ClubTest: Max Game-Improvement Fairway Woods

Callaway FT-i Squareway
$299, graphite
callawaygolf.com

WE TESTED: 15°, 18° in Fujikura Fit-On M graphite shaft

COMPANY LINE: "The stainless steel face and body combine with a composite crown to produce fairway woods with the highest inertia and lowest CG in our line. Its MOI approaches that of our best-selling drivers."

Our Test Panel Says:
• Pros: Crisp, powerful feel; very accurate from rough; a great club for those who typically slice; does what you'd expect, it kills sidespin; hot face means good distance forgiveness on mis-hits; fine balance, like other Callaway woods; corrects errors direction-wise; a fairway-seeker from the tee; square head makes alignment a snap; most approve of draw-bias head.
• Cons: Big head and face can make it difficult to hit consistently well from fairway; its head shape won't appeal to the masses.

"Better from rough than the fairway — a penetrating trajectory when the ball sits in light rough." — Jim Esther (20)