Name: Cleveland Launcher fairway wood review
Brand: Cleveland

Golf Monthly Verdict

As an all-round performer this is right up there with our favorite fairway woods. The shallow head makes it ideal from the fairway and semi-rough. The brilliant weighting means that shots flew extremely long, making this an ideal driver replacement when things aren’t going well from the tee. Where next? More On Test: - Cleveland Launcher driver review - Cleveland Launcher Ti460 driver review

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By Paul O'Hagan

published 6 October 2008

With an 11% larger head than the previous Launcher fairway wood the new design is more forgiving from heel and toe mis-hits. Three different 3-wood lofts are available, they are low (13°), standard (15°) and high (17°), as well as a 5-wood (19°) and 7-wood (22°). Each model can be fitted with either a standard trajectory Fujikura Gold shaft or a tour trajectory Red version.

Paul joined Golf Monthly in 2006 in a junior role and has since worked as senior staff writer and now as technical editor. He writes equipment and instruction content and tests the vast majority of golf clubs that are introduced every year.

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