What I really like about this driver is how hot the ball comes off of the face. The face seems to be very springy and shots fly off the clubhead with a great deal of velocity right from the moment of impact. The clubhead is forgiving also, which is nice when you don’t hit that perfect shot. Toe and heel impacted shots do not lose very much distance which helps the average golfer tremendously. The club feels very solid overall, with a lower pitched sound than previous Callaway drivers. The club is also built somewhat to help players shape shots. As compared to other drivers on the market right now, this driver allows you to hit draws and fades with a little bit more ease than some of its competitors.
The main technology behind the Callaway RazrHawk driver is the “Forged Composite” construction. Callaway teamed up with Lamborghini to develop a way of forging carbon fiber to provide a very stable and light material to us in this line of drivers. This new material allows Callaway to reposition weight that would have been used in the clubhead through previous materials, into places in the clubhead that favor hitting a long and straight golf shot.
The Aldila R.I.P. shaft is a very nice shaft that complements the driver head very well. It is a lower to middle flighted shaft that is very light at about 60 grams. The weight of the shaft allows you to swing the club faster, which translates into more distance. The shaft also has some awesome graphics and designs featured on the grip and clubhead end of the shaft, which is a nice added bonus.
There are many characteristics of this driver that I do like, however there are a few that I am not too fond of and think take away from the appeal and performance of the club. The clubhead is formed by fusing two different materials together, which results in the curved seam that can be seen on the crown of the clubhead. Many people would set up to this driver at address and be disgusted at how it looks because of the seam. I am not particularly disturbed by it, but I know a lot of people who want to see a clean clubhead when they are setting up to hit a golf shot. My only other gripe about this club is its lack of personalization. Callaway’s biggest rivals in the equipment industry (Titleist and Taylormade) have systems on their premium drivers that allows the player to, with a few twists of a wrench, add or subtract loft from the club, adjust the lie angle and open or close the clubface. How has Callaway not gotten a system like this into their clubs for the masses to use? I feel as if Callaway’s competitors have a huge advantage on them in this aspect of club making. I really do hope that Callaway has something in the works to rival their competitors on this characteristic of the club, because if they don’t, they may fade lose some serious portion of the market in the near future.
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Overall I give this driver for the:
Low Handicapper (0-9): 5 out of 10 Divots
Middle Handicapper (10-19): 9 out of 10 Divots
High Handicapper (20+): 8 out of 10 Divots
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