Barry Plummer by All Rights Reserved..Sign up for our weekly newsletter and not only will you get the latest reviews, instruction, and more delivered directly to your inbox, you’ll also be entered into regular giveaways for golf clubs, PGA Tour passes, and more. Sounds like Taylormade is back on track.1) Different players reviewed the gear. By day, Bill is a technology manager living in the Chicago suburbs with his wife and kids. Our TaylorMade M4 vs. TaylorMade M2 driver test took place on the range and the course at Saadiyat Beach GC in Abu Dhabi.In terms of head size they look exactly the same. TaylorMade M2 Driver: Our verdict. I’ve been writing them off for the last few years as over-hyped and marketed, so it’s nice to see unbiased praised for them. Sign up here for our newsletter and you'll never slice a drive again. As a result, a pure shot off of the face sounds firmly pounded down range.Not to just spit back copy from the manufacturer, but I found this blurb directly from TaylorMade regarding the M2’s sound both interesting and impressive:Though the 2017 M2 driver won’t win an Olympic medal, it has already won the Masters in the hands of Sergio Garcia. TaylorMade M2 Driver Review April 5, 2016 March 25, 2016 by Chris Lollis We spent the past week at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, following some of the world’s best golfers as they struggled to beat the Copperhead course. NCG staff The TaylorMade M2 was the driver I used for most of 2017 so it was going to be interesting to see if there were clear improvements with the M4.. TaylorMade M4 vs. TaylorMade M2 – First impressions. Tarn Lane, Alex Perry I just ordered a 10.5 M2 with KuroKage Black TiNi 50 R flex… saw you liked that shaft as well. The M5 driver is the driver that was released just a few months ago and until now it has been praised as the fastest driver that TaylorMade has ever made. TaylorMade’s engineers have worked seriously hard wringing out extra juice on last years hugely successful M2. But we also saw a couple of miles an hour extra swing speed.Why was this? They went from a good lineup of woods to an I’m excited to hear it. by As I know you read this site enough, I know you’re familiar with us preaching that everyone responds to equipment differently.2) I do genuinely feel TaylorMade raised the bar with this year’s equipment. by With the help of the world’s best golfer, Taylor Woods, the company claims that it is the fastest and the straightest driver … Adjustability isn’t the only thing that separates the Much like the feel, the M2’s sound is more prominent. It’s forgiving on off-centre hits and allows me to hit a steady stock fade to find fairways.The spin is a bit higher than maybe a fitter would like but out on the golf course, it works for me.With the TaylorMade M4 we did see a jump in ball speed and a drop in spin. Easy handling and less misstake.We believe that golf is better when golfers are better informed.Our goal is to provide golfers with the best information through honest reviews, world-class instruction, and data-driven myth busting. The new lower density 9-1-1 Titanium body, 6-layer carbon composite crown and minimal sound ribs allowed for 25g of discretionary mass to be relocated low and back in the sole of the club. Maybe I felt happier over the ball and could go after it a bit more?So we did see some distance gains but there wasn’t a jump up in the smash factor which is the club’s efficiency (Ball speed divided by swing speed).The smash factor was actually a fair bit lower. It took me 7 years to give up my R9 Super-Tri TP because I genuinely felt that Taylormade hadn’t hit a sweet spot since then. But a few swing speeds weren’t picked up by the Trackman for some reason.One thing I noticed with the M4 was that quite a few of my shots would have missed the fairway to the left.Shots that would have faded back onto the fairway with the M2 were going straighter with the M4.I love the TaylorMade M2 driver (and the Project X shaft) so it is going to take something very good to replace it for the 2018 season.There’s definitely something very appealing about the M4 and I do think it can help soften the impact of some of my heel and toe strikes.I need to spend more time with it out on the course to see how it performs over a round of 18 holes.Since this test I have actually been for a TaylorMade M4 fitting and was getting some very impressive numbers indeed.The M4 is definitely going in bag for the next round I play and I’ll report back on how it gets on.by