While every facet of Callaway’s designs in recent years have been incredibly successful, when it comes to the Rogue/Mavrik release cycle, fairways have always managed to be true showstoppers. So, for those wondering if that trend might continue, you can sleep easy now because these Rogue fairways aren’t a watered down version of anything, these are fairways with all new tech in them…all three of them.
Callaway Rogue ST MAX Fairways
Yes, marketing is marketing, but according to the Callaway R&D team these are the fastest fairways that they have created to date, and it all has to do with the fact that it is totally different than anything they have ever done before.
It all starts with Jailbreak. Now, yes, you have heard that before, but really it truly does start there with the new Rogue line as this is an all new take with Jailbreak ST. You see, this is a truly unique variation on Jailbreak, and it is one of three different designs used in the Rogue lineup. Thanks to A.I. Optimization, Callaway looked for a better way. That way is actually placing two structures at the absolute heel and toe perimeter of the clubface to keep the vertical stiffness, but totally free up the Face Cup to work without constraint. Translation? Same stability and retention, but with way more ball speed creation.
The next design step is the use of a Tungsten Speed Cartridge, and though the name is the same as the one used in the Rogue ST drivers, the placement and shape here is totally different because a fairway is totally different than a driver. Here the weight is placed in the front extreme perimeter and not the rear, 27-28g of tungsten to be exact, which helps create a low and forward CG in the fairways. This placement optimized where most miss on a fairway wood, low, and helps maximize playability.
Also, A.I. face optimization is alive and well with every single head in each of the three lines having a totally unique and one of a kind design. Using a new high strength C300 Face Cup, which has been used by others before but is a first for Callaway, they have been able to further prioritize speed, launch, and spin in both creation and retention.
Callaway Rogue ST MAX D Fairways
The name says it all here, these are the highest launching and most draw weighted fairway option of the Rogue ST release. These are for the golfer who needs and seeks the most shot shape correction, beyond just draw bias as the face angle, loft, and lie of this design is also optimized for this segment of player through the companies extensive fitting matrix.
The MAX D is available in both RH and LH in 3 (16°), 5 (19°), and 7 (22°) wood models.
Callway Rogue ST MAX Fairways
This is the model which will appeal to the largest portion of the bell curve, this is the fairway wood which is all about high MOI in an easy to launch off the tee and turf package. The MAX maintains a neutral overall ball flight and a lower leading edge face shape with a lower heel and toe visually to inspire confidence for a wide range of skills. Callaway has also massaged the shape here to make it as appealing as possible to more golfers, including those of higher skillsets.
There are seven options in the Rogue ST MAX fairways, 3 (15°), 3HL (16.5°), 5 (18?), HW (20°), 7 (21°), 9 (24°), 11 (27°) with all but the HW, 9, and 11 woods being available in LH.
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Callaway Rogue ST MAX LS Fairways
I think by now we all know what LS stands for, these are the lowest spinning of the three fairways models for Callaway in the Rogue ST arsenal and essentially are the LS and Triple Diamond joining forces. The shape is a Tour Preferred one like the SZ of the past with more camber in the toe and heel as well as a slightly deeper face and smaller footprint which makes it a serious tee option. The club also has an additional weight screw low and forward to make it tunable as well as even lower spin. This will be the option for those looking for a low spin rocket launching tee club.
The LS comes in 3+(13.5°), 3(15°), 3HL(16.5°), and 5(18°) with the 3+ and 3HL being RH only.
The Details
Each of the new Rogue ST MAX fairways will be available starting 2/18/22 and come in at $349.99 and standard shaft options will be as follows:
- Lightweight/Women’s – Project X Cypher Black (40g, 50g)
- Mid Offering – Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue (50g, 60g, 70g)
- Low Offering – Mitsubishi Tensei AV White (60g, 70g, 80g)
We will have a plethora of in-hand information and feedback from golfers just like you coming to the THP Community very soon, so stay tuned!
I played the Mizuno ST-Z last year, come to think of it the last 3 years the fairway spot in my bag has mostly belonged to Mizuno and I’ll have no problem selling those now.
