The Best Golf Drivers of 2022

As another season gets underway, the golf world is buzzing with the releases of the newest golf drivers. Titleist, Callaway, Ping, TaylorMade, Cobra and more all have new drivers on the market that promise new innovations to add distance and accuracy to your game. To help you find which one is right for you, we gathered a panel of customers to review and test the drivers to see how they performed against their current one. The golf driver selections for this test are:

• PING G425 MAX
• TaylorMade Stealth
• Titleist TSi2
• Srixon ZX5

Which Is The Best Driver For You?

Finding the best driver for your game really depends on your personal abilities and preferences, but we’ve compiled our findings to create this comprehensive guide discussing the latest and greatest drivers on the market. We determined which drivers were the best in terms of distance and accuracy – check out the winners here!

Our testing panel is comprised of 10 golfers of varying experience and ability levels, so you can find the players that are most similar to you. Each driver tested was the standard flight model, but was custom fitted for each tester to match their swing and the current driver they use. Draw-specific and low-spin models were omitted from this test and will be compared in separate testing – so stay tuned for that.

How We Tested Our Golf Drivers

All of the data was collected in the controlled indoor environment of the TGW Wichita Pure Performance Center. Testing was conducted under the guidance of Rick Hatfield, TGW’s Master Fitter; who used a Foresight GC2 launch monitor to record numbers and had all of the golfers use the 2021 Titleist Pro V1 golf ball to keep variables constant. The data presented is an average of a minimum of 8 drives for each club.

Who Tested The 2022 Drivers 

Our driver testing was conducted by 10 members of TGW’s customer review panel who have handicaps ranging from 2-14. Their average score is typically in the 80-90s and their club head speed ranges from 89-119 mph.

• Michael is a 6-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a TaylorMade SIM2 Max driver to an average of 226 yards.
• Chris is a 6-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a TaylorMade M1 driver to an average of 251 yards.
• Ron plays 25+ rounds of golf per year to an average score of 80 and currently uses a TaylorMade SIM driver to an average of 260 yards.
• Alex is a 14-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a TaylorMade SIM driver to an average of 189 yards.
• Andrew is a 2.2-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a Titleist driver to an average of 251 yards.
• Brady plays 25+ rounds of golf per year to a 6-8 handicap and currently uses a TaylorMade M3 driver to an average of 285 yards.
• Kevin is a 0-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year to an average score of 72 and currently uses a TaylorMade M3 driver to an average of 253 yards.
• Tim is 5.2-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a PXG 0811 XF Gen 2 driver to an average of 248 yards.
• Jeff is an 11.2-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a TaylorMade SIM2 Max driver to an average of 219 yards.
• Jake is a 10-handicap golfer who plays 25+ rounds per year and currently uses a TaylorMade M3 driver to an average of 292 yards.

• The numbers presented in the distance results chart are the raw, unbiased data for each tester’s average distance with each driver.
• In the total distance numbers, every driver in the test averaged a gain in distance when compared to players’ current golf clubs.
• The top performers were picked based on which drivers had the highest average yards gained over our testers’ current drivers.

Why It Won:

• At an average of 259.7 yards, the PING G425 MAX driver was the longest in the group we tested.
• Our testers gained the most yards on average with the PING G425 Max driver at an impressive 12.3 yards more when compared to their current gamers.
• 9 of our 10 testing panel members gained yards with the PING G425 Max. The one tester who did not gain distance matched the distance of his current driver.

Why It Stood Out:

• With an average of 11.1 yards gained, the Titleist TSi2 driver was second in largest gain in distance.
• At 258.8 yards, the Titleist TSi2 driver had the second highest per-driver average distance.
• During testing, 8 out of 10 testers gained distance with the Titleist TSi2 driver compared to their current driver.

Why It Stood Out:

• With an average gain of 7.8 yards, the TaylorMade Stealth driver offered the third-highest average gain in distance for our testing panel.
• At 255.2 yards per driver, the TaylorMade Stealth driver averaged the third-highest yards per drive number.
• The TaylorMade Stealth driver offered distance gains for 7 of our 10 testers, including 4 golfers who gained 20+ yards and the highest single-club gain at 34 yards when compared to their current driver.

• The numbers presented in the accuracy results chart are the raw, unbiased data for each tester’s average yards offline with each driver compared to the shot shape of their current driver.
• The top performers were picked by which drivers offered a decrease in yards offline when compared to the shot shape of our testers’ current drivers.

Why It Won:

• The TaylorMade Stealth driver offered the largest increase in accuracy with a 22% tighter dispersion.
• The average driver with the TaylorMade Stealth driver was 7.9 off the center line compared to 9.6 yards off the center line of our testers’ current drivers.
• 9 out of 10 testers saw a dispersion in single digits.

Why It Stood Out:

• The PING G425 MAX driver offered a 2% tighter dispersion.
• The average drive with the PING G425 MAX driver was 9.4 yards off the center line.

Why It Stood Out:

• The Cobra LTDx driver offered a similar dispersion to the PING runner-up at an average of 10.2 yards off the center line.

Looking for last year’s winners? Check out the top rated golf drivers from 2021 and watch the results on our YouTube channel: