Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver price

Once again, Callaway has made a giant leap forward with Forged Composite technology in the new RAZR Hawk Driver. This new material gave engineers the freedom to position weight exactly where needed for maximized distance, accuracy, and workability. With the RAZR Hawk Driver, there are no tradeoffs. It’s golf’s first uncompromised driver.

Fueled By Forged Composite
Forged Composite is the result of a unique partnership between the R&D teams of Callaway and supercar maker Lamborghini; this revolutionary new material is one-third the density of titanium, yet features a greater load carrying capacity per unit mass in bending. Forged Composite is lighter, stronger than titanium. The sole and crown of the RAZR Hawk Driver contains more than 23 million turbostratic carbon fibers that reinforce 67% of the clubhead. This allowed engineers to precisely control thickness like never before, resulting in a clubhead that's lighter, stronger than titanium but still has an extremely high moment of inertia. The lighter clubhead enables a longer club configuration for faster head speed, ball speed and greater distance without compromising forgiveness.

Hyperbolic Face Technology
A chemical milling process in the Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver price selectively removes excess material for precision thickness control across the face to produce consistently high ball speeds for long distance.

Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver

I hit likely 40-50 balls with Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver (I had a problem putting it down). It had a similar feel to the FT-3 (at least in my books), but if anything a little solider feeling and sounding – if you’ve ever hit the FT-3, you’d likely know what I’m talking about here. I’ll admit I haven’t hit many composite drivers (Cleveland Composite being an exception) but I do enjoy the feel with this material. There is a considerable difference in feel for off-center hits… but it remains a solid one. My swing speed was solid around the 105-108MPH range and distance was also up there at the 290 yard range. The trajectory was slightly lower than expected for a 10.5 degree driver at around 10-11 degrees. I usually hit a lower ball, but I have a feeling the high kick of the Aldila RIP had an effect here. This shaft’s ability to maintain a low ball flight may be a point of contention for players who enjoy a higher trajectory, but on the other hand you’d be hard pressed to balloon this driver.

The Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver also had a surprise in store for me. Spin levels for solid hits we’re pretty normal, if on the lower end around 3300 RPM, but off-center hits showed a significant decrease in spin, which equated to more ground roll. This feature helps contribute to the consistency this club has to offer – most hits were within a 25-yard dispersion pattern, and off-center hits only lost about 10 yards in distance, despite maintaining a solid feel.
Additional Features:

• Forged Composite: revolutionary new material that is lighter, stronger than titanium
• Hyperbolic Face Technology: a chemical milling process selectively removes excess material for precision thickness control across the face which results in consistently high ball speeds for long distance
• Aerodynamic Head Shape: the streamlined surface contours reduce drag during the downswing by 43% compared to the FT-9 driver and creates higher impact speeds for added distance
• Shaft: Aldila RIP Tour graphite shaft - lower torque with better tip stability to give better players the ideal performance and feel they want from their shaft
• Grip: Carbite Rubber Composition
• Headsize: 445 cc
• Face Construction: Titanium
• Body and Crown Construction: Composite

Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver review

The head – being 450 CC, seems a lot smaller than it actually is – and looks great at address. Again I may be biased, due to my love for the FT-3 and the fact that from address these two drivers look very similar… but nonetheless – I’m a fan. The club sets up well – slightly open at address, and to me, a naturally drawer of the ball, this is exactly what I’m looking for. The shaft, the Aldila RIP needs no introduction, it looks great, and I must commend Callaway’s choice in adopting this shaft for this driver. The crown features an arc across the front (which I’ve gotten used to) and the usual Callaway “V” for alignment.

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The Callaway RAZR Hawk also had a surprise in store for me. Spin levels for solid hits we’re pretty normal, if on the lower end around 3300 RPM, but off-center hits showed a significant decrease in spin, which equated to more ground roll. This feature helps contribute to the consistency this club has to offer – most hits were within a 25-yard dispersion pattern, and off-center hits only lost about 10 yards in distance, despite maintaining a solid feel.

The workability of this driver was also great. I’ll bet the Aldila RIP had something to do with this – it’s a really solid shaft. I felt in control at address, and knew how the club would perform when trying to work the ball to the right or left. The club also performed well when jumped on – Callaway made a good choice partnering with Aldila on this club.

We were just starting to put together the list of clubs we wanted to test in 2011 when Callaway kicked off a media frenzy of sorts by releasing their “Performance Over Paint” campaign on the same day TaylorMade released their R11 Driver (interesting coincidence, right?).  Following on the heals of that, Callaway’s marketing people released an ad showing a Hawk driver standing out above a see of R11 drivers with the caption “The Hawk’s diet now includes sheep”.  While we certainly appreciate the humor, especially from an industry in which it’s largely lacking, what really caught our attention was Callaway’s claim that their Callaway RAZR Hawk Driver review is 6 yards longer than TaylorMade’s R11.