Can’t Hit Your Fairway Woods? Then You Should Consider These Three Models
Fairway woods are some of the most difficult spots in the bag to fill. Unlike our driver, irons, wedges and putter, we don’t use them a lot but, when we do, the stakes are usually high, such as needing to hit a tight fairway or reaching a par five in two.
Fairway woods aren’t clubs we are likely to hit a lot in our practice and range sessions and it’s easy to lose confidence in clubs that are hard to hit due to longer shafts, lower lofts and higher clubhead speeds. I sometimes compare fairway woods to special teams in the NFL. They don’t get a lot of game time, but when they do come on the field, they might need to slot a long field goal to win the game or take it to overtime.
If you are a golfer that struggles to pick a fairway wood off tight fairways or lacks consistency when you using a fairway wood from the tee, here are the three models that scored highly in our annual test of the most forgiving fairway woods.
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The G425 Max, one of the best Ping fairway woods (opens in new tab), is an exceptional model that will give you confidence on long approaches and tight tee shots. It provides accuracy without giving up distance and performed especially well from the deck on shots struck low on the face. Such is the quality of the G425 Max that it is the 2022 fairway wood of choice for multiple players on the professional circuit.
It is built with a one-piece face, rather than using a steel face insert, which has increased ball speeds by up to 1.5mph. In testing, this fairway wood delivered laser-like consistency and tight dispersion across our launch monitor tests, with a solid feeling face that performed well on off-centre hits.
It also features Ping’s proprietary Spinsistency technology, meaning that these fairway woods spin consistently so you can count on specific carry yardages and shot-stopping angle of descent going into greens. We liked it so much, it made our Editor’s Choice Awards for 2022 (opens in new tab).
Ping has removed the turbulators from the crown, making for a much cleaner, matte aesthetic that is pleasant behind the ball at address. The Max is available in a…
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