Louisville Golf has carved out a niche for themselves in the golf industry by specializing in traditional persimmon and maple laminate woods. They have done this for two reasons. First of all, many veteran golfers still prefer the feel of wooden woods; secondly, many of the older styles of persimmon and maple woods are extremely [...]

At first glance, the Dynacraft Jackaroo appears to have not ventured too far at all from the design of the mother-Rescue clubs from TaylorMade. The color is a darker maroon version of copper and the head shape is very similar. Even at first glance, it is apparent that this is not a TaylorMade head, however. [...]

The latest in Golfsmith’s long-running XPC series of components, the Tour Steel’s have proven themselves to our testers to be the best yet. These woods have found some real fans. Mated to the XPC Tour shafts and matching grips, the Tour Steel’s create a great looking package. They have an energetic look that well suits [...]

The Tour Profile is a variation on the regular Rough Relief. The profile has been changed slightly – the face is deeper and a copper weight pod has been located at the rear of the head. The regular Rough Relief worked well. This one works even better. The weight pod adds a nice “punch” to [...]

The Steelheads do everything well. Off the tee, off the turf, off the hardpan and out of the rough they perform. The Warbird’s were good. These are better. They look good (but not as good as the Hawk Eye’s) and they feel terrific, as good or better than any wood we’ve tested. The “crack” at [...]

The sharp-looking, all black, Ping i3 makes an electrifying sound at impact that pleases the senses (and this is only the stainless steel version of the head). The golfer is happy before he even sees where his shot ends up. The sweet graphite shaft is responsive and gratifying – surprising considering that this graphite has [...]

Titleist revised the 975F in an attempt to keep up with the fairway wood advances put forth by sparkling new woods from Ping, Callaway and Cleveland. The comparative dullness and lack of versatility were costing Titleist. The designers at Titleist believe in “evolutionary” design as opposed to “revolutionary” design. Changes to clubs are made gradually. [...]

One of America’s most popular and highly regarded lines of fairway woods, the Quadpro’s are compact and more traditional in their look and feel than are their competitors. The Quadpro’s have lived up to their reputation as dynamic, accurate clubs. These woods have been hit by more than a dozen testers of varying skill ranges [...]

The Dynacraft Copperhead CU line of component woods is one of the world’s most popular. Made of 17-4 stainless steel, the CU’s are surprisingly inexpensive. The Copperhead’s are obviously inspired by Taylor Made woods and are similar in all but name and design graphics. In the eyes of many, however, the CU’s are better looking [...]

This Ping i3 look-alike turned out to be a real surprise. We picked this wood up at Wal-Mart for $39.96. We figured that at just $40 it needed only to be serviceable to be worth the extremely low price tag. The Dunlop turned out to be much better than that. Feel was very good – [...]

Callaway had a hit on the their hands in the Big Bertha Steelheads. But Callaway was quick to introduce their replacements. The primary focus of this renovation was a thing called Variable Face Thickness Technology ( its a hot design item these days). This design approach creates different areas of thickness across the face of [...]

The earlier Tight Lies II 4-wood we tested has proven to be a reliably accurate wood. The ST is more so. Dispersion patterns have been better and trajectories have been more consistently straight. The Tight Lies ST is one of the most accurate woods we have tested. We hit the ST with a regular flex [...]

The Adams Tight Lies woods offer more favorable characteristics for the golfer who hits the ball with slice spin.  Putting the weight in the head towards the heel is no gimmick it really does help square the clubface before impact. They are a better looking club now with a slightly deeper face; something which I [...]

Players have different swings, ranging from a faster, more aggressive swing to a slower, smoother swing with a large rotation; all producing different launch conditions and a distinctly different ball flight. A driver that can help an individual player use their specific swing characteristics to their advantage has got to be a major step forward [...]

Having played the Titleist 975D driver over the years I have waited in anticipation for the fairway wood. The 975D driver has been the best thing to ever happen to me in terms of accuracy and distance. I have however long awaited a 3 wood to offer those desirable benefits. You need to look down [...]

The SuperSteel Fairway Woods cater for every range of golfer – be sure to try a few different models before making a purchase. It has a deeper face which requires a higher tee height and the sound is very distinctive. Personally I found it comfortable and forgiving to hit – although I was not over [...]

The original Steelhead was one of the best-received fairway woods we have ever tested. The Steelhead II was a more dynamic wood that was preferred by some for its longer, hotter trajectories. The second incarnation, however, was generally found to be less forgiving and friendly in its nature than was its lovable predecessor. Each wood [...]

Six aspects were distinctive to the original Fox Uno 2k woods: a novel head design, hard “metal matrix composite” hitting surfaces, double-donut hosels, three-hump Trinodal shafts, brown leather grips and very heavy swingweights. So much quirky uniqueness in a single design guaranteed that many would have reservations about using it. That is the risk any [...]

Aside from the unique crown design, the first thing that everyone notices about the SightLine is the very distinctive sound that it makes at impact. When a ball is struck, a metallic-sounding “dink” is made. It is a substantially loud and assertive sound. Some found this to be distracting; others liked it. After testers witnessed [...]

The 300 Series drivers from TaylorMade impressed the crew just as they have so many other golfers around the globe. Because of our success with the drivers, we had great expectations for the matching 300 Ti fairway woods. The TaylorMade 300 Ti’s are very attractive woods. No one has disliked them and most have agreed [...]

Since we had always been quite fond of the Cleveland Quadpro fairway woods, we were surprised when they were discontinued. These woods had worked well for every tester who had ever used them. We asked a representative of Cleveland why they replaced such a nice line with one that was so dissimilar. He explained that [...]

The Sonartec SS-03’s with their shiny black heads, black shafts and black grips are handsome clubs. The heads have a traditional size and shape similar to the Titleist 975F. The face is slightly larger on the SS-03, however. The swingweights are in the standard D2 to D2.5 range, but they give the impression of being [...]

LMG Sports, Inc. markets a line of fairway woods that was developed by the former LiquidMetal Golf Company. The woods carry the LiquidMetal name and feature a face insert made from the ultra-hard, ultra-smooth alloy that gave that company its name. Under intense magnification, it can be seen that this alloy has a surface containing [...]

The Deep Red II fairway woods are modified versions of the original Deep Red woods. The original Deep Reds came in just one style – the Fat Shaft. The new ones come in two versions. One version is the conventionally shafted Tour model and the other is the Fat Shafted Distance model. This review will [...]