I’ve not hit these year brother, just did the release piece.
But dammit, that LS 3+ has my attention!
I believe @Tevenor and @Vader can help their with what they fitted into.
I’m thinking hard about it. Waiting on Cobra or maybe another company comes along. So many options. This place has ruined me ?
I ended up hitting the fairways and the UWs and was fit for one of each. There is some over lap from the distance perspective with the upper UWs ( 17 and 19 deg ) just like there is some overlap with the 19 and 21 deg and the hybrids. The biggest decision is not distance, but which do you prefer and what shots do you need to hit.
For example, currently I hit a speed 4 wood as my alternative tee club/long fairway club. I carry it 245. My next club is a Apex pro 3 hybrid. I don’t really like hybrids but I needed a club I could fly 225 off the fairway and could get me out of jams in the rough.
At the ECPC, I told Jason ( my fitter ) what distance I needed and that I didn’t like the look of hybrids so we started with UWs. The 19 deg did the trick. 230-235 carry and great out of the rough and fairway. After that I had a choice.
Do I get a 17 deg to match or go fairway? For me, I loved the look of the fairway and needed something as a second tee club more than a 250 out if the rough club. The 3 wood fit the bill. Super easy to elevate off the deck as well. This way I go 15 deg vs the 17 of the UW and I get the right gapping.
In my opinion, the fairways give you more forgiveness and use off fairways and tees. The UW gives you more flexibility for a wider arrangement of shot needs and workability. Even if they go the same difference.
Gerritt gave me the Rogue ST Max to start with and it was very good but I was losing some to the right. He then handed me the Rogue ST Max D 16*. I was able to move it right to left when I tried and hit it really straight the other times.
I am excited to have a club that I can shape around a dog leg left off the tee.
ALWAYS IN RANGE. Let ‘er rip!
Depends more on the lie and what’s in front of the green. I hattteee fairway woods above my feet. Doesn’t happen. My course, they’re always above my feet around the 250 mark. Ha ha ha enjoy the woods right, left, and OB on the left side too! It’s a sad face forced layup almost every time.
Oh I am familiar with these “fun” par 5’s and the poor decision-making that so often occurs but at least with these rocket launchers in the bag I have the potential to give it a low probability whack!
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Your view looks better than mine at the moment, but this will work for the time being. Red X’s are all trees, left side is OB on top of it. Ask me how many times I’ve stupidly gone for this with the ball above my feet…
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You should definitely grab a Rogue ST LS fairway with its more neutral flight bias so you can continue this solid decision-making with confidence!
This ain’t basketball so don’t layup. You grip it and you rip it, Ricky Bobby!
Same. I really can’t wait to get the LS 3 wood in my hands to hit. I have stated my Epic Speed 4-wood is one if if not my most favorite club in my bag. The fact that the Rogue ST LS is better is mind boggling. But it is.
When my 3-wood and UW come in, I might spend an hour on the range just hitting those. Sooooooo good.
I guess it depends what you consider real. In previous Tensei AV releases there were significant material differences between the R,S,X flexes and the TX flex. The MCA website currently does not list a TX option for the new AV shaft, but from the description on the website, it sounds like a Tensei 1K with cheaper materials.
It’s exactly the same thing with the Kai’li White that comes stock in the new TaylorMade or the Aldila Rogue White 130 that went into the Mavrik.
So is this new Tensei shaft real? I guess so. But it is most likely made with the intent to be used as a stock shaft in the 2022 drivers. I doubt you’ll see many on tour (unless there is a tx version that is not listed on the website and you are most likely not getting the same quality as a Tensei 1K which will remain the aftermarket option for the Tensei line.
To me this new trend of masquerading stock shafts as expensive aftermarket options is very frustrating.
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I, being the maniac I am, couldn’t wait until the GD to get a UW. So I have had a 21deg since around when they came out.
The UW for me fills a spot where I need control and stopping power for a long approach shot. Long being 205-210.
The UW fits what was a gaping hole at the top end of my bag, previously filled by a rouge 7w, that I loved! but didn’t have quite the control I needed. And would occasionally rip it and blast over greens.
