TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus Fairway Wood

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Tour Fairway Wood

The Stealth 2 Plus is TaylorMade's low-spin driver for 2023, the head better players reach for when they make enough speed to need spin pulled out of their tee shots. It uses the 60X Carbon Twist Face, the second crack at the carbon face that replaced titanium across the Stealth line, and backs it with a sliding weight track on the sole so you can actually fit the thing to your miss.

The difference between this and the standard Stealth 2 is simple. The Plus spins less and launches a touch lower. If you swing hard and watch your drives climb and stall, this head flattens the flight and gives you something more penetrating that holds its line into wind.

What earns it the Tour designation is the control. You get a loft sleeve with two degrees of adjustment in either direction, plus a 15 gram weight that slides along a track to bias the ball toward a draw or a fade. It rewards a player who knows their numbers and wants to dial them in, not someone hunting for maximum forgiveness.

• Faster swings that produce too much spin and a ballooning flight off the tee.
• Lower handicaps who want to shape shots and adjust their flight rather than chase pure forgiveness.
• Players willing to get fit, since the loft sleeve and sliding weight only pay off when they are set for your swing.

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the difference between the Stealth 2 and the Stealth 2 Plus?

The Plus is the low-spin, more adjustable model. It adds a sliding weight track for draw and fade bias and produces less spin with a lower launch, which suits faster swings. The standard Stealth 2 launches higher, spins a bit more, and leans toward forgiveness over workability.

How adjustable is the Stealth 2 Plus?

Very. The loft sleeve gives you two degrees up or down from the stated loft and lets you tweak the face angle and lie. On top of that, the 15 gram sliding weight moves along a track to bias the ball toward a draw or a fade. It's the most tunable driver TaylorMade made for 2023.

What handicap should be playing the Stealth 2 Plus?

It fits low to mid handicaps with enough speed to control spin on their own. If you tend to spin the driver too much or want to shape shots both ways, it makes sense. Higher handicaps who need help getting the ball up and straight are better off in the standard Stealth 2 or the HD.

Does the carbon face actually do anything?

The carbon face is lighter than titanium, and that weight savings gets relocated low and back in the head to control launch and spin. You won't feel the face material in your hands so much as see it in the ball flight, which runs lower and more stable than a titanium-faced driver set up the same way.

Is the Stealth 2 Plus lower spinning than the original Stealth Plus?

It's in the same low-spin category and built for the same player, but the carbon reinforced ring and revised internal weighting give the 2023 version a more stable feel and slightly tighter dispersion. Spin numbers are close, so the real reason to upgrade is the construction and sound, not a big jump in the launch monitor data.

Alternatives to the TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus

Other tour fairway wood models from different brands, closest to its model year.