Rickie Fowler became the latest to jump on this driver trend at the RBC Heritage

While we tend to associate the kind of drivers used by tour pros with low-spin, low-loft models, a new trend has begun to emerge in recent times.

With larger-profile, high-MOI drivers becoming increasingly popular for their easy-hitting accuracy, many tour pros have been busy figuring out ways of moving into these models in an effort to capture some of this forgiveness without losing the distance characteristics they need when playing on the world's hardest courses.

The formula? A forgiving head, with less loft and a low-spin shaft.

Rickie Fowler is the latest to adopt this philosophy, introducing a new driver into his bag en route to an opening round 65 at the RBC Heritage as reported by GolfWRX equipment insider Alistair Cameron.

A Cobra staff player, Fowler was initially fitted into the brand's new OPTM LS driver at the end of last year. However this week he moved into the ultra-forgiving OPTM MAX-K model instead, which offers the highest MOI of any Cobra driver.

Fowler isn't the only Cobra player to have adopted the MAX-K since its introduction. Gary Woodland, long a proponent of Cobra's more forgiving drivers, used the same model during his Houston Open win a couple of weeks ago.

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While high MOI drivers tend to generate excess launch and spin to aid more average golfers, Fowler's team has circumvented this by delofting the driver and fitting it with a lower-spin UST Mamiya LIN-Q PowerCore White shaft.

It seems to have paid off. Fowler hit 11 of 14 fairways on his way to his opening round 65 at Harbour Town Links, entering the second day tied for fourth overall and tied third in driving accuracy.