Best Fairway Wood 2024: Which models are worthy of your cash?

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Best Fairway Wood 2024: Which models are worthy of your cash?

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After a winter rammed full of club testing TG Test Pro Neil Wain and Equipment Editor Simon Daddow reveal the Best Fairway Woods of 2024.
We narrow 24 different models down to our favourite five and show comparison data for all the leading options.
Timestamps:
0:37 Will your game suit a low spin, forgiving or draw biased driver?
3:25 Does a carbon fibre sole help nudge up the forgiveness of a fairway wood?
3:42 What do shallow faces bring to fairway woods?
4:17 How did we create our data?
4:53 How do all 24 models compare for dispersion?
7:38 How do all 24 models compare in data?
9:49 The best five fairway woods of 2024
View the Best 2024 Fairway Wood page on our website here: rb.gy/lavb7i
See the full review pages of each of our winners below:
Cobra Darkspeed X - rb.gy/iaowg6
TaylorMade Qi10 - tinyurl.com/4m...
Callaway Paradym AI Smoke Max - tinyurl.com/y9...
TaylorMade Qi10 Max - tinyurl.com/55...
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@mikebianchin3983 3 ай бұрын

Am I missing something, the Ping 430 max has three red numbers on the board but doesn’t make the top 5? I may have missed it, just curious

@unknownKnownunknowns 5 күн бұрын

Same question here!

@alvermeil5884 5 ай бұрын

I would like Simon to also test the club because his swing speed is more relatability to the average golf. If not Simon, then a golfer with driver swing speed between 85-90 MPH. Thank You.

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Completely understand why you would think so, the data though is much less reliable when shots include less than perfect strikes.

@lkae4 5 ай бұрын

Got the G430 Max because it was the only 9w I could find with a weight port. I'm surprised at how little adjustability TaylorMade has in many of their fairways.

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your input.👍

@josephdubiel7129 2 ай бұрын

Thats a good point. Ping has them topped on that one.

@josephdubiel7129 4 ай бұрын

I was looking for an 11 Wood so I got the Callaway AI Smoke Max. Great review as always gentlemen. Thank you !!!

@todaysgolfer 4 ай бұрын

Great stuff Joseph, an 11 wood sounds like a whole lot of fun. 👍

@josephdubiel7129 4 ай бұрын

@@todaysgolfer I love the woods. I use 4,5,7,9 and 11 Woods.

@Slowpulseboy 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the quality review. 85MPH tester feedback would really be appreciated.

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, apreciate you taking the time.

@cml8312 28 күн бұрын

Great test. Very helpful. Thank you.

@todaysgolfer 28 күн бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.

@11cassius 3 ай бұрын

Very useful but I don’t know why you two need to be on camera after intro,leave the stats up so we can take it all in

@todaysgolfer 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for your feedback, appreciate you taking the time.

@MM-zb9kc 5 ай бұрын

There had to be something wrong with the Callaway Smoke Ai TD numbers. That dispersion was so much larger than any other club makes it feel very off. Also the distance drop off. Must have had some bad swings or clunkers.

@home4ya 3 ай бұрын

great review, need a deep faced 15-17* fairway wood for off the tee only, non draw bias, any suggestions? titleist tsr2+? stealth2+? others? THX!!!

@massey8 Ай бұрын

Off the tee only then look at a mini driver, love mine. Replaced both driver and 3 wood with it

@garth19791 5 ай бұрын

Great review.

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to say so.

@GOLFADDICT65 5 ай бұрын

your thoughts on the Cleveland Halo XL Hywood 3+ ? cheers from Canada

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

We've not hit that exact loft but the Hywood is a really nice concept. Cleveland tend to give quite a lightweight and lively feel which is good for a lot of club golfers too. Hope that helps.

@paulmcgee1867 5 ай бұрын

Ping Max or SFT for me

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Very solid choice Paul.

@GOLFADDICT65 5 ай бұрын

Another question for ya did you test the PXG Black Ops Fairway wood ? I have narrowed it down to it and the Qi10 Max in a 7 wood out of those two which would be best for forgiveness and distance and height ? I look forward to your thoughts ? oh and another question : your thoughts on the Taylormade BRNR Mini Driver 13.5 degree to gap between my driver and my Hywood ? thx cheers from Canada

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

We did, you can see the comparative test data on our website here www.todays-golfer.com/equipment/best/fairway-woods/ The Black Ops and the Qi10 Max are really strong options, you just need to check which set-up most suits you. So the Black Ops has moveable sole weight so can be set up with draw bias, there's also an adjustable hosel so you could alter the loft, lie and face angle a little to get exactly what you want. The Black Ops also has plenty of stock shaft options. The Qi10 Max is lovely so long as you want a really forgiving fairway wood, its shaft is quite lightweight and lively which more average speed players are likely to enjoy. Think about where you want to use the Mini Driver, we thought, thanks to the lower loft, that it was tough to launch from the deck, but completely appreciate some will use it more as a driver replacement from the tee. Hope that helps?

@GOLFADDICT65 5 ай бұрын

@@todaysgolfer thank you very much for your response cheers

@danp9646 5 ай бұрын

First! Loving my TM Qi10 3W

@hisevo6797 5 ай бұрын

I read that it is not very forgiving from fairway, how’d you like it?

@danp9646 5 ай бұрын

@@hisevo6797 I’ve only hit it 5 times so far, once off the tee and the others off the fairway. My only “mishit” so far was sailing it past the green due to underestimating the distance. One of the shots I hit it ~10mm toe-side but it still went straight for me.

@christiananthonyduarte 5 ай бұрын

What bag is that? I’ve been searching for a blue silencer bag. TIA

@todaysgolfer 5 ай бұрын

Hi, it's from Ogio, link below eu.ogio.com/en/gb/all-elements-silencer-cart-bag-24/ceu236707.html

@steveh4701 12 күн бұрын

How is it possible the Ping G430 doesn't make the Top 5 after seeing the numbers on forgiveness?

@todaysgolfer 6 күн бұрын

You are of course welcome to come to your own conclusions from our data Steve. We've said many times before that dispersion/forgiveness numbers change between sessions so basing buying decisions purely on perceived forgiveness wouldn't be our recommendation. Our general thinking with products heading into their second year of cycle is they're a much harder sell (as brands see a huge drop-off between year 1 and 2 sales), so they need to be outstanding to warrant a top performer performance, especially so when in 2024 the competition is incredibly strong. Hope that helps explain.

@unknownKnownunknowns 5 күн бұрын

@@todaysgolfer the title should be the best new Fairway woods “released” in 2024 given your comments about the ping and year 2 of the cycle. Seems the ping still could out perform some of your choices for top performers.

@todaysgolfer 4 күн бұрын

@@unknownKnownunknowns Understand where you are coming from. We don't get to decide product cycles, we just test what is available. Manufacturers themselves fully admit sales in year two are always a challenge. In our eyes golfers still want to know how new models compare to existing products that carry over, even if they're a lot less likely to buy them.

@ronkraeer5898 18 күн бұрын

Why do you always have a low handicap golfer

@todaysgolfer 18 күн бұрын

If you want an accurate comparison with repeatable data you have to have a consistent strike. We're yet to find a mid/high handicapper whose data matches up across two or more sessions, which essentially means you analyse how the golfer performs with each club, not how each club performs. Which of course are two very different things. Hope that explains.

@ronkraeer5898 18 күн бұрын

Your review are not great