | ● | ● | ● | △ | |
| LeftR | － | ● | ● | － | |
| LeftS | － | △ | △ | － | |
| Head materials | Face: 6-4Ti Body:Stainless steel | ||||
| Shaft (weight/torque/flex point) |
R | 50g ／ 4.2° ／ low（U3） | |||
| S | 53g ／ 4.2° ／ low（U3） | Grip | IOMIC Sticky SUPER LIGHT M62 black/black 34g with backline (Iomic Co., Ltd.) | ||
Numbers 6, 7 and 8 use the L shaped titanium face, while number 9 and the PW use the titanium face. Maximizing the deflection of the face and sole increases the initial velocity of the ball. In addition, the inner weight increases the inertia moment and allows a deep and low center of gravity, so a mistake-resistant high trajectory is achieved. By filling the inside with thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), we also pursue a soft impact feel. AW, AS and SW use ceramic inside the neck to reduce the neck weight. The extra weight is added to the sole side to achieve a soft impact feel and a high trajectory.
By designing a sharper sole round and a step on the sole from the toe to the back face, even a wide sole realizes easy swing through with little resistance to the ground.
| IRONMade in Japan | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club number | Iron | ||||||||
| #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | PW | AW | AS | SW | ||
| Loft angle (degrees) | 21 | 25 | 29 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 56 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 61.5 | 62 | 62.5 | 63 | 63.5 | 64 | 64 | 64 | |
| Club length (inches) | 38.75 | 38.0 | 37.25 | 36.75 | 36.25 | 35.75 | 35.5 | 35.25 | |
| Club weight (g) | R | 340 | 350 | 359 | 368 | 375 | 383 | 387 | 391 |
| S | 343 | 353 | 362 | 371 | 378 | 386 | 390 | 394 | |
| Swing weight | R/S | C9 | D0 | ||||||
| Line up | R/S | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● |
| LeftR | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | |
| LeftS | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | △ | |
| Head materials | [#6,7,8] L-shaped face: 6-4Ti Body: Stainless steel + TPU [#9,PW] Face: 6-4Ti Body: Stainless steel + TPU [AW,AS,SW] Face/Body: Stainless steel Internal neck: Ceramic |
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| Shaft (weight/torque/flex point) |
R | 52g ／ 3.7°／low（#7） | |||||||
| S | 55g ／ 3.7°／low（#7） | Grip | IOMIC Sticky SUPER LIGHT M62 black/black 34g with backline (Iomic Co., Ltd.) | ||||||
| Ladies’ driver, fairway wood, utilityMade in Japan | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club number | DRIVER | FAIRWAY WOOD | UTILITY | ||||
| #1 | #3 | #5 | #7 | U5 | U6 | ||
| Head volume (㎤) | 445 | 147 | 140 | 131 | 98 | 94 | |
| Loft angle (degrees) | 13 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 27 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 61.0 | 59.5 | 60.0 | 60.5 | 61.5 | 62.0 | |
| Club length (inches) | 43.75 | 41.5 | 41.0 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 37.25 | |
| Club weight (g) | 269 | 285 | 289 | 293 | 314 | 323 | |
| Swing weight | C1 | C1 | C0 | ||||
| Head materials | Face: CARBON Body: Ti -811, CARBON Weight: Tungsten alloy |
Face, Body: 6-4Ti Sole: Tungsten alloy |
Face: 6-4Ti Body: Stainless steel |
shaft | L | W: 40g K: Low T: 6.3° | W: 41g K: Low T: 6.1°(#3) | W: 42g K: Low T: 4.8°(U5) |
| Ladies’ ironMade in Japan | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Club number | #7 | #8 | #9 | PW | AW | SW | |
| Loft angle (degrees) | 29 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 50 | 56 | |
| Lie angle (degrees) | 62.5 | 63.0 | 63.5 | 64.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | |
| Club length (inches) | 36.5 | 35.75 | 35.0 | 34.5 | 34.25 | 34.0 | |
| Club weight (g) | 335 | 345 | 355 | 364 | 370 | 375 | |
| Swing weight | B9 | C0 | |||||
| Head materials | Face (L shape): 6-4Ti Body: Stainless steel + TPU |
Face: 6-4Ti Body: Stainless steel + TPU |
Face, Body: Stainless steel Neck interior: Ceramic |
shaft | L | W: 44g K: Low T: 4.1°(#7) | |
Based on the manufacturing technology of the new high quality and high performance brand “VANQUISH,” dartshaft technology is adopted. The shaft is designed to be stiffened and firm from the grip side to the middle. The shaft accelerates the head by being sharply softened up to the tip, making it easier to get a solid ball contact and achieve a high trajectory. Adopting a metal mesh sheet at the grip part, means the center of gravity is there. This design makes it easy to swing and accelerate the head. Although it is a flexible and lightweight shaft, it also has a firm feel and achieves “a long flying distance and stable trajectory.”
