By ED TRAVIS
Tour Edge Golf’s Hot Launch X525 (super game-improvement category) and E525 (game-improvement category) series have been introduced and will be at retail on March 1 with pocketbook-pleasing pricing.
Fast Facts Tour Edge Hot Launch 525
Stock grip: Lamkin 360
At retail Mar. 1
Drivers: $249.99 (X and E)
Fairway woods: $169.99 (X and E)
Hybrids: $149.99 (X and E)
Irons: $89.99 (X525), $79.99 (E525)
Wedges: $89.99 (X525), $79.99 (E525)
Hot Launch X525 Driver
Anti-slice offset & rear skirt weight
Ridgeback crown
Variable thickness face
Two lofts plus HL (High Launch)
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
X525 Fairway woods
Anti-slice offset
Rear Weight Houdini Sole
Shallow variable thickness face
Ridgeback crown
Six lofts 16° – 27°
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
X525 Hybrids
Anti-slice offset
Rear Weight Houdini Sole
Shallow variable thickness face
Ridgeback crown
Four lofts 19° – 28°
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
X525 Irons
Hollow body Iron-Wood construction
Anti-slice offset
Rear Weight Houdini Sole
Shallow face
Stock lofts: 5 Iron-Wood 23°, PW Iron-Wood 43°
Stock shaft: True Temper Elevate MPH 95, UST Mamiya Helium
X525 Wedges
Undercut cavity
Wide Houdini Sole with more camber
Full face grooves
Three lofts 52°, 56°, 60°
Stock shaft: True Temper Elevate MPH 95, UST Mamiya Helium
Hot Launch E525 Driver
Skirt weight
Ridgeback crown
Variable thickness face cup
Sole rail for low center of gravity
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
Three lofts 9°, 10.5°, 12°
E525 Fairway Woods
Rear sole weight
Ridgeback crown
Variable thickness face cup
Sole rail
Four lofts 15° – 22°
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
E525 Hybrids
Rear sole weight
Ridgeback crown
Variable thickness face cup
Sole rail
Three lofts 19°, 22°, 25°
Stock shaft: UST Mamiya Helium
E525 Irons
Undercut pocket design with TPU filling
Wide sole
Internal toe weighting
Stock lofts: 5-iron 21.5°, pitching wedge 42°
Stock shaft: True Temper Elevate MPH 95, UST Mamiya Helium
E525 Wedges
Undercut pocket TPU filling
CNC Milled grooves
High toe to raise sweet spot
Rounded leading edge with cambered sole
Six lofts 50° – 60°
Stock shaft: True Temper Elevate MPH 95, UST Mamiya Helium
WYNTK
Since its inception the Hot Launch models from Tour Edge have stressed high-tech designs and quality construction sold at reasonable prices…in other words just the thing that players looking for in game-improvement clubs to help their scoring. For 2025 Hot Launch has dropped the C or “Competition” model replacing it with the X super game-improvement series while retaining and updating the E game-improvement series.
Additionally, pricing has remained steady, somewhat of a rarity in today’s business climate.
“This marks a new era for Hot Launch, with our best-feeling and best-looking performance-enhancement clubs we’ve ever produced,” said David Glod, Founder and CEO of Tour Edge. “The X-range offers golfers a new ‘X-factor’ to boost their game with cutting-edge SGI innovations, while the E-range is the highest-level of GI with a perfect balance of distance and forgiveness in more traditional shapes.”
