Derek and Dave headed off to Callaway’s 2010 product launch with the kind of eagerness that is usually reserved for kids on Christmas morning. Callaway Golf took over the practice range at The K Club presenting everything that will hit the shelves next year. It wont be long until these bright new Callaway clubs will be making an appearance as Christmas is only a few shopping weeks away. As ever the ForeGolf six degrees of separation was in effect and we met our friend DJ Carey who was there sneaking a peek at next years Callaway products. DJ is a great golfer and just as his hurley was handmade we’re delighted that he trusts us to build his golf clubs.
New for 2010, is the low spinning tour driver, the FT Tour which is due for launch in the New Year. This driver is a move back to a more traditional pear shaped design, with a smaller 430cc head size. The Diablo range of clubs also revamped with the introduction of the Diablo Edge range, including tour and standard drivers, fairway woods, hybrids and irons. Again, especially in the drivers the head shape has become more traditional. On the quirky size of things, the new FT-IZ Product range of woods forms the FT-IQ (square) driver’s replacement. Square is no more in the Callaway range, but with the 75% of the weight at each extremity, its tagline of high MOI basically encourages more stability.
From what we saw on the day it looks like a good choice of club, in particular for the high handicapper. Also on show was a new putter from Odyssey with interchangeable weights which makes it feel easy to stroke and the ball seemed to roll much better with the heavier weights.
To combat the new groove ruling from the R&A for tour professionals, Callaway have gone after the Ball, in pursuit of re-gaining the lost spin. The new Tour i/z and Tour i/s premium balls, go a long way to regaining the spin lost, especially the Tour i/s ball for spin. Most spin balls aren’t great for distance, but this one certainly is. After testing we reckon they will prove themselves to be a great product for every level of player.
We will report back as soon as the 2010 product arrives and is available for testing on the ForeGolf Tour Truck