The UW is a consistent 208 club, almost every time, a middle of the middle will go 210, but fly a little higher. It is a magical club.
The UW flies nice and high, and hits exactly the spin window, and land angle I was looking for. And for some crazy reason, it does this in an off the rack configuration
Fairway woods….. I have been, for a few seasons, looking for something reliable that will fill the very long approach gap of 220-225, which if I’m being honest, I never thought I had the horsepower to do. But then I remember I actually do, I just have never found anything (even thru fitting) that had the control, or flight window I wanted. I’m not trying to hit bullets into greens.
I lay up on every per 5, no ********, I never go for a par 5 in 2, because I just can’t.
FF to the GD, I let my fitter know all of the above, because second only to the irons, the top of my bag was the most important for me to get a good fit.
He puts a stock UW in my hand, and I hit a bunch of shots. He asks me what I normally do with it, and how I normally hit it. I nut a few, and say 70% of the time it’s that. I thin a couple, and toe a couple, and say the rest are those.
he ponders for a moment, and hands me a Max 5w. I proceed to take it to pound town. No lie, I am shocked how easy it is to hit. Turf interaction is awesome, it sets up behind the ball beautifully, it flies majestically and lands like a sack of potatoes 218 yards away on a cold, rainy San Diego day, with a wet ball…
I proceed to hit a handful more, some nutted, some missed toe side. All fly straight, and punishment is minimal. I’m sold, he’s sold, we lock it up.
If I had to pick the one club that really had my attention, these woods are it. I don’t care how one feels about bonded hosels, these are the dark horse. They are really good.
Short answer to your question:
These clubs perform differently, and fill the spots I needed in different ways. Both extremely well for my game.
You stop that
Its really really good. LS is what I have coming.
Not you too!
I’ll try it at a demo day when those come around.
For you to ponder some more.
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252 fly is strong for a 3w. Dumb Trackman, I want to see max height not launch direction!
Yeah. If I had my druthers, I would want to see peak height and descent angle in addition to launch, spin, ball speed, and distance.
That paired with a ventus red is what I have coming and cannot wait!!!
Lost me at Ventus, but that’s just my Fuji issues
You’re gonna MURDER that though!
I have an LS coming as well!
It’s awesome
For some reason I had trouble timing up the Tensei shafts but the fuji shafts worked
I’ve got a ventus blue 7s coming in mine as well. But I also have a Epic Speed 4wood with a LINQ Blue M40X F5 sitting here that could easily be swapped for some fun testing.
Do it. You won’t. ?
Oh, I’ve got about 30 clubs to trade here, I definitely will!
I mean if you have extra… lol
I think what you meant was wow and it’s $50 cheaper than the Epic Super Hybrid!
I will say that I’m not always the best with fairway woods off the deck but these were easy to hit and wanted to get up and go. You should definitely try one out Jeremy!!
it’s getting easier and easier to leave fairway woods out of the bag,
for a club I hit maybe once or twice a round, the value just isnt there.
It was fantastic!!! And much less prone to hooks than I was used to with the Mavrik 3 wood (based on my small sample size from ECPC).
Out of curiosity, as the person that said low spin is bad for you, why choose the low spin option?
Oh I think the scales may tip the other direction when we get them in-hand ?
I’d go for one fairway – probably the 5 wd or 3HL/16.5 and then hybrid
Or go to callawaygolfpreowned.com. The shopping place for fairways. Or the used club rack, or the closeouts. Bought my recent fairways on closeout and … I like them.
But I have trades – so am open to a 3HL
Well hybo’s aren’t getting any less expensive either haha. That being said I love fwy’s and need at least 1 in the bag. Last year I had 2 ????
Can you explain this part? I understand the low part, away from the face I would assume means back. Low and back, but further you mentioned low and close to the face, which promotes less spin.
Mass further towards the toe helps reduce face closure, not just away from the face. You can have mass placed heel side and away from the face and it will cause faster face closer. Hence the D configuration with weight in the heel side.