The original Bobby Jones Workshop Edition driver introduced two years ago featured a geometrically shaped head that allowed the face to square more easily at impact, helping to correct a common problem of traditionally shaped 460cc heads, which tend to lag open through the strike zone.

The design element is especially crucial in a driver with a longer shaft, which is where the SuperLite resides. Teaming with Graphite Design, Bobby Jones’ chief designer, Jesse Ortiz, has created a driver with the lightest (45 grams) and longest (47 inches) shaft on the market. It’s coupled with a new 25-gram Winn grip for a total weight of less than 300 grams. (A typical driver has a 60-gram, 45-inch shaft and 50-gram grip for an overall weight of 320 grams.)

The end result is 7 mph more clubhead speed and 15 more yards on average with golfers of swing speeds of 85 mph or less, the company claims, and our testing didn’t contradict it. Even faster-swinging players picked up distance and they didn’t suffer any accuracy lost either like you’d expect with a long-shafted driver.

“I have to admit the driver felt and looked so long at first, that I was a little dubious I could hit it straight,” says a 17. “But my accuracy didn’t suffer one bit, and I absolutely pummeled this thing down the fairway.”

$299 (three lofts, 9-12.5 degrees), bobbyjonesgolf.net

TESTING GROUNDS: Bobby Jones SuperLite Workshop Edition driver (10.5 degrees, R flex)
BALL SPEED: 138.5 MPH
LAUNCH ANGLE: 14.6 degrees
BACKSPIN: 2851 RPM
CARRY DISTANCE: 226.1 yards