Gear of the Year
If you are thinking about buying a golf club for someone special this holiday season, here are some to consider. Each club listed here won a GOLF Magazine ClubTest in 2007.

April 2007: Drivers
Winner: TaylorMade r7 SuperQuad
$399, graphite; taylormadegolf.com
Equipment Finder Profile

WE TESTED: 9.5° with Fujikura Rombax RE•AX 65 graphite shaft

COMPANY LINE: "Our first r7 driver to have four moveable weights (two are 12 grams each, two are 1 gram each) in a 460 cc head. Moveable weighting and inverted cone technology produce tremendous forgiveness for long, straight shots on off-center hits."

OUR TEST PANEL SAYS:
PROS
• "Long and straight. What more can you ask for?"—Steve Sesko (handicap 9)
• "Great look, explosive feel, penetrating flight."—Michael Kaye (14)
• "Crisp impact feel without loud noise." —Jeff McKinney (15)
• "Face feels razor thin and race-car responsive."—Joe Nagel (3)
• "Firm, stable head; little distance loss on mis-hits."—Bud Adler (15)
• "An attractive, all-black package."—Jim Esther (20)
• "Longest TaylorMade I've hit."—Jeremy Ross (4)

CONS
• "Mis-hits can stray."—Stacey Fitts (17)
• "More concerned with distance than correcting mis-hits."—Randy Rochefort (2)

Credit: Greg Lord