Equipment
An introduction to haywoodgolf
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Recently, I was in Vegas for some golf with friends (promise, it was golf only). During my round, I, unfortunately, broke a shaft on a root and had to get it re-shafted. Luckily, my buddies at Club Champion were there to help, and while the club was being prepped and set, they showed me a prototype head from a company in Canada by the name of haywoodgolf. The club had a sleek look, and because I was unfamiliar with the brand, and intrigued, I reached out to the company to learn more.
This story is about my experience with Joshua Haywood and his company.
The haywoodgolf story
Joshua, a long-time golfer, started haywoodgolf out of frustration after visiting his local Golf Town, Canada’s version of Golf Galaxy, to buy a new set of wedges. After exploring all the options and testing the few clubs he found visually appealing, he priced out a set that cost around $600 CAD.
After a little deliberation, and walking out of the store empty-handed, Joshua came to the realization that there must be a way to reduce the cost of clubs while maintaining the integrity and quality golfers have come to expect. After months of research, and dozens of prototypes of forged wedges tested in different conditions, Joshua officially launched haywoodgolf.com in June of 2018. With a select product release of non-conforming wedges, which offered the average golfer more spin and control, buyers were responding very positively to their quality, modern and minimalistic designs, which cost only half the price of the major OEMs.
As the team listened to feedback from existing users and from folks that decided against purchasing, they started working on the new design of their signature series forged wedges as well as their two-piece stainless steel game improvement signature irons, which have been tested and approved as conforming to the rules of golf by the R&A. The clubs are offered in both right and left-handed and have black and silver finish options.
With the wedges starting at $99 USD and iron sets at $650, I needed to find out if they measure up to what I had in my bag.
Testing of Signature irons
Josh kindly sent me a haywoodgolf signature series 7-iron, which I fitted with an Accra 70i R-flex shaft, measuring 37” inches long and 30 degrees of loft. This data was collected at Golf Galaxy in Wesley Chapel using Foresight and was compared to my personal 7-iron; a Cobra Forged Tec 37” iron with Accra 70R with a 29.5 degrees loft. Here are the numbers
Beyond the testing at Golf Galaxy, I actually used the club for almost two weeks, hitting range balls plus many shots on the course.
Bottom line, what did I think?
To be honest, I was shocked in the most positive way at the performance. I saw from my testing that they matched up to the major OEMs, while being almost half the cost. I’m very fond of its clean look, and even including the little-bit thicker top line it has (similar to the G700 or TaylorMade 790) along with a touch more offset than I’m used to. The club is hollow-body design, not foam-filled, and I noticed no difference in feel or distance versus a club like the P790, which are, and I have hit multiple times. I really enjoyed hitting the haywood iron, which feels very solid and has a crisp sound to it.
I consider these clubs to be one of the best bang for your buck sets of irons on the market. Haywood Golf has created an excellent product, and I think players looking for a new set would be wise to consider their products.
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Whats in the Bag
Bryson DeChambeau’s winning WITB: 2024 U.S. Open
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Driver: Krank Formula Fire Pro (6 degrees @5) Buy here.
Shaft: LA Golf Bryson Series
3-wood: Krank Formula Fire (13 degrees @12) Buy here.
Shaft: LA Golf Bryson Series
3-wood: Krank Formula Fire (13 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: LA Golf Bryson Series
Irons: Avoda Prototype (5-PW) Buy here.
Shafts: LA Golf Bryson Series
Wedges: Ping Glide 4.0 (46-12S @45, 50-12S, 56, 60) Buy here.
Shafts: LA Golf Bryson Series
Putter: SIK Pro C-Series Armlock/LA Golf Proto Buy here.
Shaft: LA Golf C2L-180
Grip: JumboMax JumboFlat 17
Grips: JumboMax Tour Series (XL) Black/Silver
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Left Dash Buy here.
Check out more in-hand photos of Bryson DeChambeau’s clubs here.
The winning WITB is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.
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Whats in the Bag
Rory McIlroy WITB 2024 (June)
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X (45 inches)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
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Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Taisei Shimizu WITB 2024 (June)
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- Taisei Shimizu what’s in the bag accurate as of the U.S. Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 7 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 HL (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 7.5 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 HL (19 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 9 X
Irons: Bridgestone 221CB (4), Bridgestone Tour B (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold EX X100 Tour Issue
Wedges: Jucie tT (47-6 @48, 51-6 @52, 55-6 @56, 58-6 @60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron 009M
Grips: Elite
See more in-hand photos of Taisei Shimizu’s clubs here.
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Geoff
Jan 14, 2020 at 7:12 am
If you like these guys you’ll really love golfworks. Their maltby clubs have been around forever and they have very simple but beautiful designs at even better prices than seen here. Can get a wedge with premium shaft for $60.
westy
Jan 14, 2020 at 4:57 pm
Nice. Dude is going after it, way to hijack.
Mark
Jan 14, 2020 at 1:05 am
On a site like WRX, I suspect there will be many readers, like myself, who want to know more about who designs them and the process for selecting a manufacturing resource. (I doubt Haywood has the volume required to do business with Tier 1, Taiwanese-owned, China-based manufacturers.)
Dan
Jan 14, 2020 at 1:10 pm
I found something similar to their irons and wedges on alibaba. Very likely that they didnt do the design and just stamp their logo on them.
Eric
Jan 14, 2020 at 3:06 pm
How can you make such a statement like this (Alibaba) without any concrete evidence? Not fair in my book to the owners, who may have done a lot of work on the design and securing a producer.
Looks like great stuff, the best of luck to this company?
Dan
Jan 15, 2020 at 2:27 pm
Its not like u have the any evidence that the owners actually design their irons.
William
Jan 15, 2020 at 7:19 pm
And Its not like you have any evidence that they don’t.
Jim
Jun 17, 2020 at 6:27 pm
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000482009668.html?spm=a2g0o.cart.0.0.35ae3c00oCEbsj&mp=1
And you can find any grind, loft, etc model of Vokey you want on AliExpress. The owner was actually selling OEM Aliexpress rangefinders in Vancouver locally before then – so he knows his way around Chinese sourcing.
haywoodgolf
Jan 13, 2020 at 7:08 pm
Here there – haywoodgolf here.
We appreciate you checking out our site.
If you select the last photo on the irons page, that is the spec sheet, and then you can click the actual photo itself in the larger format and it will zoom in for you to make the spec sheet very clear.
SV677
Jan 15, 2020 at 2:39 pm
Sorry, I missed that. Thanks.
SV677
Jan 13, 2020 at 2:38 pm
After reading your article I thought I would click on the link to learn more about Haywood’s products. Their site gives different options when purchasing, but since they give no specs for the irons it is impossible to know if one would want a longer or shorter iron or have the lofts changed, which are options they offer. Being a left-handed player I am always interested in new alternatives, but I anticipate a company actually giving me information about their product.
Johnny Penso
Jan 13, 2020 at 6:05 pm
Specs are there. Click on a set and on the bottom left where you see the various angled shots of the clubs are the specs. It’s tiny, but if you click on it you can read it…barely.