Tour Edge Exotics C721 Driver Review

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The new Tour Edge Exotics C721 driver packs a ton of technology into an affordable, compact package that will appeal to a wide range of golfers. The subject of a recent Big Time Golf Guys podcast episode, this driver gives you everything you need off the tee… and more.

Tour Edge Exotics C721 Driver Specs

Right out of the gate, you know there is something special going on with the C721 driver from Tour Edge Exotics. The carbon crown looks a little different from competing offerings, thanks to what Tour Edge calls “Dual Carbon Wings.”

Where most carbon crowns are one continuous piece of material, Tour Edge’s spin on the tech separates the crown into two. The result is a “T” shaped piece of material that aides in maintaining crown stability and shape through impact. This Ridgeback design not only looks great, but serves a distinct purpose. Believe it or not, but a driver’s clubhead can change shape significantly when making contact with your golf ball.

Another highlight in the C721 Driver is Tour Edge’s Diamond Face technology. Ball speed is always something you want in a driver, and Diamond Face accomplishes this by way of 43 diamond shapes and seven different thicknesses throughout its design. That sounds like a ton of intricate details in a clubface — and it is! — but the result is a smooth, balanced face ready for anything you can throw at it.

Performance and Feel

Readers of this site know that I prefer a softer feel with a driver, and pretty much any other club in my bag. While the Tour Edge Exotics C721 driver isn’t the softest feeling option on the market, I’d say it fits somewhere in the middle on the feel spectrum.

Impact is muted, yet solid to the point of almost being classified as “hard.” The sound exuded from the clubhead is a little on the louder side, particularly off the sweet spot. I’ve come around to accepting that drivers are going more towards this sound profile in recent years, and it’s best to accept it.

Carry distance wasn’t extraordinary in my experience, particularly with the stock Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 60 shaft, but this can be fine-tuned with a proper fitting. Where I saw the biggest benefit with the C721 Driver was total distance, thanks to an incredible amount of roll. For example, one of my best drives equated to nearly 35 yards of roll in soft conditions. I can only imagine what that would be in the summer months.

Dispersion was also very promising, particularly left-and-right. You obviously want to keep the ball in play off the tee, and the Tour Edge Exotics C721 driver is as much a fairway-finder as the best in the accuracy category. Very impressive.

Overall Impression

There’s not much negative to say about this driver, and that’s a rarity in my view these days. While the sound is something I can eventually get used to, the overall takeaway from the C721 driver is one of a repeatable, consistent distance tool in a highly accurate driver option. Golfers will find full confidence in setting themselves up to score off the tee with the C721 driver, regardless of playing conditions.

For more information on the Tour Edge Exotics C721 driver, visit TourEdge.com today.

Retail: $399.99

Lofts: 9.5, 10.5, 12 (adjustable)

Tour Edge Exotics 721 Driver | BTGG 11

The boys are back this week to talk about the new Tour Edge Exotics 721 driver. Bill gives a solid rundown of all the new tech built in to this outstanding driver option. Adam offers his thoughts on the feel of the driver during his test. Some dog starts barking in the background, yet Bill remains undeterred as he makes one of his boldest claims yet regarding a new piece of golf equipment. 

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Tour Edge Exotics C721 Driver head.

Tour Edge Golf has announced their new Exotics 721 club series, including the exciting new Exotics C721 driver and metalwoods. Featuring technology proven to boost distance, forgiveness and consistency, the 2021 Exotics release might be the company’s finest effort yet.

“This is next-level Exotics,” said Tour Edge founder and President David Glod. “It’s a brand-new direction for Exotics, not only with ground-breaking new tech, but with virtually every aspect of the designs.”

Tour Edge Exotics C721 Driver

The amount of technology packed into the Exotics C721 driver is incredible. This ultra-premium driver is designed to have an optimized CG (Center of Gravity) location and extreme M.O.I. (Moment of Inertia) properties with the intent on making this Tour Edge’s most advanced driver ever produced.

Key features include:

• Ridgeback Technology – Ridgeback technology is a power producer. The new design innovation acts as a brace for the face that runs from the leading edge to the trailing edge of the clubhead. The Ridgeback titanium spine runs through the middle of the crown to produce more support at center-face. This extra support increases ball speed produced from both center and off-center hits and increases face-flex and forgiveness on every contact point of the face. Ridgeback also creates superior feel at impact.  The extra rigidity created by the brace through the crown produces a much stronger feel at impact when compared to a full carbon crown and results in a crisper and brighter feel at strike.

