Tour Collin Morikawa testing the new TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus driver and 3 wood – 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions

[jhford00]

7 hours ago, radiman said:

Two things I see.  First, the shape is different.  Maybe a touch longer heel to toe.  Little more compact front to back.  Second, I always had this feeling that the OG Stealth+ 3w sat a bit closed.  Or at least my brain was not capable of holding it square lol.  This immediately looks more neutral to me.  

 

Yes, I am a head case.  But, this is what I mean.

 

 

 

I love my OG s+ 3wd but will say it always looked like it sat closed at address. It’s 100% not bc I had it spec’d. it’s slightly open per the numbers but no matter what I feel like it’s toe’d in. I blamed it on the gloss/matte coloring and in the area where you drew a blue line is off. After seeing the new 3wd I will def be replacing the s+ with the newer one. 
 

and yes I realize you can’t compare photos with the angles etc but it’s not unheard of for some clubs to be more closed/open looking at address. We have all seen it. 

[jll62]

5 hours ago, radiman said:

I wonder how heavy the front weight will be in the non plus Stealth2.  Also, what the stock weight configuration will be in both heads.  Would be nice if we could order specific weights at the time of purchase.  

 

Last summer you could pick the weight included with the Stealth Plus FW at the time of order. Fingers crossed we'll eventually see that across all the woods in the line.

[gbang15]

noticed the toe of the driver head doesn't kick up at address like OG stealth plus did. looks like tsr/stealth had a baby, shape wise. 

[Brooks_Cupcake]

48 minutes ago, gbang15 said:

noticed the toe of the driver head doesn't kick up at address like OG stealth plus did. looks like tsr/stealth had a baby, shape wise. 

Sim2.5 my man! 👍

[KenEvil]

Too busy for my eye. I guess I'm becoming an old man and don't need none of that dang-fangled stuff on my clubs. 

[jaffabell]

15 hours ago, Chopper Dave said:

Will be fun cleaning dirt, sand, grass, leaves, tees and small rodents out of that fairway weight/cavity

That is the 1st thing I though when I saw it! if you play on wet ground you will 100% get grass and dirt going in there, even if it is behind the contact point of the ground. Grass and dirt manages to find its way into the hosel screw hole on my driver occasionally, especially on a really wet and muddy day so surely it will find its way in to the gaps on this back weight here... more so for those who use the fairways from the deck. Just my thoughts anyways, nothing performance related.

[ScottyGolf]

I like the look of the new Stealth 2 a lot with the sliding weight and would have liked to seen that in the 3 wood.  I would love a TM 3 wood that did not hook!  It would be great to throw the weight on the toe on a 3 wood.  

 

I will hit both of these because as I like to try new things.

[getitdaily]

28 minutes ago, jaffabell said:

That is the 1st thing I though when I saw it! if you play on wet ground you will 100% get grass and dirt going in there, even if it is behind the contact point of the ground. Grass and dirt manages to find its way into the hosel screw hole on my driver occasionally, especially on a really wet and muddy day so surely it will find its way in to the gaps on this back weight here... more so for those who use the fairways from the deck. Just my thoughts anyways, nothing performance related.

My first thought was "that's a lot of weight to be able to move, I want to see how different from vs rear weighting performance is"

[jaffabell]

1 hour ago, getitdaily said:

My first thought was "that's a lot of weight to be able to move, I want to see how different from vs rear weighting performance is"

And that is what makes us all unique 🙂 

[Therealpatgiles]

As someone who plays a 44.5 driver, I cannot wait for this much weight to help me dial in SW

[andyrewhill]

On 1/3/2023 at 2:02 PM, TomBomb51 said:

Should have been named SIM3 Red Edition, starting at $799.

I am noticing how the stealth 1 resembles the SIM 1 now more with this new Stealth 2 obviously looking very similar to the SIM 2. It's like they break through with technology with the first iteration, and hold back the looks until the second.

[Red4282]

On 1/3/2023 at 5:01 PM, Red4282 said:

Do we know what stock length is? If its 46, alot of that is coming out for most players

Oof, big fail on my part. Just realized I had that backwards- shorter, add weight 🤦‍♂️

[bbigtigger]

Why not anodize the weights red or black. Not a fan of the silver! 

