The
Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood review are very likely the fairway wood
most people expected to see when the latest iteration of Callaway's
Diablo series came out. After all, forged composite is all the hype with
the latest version of The Diablo Driver, and many people expected to
see it on the accompanying fairway woods as well.
This was not
meant to be just yet, as Callaway was busy coming out with several
versions of The Razr Hawk Series from Irons, to Drivers, as well as
fairway metals and hybrids. They couldn't afford to let anything steal
the thunder from their latest release, as The
Callaway RAZR Hawk Fairway Wood is the
replacement for both the "X" Series of Irons and Woods as well as the
"FT" line of Woods and Drivers. Whereas the Diablo Line is set up more
for the "Grip It and Rip It" types within The Callaway Crowd, these will
be more appealing to the "Techno-Kitsch" fans who enjoy the shop talk
and all that goes with the latest technology.
The Build Quality on these is rather nice. Unfortunately,
the club heads are still attached to an OEM Shaft that lacks a little in
character. The "Lite" Flex is a 55 gram shaft with a low kick-point.
The "Regular" is also a Low Kickpoint shaft, but slightly beefed up to
weigh in at 60 grams. The "Stiff" is also a middle weight model at 60
grams, but has been slightly tip trimmed and features a mid kick point.
Nothing wrong with these shafts at all, but they are a little bit plain
vanilla for such a kitschy head as this.
Balance and Feel-- is roughly a four out of five star feel
here. The forged composite crown is a far cry from the earlier versions
of carbon topped fairway metals stamped out by the likes of Cleveland,
Cobra, and Nickent. None-the-less, they still have a very slight
thuddiness at impact reminiscent of the old Nickent Cross fairway woods.
(Funny, Nickent used a tie in with Lamborghini as their claim to carbon
composities as well.) These are definitely balanced better than earlier
versions, so there is not that vagueness of club head location during
the backswing that all too often accompanied earlier versions of carbon
crowned fairway metals.