By Michael Cooney
LAST month we concentrated on the Paradym driver so now to the fairway woods, hybrids and irons.
Again, like the driver, the Paradym triple Diamond head fairways woods were best for me. I really like the way it sat, the way it launched.
It had this really nice penetrating ball flight, which I really like to see in my three woods.
Depending on what you want to see out of your ball flight, the other two heads can offer that. You can have a slightly higher launch with the Paradym, and then the Paradym actually can get the highest launch.
I normally carry one fairway wood at around 14½ to 15° range but after trying the 5-wood and 7-wood on the day at the product launch I had to at least get fitted for a 5-wood and I did.
The 5-wood for me again, like the driver and 3-wood, just sat beautifully on the ground and then being able to hit that higher launching shot, which we land on the grains of those longer par-4s, or potentially shorter par-5s really appeals to me so being able to launch a fraction higher without losing heaps of distance was fantastic.
I will order a 7-wood as well in the Paradym’s X range.
I had one when I was a junior and I honestly don’t know why they still don’t carry one. It’s extremely easy to hit. It launches really well and comes off the face really nicely.
HYBRIDS: Now the hybrids. Traditionally, I don’t love hybrids because of my shot shape being slight to the left I feel like I’ll just go further left, but pleasingly I found I was able to flatten out both flights and also get the ball to peel a bit to the right if I needed to which is something I haven’t been able to do before.
IRONS: Finally, on to the irons. There are two models of the Paradym and Paradym X.
Both head designs are forged, have tungsten weighting in them and they both have a hollow body with speed frame technology throughout.
Some of the differences between the two models is the Paradym’s 7-irons is 29° whereas the Paradym X is 27½°.
The Paradym head shape is a bit more compact whereas the Paradym X has a little bit more of a mid-size head shapes and are slightly bigger. And then the sole width for the Paradigm is slightly thinner whereas the sole width of the Paradym Max is slightly wider.
The Paradym has minimal offset, and the Paradym X has moderate offset. For the golfers looking for maximum distance with keeping that really nice player looking iron, the Paradym would be a really advantageous club to try.
Whereas the players looking for distance, forgiveness and game improvement, I would suggest getting fit for the Paradym X .
All in all when you add together the experience of the product launch, the experience at the fitting centre and then the technology that Callaway have put into driver, fairway woods, hybrids and irons I can comfortably say Callaway is on a real winner here.
Obviously, it helps when four out of the five winners for this season’s US PGA Tour are playing with driver however, it says more to me when a player who isn’t getting paid by the manufacturer decides to put the driver in the bag and he wins.
I can’t recommend enough that you go and get fitted for the Paradym products so you get the full benefits the product provides.
Happy golfing!
Fairway Woods – RRP: $629.99
Hybrids – RRP: $529.99
Irons – RRP:
$359.99 (steel)
$379.99 (graphite)
Michael Cooney is a teaching professional at the PGA Centre for Learning and Performance at the Sandhurst Golf Club in Melbourne and is always on the hunt for the latest and greatest in golf products.
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