Triple Diamond or low-spin models always seem to be the best-looking options when it comes to driver ranges, but with that look and the potential for more distance, there is always the issue of a lack of forgiveness.
The new Elyte Triple Diamond reminds me of one of my old drivers but with a more compact footprint, and (spoiler alert) gave me one of the longest drives I’ve ever hit in my life, so could it be going in the bag?
Who Is It Aimed At?
People with high swing speeds, people who want to lower their spin rates, and people who like a more compact, tour-preferred shape.
This driver is great for confident golfers who are used to hitting the middle of the face, but if you are a little more inconsistent with your ball-striking then you might find that you’re losing out on mis-hits.
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The Tech
The Elyte Triple Diamond is Callaway’s smallest and fastest driver of 2025, alongside the forgiving, high launching Elyte X, the standard Elyte, and the Max Fast which is aimed at slow swingers.
It’s designed with a neutral to fade bias and comes with a 450cc head, compared to the 460 of the other two models.
There are interchangeable front and back weights which allow golfers the chance to choose between more stability or lower spin.
This time around, Callaway have focused on a new aerodynamic shape which provides more speed throughout the entire swing, improving forgiveness and launch.
An all-new Thermoforged Carbon crown, which uses aerospace grade carbon fibre, also enhances clubhead speeds while optimising launch and spin.
The face technology has also been upgraded from an Ai Smart Face to an Ai 10x Face, with 10 times as many control points for better ball speeds, improved dispersion and optimised launch right across the face.
Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Driver Review
Looks
As mentioned earlier this is the smallest head shape of the range, and I always find that I think they look great down by the ball.
It has a glossy crown compared to the matte head of the standard and X models, which I do prefer and comes via feedback from Callaway’s tour players including the likes of Xander Schauffele and Min Woo Lee.
The head comes without the chevron on the crown which looks great because I did find that this was a little off-putting on the other heads – I much prefer the clean look on the Triple Diamond.
The overall design really reminds me of Callaway’s Epic range with the black, green and silver colourway which I used to use, so it feels very familiar to me.
Feel
The Triple Diamond definitely doesn’t come off as loud as the standard model, with a soft muted sound which better players often prefer and I do too.
It felt a little like a faster version of the standard model, and when standing over the ball I really did feel like I was going to swing quickly which is great. At impact it’s a pretty firm feel again, although with quite a lot of pop off the face which is nice.
Performance
I tested the three Elyte models together on the GCQuad at Praia D’El Rey and found that the numbers for the Triple Diamond were pretty similar on average compared to the standard model, although the top-end performance was a little bit higher. The ball speed was 2mph higher on average at 136mph, and the average carry distance was a couple of yards more too.
There was one drive I hit which reached 140mph ball speed and 237 yards carry, which is a distance I would be happy for as a total and makes this one of the longest drivers I have ever tested!
This also proves that the difference between the average and this shot is a bit bigger than you might get from the Standard, which just shows that the Triple Diamond is not quite as forgiving because if you don’t hit it as well you’re just not getting the same help.
I also struggled to draw it as consistently as I would like, with a pretty straight or slight fade ball flight which is quite common for these low-spin drivers, although I much prefer to see the ball turning from right-to-left.
Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Driver Verdict
When hit from the centre, this is as good as any driver I have ever hit in terms of distance and ball flight. There was though, a drop off when it came to mis-hits even if it did still feel forgiving overall.
I often struggled with losing shots to the right with these low-spin models and this didn’t really happen with the Triple Diamond, although I would’ve loved to see it moving more from right to left.
The technology has clearly moved on since the Epic Driver that I used a few years ago – and the performance was definitely better as a result. If you’ve had an AI Smoke you may not see quite as big of a change, but I was still very impressed overall.
Would I Use It?
If I could hit it from the middle every time, then yes 100%. However I preferred the standard model because I saw more consistency – the good shots were still getting up there, and the bad shots were not dropping off quite so much.
