Connect with us

Equipment

2024 Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods, hybrids — GolfWRX Launch Report 

Published

on

What you need to know: Ai Smart Face — the centerpiece of Callaway’s Paradym Ai Smoke drivers — is also the key technology of new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods and hybrids. The lineup features four models: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max, Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D, Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond, and Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fast. As with the drivers, the carbon chassis is lighter, allowing for 24 grams of weight to be redistributed throughout the head for enhanced launch, spin, and forgiveness. As utilized in Paradym, engineers leverage a tungsten speed cartridge to push CG low and forward. The hybrid lineup — Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max, Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max HL, Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fast — utilizes similar technology with a shallower profile and more sole camber than previous models.

@golfwrx Ai Smart Face — the centerpiece of @Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke drivers — is also the key technology of new Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods and hybrids. #golf #golftiktok #golfwrx #golftok #callaway #callawaygolf ? Lo-Fi electric piano fashionable(840331) – yutaka.T

2024 Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods, hybrids: What’s new, key technology

  • Ai Smart Face: Drawing on the swing dynamics of thousands of real golfers, Callaway developed an all-new Ai Smart Face for each driver model. Swing speed, club delivery, and face orientation prior to impact were considered to create club faces catered to optimal launch and tighter dispersion.
  • Carbon chassis: Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods (excluding Triple Diamond) feature a carbon chassis to allow for discretionary weight distribution.

Additional model details

2024 Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max: Designed for the majority of golfers, Ai Smoke Max promotes a neutral ball flight.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D: The most forgiving model in the lineup, Ai Smoke Max D features an upright lie angle and neutral face for a draw bias. The 3-wood is adjustable.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond: Better player-preferred shaping with a full-groove, deeper face. Neutral to fade-biased. Steel sole, forward weight screw for low spin. Adjustable hosel.

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fast: Lightweight for slower swing speeds. Bonded hosel. Light grip and shaft.

What Callaway says

Brian Williams vice president of Research & Development…

On how the company approached fairway wood design this year:

“We did take the same approach in terms of categorizing real player swings with their fairway woods to look at where there were commonalities or differences. We saw a lot of similarities in terms of things like path and face angle, but consistently different impact locations in our Max D and Max Fast player segments. We saw impact locations that were much lower on the face. Consistently on all these products, there were Swing Codes that swing down on the ball. In our Smoke Max, core market segment [product], impact locations were still lower on the face, but just slightly before the center line. And the Triple Diamond player consistently had impact locations on the center of the face.”

On fairway wood improvements from original Paradym:

“We were pleased with the ability to bring in the composite sole on Paradym, but we still had to reinforce it with steel to ensure our quality and durability. We tasked our composites team to get us to the place where we were on the driver with a full carbon chassis. We’ve been able to do that now with a full carbon sole and crown, we’ve been able to free up over 24 grams of weight and re-invent [the club]. Half of it is moving forward into our tungsten speed cartridge for low spin and distance and half of it is moving rearward to increase our MOI.”

On Tour

2024 Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods, hybrids: Pricing, specs, availability

Fairway woods

  • Max: 3, 3HL, 5, 7, Heavenwood, 9, 11
  • Max D: 3, 3HL, 5, 7
  • Triple Diamond: 3, 5, 7
  • Max Fast: 3, 5, 7, 9

Hybrids

  • Max: 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H
  • Max HL: 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H
  • Max Fast: 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H

Standard shafts: Project X Cypher 2.0, Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue, Project X Denali Black, Mitsubishi Eldio, Mitsubishi Tensei Silver

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360, Winn Dri-Tac Lite (Max Fast)

Pricing: $349.99 (fairway woods), $279.99 (hybrids)

Pre-sale/at retail: 1/12, 1/26

More photos of Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke fairway woods, hybrids

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max 5-wood

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond 5-wood

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max hybrid

Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max HL hybrid

Your Reaction?
  • 27
  • LEGIT3
  • WOW4
  • LOL1
  • IDHT2
  • FLOP0
  • OB0
  • SHANK2

We share your golf passion. You can follow GolfWRX on Twitter @GolfWRX, Facebook and Instagram.

2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. Pingback: Best hybrids 2024: Expert fitters recommend the hybrids for your game – GolfWRX

  2. Pingback: Best fairway woods of 2024: Expert club fitters recommend the most versatile and forgiving options – GolfWRX

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Product Reviews

Three Swing Challenge: Testing the Titleist Vokey WedgeWorks A+ grind

Published

on

The first wedge has made its way to the Three Swing Challenge! This week we have the WedgeWorks A+ grind that was recently released by Vokey. BK is looking for a new 60-degree wedge, and this could be a contender.

Why three swings?

Many years ago, the legendary Barney Adams, founder of Adams Golf told us this:

“My formula as a fitter was three shots only. I discounted No. 1 just because it was the first one, counted 100 percent of No. 2 and discounted No. 3 because the player was starting to adjust.”

Your Reaction?
  • 3
  • LEGIT1
  • WOW1
  • LOL0
  • IDHT0
  • FLOP0
  • OB0
  • SHANK1

Continue Reading

Whats in the Bag

Daniel Brown WITB 2024 (July)

Published

on

  • Daniel Brown WITB accurate as of The Open Championship. 

Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X

3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

(Image courtesy of SMS on Tour)

Irons: Ping i230 (3), Ping Blueprint S (4-9)

Wedges: Ping s159 (50-12S, 54-12S, 58-06T)

Putter: Ping PLD

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Info an images via SMS on Tour.

Your Reaction?
  • 13
  • LEGIT4
  • WOW2
  • LOL0
  • IDHT1
  • FLOP0
  • OB0
  • SHANK0

Continue Reading

Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

Published

on

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.

Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.

Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.

However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.

According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.

Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.

Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.

TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”

Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.

Your Reaction?
  • 22
  • LEGIT2
  • WOW1
  • LOL2
  • IDHT0
  • FLOP0
  • OB0
  • SHANK1

Continue Reading

WITB

Facebook

Trending