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The Tour Edge Exotics LS driver has low spin and very high ball speed. Compact address look. Significantly less forgiving than the Exotics Max. Strong adjustability options.
Introduction
Despite being targeted at a fairly small segment of golfers, an OEM’s Tour-style driver carries a ton of weight. In most lines, this is the driver that’s expected to show up on TV, bring home professional victories, and end up in the bags of low handicap players. It’s the aspirational club, the halo product. Given TEE’s long history to designing great Tour-style clubs, I was excited to see what Tour Edge Exotics LS driver could do to raise the brand’s reputation.
Looks
As soon as I pulled it out of its cover, the Tour Edge Exotics LS driver let me know that it has the looks to compete with the best players drivers. At 440 cc, it’s one of the most compact drivers on the market. It’s symmetrical in shape with a short front-to-back measurement and a deep face. Also important in this category, this driver sits square in the neutral setting.
Putting the Exotics LS driver side by side with the Tour Edge Exotics Max driver emphasizes how short it is from front to back – roughly 1/4″ shorter than the Max. Leaving aside size, both drivers have a lot in common. Both have a glare-busting matte crown and a small “E” alignment aid.
In the bag, the Tour Edge Exotics LS driver makes the same understated impression is the Max and Lite drivers. The sole is almost entirely covered in carbon fiber with a matte finish. There’s an average amount of branding – the new “TE” logo on the toe and “Exotics LS” across the middle – but its all done in grey. Choosing grey instead of white creates less contrast and helps the branding to hit the eyes gently for a subdued, all-business look.
Sound & Feel
While the Tour Edge Exotics LS driver looks similar to the Max, the sound is completely different. The LS has the solid, low-pitched thump that’s characteristic of so many players drivers. The sound has more in common with a vintage persimmon driver than its modern counterparts. It’s average in volume, though the low pitch makes it seem quieter.
Tour Edge blended this traditional sound with a very solid feel. Impact feels more powerful than fast, though this driver does not lack for ball speed. Additionally, your hands will tell you everything you need to know about the quality of the strike. There is some feedback through the sound, but it’s clearer through your hands.
Performance
Tour Edge has never been afraid to make a true “Tour” club, and the new Exotics LS driver is another example. For skilled ball strikers and high spin players, this driver has the potential to unlock huge distance gains.
Hitting the Exotics LS and the Exotics Max [review HERE] drivers side by side, the differences are obvious. First, the LS is truly low spin. In my testing, it spun almost 300 RPM less than the Max, and I’m not a high spin player. It also has huge ball speed potential. The more forward CG means that your best strikes are going to create exceptional speed. The tradeoff for this lower spin and higher speed is a lack of forgiveness. While Tour Edge says that the Exotics LS has “high MOI for a player’s driver,” it’s nowhere near the Max. When you miss the center of the face with the Exotics LS, the drop in performance is meaningful.
Need help with your swing speed? Check out the Tour Edge Exotics Lite driver HERE
The biggest change from the C725 driver [review HERE] to the new Exotics LS is the adjustable weighting. With the C725, there were two weights – one for the front port and one for the rear track. This allowed golfers to modify the spin and bias the shot shape. The new Tour Edge Exotics LS driver ditches the back weight track, opting for a simpler front/back scheme with weights of 5 and 18 grams. Per Tour Edge, moving the weight can change the spin by as much as 300 RPM and the MOI by 11%. Both drivers have the same adjustable hosel for manipulating loft, lie, and face angle.
While putting the heavier weight forward was not a fit for me, I can confirm that it’s an impactful change. With the weight back, I was on the border of having too little spin. When the weight went forward, I was hitting knuckleballs. Just as importantly, I need the extra stability and forgiveness of having the weight back. I’m not trying to shape my shots off the tee; I just want to get it in play.
For a player like myself, hitting the Tour Edge Exotics LS driver is like hitting a blade iron: it’s fun, the great shots are super satisfying, but I’m giving up way too much on average to consider putting it in the bag. And, perhaps more importantly, I don’t get the big upside out of it because I’m not a high spin player. However, for the high spin player or those that consistently stripe it off the tee, this driver has a world of potential.
Conclusion
If club choices on the PGA Tour weren’t driven by endorsement dollars, I’m certain you’d see a ton of Tour Edge Exotics LS drivers in play in 2026. This driver has everything that high end ball strikers are looking for with its low spin and exceptional ball speed. If you’ve got swing speed to spare (but not money to waste), make this part of your next fitting.
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He founded Plugged In Golf in 2013 with the goal of helping all golfers play better and enjoy the game more.
Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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7 Comments
Great review Matt. I think Tour Edge have made a driver that looks better at address than similar models from Cobra etc. They continue to bring out great clubs that will unfortunately likely be underappreciated.
Graeme,
I agree, this is one of the best looking players drivers out right now.
Best,
Matt
Great write up. Compared to the MAX, it looks like you were getting very similar distance numbers. I know you said that the LS isn’t for you, but did you find better success in shot shaping, even though that wasn’t your goal?
Good question, tough to come up with an easy answer. With the Max, I had more confidence to try to hit different shapes. Often the shapes were fairly small or the ball just went straight, but I didn’t get bad results. With the LS, I didn’t get the “straight when I wasn’t trying to go straight” shots, but I had more bad misses. So, in my mind, I hit more successful shots with the Max, but I can see how some would argue that the LS was more successful.
I hope that’s helpful.
Best,
Matt
Great job in noting that this driver sits square in its neutral position, Matt, unlike so many other low launch/low spin (“player’s”) drivers that have a fade bias – that’s the kind of insight that makes PIG my first stop for reviews. I did a fitting days before this review came and the fitter said don’t bother hitting TEE LS because it simply doesn’t generate comparable ball speeds to the best “player’s” drivers (which I thought was odd, although ceded to his experience/knowledge), but I wasn’t aware TEE LS sat square or I would have made it higher priority to hit it in my fitting…
Great review Matt. I had a TE Exotics from the early 2000s that was in my bag for several years and am tempted to pull the trigger on this one. Question on this clubs loft – I know from the pics that you tried the 9; in your opinion would the 10.5 in this club still deliver great results? I’m also a low spin player with positive AOA. Appreciate the insight.
Odie,
Absolutely. It’s just about getting the right loft for your swing. I could certainly loft up from a spin perspective, but I don’t really want/need it from a launch perspective. Ultimately, this just isn’t the right head for me, but it’s amazing for the right player.
Best,
Matt