TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper

Gear: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver CopperWorth: $449.99 with UST Mamiya ProForce 65 shaft and Golf Pleasure TaylorMade Victory Copper gripSpecs: Titanium face and chassis with carbon fiber crown, adjustable sole weights and adjustable hosel. 11.5 and 13.5-degree fashions

Who It’s For: Quick-swinging golfers who need an alternative choice to their driver off the tee however who need extra forgiveness and distance than most 3-woods present.

The Skinny: Smaller than a driver, but a lot bigger than a typical 3-wood, the BRNR Mini Driver Copper combines unique supplies and driver-like applied sciences to create a robust various off the tee for elite gamers.

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The Deep Dive: Other than the potential exception of a driving iron, no membership in golf is extra macho than a mini driver. Carrying one says to the world that there are occasions on the course when your driver goes too far, and, you might be expert sufficient to get the ball airborne with a fairway wooden that has driver-like loft.

TaylorMade has quietly made mini drivers obtainable for a couple of seasons. The Unique One Mini debuted in 2019, and in 2021, the 300 Mini driver was launched. Final yr, TaylorMade provided the BRNR Mini, and some execs, together with Tommy Fleetwood, have put it in play often. Now, on the eve of the 2024 Masters, TaylorMade is dropping the BRNR Mini Driver Copper, a membership that’s just about equivalent to the 2023 BRNR Mini however cosmetically pays homage to the late ’90s Burner woods.

The BRNR Mini Driver Copper’s head dimension is 304cc, which is 34 % smaller than most drivers available on the market immediately, just like the 460cc TaylorMade Qi10 Max. Nevertheless, the BRNR Mini Driver Copper dwarfs 3-woods just like the Qi10 Max (200cc) and Qi10 Tour (170cc). The BRNR Mini Driver Copper additionally comes normal at 43.75 inches in size, which is a half-inch longer than these 3-woods however 2 inches shorter than a inventory Qi10 LS driver and 1.75 inches shorter than an ordinary Qi10 Max driver.

With specs like that, and being obtainable solely in 11.5 and 13.5-degree lofts, some golfers will name the BRNR Mini Driver Copper a 2-wood as an alternative of a mini driver. No matter what you name it, the membership is designed to excel off the tee as various to a driver.

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The BRNR Mini Driver Copper has a titanium face and physique together with a carbon fiber crown. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The BRNR Mini Driver Copper has a titanium face and physique, together with a carbon fiber crown, to create a major quantity of discretionary weight, which engineers re-purposed within the type of two sole weights. With the 13-gram weight within the entrance and 1.5-gram weight within the again, the BRNR Mini Driver Copper produces extra ball pace, much less spin and a decrease launch angle. Nevertheless, with the 13-gram weight within the again port and the lighter weight within the entrance, golfers ought to see a rise in each spin and launch angle, together with extra stability.

The BRNR Mini Driver Copper additionally has Twist Face, a shot-straightening expertise that debuted in 2018’s M3 and M4 drivers, and it has a Pace Pocket slot within the sole to permit the decrease portion of the hitting space to flex extra effectively on low-struck photographs.

If gamers determine to play the BRNR Mini Copper off the deck, its Okay-shaped sole is designed to permit the underside of the membership to skim throughout and over the turf extra successfully. However be warned: With a deep face and huge dimension, this membership was designed for use primarily off the tee. Quick-swinging, expert gamers will be capable to create sufficient carry to get photographs up within the air, however slower-swinging gamers would possibly wrestle to generate sufficient spin to maximise carry distance.

To fine-tune the spin and trajectory, the BRNR Mini Copper comes with an adjustable hosel that permits gamers and fitters to extend or lower the loft by as much as 2 levels.

Even with all these trendy options and applied sciences, the copper accents and the font used to spell the phrase TaylorMade on the only will instantly be recognizable to golfers who bear in mind utilizing Burner drivers and fairway woods within the Nineteen Nineties. And, for those who recall that turning the top cowl of final season’s BRNR Mini driver inside-out revealed a fuzzy rainbow design that some gamers opted to make use of, you’ll be happy to know that turning the BRNR Mini Copper’s headcover inside out reveals a fuzzy blue-patterned choice you may go along with.

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Under are a number of close-up photos of the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper.