Callaway Diablo Octane Fairway Wood review Tour w/ Diamana White Board Stiff Shaft: I
received this 3 wood for Christmas last year and quickly changed the
shaft in it to match my driver. The head of the golf club is very much
traditional and the face is shallow enough to be able to hit it off the
fairway as well. I gave it 4.5 stars for the performance because it
doesn't have that driver length like some of the other deeper face 3
woods out there, but that's fine with as I am not looking for my 3 wood
to go further than my driver. The sound is perfect and trajectory of
the ball is ideal.
First off, let me clear the air here on this one. It is Solid Stainless
Steel Construction---no forged composite here. THe shaft is just
another RCH OEM as well--no Project X" or Tour Wannabe Poser. Still. as a
regular fairway metal, with no claims of being a "Tour Preferred"
version or other such happy horse hockey--it's a decent offering. The
shaft though nothing special, is more than adequate for a good old game
improvement fairway metal. The paint job is awfully pretty too, that
Christmas Ornament look has something going for it in my book. The
balance is also fairly good--at least above average. So why 4 stars
instead of 3 Like I gave the TP Version----or 5 like I have given to
several other fairway metals over the years. The answer is simple. Not
only is this one "Above Average" in performance, but here in the golden
age of hybrids, someone is finally offering 4, 7 and 9 Woods again.
The all-stainless steel head (no lightweight "Forged Composite" crown
here) employs reengineered "VFT face thickness technology" to boost ball
speed and to increase the club's effective hitting area. The Tour model
[pictured] produces a boring flight and provides the versatility to
maneuver shots left or right, high or low. A standard version
Callaway Diablo Octane Fairway Wood is larger at address, has higher MOI and a deeper center of
gravity for higher trajectory.
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