Callaway is expanding the Quantum line-up with two clubs aimed at finding something more versatile and forgiving off the tee than a traditional driver, without giving up performance.
We ran Ping’s most recent fairway woods, hybrids, utility iron and long iron on a swing robot at two different swing speeds and attack angles to determine how much head delivery at impact affects launch, spin and carry.
Callaway’s Quantum fairway woods are built to protect performance on imperfect strikes, particularly low-face contact, while the Quantum hybrids are designed as true long-iron replacements.
The Mizuno JPX One fairway woods and hybrids look to improve ball speed through new high-strength steel faces and a redesigned channel in the front part of the sole that looks to boost flexing on heel and toe mis-hits.
The new XXIO 14 line-up of woods and irons, again with a lightweight construction geared to those with moderate swing speeds and smoother tempos, is the company’s most expansive yet.
A healthy percentage of average golfers are playing too little loft on their lowest-lofted fairway wood, and our Hot List testing reveals that more loft is going to be a better choice more often for as many as a third of all golfers.
The Tour Edge Hot Launch 524 series of woods once again brings together the company’s highest levels of technology, borrowed from the top innovations in its Exotics line-up, to a more budget-conscious consumer with drivers, fairway woods and hybrids that in some cases are half the going rate of many popular models.
The Mizuno ST-Max 230 line-up of driver, fairway woods and hybrids makes the commitment to the largest footprints in company history in their respective categories.
The Cobra Darkspeed fairway woods and hybrids use an L-shaped face that wraps around the front of the sole combined with an internal weight bar that’s suspended like a bridge low and forward in the head to create the ideal blend of high launch and low spin with more speed all across the face.
The PXG 0311 Black Ops drivers, fairway woods and hybrids look to improve performance (higher launch, lower spin, more distance) through new designs made possible in large part by new alloys in titanium and high-strength steel that make these faces more efficient than past versions in the company’s line.
Australian Golf Digest
