Dark Green Yonex 1 Tour Driver Prototype - Looking for information

spencerhuls · July 25

Hello All, I've had a Yonex club in my collection for quite some time and I was trying to find some information out about it. The club is a Dark Green Yonex 1 Tour Driver. After relentless searches for the model I've fallen short and cannot find any information. The only models that appear are the heads labeled ADX. This driver in particular is a dark green shaft and head, I'm thinking it could possibly be a tour issued driver from the 90s. If anyone could help me with any knowledge about this club it would be very appreciated. Thank You.

ErichZF · July 27

Looks like the driver Pill used to use. I’ve hit that driver back in the 90’s. A buddy of mine had one.

Pnwpingi210 · July 27

Might have better luck with yonnex since there is a serial number on it. Their socials are at the bottom of the link

https://us.yonex.com/pages/contact?srsltid=AfmBOor90NsYdVdQsjFjK_HBYmPozlTEuX4rjPyrdSP9K4BS9OKP-nMC

NRJyzr · July 28

On 7/25/2025 at 3:52 PM, spencerhuls said:

Hello All, I've had a Yonex club in my collection for quite some time and I was trying to find some information out about it. The club is a Dark Green Yonex 1 Tour Driver. After relentless searches for the model I've fallen short and cannot find any information. The only models that appear are the heads labeled ADX. This driver in particular is a dark green shaft and head, I'm thinking it could possibly be a tour issued driver from the 90s. If anyone could help me with any knowledge about this club it would be very appreciated. Thank You.

There was a graphite clubhead "movement" in the 80s into the early 90s. Primarily drivers and fairway woods, but even some irons. Yonex was a big player in that.

I can't pin down the exact model, but with the "Tour" on the sole, it's evidently a tour model of whatever model year this club is. I suspect it's a Boronwood model, and not from the later ADX line, but I admit it's largely just a guess.

Added comment... Yonex were big players in the graphite shaft world, and were rather good at it. Their graphite iron shafts were said to be of a quality that they'd likely play in today's golf sphere.

Edited July 28 by NRJyzr

Shallowface · July 29

This is from a 1995 catalog. 1994-96 is the correct time frame for these. There was an ADX Tour wood prior to that, but it looked more like the other ADX offerings, which were good clubs as I recall. Back then I traded a very slightly used ADX 200 driver straight up for a brand new Callaway Big Bertha. For that brief moment in time the ADX was more coveted, at least according to that particular salesperson. I lived to regret it. I never liked that driver (or any other Callaway driver until an FT-9 Tour that was part of a rental set in Hawaii in 2009), but I wanted it because I did like the original S2H2 driver, which was a rocket launcher even if it wasn't a whole lot bigger than the ball itself. I caved the face in on that one.

I had one of these Tour woods for a time. Very much like a traditional persimmon in size and shape. I really liked the dark green color.

I have no experience with the irons, but I do like the loft gapping on them. The 47 degree club is a 10 iron and they offer a true pitching wedge at 52 degrees.

Edited July 29 by Shallowface