Testing every Callaway Elyte golf club released in 2025!

right today sees the launch of the new Callaway Elite lineup and uh that's exactly what we're going to have a look in today's video the whole lot so from irons into hybrids into fairwoods and into the drivers I'll be having a brief look in terms of data not a deep dive but I'll give you my firsthand feedback what did I think of the performance of each one of these what do I think they look like we'll be discussing cost and how this might impact on you and whether or not one of these clubs in front of me could be good purchase in 2025 right so we're going to kick things off with the irons and there are three new ions from Callaway in this lineup there is the standard there is the X model and there is the HL they all differ in profile and they all get gradually bigger and gradually more forgiven I suppose but effectively all iWood classes game improvement irons the HL model particularly focuses on launching the ball higher and they are the slightly weaker lofted so concentrating on the ball going up in the air certainly concentrate on distance as well but the other two models standard and X is very much a combination of the two so first of all I think you cannot ignore just how good these irons look and I think looks is going to be a big sort of uh area that we discuss within this whole lineup and within the irons it sits at the top of the tree in my opinion and creating a game improvement iron that looks super clean super slick and something that you would normally associated with that sort of better players model so I'm really pleased what Callaway have done with the looks Department they've also got a slightly uh new shape and new profile on the sole which is uh designed for better Turf interaction I won't be testing that today but I did put it through its Paces on the uh on trackman and this is the X model on my first thoughts [Music] interesting thing is I don't think of it a anything other than straight oh that's the club or me but anyway it's a steady 150 carry decent ball speed that's a pull left I think trying to force that one yeah I got the extra distance out of it for for did the sound and feel is a huge difference um which I think they claim I would definitely agree with that that's a real thin one off the bottom so well it's still good because still a ball speed of 102 I can tell you that that came off the bottom grooves look at that so that's the strike location low and into the heel and still getting 142 carry and a decent spin number which you wouldn't expect either so that's the irons and yeah a big tick in the Box for that one anyone looking for irons in 2025 and they've got to certainly put those within the list next up is the hybrids and something that's always been really good in my opinion from uh Callaway two models in this uh Elite lineup there's the X and the standard model standard again just being a smaller profile than that of the X it's the x that you're going to see me test very very soon on trackman uh two pieces of weight in that are situated both heel and toe and they're interchangeable weights uh I think we've got 18 G and 3 G that'll be up on screen now exactly what those uh amounts are but effectively those two can change things quite significantly I've got that heavier weight on the toe side of things and this is what I thought of the performance of The X model so I'm in in the X model which is draw bias yeah I going to say he felt a decent strike 207 carry bang down the middle that's a decent start so this is a three with I think that says 19° a loft no 18° a loft that went off like an absolute rocket and it really did yeah it's worth mentioning that the the huzzle on this is a brand new fitting which allows for Loft and Li angle to be changed and adjusted which is hugely significant in in a custom fit we tried a bit too hard with that gun left yeah the carry is ridiculous yeah two it's a three hybrid I'm itting here it goes as far as I can it a fivewood a real bad shot yeah that's what's interesting to see though again that was horrendous uh I'll show the strike location I'm sure it'll confirm that that was a terrible strike but it's on a 186 carry I mean look at that that's almost missed the ball and he get 186 carry out of well like I said almost is in a huzzle yeah I mean super impressed with what this club did and I just kind of believe how far that I hit this thing um and everything about it ball flight spin number just really performed well uh just to confirm that's a 13 G weight not 18 G which I said earlier really like it um again like it from shelf appeal perspective the shaping of the X model is a little bit odd it's a little bit almost pointy triangular in many ways and it certainly felt like a long face and more something that you would associate with the Fairway would um so slightly different didn't have any effect on me visually or certainly not on performance and again I'm really liking what we've done so far so next up it's onto the Fairway woods now in the Fairway Woods there are three models it's where you see the standard the X and then the triple diamond interesting enough the three Woods in those models are fully adjustable so we've got an adjustable hle we can do things with we can make differences what I am surprised that is from the fivewood upwards there is no adjustability so that for me is a slight negative but it's probably where the negatives end from a shelf appeal perspective I'm going to say they look okay uh it's not really the best looking product on the market right now from underneath but when you turn the club over you'll see that I am pretty impressed now with all the clubs we're looking at as ever AI plays a major part in What Callaway have done and the face has been uh AI to death if you like and they've really optimized the face performance performance so you're seeing sort of sweet spots all over that face and it certainly was visual when in performance- Wise when I hit these things and this is what happened it's my first thought on two five Woods that I hit both the X and the standard model really nice yeah I mean what's interesting about that is when you compare it to the hybrid sort of uh carried left but with a very different ball light so this is very much I haven't got launch on there which I'll put on in a minute but very high launching ball from the X which again is what you'd be wan to see pretty poor strike got under it a bit Yeah dropped off a little there still 187 carry like that one 128 balls speed yeah launches let's get launch on because it definitely launches um yeah launch angle 178 193 carry it's a fivewood spinning at 4 and 12,000 revs so if you're hitting this into a green which arguably you would be then uh it's stopping quite comfortably probably certainly the best looking Crown in terms of Fairway Woods that we've seen for some time looks amazing at a dress and that one is an absolute Ripper I hope I haven't pulled it too far left no I didn't think so wow 221 carry with a five wood is ginormous it's huge what did it launch at launching at 154 peaker 101 one that's incredible that's a fast po speed so the five standard model is next up visually just a more compact profile so in other words head is a lot smaller but still this incredibly good finish on the crown I absolutely love the look of this it's got a lot to live up to on that X model though 136 ball speed seems quick yeah Wow first ball off the bat there you'd expect it to be launching lower but it's actually launched at 165 and 222 carry Peak height of um 111 ft that's just such a good number I mean I'm