The X2 Hot driver (and metal wood) introduction is one of many introductions expected in the next few weeks. 17.Callaway Golf is continuing the speed focus in metal woods with its new X2 Hot driver with what the company calls “Hyper Speed Face” technology, with a large overall design based on what it terms “player impact probability and stress distribution.across the face,” resulting in high average balls speeds and a lighter weight construction.īasically it’s another way of saying the entire face is is a All the products in the X2 Hot family are scheduled to be available to consumers Jan. Tour Green has been more popular than Tour Blue on the PGA Tour, but Bill Haas and a few other players have used Tour Blue. The Aldila Tour Blue shaft is somewhat softer than the Tour Green and produces a higher trajectory. The standard shaft for the X2 Hot driver is the Aldila Tour Blue, while the X2 Hot Pro driver comes with the Aldila Tour Green shaft. X2 Hot is 46 inches in length, and X2 Hot Pro is 45.5 inches.Ĭallaway says the face of the X2 Hot driver is 4 percent larger than the face of the previous X Hot model, without adding any weight.īecause X2 Hot Pro is intended to provide more workability off the tee than the X2 Hot, the MOI (moment of inertia, or resistance to twisting) of the X2 Hot is higher than that of the X2 Hot Pro. The X2 Hot head is 460 cc in volume, while the X2 Hot Pro head is 440 cc. With loft adjustment, the Pro model can be lowered to 7.5 degree or raised as high as 10.5 degree.Ī 7-gram nonadjustable external weight screw can be found in the back of the X2 Hot Pro. For X2 Hot Pro, only one loft is available: 8.5 degree. Lofts for X2 Hot are 9, 10.5 and 13.5 HT. The loft range varies from 2 degrees up to 1 degree down from the stock loft of each driver. Not only does this mean that golfers easily can change shafts, OptiFit also provides independent loft and lie adjustment as well as shot-shape adjustment (neutral or draw).
The clubs were so successful at retail that Callaway decided to use the material in the faces of all its X2 Hot metalwoods (drivers, fairway woods and hybrids) for 2014.īoth drivers include Callaway’s OptiFit adjustable hosel. In 2013, Callaway used 455 Carpenter steel in the face of its X Hot fairway woods. Both drivers are highlighted by Callaway’s Hyper Speed Face made of 455 Carpenter steel. Callaway’s new X2 Hot and X2 Hot Pro drivers are all about ball speed.
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