Equipment
Callaway introduces new Great Big Bertha lineup
Callaway Golf has today unveiled its new Great Big Bertha family of clubs.
The ultra-premium lineup includes driver, hybrids, fairway woods and irons, with all hitting retail on November 11, 2022.
In contrast to the Rogue ST line, Callaway envisions the GBB family as a more targeted product that will appeal to a smaller audience of slower swing speed players looking for easier distance.
Great Big Bertha Driver
Engineered with an ultra-lightweight design in design for unmatched distance characteristics, the Great Big Bertha driver is nearly 30g lighter than the Rogue ST MAX driver.
To increase MOI, Callaway engineers paired a lightweight Triaxial Carbon Crown with a Forged Carbon Sole. With all this discretionary weight, the engineers moved the CG lower and deeper in a bid to enhance forgiveness, while the steel sole plate is designed to make it easier to hit a draw.
The driver includes a Jailbreak Speed Frame that is powered by A.I. in design for enhanced horizontal and torsional stability. All this stability bids to promote increased ball speed across the face.
In addition, Callaway has now included spin optimization in its industry-leading A.I. face technology. The new formula bids to increase ball speed while lowering spin to increase total distance.
- Available Lofts: 9°, 10.5°, 12°
- Pricing: $699.99
Great Big Bertha Irons
By leveraging materials that are typically reserved for drivers, Callaway generated up to 96g of discretionary weight and precisely repositioned this saved weight in their new irons in design to increase launch and forgiveness.
The Great Big Bertha iron features the thinnest titanium face the brand has ever used in an iron. On top of that, it’s also the lightest. In addition, the Commercially Pure Grade 4 (CP4) Titanium body flexes more at impact than traditional steel and works together with the thinner face in a bid to transfer more energy to the ball.
The Tungsten Speed Cartridge features up to 145g of high-density tungsten, which is designed to provide increased speed and launch by giving Callaway the deepest center of gravity they’ve ever achieved in an iron. This level of tungsten is a 133% increase over Rogue ST Max and the most ever in a Callaway iron.
The forged titanium face is optimized to increase speed and improve spin consistency, while the brand’s urethane microspheres bid to enhance sound and deliver a softer feel while still allowing the face to flex for more ball speed.
- Available Lofts: 4-SW
- Pricing: $449.99/stick
Great Big Bertha Fairway Woods
Featuring a titanium face and body, 53% of the total head weight of the Great Big Bertha Fairway Woods is made up of discretionary weight. This weight savings enabled Callaway to create a larger, more forgiving footprint and an ultra-low CG that steel does not allow.
The titanium face is uniquely optimized for each fairway wood head through A.I. for enhanced ball speed and spin consistency in a powerful design. Callaway’s Jailbreak with Batwing Technology pushes stiffness to the perimeter while still allowing the face to flex for high ball speeds across the face.
The fairway woods feature a lighter, stronger triaxial carbon crown that saves a significant amount of weight. The Forged Carbon sole also aids in weight savings and relocates the CG in design to create a slight draw bias. With all this discretionary weight, Callaway engineers also leveraged 50g of internal tungsten and a 15g steel plate on the sole in order to create an easier, higher launch.
- Available Lofts: 3w, 5w, 7w, 9w
- Pricing: $499.99 each
Great Big Bertha Hybrids
In their Great Big Bertha hybrids, Callaway engineers leveraged a titanium face and body, resulting in 100g of discretionary saved weight. After extensively reviewing performance characteristics, this weight was then redistributed in design to enhance ball speed, improve forgiveness, and promote an easy launch.
The titanium face has been uniquely optimized through A.I. in a bid to enhance ball speed and spin consistency in a hybrid construction, especially on off-center hits. And for the first time ever in a hybrid, the A.I. designed Jailbreak with Batwing Technology seeks to increase stiffness in the perimeter while allowing the face to flex for high ball speeds across the face.
In addition, a lighter, stronger Triaxial Carbon Crown saves significant weight vs. a traditional steel crown. The Forged Carbon sole plate also aids in weight savings and relocates the CG in design to create a slight draw bias. All this saved weight is then meticulously redistributed to promote high launch and more forgiveness.
With the substantial amount of discretionary weight available from titanium, Callaway engineers also redistributed up to 78g of weight between internal tungsten and the sole plate in a bid to promote faster ball speeds and a higher launch.
- Available Lofts: 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H
- Pricing: $449.99 each
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Whats in the Bag
Kevin Chappell WITB 2024 (April)
- Kevin Chappell what’s in the bag accurate as of the Valero Texas Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali Black 60 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 HL (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
7-wood: Cobra King LTDx Prototype (21.5 degrees @20.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: Srixon ZX (3), Cobra King CB (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM6 (52-08F, 56-10S), Cobra Snakebite (60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron SB-2, Scotty Cameron TourType TG6.2
Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Flatso 1.0
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Chappell’s clubs here.
