Tour Edge Pro 721 Hybrid Review

Tour Edge Pro 721 Hybrid

We’re about to cover a really neat and interesting club in this review. When I first heard about the Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 hybrid, it was explained to me that feedback from the Tours indicated that players wanted the benefits of a hybrid while still being able to make a regular iron swing. They also wanted a tight and compact profile that allowed for versatile shot making and maximum control. David Glod and his team got to work and delivered the “pure Tour pro design” Tour Edge Pro 721 hybrid. Like the rest of the Pro 721 lineup, the hybrid is “straight off the Tour Van” and limited to 1,000 pieces between all four lofts.

The Looks

It doesn’t get much more compact than the Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 when it comes to hybrids. With a taller and more squared face, it almost looks like you could just chop off the body of the club and you’d be pretty close to an iron. Of course, you can’t do that so the small “peanut” look is reminiscent of a lot of the great minimalist hybrids from back in the day. When they say “they don’t make them like they used to”, well now Tour Edge does. I’m excited to see this shape and look come back to the hybrid game.

Of course, we can’t forget the Pro 721’s matte crown. This helps with “anti glare” and makes the crown look extremely smooth. The face is slightly “shinier” and rolls into the topline a bit creating a nice contrast. Maybe it’s just me, but I find this contrast helps me frame the ball better in my setup. Overall, looking down at this club makes you feel like you can hit any type of shape or flight that the next demands of you.

How Does it Feel?

Somehow Tour Edge managed to squeak Diamond Face 2.0 technology into this little guy! Behind the Pro 721 hybrid’s face are 41 diamond shapes that vary between seven different thicknesses. These diamonds act as “mini trampolines” so there is more ball speed off of the face as well as a larger sweet spot. This also makes the extreme toe and heel less punishing so you will have less distance loss on misses. As a result of all of this, the Pro 721 hybrid feels very responsive, clean, and hot. There was a lot of smooth jump in my hands at impact.

As much as the Pro 721 lends itself to an iron swing, you can really do both with it. The sole of the club glides through the turf very cleanly with a shallower “wood-like” swing. Of course, how well it passes through the turf with a shallower swing will depend on the lie. With a steeper iron-like swing, the Pro 721 doesn’t dig and will come through the turf pretty clean and evenly. The benefits of Diamond Face really kick in here as you might make impact higher on the face, but won’t lose speed. What’s also nice is that this steeper swing is much friendlier in a juicy lie with the ball down so you can get a crisp cut into the rough. It almost feels like you can just attack downward and pick the ball out which is not a common feel for a hybrid.

How Does it Sound?

I thought long and hard about how to describe the Tour Edge Pro 721 hybrid’s sound. It took me two sessions with it to land on what I feel is the correct description. The sound is a reserved and light metallic “ting” mixed with a hint of “tick”. It’s definitely reaffirming, but appropriately tight and solid for a compact head of this nature. That said, there’s a sense of breathing room that’s almost like taking a deep breath with your ears. (Try it, you’ll see what I mean. It’s not as crazy as it reads…) This is what I believe contributes to the clean feel mentioned above. Through the turf has a clean “clip” to it and a heavier shot has a hint of a light thump. Overall, a very smooth and clean sound with minor metallic tones.

On-Course Performance

Versatility. I’m not sure there’s much more I can say about the Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 hybrid. Ok, we all know I can say plenty, but that’s what really stood out to me immediately. Tour players wanted a hybrid that played more like an iron with low spin and maximum control. What I experienced was that the Pro 721 made it easy to hit every shot in the book. I could float shots high in the air, both directions, and land soft on my target. I could also just as easily flight one low and drill it down a fairway with a tight draw or cut and some roll.

Tour Edge’s Flight Tuning System (FTS) allows the player to influence the center of gravity (CG) in the club as necessary. First, with the weight more forward in the sole, the spin will be lower and the natural flight will be more piercing. A lot of better players prefer their hybrids to be more anti-left in terms of flight. By placing a heavier weight toward the toe, the flight will naturally be more neutral to fade biased. In the event you want you want to play more of a draw flight, you can place the heavier weight toward the heel. Should you want to fine tune the CG and flight further, Tour Edge also offers an additional weight kit.

One last point I want to discuss is the Pro 721 hybrid’s forgiveness. While I don’t think Tour Edge would try to tell you this is the most forgiving club, I personally think it was shockingly easy to hit. True, I think you have to be able to generate some club speed to get the ball in the air with its forward CG, but this hybrid was impressively automatic for me. If you’re more of a “mini fairway wood” hybrid player, I’d say stick to the C721. If you like to play a wide range of controlled shots with a hybrid, the Pro 721 is pretty impressive.

Final Thoughts – Tour Edge Pro 721 Hybrid Review

I’m not sure if my review does the Tour Edge Pro 721 hybrid justice, but it really is an impressive tool of the trade. Frankly, this is the closest I’ve seen a hybrid able to perform as an actual iron replacement in quite some time. I can’t remember the last time I was able to so easily hit the same variety of shots with a hybrid in my hand. Keep in mind, hybrids fill very different and specific roles from player to player so that should be considered here as well. But if you’re a good ball striker looking for crazy shot versatility in a small hybrid package, the Pro 721 might currently be the best option in the market.