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The latest offering from Callaway's line of drivers is available in two models: the X Hot and X Hot Pro. Built for speed and distance, the Callaway X Hot driver, which was the model I took for a test drive, checks in at 46 inches. It's one of the lightest drivers Callaway has put into the market.
I hit at the PGA Show Demo Day, the X Hot stood out as the fastest and most explosive --- into the wind on the gigantic range at Orange County National, no less. The company claims the driver is 'up to 13 yards longer'. The fast face on X Hot is one piece of the puzzle, though. We went to great lengths to configure the X Hot drivers not only to promote distance, but to progressively optimize performance for various player types.
Callaway has implemented its thinnest casting technology ever in the all-titanium head to create a lighter swing weight and overall configuration, a combination that benefits most players in terms of head speed and distance, especially golfers with an average swing speed. Players with higher lofts can take advantage of higher draw bias for straighter shots, while players with lower lofts can utilize a more neutral Center of Gravity that fits their game.
Callaway has also released the cheap Callaway RAZR Fit driver, which will appeal to touring pros and many high-level players. This club has all the potential and then some. I’m not going to say it’s the longest out there, because it isn’t. Heck—none of them are anymore. Seems to me that all drivers are within 4-5 yards of each other these days, and it’s a matter of shaft preference.
Each loft setting moves club weighting to achieve the bias that will optimize the impact 'most likely' to happen according to Callaway's extensive research. The progressive weighting technology offers golfers needing less loft a more neutral bias while giving golfers requiring more loft a draw bias to guard against the slices and fades that plague that segment of amateurs.
I really wanted to like the balance on the cheap golf clubs more than I did. The head and the shaft are very well mated for each other, but it was the swing weight that threw me for a loop. It comes in at a mega-whopper D5. That’s okay for some who want a distance monster to feel like a distance monster.
This is a great shaft. I predict that unless the other makers come out with something that is obviously superior, this will become next year’s hottest OEM Shaft. It has all the earmarks of pulling off a run on the market. Source from: http://www.economygolfset.com/article-386-Callaway-X-Hot-Driver-is-a-solid-no-nonsense-performer.html
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