TaylorMade's Answer To Jailbreak? Hammerhead!
Posted by DG on 15 Feb 2018
One important detail of M3 and M4 that has been almost totally overlooked, much to our surprise, is the inclusion of what they're calling Hammerhead.
Remember back to 2017 when everyone went crazy for the Callaway Epic driver that featured Jailbreak technology? Golfers went crazy because the Epic was the longest driver anyone had tested in years.
TaylorMade's 2018 counterpunch to Jailbreak arrives in the M3 and M4. It's called Hammerhead. We at Dallas Golf think this is, quietly, a very big deal. The Hammerhead slot is essentially an extended version of the TaylorMade Speed Pocket technology that is more flexible in the center of the pocket (think supercharged trampoline effect). The reinforced end walls of the Hammerhead slot serve the same function as Callaway's Jailbreak bars - creating stability at impact and reducing the loss of energy.
Hammerhead allows for a thinner face than what was found in the M1 and M2. A thinner face on your M3 or M4 driver will mean faster average ball speed as well as lower backspin on those drives that hit a bit low on the face.
Our opinion is that TaylorMade's 2018 drivers certainly give Callaway's Epic and Rogue a run for their money in terms of both distance and accuracy.