woods
performance
★★★★½
i n n o vat i o n
★★★★½
look • sound • feel
★★★★ demand
★★★½
p l ay e r c o m m e n t
“The offset isn’t too pronounced, so it’s easy to align. Effortless to get the ball in the air and going straight. Even bad shots didn’t stray too far off line.”
c a l l away BIG BERTHA B21
RRP AED 1,395
performance
★★★★★
i n n o vat i o n
★★★★★
look • sound • feel
★★★★★ demand
★★★★★
p l ay e r c o m m e n t
“The seamless carbon-fiber blend gives it a high-tech look. Sits true. Feel is just right. I swung as hard as I wanted, and the ball still went straight.”
c a l l away
RRP AED 1,495
EPIC MAX • SPEED
▶ You can work around the edges to make fairway woods easier to hit. Or you can choose the unconventional measures Callaway takes because, well, systemic change might be the only way many average golfers will be able to consistently get their fairway woods airborne. Those changes include a confidenceinspiring shallow face to help players with slow swing speeds launch the ball higher, distinct offset that makes it easier to square the face at impact and slightly shorter shafts (between the length of a typical hybrid and fairway wood). Why a shorter shaft? Sure, you might lose some swing speed because of the smaller arc of your swing, but you will gain distance by contacting the center of the clubface more often. And if you start gaining confidence, you might even gain swing speed. The oversize clubhead provides extra forgiveness through its offset design, and the face features variable thicknesses conceived through the use of artificial intelligence. Two steel bars behind the face join the crown and sole to stiffen the crown and help concentrate deflection at impact. A wide selection of loft options, including a 24-degree 9-wood, offers golfers even more help.
▶ One of Callaway’s most successful advancements in recent years has been its “Jailbreak” technology that connects the crown and sole with vertical bars to stiffen the frame so that the face flexes more. Although the design has been tweaked since its introduction four years ago, this year’s Jailbreak has undergone an overhaul with help from Callaway’s artificial-intelligence design platform. For starters, the bars are more like beams now and have been positioned farther apart to work better with the wraparound cupface. The bars also vary in size and width for each loft and head. The result is increased ball speed over a larger area of the face (with an emphasis on shots below the center). The forged, high-strength steel cupface also received the full A.I. treatment to help it deflect at impact like it does on Callaway’s drivers. Furthermore, a carbon-fiber crown helps lower the center of gravity so that shots launch higher with less spin. Making the approach even more effective are the two distinct models. The compact Speed is built for lower spin. The larger Max has more forgiveness than last year’s Mavrik Max and features adjustable weights in the front and back for tweaking trajectory and spin.
Demo this club at eGolf Megastore, or buy online at egolfmegastore.ae
Demo this club at eGolf Megastore, or buy online at egolfmegastore.ae
Photographs by Dom Furore and Ben Walton
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