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Equipment
Spotted: Axis1 prototype broomstick putter
We have seen an uptick in longer putters out on the professional tours with players gravitating toward either counterbalanced or broomstick styles. As a refresher, A “broomstick” putter is a long putter that is usually built to a length that goes up to your chest. If you have seen Adam Scott putt in a tournament recently, he uses what is classified as a broomstick putter.
Axis1 might not be the most common brand in the world of putters but they have been around a while, most notably in Justin Rose’s bag.
Axis1 is known for a putter that doesn’t look traditional but a design is used to get the center of gravity to the center of the club face, aligned with the shaft. This technology keeps the face aligned with the ball throughout the stroke. More traditional putters rotate around the shaft axis, which doesn’t align with the center of the putter, making it easier for the putter face to not be square to the target at impact.
This week at the Valero Texas Open, we spotted a prototype Axis1 putter in a long broomstick version. The head shape looks very similar to the current Axis1 Tour-HM putter that the company currently makes, which is a more squared-off mid-mallet. The prototype looks to have a similar multi-material head with a 304 stainless steel face mated to a composite back. Twin site lines run together, on the topline and on the flange, to create a longer line for aligning the putter. The steel face has a fairly shallow milling to it, and the flowing heel hosel connects to the aggressive shaft bend.
A matching black shaft is installed, and at the grip end is Super Stroke’s Zenergy Tour 1.0 two-piece in white and black. No word on if or when this will come to retail yet.
- Check out the rest of our photos from the 2024 Valero Texas Open
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/4/24): Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons.
From the seller: (@ch1985): “Mint set of TaylorMade qi 10 irons 5-PW, AW (used 1 round and some range balls) with factory stiff steel shaft – $925 shipped.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Mint set of TaylorMade Qi 10 irons
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Jason
Oct 27, 2022 at 7:24 am
Kudos Callaway marketing and pricing departments! You have ensured that I will never consider buying a new Callaway club. Pricing is an absolute joke.
Jason
Oct 27, 2022 at 7:22 am
Kudos Callaway marketing and pricing departments! You have ensured that I will never consider buying a new Callaway club.. Pricing is an absolute joke.
Ned
Oct 27, 2022 at 5:49 am
Shades of PXG there’s no way any club is worth 2-3 times any other club out there. I can see a massive sale in 6 months or so.
ericsokp
Oct 26, 2022 at 8:06 pm
At these prices I’m going to go out on a limb and predict that these will be taking up a lot of shelf space about this time next year.
Jim
Oct 26, 2022 at 1:55 pm
The pricing on these is completely out of control. Who would pay $450 per iron? And $700 for a driver. You can buy much better clubs even within their own lineup for much less money. The cost of golf lately is not only out of control but is going to drive people away from the sport, not to mention the club manufacturers as most sane people will look to the used market instead. Between golf clubs and cars the prices are too high for most people to afford. When is too much too much for these companies?!
James Sparks
Oct 26, 2022 at 12:11 pm
Agree the prices are out of control
Dunce
Oct 26, 2022 at 9:57 am
You’d be better off taking the money you’d spend on these and put it towards lessons.
Garrett D
Oct 25, 2022 at 10:55 pm
Callaway is kind of lame-Ooooo.
I’ll take my Mizuno, Srixon, and Titleist any day over their stuff. I could probably buy 3 full sets for one of their ridiculously overpriced game-improvement sets.
If I see someone w these clubs, in my head I will think to myself this person is trying to cheat the game no matter what the cost. Practice, not purchase.
Sef
Oct 25, 2022 at 7:56 pm
In a bid to do this, bids to do that, can I lend you a thesaurus brother?
geohogan
Oct 25, 2022 at 7:42 pm
Just bought six club set, JPX919 on ebay for less than $300 with graphite shafts.
Now that is a “forgiving” set of clubs.
Bryan
Oct 25, 2022 at 1:03 pm
$450 per iron is insane! Almost feel like this is being released at this price so when their next flagship line comes out and is only priced at $300 an iron people will think it’s a bargain. Or not.
Geno4952
Oct 25, 2022 at 11:00 am
So…. without adding an overpriced putter to the lineup, woods and irons would cost me… $5299.89 plus tax. (8% in NY state). ARFKM??? Might as well add in the lawyer cost for the divorce as well.
And they want to bring more young people into the game. Come on Suzie… we’re going to the bank to get a loan for your new clubs. This is definitely getting ridiculous.
Zach
Oct 25, 2022 at 9:13 am
These prices are getting out of hand. Who’s going to pay that much for game improvement irons?
Brandon
Oct 25, 2022 at 10:15 pm
Rich Asians who don’t want another set of Honma Berres or XXIO. Pretty much the only market I see for these.