 Aesthetically pleasing, a lovely profile, and a real head turner with styling that dates back to the 90s. Say hello to Mini Driver. Well maybe not that Mini Driver. But I am sure we can all agree that the latest release from TaylorMade is a thing of beauty. And it all starts with this head cover. And that's where the first question lies in why TaylorMade can we not have this type of head cover on every driver that you produce. The quality is superb, they look superb and I can get them on and off my driver head without causing me a severe wrist injury. That driver head cover is in fact reversible, but in my opinion the least said about that the better. Then there is of course their head size 306cc, getting ball. Oh my word, which is a beautiful profile of ample size to give me the confidence that I need when I'm quivering on that first tee shot of the day. And that brings me to my second question of the day and that is do I really need a 460cc driver head on what effectively is the longest shaft that is in my golf bag. And talking of driver shafts, this is from UST, it is in fact a Pro Force which I'm a huge fan of. It's what comes as standard in these models. I'm using the 65 stiff and this length of shaft in the Mini Driver is 43.75 inches. Which basically means I can control it rather than what normally happens and that is the shaft very much controlling me. Now one word that I would never use in any other driver review is versatility because let's be honest drivers are very much a one trick pony. We play them from the tee and very few of us would attempt to play from a fairway. But with this amount of loft on the Mini Driver is there a possibility that this offers up a little bit of versatility and an option on a long par 5. And based on that strike the answer is absolutely. Now I would never attempt that with any other driver apart from this thing but with 13.5 degrees of loft it's almost like a strong three wood and that thing has gone off like a rocket. But it isn't just the loft of the club that make the fairway shot a possible option. It is this newly designed sole unit that they've put on the bottom of this club which they are naming the case sole. Which is interesting in a way helps you slide that club head across the turf. I'm just really pleased that the team at TaylorMade didn't go with the R sole which didn't quite have the same turf interaction. My wedge game is on fire right now. I've got the camera pointing the wrong way. So we've got to stick around to see if we can make birdie on what was Mini Driver, Mini Driver. Wedge, can we roll in the birdie? Turn, turn. Always got it. I forgot my lines. Too excited about making birdie the question I was going to ask which was another one about the shaft this time which was do I really need a near 46 inch shaft in my driver head? You tell me. And I will of course attempt to give you a more scientific answer to that question in the weeks ahead when I tried the Mini Driver with a full length Pro Four's equivalent shaft and just see how much difference it makes in terms of control and in terms of distance. That one should be interesting. Now there are of course legitimate answers to all the questions raised so far. It could be argued that that 460cc driver head offers a lot more in terms of weight manoeuvrability to make that club head a little bit more forgiving. It could also be argued that larger face on that 460cc head offers a larger sweet spot and in terms of length of shaft, well obviously there's that capability to generate more club head speed and ultimately hit the ball further. But I would argue that the one about the club head cover design is a legitimate one unless any of you can tell me difference and disagree that that isn't the best looking head cover on the market right now and for some time. There's also that ability to just move this little ball a little in terms of control from that shorter shaft. Most of the shots you've seen me hit so far this morning have been pretty much straight, very much a good old swing and hoof on these things and I'm pleased to say I found every single fairway so far. We are only on the fifth hole and one of them is a par three but that shot there was a little bit of left to right, that little cutty one that I like to hit and again shorter shaft, smaller head profile. Again just always gives me that element of confidence that I've got greater control in it and that's got to be a huge positive for the mini driver. Today's video is brought to you in partnership with HotGolf, the online golf mega store bringing you the hottest deals in golf and of course the clubs featured in today's video. Find the link to the HotGolf website in the description below and check out some incredible giveaways and offers. Now despite me making a video just last week about the tailor-made Stealth 2 HD driver making its way into my bag, since then this thing arrived and I must admit it has thrown a huge spanner in the works. In fact it hasn't left my bag since. I always say I put a club through its paces in terms of testing and I went out to do this on Friday and on Bank Holiday Monday. Friday here you'll see some shots where again they just hit the ball right from the get-go found fairway straight away. It's the confidence that this thing gives and I've asked a lot of questions whether they're positives or negatives well you answer them for your own personal reasoning but for me I've got control. The shorter shaft is helping me find fairways. I am still managing to get good distance out of this thing and it feels and sounds superb. And there's one other thing. That's another bullet straight golf shot but I also did mention that was another really interesting feature to be found within this mini-driver and the fact that it is adjustable in many ways and not just in the natural sense that we'd associate in the loft sleeve but also in the two weights that you see at the bottom of this clubface in that case hole. The front one being 1.5g, the back one being 13g at least in the way that I have it set up this morning and in theory that would be the higher launching, more forgiving model but if you wanted to change those two weights around you put the heavier weight at the front meaning you potentially got a low spinning driver which also is great to have that kind of adjustability in this clubhead. Now as golfers you'll have no doubt heard the analogy that loft is your friend and well to take that example to the extremes what would you rather have in your hand a three iron or your pitching wedge? Now there's two things that make the pitching wedge a lot easier to play than the three iron and that's a loft difference between the two and also the length of the shaft. You'll probably see where I'm going with this but then change that same analogy into your driver. I'm telling you my wedge game was on fire, get right on it. Oh just not quite enough. So use that same analogy, switch it into the driver head, switch it into the mini driver head because what they do is offer two lofts in terms of their standard head profiles and they are 11.5 degrees, 13.5 degrees coupled with that shorter shaft and what happens, will you get that greater control and loft is your friend, don't forget it helps you get that ball open out there in terms of using your driver. That's important. Now so far in terms of the way this driver looks we have only talking about the driver head cover which I think is awesome but what about the driver head itself because we can't ignore it. All this driver in terms of visuals and the aesthetics pay homage back to the sort of original burner driver that bubble shafted driver. We've also got those sort of same color tones and we've got the retro tailor-made text and logo that you see in the club face as well. You then go into the shaft and again that pro-force shaft has got the same sort of colorings as does the grip so aesthetically it looks superb but then what about that head add-address which is the all-important bit. It's got the gloss back side to it it's very much a shrunken down version of stealth if you like in many ways but without that carbon-wood face and that retro tailor-made logo in the center of the crown just to focus on where that ball needs to be at address. But it's the profile that's a real interesting bit for me. I've often asked why do we need such a huge lump in terms of that 460cc head add-address on our driver when you think where these have come from and where we are right now there's a huge difference but that 306cc just seems absolutely perfect on my add-address and I absolutely love this thing from a looks perspective but that's my opinion and as ever I prefer to hear yours. So in today's video we have asked a number of questions that hopefully are the kind that you want the answers to if you were considering buying a tailor-made mini-driver and I know for me it throws up some interesting well debates I suppose in many ways in our golfers heads like I said do you need that head size do you need that loft do you need that length of shaft all those things that you've got to question and then there is a price tag which is far more attractive than that of the top end drivers as well so for me this is a real driver that is worth considering for many drivers for average golfers in particular who are considering all those things as being possible positives to help their game and I do believe that they've packaged this up into something that is really quite special and aesthetically the best mini-driver that they've produced so far and arguably one of the best looking drivers in my eyes it's on the bar on the market right now it really is superb in terms of its styling anyway style doesn't find fair ways but maybe shorter shaft and a bit more loft does and it's important that you go out and try these things yourself obviously for my findings at least a real super addition to the tailor-made lineup for 2023 as if you haven't got enough to choose from already and possible another spanner in the works of my own personal bag anyway let me know your thoughts on this if you've tried it then I'd love to know your feedback and help your golfers point them in the right direction by giving some guidance in that comment section down below I'm all done for another night and well chances are I'll see you tomorrow at some stage