I am not testing the three-wood um because you know my thoughts on them in the bag but to me I don't need a three-wood with a if I can do that with a five not as quick that one but yeah 200 carry a relatively easy swing still very much a high launching ball as well so I don't really understand what the main difference is between that and the the X really so again so far so good Callaway are really doing well in my opinion what I really found effective was ball speed off the face and there's this kind of tungsten speed wave as Calla call it it's 35 gram of tungsten placed in the front of the club which would normally lower Spin and increase ball speeds but have a negative impact on launch so the fact they've been able to get a real good combination of weight enough weight at the back of the club to be able to launch the ball high but then shove weight up front and as much as 35 G to get the ball speed and keep spin down that's an incredibly good combination the other thing they've done with the Fairway Woods is they've changed the um the way the club sits on the ground basically and it's very visible from where I am now not something you'll notice from above and it's to again improve Turf interaction and slide through that ground more effectively more efficiently and Callaway paying a lot of attention and a big deal on this I haven't been able to test this today in door we hit off a very sort of small and stubby tea and when I do the full review out on the golf course we'll certainly put that theory to the test but again overall super impressed with the five Woods that I hit and uh I would imagine from three through two I think they go up to 11 wood uh they'll do well with these products but next perhaps the most controversial would be the driver because we've got a lot to say about this and uh let's maybe start with the way they look because there's an issue I feel with the looks and I'd be interested to know in your thoughts on anything that I've commented on so far on this this video but in particular the driver from underneath and that shelf appeal element I'm really sort of it's just not grabbing me whatsoever I don't want to be hugely negative because at the end of the day it won't affect performance but I do think there's a slightly it's a dated look dare I say it almost looks like something out of a package set it's not what I would normally expect from Callaway now that said let's go on to the rest of the club let's flip it over because from the crown absolutely love it they've done a really effective job of creating a MC Crown which I really like there's some really nice pattering in there which you'll see hopefully we can pick that up on the camera indoors and uh couldn't be any better from the actual place that you see the club which is from above so I've got no problems with that but anyway underneath I feel like they could have done a better job underneath what you'll also see is some waiting systems The Waiting system is not on the sliding weight it's in of changeable ports you've got the X model and you've got the standard model and there is a triple diamond I will only be focusing on standard and X now in the standard model you've got three weight ports and you can slip that weight and I think it's 14 G again hope I've got my facts right into each one of those sort of draw uh fade positions or neutral we will be testing neutral interestingly enough it is just the draw bias that we can move this weight into on the X model so obviously one is really uh that sort of the person that's fighting the fade how did they get on and what was my thoughts in terms of performance well we've had a bit of a semi Deep dive into some of the shots I hit and here is what I thought yeah so this is the X model where we can only change the weight in two positions either to add draw draw favored or a neutral we're in the neutral position right now yeah I like that that's my shot uh trying to it's a bit of a cook with it launching High uh spinning probably a bit too high for me personally but um arguably could be a good number 140 ball speed off 95 Club head speed is a good smash Factor [Music] relationship launching Super High um and spinning super high as well um which again arguably is what they're trying to do with this model 138 18° launch 230 carry not seeing anything in this that's sort of super impressive in my hands at least this uh these numbers yeah 231 carry decent set of numbers um but nothing jumping out at me with that driver right just want to quickly stop off for the data and we'll do an in-depth analysis like I said of each of these clubs uh later on but very briefly nine driver shots with the standard model and to be honest with you just highlighting the fact that struggled a bit with it 95 Club head speed is certainly um it's almost above average anything between 95 and 98 is the top end of my swing speed and a 135 ball speed relationship is not that effective so a smash Factor average of 1.43 tells you that it's not performing to its Optimum uh a 220 carry uh shortest ball being 214 longest being 230 so there's some variables in there spin number maintained reasonable um couple of out lers in there but two4 spin is good and launching again um High to be honest with you and comparing that to the uh X model uh slightly slower Club head speed but produced faster ball speeds uh certainly launched high peak height was very high but an overall 225 carry and it's just that smash factor I just wanted to highlight a 1.46 smash factor which like I said is that performance of ball speed against your actual Club head speed so for me the X model performed a whole lot better still wasn't perfect but was far better than the standard model which was uh which was interesting so as you can see as always with this channel we give it as honest an assessment as we can and unfortunately whilst the drivers did okay we're starting to see that real slowdown I think in driver performance nothing really exceeded the kind of 230 235 carry distance which off my club speed is pretty much as good as it's going to get so yes they did they did well I can't say they did really any better than anything else I've tried in this last few years but um two things are supposed to finish on the drive it's 13 G of weight not 14 G of weight not going to make a huge difference but what I will also say it's surprising that is not a uh a heavier uh weight in the back end there because a lot of the sort of seen the Ping driver Tailor Made Driver you talking about 30 G of movable weight so it's interesting they've shifted everything around a little bit there and only 14 G of movable weight it's a carbon Crown by the way that's another important factor I think it's going to retail again on a list price of 500 which will then be discounted down so I sort of stay away from that because often it's very different than what it arrives at in retail so that is my first look at every product and I say every product one from each of the lineups at least that Callaway will be releasing in separate videos I will put each of these through a bit more of a thorough test both in terms of trackman and outdoor on the golf course where we can test some more of the science that's gone into some of this uh the the design and ultimately performance of these clubs right there's going to be a lot coming your way over the next few weeks and that is the very first one it's 2nd of January Happy New Year to you all and uh I hope you enjoyed that one let me know your thoughts and opinions on what you've seen on the new Callaway Elite lineup for 2025 and I will probably see you soon