Equipment

GolfWRX Launch Report: 2023 Callaway Paradym fairway woods

Published

3 years ago

Jan 4, 2023

What you need to know: As mentioned in the Paradym driver article, an almost completely carbon fiber body is the “paradigm shift” of Callaway’s Paradym driver (360° Carbon Chassis). With a primarily carbon sole, Callaway engineers designed the Paradym fairway woods in that spirit of weight savings and redistribution. A.I. Designed Jailbreak Batwing is also a star of the show. Three models: Paradym, Paradym X (draw-biased), Paradym Triple Diamond (compact, lowest-spinning, lowest-launching).

2023 Callaway Paradym fairway woods: What’s new, key technology

Jailbreak with Batwing Technology: Pushed to the perimeter of the club to stiffen the body of Paradym woods, while still allowing the face to flex for high ball speeds.
Forged Carbon sole: Weight savings and weight distribution for higher MOI and ball speeds.
Tungsten Speed Cartridge: 23 grams of high-density tungsten allows engineers to push the center of gravity low and forward
A.I. Designed High-Strength Face Cup: A unique high-strength C300 maraging steel face cup and A.I. designed face pattern optimized for each model.

Additional model details

Paradym: Paradym fits the largest segment of the fitting bell curve. High launch, neutral ball flight.

Paradym X: Draw-biased, high-launching, high-MOI fairway wood. Forged Carbon toe patch shifts weight to the heel.

Paradym Triple Diamond: Featuring a deeper face, Paradym Triple Diamond is the most compact Paradym fairway wood. Lower-launching, lower-spinning design.

What Callaway says

Evan Gibbs, Callaway’s R&D Woods Director, gave this overview of the Paradym technology in the woods:

“We’ve had a really successful year with Rogue (Fairway Woods) and we’re really proud of those products. We wanted to capture a lot of the characteristics that we believe made Rogue so successful – easy to launch, versatile, forgiving and long – but also bring in elements of the Paradym driver to take these to the next level. We’ve incorporated the Forged Carbon onto the sole and we’ve added some more adjustability.”

“The Forged Carbon takes on a little bit different construction on the fairway wood. It’s not the full 360° Chassis but it does replace almost an entire steel sole which is significantly lighter. This allows us to take weight of the middle of the clubhead where it’s not very effective for performance and reposition it more to the perimeter. So it’s a massive savings of weight and gives us some real distinct performance advantages.”

More photos

Paradym

Paradym X

Paradym Triple Diamond

Pricing and availability

Lofts

Paradym: 3, 3HL, 5, 7, 9, 11, Heavenwood
Paradym X: 3, 3HL, 5, 7
Paradym Triple Diamond: 3+, 3, 5

Stock shafts: Aldila Ascent PL Blue, Project X HZRDUS Silver, Project X HZRDUS Black, Mitsubishi Kai’li White

Stock grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Price: $349.99

U.S. launch:

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

13 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

Published

13 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

13 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”