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I have recently been trying to find a new driver for my golf set. There are many good options on the market, but based on some preliminary research, the following were the only ones worth looking at: Callaway's Mavrik, Taylormade's SIM, and Ping's G series.

Here's a breakdown of the new technologies in each driver.

Mavrik: Callaway's new driver face is 6 grams lighter than the previous generation, decreasing the overall weight of the club (6 grams seems small, but is significant for a driver). They also redesigned the club head by flattening the crown to improve aerodynamics. Most importantly, however, they have incorporated two lightweight metal bars behind the club face in order to increase ball speed and distance. 

SIM: Taylormade has introduced a "twist-face" in which the 3-D plane of the club face has been twisted in order to straighten shots no matter where the ball and club face make contact. Additionally, the SIM driver has a more aerodynamic sole design to maximise club head speed by minimising drag. 

G425: One cool feature that Ping has created is called the "Smart Grip" which collects information from your shots and passes it to the Ping app on your smartphone. The app then allows you to visualize and analyze these statistics to help improve your game. Furthermore, Ping has designed a new forged face that generates more flex and helps add distance and higher launch to each shot. 

As you may be able to tell from my quick recap, reading about each driver on their respective websites was fun, but not entirely useful because each driver is apparently the best according to their own companies. Watching reviews on youtube are slightly more informative, but also not entirely trustworthy because some channels are paid to give good reviews. So, I decided to try for myself today and went to my local pro shop to give each club some test swings. After an hour or so of swinging and hitting, I decided that the Ping G425 seems to have the best bang for the buck and can't wait to try it out on the course.