Head to head

TaylorMade SIM Max vs SIM2 Max driver

Choose the SIM2 Max for the more forgiving head.

Choose a SIM Max only if a used one in your loft and flex costs clearly less.

The SIM2 Max followed the SIM Max as TaylorMade's Max driver. Both are TaylorMade's Max head, 460cc, in 9°, 10.5° and 12° at a 45.75-inch standard length, with a resin-injected Twist Face and a fixed weight at the far back; neither has a weight you can move. The SIM2 Max rebuilt the head around a milled aluminium ring with a carbon sole and a 24-gram tungsten weight at the rear, and TaylorMade's chart rated its forgiveness highest, so it scores 4 of 5 here. The SIM Max's asymmetric sole was shaped to cut drag, and TaylorMade sold it for speed and forgiveness without naming a class, so it scores 3.

  1. Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade SIM Max

    No longer sold new

    Used from $167.99 at 2nd Swing Golf10.5°, regular flex, poor condition · checked 31 Oct

  2. Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade SIM2 Max

    $349.99 at GlobalGolfchecked 11 Oct

    Used from $239.99 at 2nd Swing Golf9°, extra stiff flex, below average condition · checked 31 Oct

  1. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade SIM Max

    TaylorMade's 2020 Max driver: a 460cc head with its weight set at the far back of an asymmetric sole shaped to cut drag, sold on "speed and forgiveness", in 9°, 10.5° or 12°.

    No longer sold new

    Used from $167.99 at 2nd Swing Golf10.5°, regular flex, poor condition · checked 31 Oct

    Lofts
    9°, 10.5°, 12°
    Draw help
    None
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular or stiff

    Fits golfers who want a forgiving TaylorMade head for little money.

    Need a senior flex? Tour Edge Hot Launch Max D, senior (A) flex in stock, 4.0 of 5.

  2. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5

    TaylorMade SIM2 Max

    TaylorMade's forgiving SIM2 head of 2021, with a 24-gram tungsten weight fixed at the back for a high moment of inertia, in 9°, 10.5° or 12°.

    $349.99 at GlobalGolfchecked 11 Oct

    Used from $239.99 at 2nd Swing Golf9°, extra stiff flex, below average condition · checked 31 Oct

    Lofts
    9°, 10.5°, 12°
    Draw help
    None
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular to extra stiff

    Fits a miss that goes anywhere on the face.

    Need a senior flex? Cobra OPTM MAX-D, senior (A) flex in stock, 4.0 of 5.

Side by side

TaylorMade SIM Max vs SIM2 Max driver
DetailSIM MaxSIM2 Max
Forgiveness score3.0 of 54.0 of 5
Class–Maximum forgiveness
Stock lofts9° · 10.5° · 12°9° · 10.5° · 12°
Draw helpnono
FlexesR · SR · S · X
HandsRH · LHRH · LH

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