If you’re looking for a high-performance driver at a budget friendly price, look no further, as starting with August 1st, the HL4 driver from Tour Edge is available for the “masses”, and it’s currently retailing for only $199.99 MSRP, with UST Mamiya shaft and Lamkin Z5 grip. At least on paper, this sounds pretty awesome, right? But what’s under the hood? That’s the question that drives our readers to our website. So, here it comes, but let’s see about a little bit of context first. Tour Edge is one of the world's biggest golf gear manufacturers, and their Exotics line of clubs is engineered with obsessive attention to detail and packed to the brim with the latest and greatest technologies money can buy. And speaking of money, the prices are, let’s say exotic.

On the other hand, Tour Edge did not forget about the little guy who cannot afford Exotics, and besides having a line of golf gear where the philosophy is spare-no-expense, they also offer the HL family, which is incredibly affordable and offers amazing value for money. Okay, you won’t get the latest technologies and composite materials, but the new HL4 driver boasts a forged 6-4 titanium body with variable-thickness cup-face design, and everything’s kept under $200, which is kind of awesome, all things considered. The new driver is available at retailers all across North America and it comes in 9.5, 10.5 and 12 degrees (standard); 10.5, 12, and 13.5 (offset version).

So, what’s up with the HL4 driver, you asked? Well, to make a long story short, this baby can be described as a solid investment in golf gear, provided you’re short of drivers in your golf bag, and comes with game improvement technologies and an alluring price tag, i.e. this driver is the best of both worlds, as it’s forged using 6-4 titanium and designed as a weapon of mass destruction, or a point and shoot type of deal. The cup face is also made of titanium and features a design that’s thicker in the middle and thinner on the edges, in order to enlarge the sweet spot and deliver constant ball speeds, even on miss hits. The crown of the HL4 driver is aerodynamically designed in the quest for speed and less effort than ever before.

There’s also a weight put in the back of the sole, while the driver is deeper from face to back, i.e. everything’s designed to make for a low CoG driver which delivers a high moment of inertia for higher launch. The company claims that the HL4 driver is twelve percent higher than the previous gen HL3, i.e. it resists more effectively in regard to twisting at impact and it’s way more stable.