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Titleist’s Titanium 983K is the season’s hottest driver. When Ernie Els popped a 376-yard tee shot with it in the PGA’s maiden event of ’03, pros and hacks alike dropped their jaws in unison—then scrambled to get their own ($500; 888-324-4766; titleist.com). And while most of us will remain firmly on this side of 300 yards, the 983K should at least edge us closer to Ernie country.

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