Look alive, gearheads—Callaway just dropped two new members into the Elyte driver family. One you probably saw coming from a mile away while the other might raise an eyebrow or two.
Elyte Triple Diamond Max
First up is the Elyte Triple Diamond Max, a club whose arrival was inevitable after last year’s runaway success. When the Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max landed last year, it exceeded expectations. Callaway had to scramble with reorders just to keep pace with higher-than-anticipated demand.
Worth mentioning: it wasn’t just weekend warriors who took to the TD Max. By season’s end, it had become Callaway’s most-played driver on the PGA Tour.
Go figure.
So, yeah, there was approximately zero chance we weren’t getting an Elyte Triple Diamond Max this time around.
While “Triple Diamond Max” sounds like a bit of an oxymoron (is it low-spin or ultra-forgiving?), the name captures the club’s split personality—it’s a lower-spinning, Tour-inspired shape with a bit more of a forgiveness safety net than the standard Triple Diamond.
In the fantasy world where all factors are equal, you’re trading a whisper of peak ball speed for that extra forgiveness (and, yes, a tick more spin).
At 460cc, the Elyte Triple Diamond Max gives you a slightly larger footprint than the standard Triple Diamond (450cc) but Callaway hasn’t messed with that eye-pleasing Triple Diamond shape. They’ve simply scaled it up just enough to create that forgiveness that makes the TD Max, well … the TD Max.
The rest is pure Elyte DNA. You get the same Thermoforged carbon crown, the same 360 Carbon Chassis (the design inheritance from Ai Smoke that largely defines today’s Triple Diamond platform) and Callaway’s AI10x face delivering more speed and control.
All of that is trickle-down tech from the rest of the original Elyte lineup.
Who is the Elyte Triple Diamond Max For?
The golfer who lusts after that classic Triple Diamond profile but needs a touch more forgiveness on those days when the swing feels more “human” than “cyborg.” It lands squarely in the sweet spot between aspirational and practical in Callaway’s expanded lineup.
Elyte Triple Diamond TD
First, I need to express my profound relief that this club isn’t called what I feared it might be. Given Callaway’s occasional penchant for name maximalism, I genuinely worried they were ready to unveil the “Elyte Triple Diamond Triple Diamond.”
It wouldn’t have been entirely off-brand, right?
Thankfully, I was wrong. The TD here stands for Tour Draw—and it’s exactly what it sounds like. The Triple Diamond Tour Draw takes the original Elyte Triple Diamond framework and adds just enough internal heel weighting to give you a hint of draw bias.
For context, Callaway describes the standard Triple Diamond as producing a neutral ball flight that wants to fall right. The Triple Diamond TD, meanwhile, delivers that same neutral character but with a tendency to fall slightly left.
Whether either qualifies as truly “neutral” is debatable but the point is that the Triple Diamond TD isn’t going to fix your banana slice. It’s a subtle nudge for players who prefer their drives with just a hint of right-to-left action and the extra roll that comes with it.
Elyte Triple Diamond TD origins
The Triple Diamond TD release acknowledges an important reality: while the fade has become Tour golf’s preferred flavor in recent years, some elite players still want to turn the ball over slightly, so Callaway’s Tour Staff would find themselves tweaking the Triple Diamond with weights or rat glue. After enough reps, Callaway felt it made sense to take what it was already doing on Tour and bake it into a retail offering.
Shape-wise, it’s pure Triple Diamond, albeit with that slight heel-bias tweak. Unlike the Max variant, the TD keeps the more compact 450cc head size that better players tend to favor.
While the Triple Diamond Max caters to the Triple Diamond guy seeking a touch more forgiveness, the Triple Diamond TD serves the player who wants that classic Triple Diamond performance (and shape) with just a whisper of draw-friendly DNA.
What took you so long?
I understand the frustration some of you might feel about these clubs arriving fashionably late to the Elyte party. It’s always preferable when a manufacturer’s full lineup drops simultaneously. That said, Callaway deserves credit for getting these to market earlier in the season this year, just as many of us are shaking off winter rust and eyeing new gear for 2025.
Ultimately, the Triple Diamond Max and Triple Diamond TD represent two more arrows in an increasingly well-stocked quiver of fitting options. And I will never not applaud manufacturers giving players more choices rather than fewer.
Specs, pricing and availability
The Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Max comes in nine- and 10.5-degree options with lefties limited to the 10.5-degree head.
The Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond TD also offers nine- and 10.5-degree lofts but flips the script by offering lefties only the nine-degree variant.
Both models feature the Mitsubishi 1K Black as the stock shaft with the premium Aretera EC1 Blue (normally $350 at retail) available for a surprisingly reasonable $100 upcharge.
Retail price for either model: $649.99. Now available for pre-order. Full availability on April 4.
For more information, visit CallawayGolf.com.
Looking for more Callaway? Be sure to check out the Elyte Mini Driver.
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