TaylorMade unveils ground-breaking Stealth drivers

Over two decades in the making, the new and unique 60X Carbon Twist Face has been comprised of 60 layers of carbon sheets strategically arranged to optimise energy transfer and to bring you the future of driver performance.

Now, I’m sure most of you are wondering why carbon and what difference will it make out on the golf course?

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Like any new face technology, TaylorMade’s goal with carbon was to provide measurable performance improvements. The unashamedly red carbon face is engineered to deliver a higher COR and more precise face geometry through a lighter but larger face.

In short, it’s built to provide what we all want and need with the big stick – more speed.

Carbon fibre is an incredibly lightweight and strong material. TaylorMade’s engineers took full advantage of that to create a 26g face, which is 40% lighter than a titanium face of equivalent size.

The weight savings mean that the face size of the Stealth drivers is 11% larger than the SIM2 and SIM2 Max drivers of 12 months ago, and nearly 20% larger than the 2020 SIM driver.

According to TaylorMade, these weight savings and larger face size delivered a “stunning” ball speed increase during player testing, comparing Stealth Plus and Stealth to the 2021 SIM2 and SIM2 Max drivers at better player swing speeds.

The journey to creating an effective carbon face, however, was not without some significant challenges. On its own, a carbon face struggles to produce optimal launch conditions, with knuckle balls the norm in wet conditions and high, ‘floaty’ spinners common in the dry – neither of which is a recipe for distance or consistency.

In order to overcome this, TaylorMade has incorporated an innovative nano-texture cover – made from a thin polyurethane layer – that sits on top of the 60 layers of carbon.

This revolutionary technology creates the face texture needed to produce the ideal amount of friction between the face and the ball at impact to reduce spin at impact when it’s dry. It also features full-face grooves which are designed to provide improved spin performance in wet conditions.

Moving away from the headline act, the Stealth drivers also boast some tech staples of recent TaylorMade drivers, such as Twist Face and the brand’s ultra-flexible Thru-Slot Speed Pocket to produce forgiveness on strikes across the face and tighter downrange dispersion.

Despite a larger face, there’s no drop-off in clubhead speed with Stealth. The distinctive shaping that was a hallmark of the SIM drivers continues with the asymmetrical Inertia Generator producing advanced aerodynamics at the most critical phase of the swing: from the downswing to the moment right before impact. 

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