Gear: Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Max, Triple Diamond Tour Draw drivers
Price: $649.99 with Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Black shaft and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grip.
Specs: Thermoforged carbon crown with carbon fiber sole, titanium face and frame, adjustable back weight and adjustable hosel.
Available: April 4
Who it’s for: Accomplished golfers who want more spin and forgiveness (Triple Diamond Max), and players who want a hit of draw bias in a compact driver (Triple Diamond Tour Draw).
What you should know: Originally developed for tour players, the Elyte Triple Diamond Max creates slightly more spin and more forgiveness than the standard Elyte Triple Diamond, while the Elyte Triple Diamond Tour Draw encourages a distance-enhancing right-to-left shot while retaining a small size and classic shape.
The deep dive: You might think that after releasing the Elyte, Elyte X, Elyte Triple Diamond, and Elyte Max Fast drivers in January, we might not hear about any new drivers coming from Callaway for a while. But the Carlsbad, California, based brand has opted to release two more drivers that previously had only been available to tour players – the Elyte Triple Diamond Max and Triple Diamond Tour Draw.
The Triple Diamond name was first given to clubs that were developed as prototypes for staff players like Jon Rahm, Xander Schauffele and Sam Burns. While the standard Epic, Rogue and Mavrik drivers were designed to help a wide range of recreational golfers, many strong players gravitated to low-spinning Sub-Zero versions of Callaway’s drivers.
Gathering feedback and making clubs for staff players started Callaway designers down paths to create more-specialized drivers that fit niche groups of players, and that’s where you’ll find the new Elyte Triple Diamond Max and Triple Diamond Tour Draw.
Elyte Triple Diamond Max
As a prototype, this club was Callaway’s most-played tour driver in 2024.
The Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Max driver was created for golfers who need more spin and forgiveness than the standard Elyte Triple Diamond delivers, but who want the original club’s look in the address position and the ability to shape shots to either the left or right.
The Elyte Triple Diamond Max comes in 9- and 10.5-degree versions and has a 460cc volume, which is slightly larger than the standard Elyte Triple Diamond’s 450cc volume. That larger size pulls the center of gravity location slightly further back and down, which elevates the moment of inertia (MOI) and provides the added forgiveness.
By retaining the key technologies like the thermoforged carbon fiber crown, carbon fiber sole panels and the Ai 10X face, along with the shot-shaping ability and look in the address position, Callaway found staff players who ...