• Dual Carbon Wings – Tour Edge engineers designed Ridgeback to replace extra titanium from the crown and sole with wrap-around Dual Carbon Wings that create extreme weight savings that allowed for a precise and strategically placed CG location. This substantial weight savings by the large area of Carbon Wings on the crown and sole moves weight to a more low-rearward position, helping to produce extreme M.O.I. in the clubhead for increased stability at impact. The C721 Driver employs a 19% increase in the amount of Carbon Fiber used on the clubhead over previous Exotics drivers, the most carbon fiber Tour Edge has ever employed in an Exotics driver design. Compared to the EXS 220 Driver, the CG of the Exotics 721 was lowered by 13%, increasing launch characteristics, while lowering spin in the process.

• Diamond Face 2.0 Technology – Different diamond shapes of variable face thickness behind the face act as mini-trampolines to create faster ball speeds and expand the sweet spot to outer areas of the face. There are a total of 43 Diamond shapes featured on Diamond Face 2.0 on the Exotics C721 Driver. Diamond Face 2.0 features seven different thicknesses in an interweaving pattern, compared to the three different thicknesses used previously, and features a face thickness reduction of over 20% at the extreme perimeters of the face. The increase in Diamond Face coverage to the extreme heel and toe and of the driver dramatically increases ball speed on off-center hits. This works in conjunction with the Ridgeback support system to take stress away from the face at impact to create additional deflection. The decrease in overall thickness of the face also saved five grams of weight that were relocated to the lowest part of the clubhead.

• Adjustable Rear Backweight – A 10-gram adjustable back weight is at the extreme rear of the clubhead to help position the perfected CG and to optimize the M.O.I. properties of the C721 clubhead. The more balanced M.O.I. of the Exotics C721 Driver offers extreme stability and resistance to twisting at impact for players seeking enhanced distance with tighter dispersion on off-center hits. This optimized M.O.I. offers more swing types the ability to create a ball flight with high launch and significantly reduced spin rates with more ball speed from off-center hits in every direction on the face. This full-face increase in forgiveness and speed was made possible by the backweight and the advances made with Diamond Face 2.0 increasing face forgiveness to the heel and toe of the clubhead and by the new aerodynamic shape of the driver. Custom individual weights (5, 15 and 18-gram weights) and a complete weight kit for the Exotics C721 Driver will both be made available for purchase.

• Beta-Titanium Face/8-1-1 Titanium Body - The high-grade Beta-Titanium face is a higher strength Japanese metal that produces greater power. The lower-density and lighter 8-1-1 Titanium used in the body of the driver again lends to faster ball speeds, making this Tour Edge’s fastest driver ever produced.

• Sound Diffusion Panels - Five different Sound Diffusion Panels placed strategically inside the club head vastly improve the acoustics of the clubhead and enhance the richness of sound produced. This new level of sound and feel achieved with the Exotics C721 Driver is unlike anything else due to Ridgeback, Carbon Wings and the Sound Diffusion Panels working in concert together.

• Adjustable Hosel - An adjustable hosel allows golfers to adjust the loft Plus/Minus 2 degrees. With three lofts being offered in 9.5, 10.5 and 12 degrees, this driver comes with a range of 7.5 degrees to 14 degrees in loft.

SpeedTested Shafts

Every shaft in the Exotics 721 Series has been SpeedTested to find the optimal custom shaft pairing for every flex, determined by robotic testing and validated by player testing. 

85 MPH or Below - Fujikura Air Speeder: [40-gram R], [40-gram A], [35-gram L]

85-95 MPH - Fujikura Ventus Red 4T Core: [50-gram R]

95-105 MPH - Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX: [60-gram S/6.0]

105 MPH or Above - Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX: [60-gram X-Stiff/6.5]

All In-Line Custom Shaft Options

Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX [70-gram X/6.5], [60-gram X/6.5], [70-gram S/6.0], [60-gram S/6.0], [60-gram R/5.5]

Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX [70-gram X/6.5], [60-gram X/6.5], [70-gram S/6.0], [60-gram S/6.0], [60-gram R/5.5]

Fujikura Ventus Red 4T Core [60-gram S], [50-gram R]

Fujikura Air Speeder [40-gram R], [40-gram A], [35-gram L]

Additional Specifications:

Available Lofts in Right-Handed: 9.5°, 10.5°, 12°

Available Lofts in Left-Handed - 10.5°

Grip - Lamkin Crossline 360 Gray available in Undersize, Standard and Midsize

Pricing - The hand-built in the USA Exotics C721 Driver will retail for $399.99 and is covered by Tour Edge’s industry leading lifetime warranty.