[jfrank]

34g is insane.  The SLDR wasn't that long ago in the grand scheme of things and that was 19-20g.  Huge percentage change.

[tbowles411]

5 hours ago, bbigtigger said:

Why not anodize the weights red or black. Not a fan of the silver! 

Aftermarket is coming!  🙂

[BirdieBob]

5 hours ago, bbigtigger said:

Why not anodize the weights red or black. Not a fan of the silver! 

 

I probably would use some hi-temp epoxy spray and go BLACK on both weights.

[Ben Berube]

On 1/3/2023 at 2:46 PM, Mookie91 said:

My OG Stealth has been collecting dust as I went back to OG SIM Max.  Hoping the Stealth + 2 gets some good reviews as I always like shiny new things 😁

OG Sim Max is the balls

[Mp14forlife]

7 minutes ago, Ben Berube said:

OG Sim Max is the balls

Yup. Nothing new has knocked out my og sim max. Most interested in the aerojet right now. 

[bladehunter]

On 1/3/2023 at 2:50 PM, getitdaily said:

That's a ton of weight to move around. I have the Rogue st ls and I swapped the 6g front weight with a 3g weight and slapped lewd tape on the rear of the head. Just that little bit of play made a slight difference. So 50g is going to be significant. 

Can we get a picture of this lewd tape ?😂

[getitdaily]

11 minutes ago, bladehunter said:

Can we get a picture of this lewd tape ?😂

Yeah. Do you remember the movie "Waiting"? Batwing? That's what that tape helps solidify. 

[bladehunter]

4 minutes ago, getitdaily said:

Yeah. Do you remember the movie "Waiting"? Batwing? That's what that tape helps solidify. 

😂Man. Luis Guzman became one of my favorite actors after that movie.  He’s a guy you can’t believe gets paid to be in movies. Lol. Haven’t watched it in a while now.  

[third-times-a-charm]

No one remembers this bad mamma jamma? Big weight channel vibes:

 

[My2Dogs]

On 1/3/2023 at 12:15 PM, The Ultimate Hack said:

Lot going on with that three wood. 

Can you imagine cleaning the bottom of that baby on a wet course.  Lots of areas for mud to get stuck in. 

[getitdaily]

8 hours ago, third-times-a-charm said:

No one remembers this bad mamma jamma? Big weight channel vibes:

 

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Yep, I think this one had a heavier weight...18g I think.

 

But the 50g in the TM is major.

 

[Bdck]

On 1/4/2023 at 8:44 AM, ScottyGolf said:

I like the look of the new Stealth 2 a lot with the sliding weight and would have liked to seen that in the 3 wood.  I would love a TM 3 wood that did not hook!  It would be great to throw the weight on the toe on a 3 wood.  

 

I will hit both of these because as I like to try new things.

Don't think those hooks are the club amigo

[ScottyGolf]

3 hours ago, Bdck said:

Don't think those hooks are the club amigo

My Callaway Rogue ST LS says different - LOL  I can hit a high cut with them.  Sold off the TM kept the Cally.  But yes, I know, but my head thinks Cally no left.

[radiman]

5 minutes ago, ScottyGolf said:

My Callaway Rogue ST LS says different - LOL  I can hit a high cut with them.  Sold off the TM kept the Cally.  But yes, I know, but my head thinks Cally no left.

I’ll stick up for you on this one haha.  My stealth+ 3w was probably the longest 3w I’ve ever hit. Wanted a 2nd tee option. But all I could do was hit huge sweeping hooks with it. To me the face always looked closed. Shouldn’t be the case but my brain just could not see it any other way. 
 

Since it was a ball speed monster, when it went left it went really long and left. Typically OB or in the trees. Ended up going back to a mavrik sz to finish the season. Hoping for a better fit with the stealth 2 +. 

[amace04]

That 3w is giving me serious m5 vibes

[lordemsworth]

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it - but the fairways remind me of the Nike VRS Covert fairways - when Nike were making cavities in the fairways and drivers.  The only thing Nike didn’t do was have that movable weight.

 

 

[BagofToast]

1 hour ago, lordemsworth said:

Not sure if anyone has mentioned it - but the fairways remind me of the Nike VRS Covert fairways - when Nike were making cavities in the fairways and drivers.  The only thing Nike didn’t do was have that movable weight.

 

 

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I believe someone did. The resemblance is definitely there.