Equipment
Apex Hybrids: A more iron-like hybrid from Callaway
There are hybrids that perform more like fairway woods, and hybrids that perform more like irons. Callaway’s Apex hybrids are the latter, offering golfers a club with a tour-proven shape and trajectory that’s more similar to the irons they are designed to replace.
Scott Manwaring, director of design at Callaway, said the Apex Hybrid is a product the company wanted to have in the market, primarily because of the extreme distances golfers hit the company’s Callaway’s XR and XR Pro hybrids.
Related: Our review of Callaway’s XR and XR Pro hybrids.
[quote_box_center]”XR does a fantastic job of going as far as we can make a hybrid go,” he said. “We wanted to take a step back and say, let’s make a hybrids for a player who wants to shape the ball a little more or wants a ball flight that looks more like a 2 or 3 iron, or whatever they’re playing.”[/quote_box_center]
The Apex Hybrids are available in four models (2H, 3H, 4H and 5H), and come stock with Mitsubishi Rayon’s Kuro Kage Black 80 hybrid shaft. They use the 455 carpenter stainless steel cub faces for which the company’s fairway woods and hybrids are known, but have a deeper, higher center of gravity (CG) that gives them a more iron-like trajectory, and also sneaky forgiving for their size.
The hybrids also use less face curvature than Callaway’s other hybrids, which helps golfers more easily control their trajectory, and their lack of an adjustable hosel also makes them appear more iron-like at address.
The Apex Hybrids ($219.99) will be in stores December 4, and are available for pre-order starting October 16.
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Related
- See what GolfWRX Members are saying about Callaway’s Apex, Apex Pro and Apex Hybrids in our forum.
- Callaway 2016 Apex and Apex Pro Irons: What you need to know
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Whats in the Bag
Daniel Berger WITB 2024 (April)
- Daniel Berger what’s in the bag accurate as of the Farmers Insurance Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
6-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC 2011 (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X Denali Blue 105 TX (3), Project X 6.5 (4-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50-12F), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-14F), Callaway Jaws Raw (60-08C)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (50), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (56, 60)
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Mini DB
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy PistolLock 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Wrap
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Check out more in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s clubs in the forums.
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Equipment
Heavy Artillery: A look at drivers in play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans
What are the driver and shaft combinations of the best golfers in the world? For gearheads, it’s an endlessly interesting question — even if we can only ever aspire to play LS heads and 7 TX shafts.
At this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, GolfWRX got in-hand looks at the driver setups of a wealth of players.
Check out some of the most interesting combos below, then head to the GolfWRX forums for the rest, as well as the rest of our galleries from New Orleans.
Rory McIlroy
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Alex Fitzpatrick
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Daniel Berger
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees @9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Wrap
Rasmus Hojgaard
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Alejandro Tosti
Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II LS (9.5 degrees @10.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 75 6.5
Grip: Golf Pride MCC Plus4
James Nicholas
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (8 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Kevin Streelman
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Sang-moon Bae
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9+ @8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Russ Cochran
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD TP 6 X
Grip: Golf pride MCC Align
MJ Daffue
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (10.5 degrees @9.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green RDX 65 TX
Grip: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord Align
Check our more photos from the Zurich Classic here.
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Whats in the Bag
Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)
- Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.
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Jared
Feb 11, 2016 at 2:07 am
anyone know the tip diameter of the apex hybrid?
JIMMY
Oct 1, 2015 at 10:03 pm
Shape looks similar to Adams Super Pro or 9031. IMO Adams still makes the best performing hybrids. I think a hybrid should basically perform like the iron it replaces but be slightly easier to hit high and easier to hit out of trouble situations. Alot of the hybrids today seem to play more and more like high loft fairway woods.
leo
Oct 1, 2015 at 9:46 pm
a step in the right direction. hybrid is becoming a misnomer as heads continue to get bigger they have become shorter fairway woods bearing no resemblance to the irons they are supposed to replace
christian
Sep 30, 2015 at 2:44 am
I really like the look of this. Excellent stock shaft too
Golfraven
Sep 29, 2015 at 4:02 pm
Looks odd at first glance but I may give it a hit. The H2 may be of interest since my current hybrid is not performing to my liking. Finish and shape are actually rather interesting so it could be a club in the bag for a couple of years.
Desmond
Sep 29, 2015 at 8:27 am
Great idea for better players — very player-ish and “Adams-ish” looking, not surprising given Chip Brewer’s background. But with face cup technology for forgiveness. A winner for better players.