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Thursday, 20 February 2025

The Top 25 Iconic Drivers of the Last 40 Years

 

The Top 25 Iconic Drivers of the Last 40 Years

 
 
 

 
 
1. Callaway Great Big Bertha
- The introduction of titanium big headed drivers with everyone talking about distance gains
 
2. Taylor Made Burner
- The first steel headed driver most looked at
 
3. Titleist 975D
- Tiger Used it in 2000 and one of the best-selling drivers
 
4. Callaway Big Bertha
- The start of the increasing size steel driver heads, everyone had to have one
 
5. Ping G2
- Stayed in many players bags for 10 years
 
6. Taylor Made R580
- At 400cc it was the start towards the 460cc maximum
 
7. Taylor Made Burner Bubble
- The iconic bubble shaft and orange head
 
8. Ping G400 Max
- Still in many bags today
 
9. Taylor Made M2
- Taylor Made’s best driver of the last 10 years
 
10. Titleist GT 3
- Currently one of the most popular on tour
 
11. Ping G430 LST
- Also, one of the most popular on tour
 
12. Callaway ERC 11
- Long, loud and became illegal
 
13. Titleist 905 R
- Titleist’s first 460 cc driver
 
14. Taylor Made M3
- The introduction of the twist face
 
15. Taylor Made R510 TP
- An iconic shaped driver
 
16. Cobra King Cobra
- The Shark and Tiger used one
 
17. Callaway Epic
- The introduction of jailbreak technology
 
18. Lynx Boom Boom
- Popularized by Freddie ‘Boom Boom’ Couples
 
19. Callaway Ft IZ – I Mix
- The first popular driver with interchangeable shafts
 
20. Taylor Made R7 Super Quad
- Moveable weights in the head
 
21. MacGregor Eye-O-Matic Persimmon
- Classic persimmon
 
22. Wood Bros Texan Persimmon
- Last persimmon driver to win a major – 93 Masters
 
23. Taylor Made SLDR
- Iconic in how difficult it was to use
 
24. Callaway Ft – I
- The square headed flop
 
25. Cobra L4V
- 15 years or so ago Cobra were making loud drivers, and this might have been the loudest
 
 
 
Which driver did you have? Would you add any or replace any on the list?

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