CALLAWAY FT 3 Wood Review
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LOFTS
15, 17, 19, 21, 23; 13 and 15 (Tour)
TECH STORY
The club has a stainless-steel face and body and a tungsten-infused soleplate that accounts for 44 percent of the clubhead’s weight. The dual-runner sole helps with turf interaction, and the leading edge has been lowered to work better with more types of swings. OptiFit allows for draw or neutral weighting.
PLAYER COMMENTS
“This baby’s coming home with me. It really performs well. No bad feeling at impact. . . . Ball flies high off any lie. . . . An excellent look, with power. The ball just seemed to penetrate what slight headwind we had, while others ballooned.”
HOT
The look of a player’s club with technology that works for all levels. Replacing Callaway’s iconic S2H2 hosel will appeal to better players.
NOT
Callaway has done more with multiple materials than anyone. Makes one wonder why a composite crown wasn’t incorporated into this high-end product.
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Gold Fairway Woods — ADAMS INSIGHT XTD
LOFTS
13, 15, 18 in a3; 15, 18, 21, 24 in a3OS
TECH STORY
Using its hybrid knowledge to address the needs of different types of players, Adams has developed two hybrid-like fairway woods. Both feature “boxer” technology (that is, stretched corners) to increase the moment of inertia without constraining the center-of-gravity location. The regular a3 has a CG closer to the face; the a3OS has a 10-percent higher MOI. Shaft lengths were shortened by half an inch to help average golfers contact the center of the face more frequently.
PLAYER COMMENTS
“There’s no arguing with the results. It’s incredibly solid. . . . This club just takes the ball up into the air by itself. . . . Stable is the key word. It has the most stability on mis-hits.”
HOT
Adams is boldly attempting to meld the best of fairway woods and hybrids into a new breed of club — an impressive way to take advantage of all the benefits of shape, size and length. Sole engineering is subtle, inventive, effective.
NOT
Square is still not a natural look.
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