RBZ Fairway Wood

Components

1.) Shaft options: the standard  Matrix Ozik XCon 5 weighs just 50 grams. Along with the lightweight head and shaft this is designed to increase distance. It is available in four flexes (S, R, M and L).  

2.) Grip: the grip is also lightweight to help bring the overall weight of the club down to 315 grams. Unlike some lightweight grips this does not affect the feel or grip in adverse weather.

Aesthetics

3) Shelf Appeal: the new RBZ white and green combination will catch the eye, particularly when combined with the new speed pocket and the distance gains TaylorMade ?is suggesting.

4) Address View: perhaps surprisingly for a white-headed club this looks traditional at address, which suggests we are becoming used to the white wood design. The graphics don't distract at all.

Technology

5) External: the white head and black face combination is designed to aid alignment and reduce glare. A weight port in the sole is positioned close to the face to  improve ball speed

6) Internal: an area behind the face has been removed from the sole to create a speed pocket, this is designed to increase the power off the face to help increase the distance on a range of strikes.

Performance

7) Flight: the high launch 3-wood is almost 4-wood like in loft, but also produces a powerful flight. The flight with the standard 3-wood is almost driver-like in flight, and in the run it produces.

8) Distance: there was noticeably more distance compared to woods with the same loft. The extra yardage might require a rethink at the top end of the bag to find consistent gapping.

9) Forgiveness: the face is slightly deeper and bigger than the Burner 2.0, which aids forgiveness. Shots from the bottom of the face fly noticeably further than previous models.

10) Feel: extremely powerful off the face with a pleasing impact sound. ?Off-centre strikes make a duller sound, which helps provide good feedback on where the ball hits the face.

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