Given the extreme popularity of the Qi10 Tour fairway wood, the TaylorMade Qi35 Tour fairway wood comes to market with some pretty big boots to fill but the brand is confident this compact-looking model will thrive among the best fairway woods.
Inspired by tour player feedback the TaylorMade Qi35 Tour fairway wood has been designed for golfers who prioritize workability and ball flight control. I think the new chromium carbon fiber crown looks superb, especially when gleaming in sunlight and probably makes the head appear a little more compact than it already is. The Qi35 Tour head is just 170cc so if you’re someone looking for a slightly more forgiving option, the core Qi35 or Qi35 Max fairway woods are likely to be more suitable.
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The gloss sole with satin black and sage green accents brings this club and its technology to life. Not only does the Qi35 Tour fairway wood benefit from the same TwistFace technology found in previous TaylorMade fairway woods but also the Speed Pocket behind the face to improve the consistency of ball speeds on off-center hits. While the Stealth 2 Plus and Qi10 Tour fairway woods both had a sliding adjustable weight to change the CG placement, the R&D team at TaylorMade has taken this innovation one step further and the 40g weight can now be rotated 180° for even further customization. With one end of the 40g weight weighing slightly more than the other, I made sure the heavier weight was further forward to help bring the CG forward and reduce the spin on the ball.
The 40g sliding weight in the TaylorMade Qi35 Tour Fairway Wood can be rotated 180° for even further customization
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I tested this fairway wood inside using a Foresight Sports CGQuad launch monitor and 2025 Titleist Pro V1x golf balls to gather some standardized data and it made for an interesting analysis. While my left to right dispersion was definitely more volatile, the dispersion from front to back was fairly small. TaylorMade took on feedback from last year’s Qi10 range about how the lineup was overly fade-bias and I found this to be the case, particularly with their Tour and LS products. The Qi35 lineup has been refined to promote much more of a neutral ball flight and as you can see from the data, if anything I was turning the ball over from right-to-left a little too much at times and averaged 10 yards left of my target within my six sample shots.
Data from the TaylorMade Qi35 Tour Fairway Wood using a GCQuad…
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