CALLAWAY
OVERALL RATING ★★★★★ PERFORMANCE ★★★★★ INNOVATION ★★★★★ LOOK • SOUND • FEEL ★★★★★
PARADYM Ai SMOKE MAX D R13 000
• Made for medium swing speeds with inconsistent contact and a tendency to slice. • Fixed rear weight lowers the centre of gravity for the highest launch in the family. • Largest shape and face area of the four models. • 9, 10.5, 12 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel)
Paradym Ai Smoke
GOLD
TOP 5 MOST FORGIVING, DRIVERS, HIGH-HANDICAPS
WHY WE LIKE IT For Callaway, making a driver face more flexible is not enough. It must be flexible in specific ways. Starting with the detailed data behind 250 000 swings, Callaway’s team and its artificial-intelligence platform worked backwards from where those shots ended up to find four kinds of drivers (and four kinds of faces) to fit four kinds of golfers. Aided by a body made nearly entirely of weight-saving carbon composite, the intricately varying dips and swirls on the face create pinpointed “micro-deflections” at impact to enhance everything from off-centre ball speed to spin and dispersion.
SENSORY
PLAYABILITY
Quieter
Louder
Workable
Forgiving
BALL FLIGHT
Lower
Higher
PARADYM Ai SMOKE MAX FAST R13 000 • Targets moderate-swing-speed golfers with an ultralight grip and shaft. • The built-in draw bias helps to mitigate a slice and square the face at impact. • It has the largest face area in the Ai Smoke driver family. • 10.5, 12 degrees (fixed hosel)
TOP 3 LIGHTEST DRIVERS
SENSORY
PLAYABILITY
PARADYM Ai SMOKE MAX R13 000
Quieter
Louder
Workable
Forgiving
BALL FLIGHT
• Carbon composite in the crown and sole saves more than six grams. • The face-thickness pattern is optimised to maximise off-centre hits. • A 10-gram sliding weight lets golfers dial in ball flight. • 9, 10.5, 12 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel)
Lower
Higher
PARADYM Ai SMOKE ♦♦♦ R13 000
‘Has a muted thump with a rising trajectory and narrow dispersion. Ball speed is consistent across the face. Adjustability helps eliminate a two-way miss.’ – 13-HANDICAP
• The most compact of the four drivers is the lowest spinning as well. • Interchangeable front and rear weights allow for tweaks to lower ball flight and spin.
TOP 5 HIGHEST LAUNCHING, DRIVERS, SLOWER SWING SPEEDS
• Targets swing speeds of 168 kilometres per hour or higher. • 8, 9, 10.5 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel)
SENSORY
Quieter
Louder
TOP 5 BEST-LOOKING, DRIVERS, LOW-HANDICAPS
PLAYABILITY
SENSORY
PLAYABILITY
Workable
Forgiving
Quieter
Louder
Workable
Forgiving
BALL FLIGHT
BALL FLIGHT
Lower
Higher
Lower
Higher
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