It’s funny you say piercing. I just got done at the range and was smoking the 16.5. I have it set on D1, so delofted .75* and was hitting very far moon shots off the deck and off the tee. It is great through because it can hold the green so much better now. If I do need to have a lower piercing flight it’s very easy to be able to flight it down with minimal loss of distance. I don’t remember loving a fairway so fast and so much as this one.Definitely. When you hit it well it just feels absolutely crushed. I haven’t been able to tell if it gets more lift than my old three wood but it just feels like a more piercing flight. I feel like that could be a possible go to club on the tee box in the future. It’s rare you could describe a three wood as in control but it really feels like you can control its flight and direction which can’t be said for three woods often.