I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again:
It has never been a better time to be a Golf Club buyer.
This, friends, is a hill to die.
We players have more extraordinary opportunities in more price points today than in the whole history of the sport. You want crazy ultra-premium? Make a call people in Honma and ask about their five -star beres line. You want excellent performance at an affordable price? Good people in MacGregor, Ram, Takomo, Ballistic and others would love a word.
If the Golf budget is the name of your game, 2025 has been a flag year for drivers below the $ 400 threshold. It was once that if you wanted a low -cost, direct consumer driver, you would exchange at least one category of performance (distance) and maybe another (apology) to get that price.
That scenario, dear friends, is overcome.
Mainly.
I haven’t tried all drivers under $ 400 this year, so we really can’t call this a final list. But I have gamed each of these (plus some others) for extending this season. Therefore, although this is, of course, a man’s opinion, conclusions are based on experience.
Let’s achieve it.
# 5: Takomo Fire D1 – it’s Fiery
With $ 319, Takomo Ignis D1 is a legitimate driver. The sound is on the side loud and loses the dots at a distance but goes straight.
Takomo gives you technology that you can not expect at $ 319. 460cc Ignis D1 contains a crown of carbon fibers, an adjustable hose and removable weight to adjust the ball flight. You can choose between a nine- or 10.5 degree head, and you can get any shaft you want, as long as it is either a Blue Ventus or Red Ventus.
In the big look, the head of the head should not matter, but Ignis D1 comes with a beautiful one.
To be completely transparent, this place was really an attack between this takomo and the Edge Exotics Edge Exotics E725. I fought with this, feeling like Portnoy by ruminating whether to give a pizza a 7.9 or an 8.1. It’s so close. Edge Tour is taller and more forgiving, but after all, Takomo, with $ 80 less, is long and forgiving sufficient.
Pros: Pros: We love the price and is a very accurate driver. It is also a reasonable forgiveness. The head of the head is sweet and the driver himself is beautiful. We also love the name, too, as Flammable is Latin for fire.
Offenses: Igniis is shorter than 5 Top 5 (at least in my hands) and the sound is on the side loud. Forgiveness is okay, but there are more forgiving opportunities to come. Takomo is not offering shaft options at this time and Ignis is only available to the right.
#4: Ben Hogan Ptx Max – An adams of modern days
Adams deserved a way more love than he returned during the day. From the beginning of the 2000s until it was sold to Taylormade, Adams was the king of the hybrids. She also made some heavily underestimated drivers.
Former Adams Club Gavin Wallin is now the leading designer for Simon Millington’s Hogan-Macgregor-Zebra brands. Hogan Ptx Max and PTX new Wallin hold a special Adams gift.
PTX Max crack this list for two very good reasons. First, it is another member of 10k Moi Club and is all that should be a 10k driver. Second, it is significantly longer than takomo with sounds and a much better feeling.
And is $ 379.99.
Pros: Pros: Squeeze any pardon from her moi worth 10k. It looks great with its carbon fiber crown and the wonderful Hogan Sunburst logo. Enough time to do the job. Excellent selection of loads and shaft premium
Offenses: Not the longest on this list and the host is with. No removable or changable weight.
#3: Under 70 859/859 Pro – Punch
The owner under 70 Jason Hilland co-processed series 859 drivers with the legend of R&D Bob Renegar. While not a family name, Renegar’s resume includes Stints as R&D director for Arnold Palmer and the original company Ben Hogan. He later founded Solus and Renegar Wedge companies, developing something we take for granted today: a wedge of high bounce with a low main advantage.
Together, Hilland and Renegar created the first patented technology of under 70, called the rotation or art axis. It is quite technical, but the simple version says the club rotates not as a free body, but on the axis of the axis line. Renegar maximized Moi by distributing low -heeled weight and high heels and then redesigned the curvature of the face to match. Basically it is a new rotation in Bulge and Roll.
The result is a stupid driver that, for $ 399, does not pass the distance.
Note: I included the 450cc 859 pro model, but I didn’t play this year. She got Very high signs However, in MygolfSpy testing.
Pros: Pros: Tall, fair and forgiving, with tremendous performance on strikes outside the center (especially towards the heel). The Red Action Action Denal is a bomb and has an extensive list of available updates. Available in both right and left models. Sub 70 Customer service is legendary.
Offenses: It barely meets the threshold below $ 400. Some players may not love the sound and feel.
#2: Cleveland Hibore XL – Oh captain, my captain…
This should not surprise. I love this driver.
Of course, it ended next to the last in mygolfsky driver testing this year, but, in the hands of this golf player, he Dorito Triangle Sunuvabitch Finds straight paths. There may be longer drivers there, but Hibore is long enough, and almost always sit where I can find and hit it again.
I’m very sure this is what you want more in a driver, right?
Pros: Pros: Distinctive, triangular and sexy. Works for I
Offenses: She wrapped the NTDFL (adjacent to the dead f ** king) in mygolfspy testing. And as much as it shakes me, I think there are some poor, wrong souls there, who can oppose a driver who looks like a Dorito on a stick.
Nor do I get it.
#1: MacGregor Tourney Max – Cinderella’s story, Outta nowhere…
When Simon Millington’s team in MacGregor started working at Tourney Max, the number 1 goal on the table was simple:
Build something that can compete with the Costco Kirkland driver.
UmmmHe succeeded. And then some.
I get that many of you will reject a $ 249 direct driver to the consumer without a second thought. That would be a mistake. The MacGregor Tourney Max has everything you want in a driver: a carbon fiber crown, a titanium face of variable thickness, and a better shaft than you would be eligible to wait in that price range.
In my hands, it is proven to be long enough, maybe the longest on this list, and I can keep it in the game. If the dollar yards are a metric that matters to you, MacGregor Tourney Max can simply be the best deal in Golf.
Pros: Pros: Good grief, man, is $ 249. Very good sound and feeling, much distance and stock hzrdus smoke Black rdx is a serious shaft. MacGregor will also trim it in free length.
It is available for both the left and the right.
Did I mention it is $ 249? I think I’ve done.
Offenses: I think, I think, complain about the value of the resale. Then again, the concern of the resale value when buying a driver is a type like starting a divorce account on your wedding day.
Always with negative waves, Moriarty. Always with negative waves.
Is a great time to be a golf player
Yes, the price of OEM is what it is, and we have seen prices rise in recent weeks. This kinda absorbs, but glorekyosky, people, take a good look around. There are more excellent opportunities at prices than ever before, brand snobbies to be cursed.
Okay, adjustment is a problem for those of us trying to squeeze every last ounce of performance from our driver. These types of prices come with compromise, so it is best to understand the performance characteristics of the standard axes offered. You may not get any possible yard, but you can reasonably approach.
And you can simply save $ 300 or more to set up to that Pebble beach trip you dreamed of.
Now this is something fair and hopeful.
office My five best drivers for under $ 400 first appeared in MygolfSSS.
