Best Drivers for High Handicappers
If your handicap is 20 or higher, you need a driver that works with your swing, not against it. That means maximum forgiveness for off-center hits, higher launch to get the ball airborne easily, and ideally some draw bias to fight the slice that plagues most high handicappers. Price matters too — no sense spending $700 on a tour driver that punishes mishits. We filtered for drivers with high-handicap or beginner player type designations and sorted by forgiveness score.
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Ping
Ping G430 Max 10K
$599 · 2024
9.8Forgiveness Score
8.7Overall
Ping
Ping G440K
$649 · 2026
9.8Forgiveness Score
8.5Overall
TaylorMade
TaylorMade Qi4D Max
$600 · 2026
9.7Forgiveness Score
8.8Overall
TaylorMade
TaylorMade Qi35 MAX
$599 · 2025
9.6Forgiveness Score
8.6Overall
Cobra
Cobra OPTM Max-K
$599 · 2026
9.6Forgiveness Score
8.3Overall
Ping
Ping G440 Max
$599 · 2026
9.5Forgiveness Score
8.6Overall
Callaway
Callaway Ai Smoke Max D
$599 · 2024
9.5Forgiveness Score
8.2Overall
Callaway
Callaway Quantum Max D
$650 · 2026
9.5Forgiveness Score
8.2Overall

Tour Edge
Tour Edge Exotics Max
$500 · 2026
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.7Overall
Callaway
Callaway Ai Smoke Max
$599 · 2024
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.5Overall
Ping
Ping G430 SFT
$549 · 2024
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.4Overall
Cobra
Cobra OPTM Max-D
$599 · 2026
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.4Overall

PXG
PXG Lightning Max 10K+
$649 · 2026
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.4Overall
TaylorMade
TaylorMade Qi4D Max Lite
$600 · 2026
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.3Overall
Cleveland
Cleveland Launcher XL2 Draw
$450 · 2026
9.4Forgiveness Score
8.2Overall