The new r7 quad 425 has 28 grams of movable weight screws, and Odyssey’s new putters seek to offer increased stability with a ring that connects the heel, toe and back.

Extreme makeovers

TaylorMade’s r7 quad driver and Odyssey’s 2-ball putter line receive dramatic face-lifts

The r7 quad driver from TAYLORMADE and the 2-Ball putter from OODYSSEY changed just about everything in their equipment categories. Now, they’re getting ready to change themselves.

The new TaylorMade r7 quad 425 becomes the largest all-titanium driver with four movable weights, which are now spaced wider than on its predecessor in an effort to enhance slice or draw correction. The driver has the highest moment of inertia of any driver its size, according to its designers. TaylorMade officials say they were able to increase the head size of the original r7 by reducing the thickness of the titanium walls to 0.6 millimeters, about the thickness of six sheets of paper. That allowed the amount of movable weight to go from 24 grams on the original r7 to 28 grams on the new model.

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