Equipment
New Callaway Apex UW utility wood
Callaway Golf has introduced its new Apex UW utility wood, which features a design aiming to combine the best features of higher-lofted fairway woods, hybrids, and a more neutral ball flight.
The new utility wood contains the brand’s Jailbreak A.I. Velocity Blades, which are designed to increase vertical stiffness near the club’s sole in a bid to create more speed low on the face where players often mishit their hybrids.
The A.I. face is forged using a high strength C300 Maraging Steel designed to provide greater speed and spin consistency across the face.
In addition, the new Apex UW features MIM’D Tungsten Weighting (18g per club on average), which Callaway has utilized to precisely position the Center of Gravity (CG).
The CG configuration is in a neutral location and is engineered to promote higher launch and steeper landing angles for better stopping power, along with optimized spin rates, all while reducing unwanted draw bias.
The clean, compact shape bids to create workability for better shot-making with more control. With 17% tighter downrange dispersion, the new Apex UW woods also seek to promote enhanced accuracy both off the tee and from the fairway.
Specs, Pricing & Availability
- Lofts: 17, 19, 21-degrees
- Pricing: $299.99. each
- Availability: October 14th, 2021
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Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
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 Proto (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 X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
(Photo courtesy of TaylorMade)
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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- Kevin Tway what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 90 TX
Irons: Wilson Staff Utility (2), Titleist T100 (4-9)
Shafts: Mitsubishi MMT 100 TX (2), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F @51, 56-14F), SM7 (60-10S)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-56), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: Scotty Cameron Black Baby T
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
More photos of Kevin Tway’s WITB in the forums.
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Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
The timing of Lowry’s putter changeup was curious: Was he just using a Spider putter because he was paired with McIlroy, who’s been using a Spider Tour X head throughout 2024? Was Lowry just being festive because it’s the Zurich Classic, and he wanted to match his teammate? Did McIlroy let Lowry try his putter, and he liked it so much he actually switched into it?
Well, as it turns out, McIlroy’s only influence was inspiring Lowry to make more putts.
When asked if McIlroy had an influence on the putter switch, Lowry had this to say: “No, it’s actually a different putter than what he uses. Maybe there was more pressure there because I needed to hole some more putts if we wanted to win,” he said with a laugh.
To Lowry’s point, McIlroy plays the Tour X model, whereas Lowry switched into the Tour Z model, which has a sleeker shape in comparison, and the two sole weights of the club are more towards the face.
Lowry’s Spider Tour Z has a white True Path Alignment channel on the crown of his putter, which is reminiscent of Lowry’s former 2-ball designs, thus helping to provide a comfort factor despite the departure from his norm. Instead of a double-bend hosel, which Lowry used in his 2-ball putters, his new Spider Tour Z is designed with a short slant neck.
“I’ve been struggling on the greens, and I just needed something with a fresh look,” Lowry told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship. “It has a different neck on it, as well, so it moves a bit differently, but it’s similar. It has a white line on the back of it [like my 2-ball], and it’s a mallet style. So it’s not too drastic of a change.
“I just picked it up on the putting green and I liked the look of it, so I was like, ‘Let’s give it a go.’”
Read the rest of the piece over at PGATour.com.
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AWW
Oct 7, 2021 at 12:13 pm
Will this be a .370 hybrid shaft or a .335 fairway shaft?
Jones
Oct 6, 2021 at 8:48 pm
Your review is rubbish. It a lazy cut and paste job from callaway web site.
Milo
Oct 6, 2021 at 7:58 pm
Lol 300 bucks, please Callaway.
ChipNRun
Oct 6, 2021 at 10:36 am
Let’s see now… between our driver and our 5i, we can now choose:
* Fairway woods (been around for a long time)
* Utility woods
* Hybrids (note: these are the resurrection of the Bulldog trouble club from late 1800s)
* Driving irons / Utility irons (are these the same? never could figure it out…)
* Used GI (game improvement) 3i or 4i with a shaft the player can actually hit.
And being that we’re in the good ole USA, how long before Ginty patent holders sue for design
infringement?
Teebo
Oct 6, 2021 at 10:34 am
Clubs are getting so damnn expensive.
Pi
Oct 6, 2021 at 5:29 am
Didn’t Cleveland just bring out a mix fairway & hybrid out as well? What do we call this then, a woodhy? Hywoo? WooHyb? A BullsHyb?
Head Got Busted
Oct 5, 2021 at 7:23 pm
Cool, I’ll be anxiously awaiting their arrival on the BST at $150.
Ben Hoagie
Oct 5, 2021 at 2:41 pm
Sign me up for the 19* – currently playing the 2019 Apex 3 hybrid – not a fan. The 2021 Apex Pro version is more similar to the 2016, which I like, so hoping the UW will have the same feel.
Ray
Oct 5, 2021 at 1:28 pm
Non adjustable. What
Copy cat
Oct 5, 2021 at 12:44 pm
Looks like the taylormade raylor
ChipNRun
Oct 6, 2021 at 10:41 am
Is it a Raylor, is it grandchild of Ginty???
No, it’s AUW!
DISAMBIGUATION: AUW is a golf club, NOT some university’s satellite campus…