Fairway woods can often make a bad golf game better or a good game superior. Still, many golfers have actually shied away from using them in recent years, finding it easier to get the ball airborne with hybrids instead.
Unfortunately, many of those same golfers are realizing that they just don’t get the same distance from hybrids. So club manufacturers took all of that to heart and have debuted all-new fairway woods that are easier to hit, through the use of super lightweight shafts and grips, and by moving the weighting lower in the clubhead.
This collectively helps a golfer gain more clubhead speed while getting shots high up in the air quickly. And that’s also why this year, players are flocking back to fairway woods.
Particular popular are the latest 3-woods, which in some instances have strong enough lofts to replace drivers.
If you’re looking for a new fairway wood to try, definitely give these new models some serious consideration. The Exotics Xrail fairway wood ($179 each) from Tour Edge Golf is easy to hit.
It features a wide diamond rail, V-shaped sole that glides through grass and helps square the clubface at impact. With weight in the heel and toe, the club is stable on mis-hits so that more errant shots still find the fairway. Each club has a hyper-steel body with a thinner carpenter steel face. Best of all, its variable face thickness makes you feel like you nutted every shot.
PING’s finally introduced adjustable clubs for the first time ever. Among its new models is the traditionally shaped Anser adjustable fairway wood ($275 apiece) that allows you to add or subtract one-half degree of loft to the standard setting. The 17-4 stainless steel clubhead has more surface area low on the clubface to make sure that at impact, the ball properly contacts the clubface.
A rear sole weight optimizes the CG so that shots get a slightly lower, more penetrating flight with low spin, which adds distance. The tapered back sole helps ensure clean contact, even from tight lies, uneven lies and light rough. The club is finished with a luxurious-looking dark non-glare, matte sheen.
Each Adams Golf Speedline Super XTD fairway wood ($350 each) has a titanium body fused with an ultra-thin formed titanium crown. Tungsten weights in the sole help you get the ball up care-free.
There are also slots in both the crown and soleplate – directly behind the clubface – that increase ball speed and launch angle. Translation: Loads of distance.
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