Taylormade M3

www.taylormadegolf.com X Lofts: 3-15° / 3HL-17° / 5-19° X Shafts: Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 65 X Adjustable hosel: Yes X Loft change: +/- 2°

TECH: Improvements over the M1 include a five-layer carbon crown, longer speed pocket and improved weight track system, giving you more weight (29g to 25g in M1) to position and better influence shot shape.

WE SAY: Everything about the M3 is geared to the wants and desires of the better player. The head size is 37cc smaller than the M4 (3-wood), there’s an adjustable hosel, a sliding shot bias sole weight and full-length face grooves. It’s a cheeky little fairway which we love, but there’s no hiding that for many average players (two of our testers included) it’s just not as long, or forgiving, as the excellent M4, which is also cheaper. Thanks to our test data we reckon that if you’re not trying to dial-in a particular shot shape, locating the 29g sole weight behind your typical impact location is a really good shout for increasing ball speed.

TOP GEAR VERDICT

Taylormade caters for a lot of tour players, and the M3’s adjustable hosel and sliding sole weight lets them do that easily, but unless you’re the one in 10 players looking for very specific launch conditions, it’s highly likely the awesome M4 will perform better for you.