2 fairway woods tie as the lowest-lofted of 2021: Honma BERES 08 Aizu Fairway Wood and Honma BERES 08 Black Fairway Wood, both down to 10.5°.

fairway woods

brands

14.5°

median lowest loft

All 17 fairway woods with a loft are ranked below, along with 5 more lists: highest opening loft, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, longest, shortest.

Every fairway wood the record publishes a 2021 release year for. A model year is the year a club was launched, not the year it was designed or the year it left the shops — a fairway wood still on sale is still filed under the year it launched.

Each figure is ranked from both ends — strongest and weakest, most and least — over the same clubs, and each list counts only the clubs that publish that figure, so the totals differ between them. Loft, lie, offset and bounce are fitting specifications — a stronger loft is a longer-carrying club of the same name, not a better one, and neither end of any list here is the good end. How this is worked out.

Who they are built for

The 17 fairway woods by handicap band — DERIVED from published loft, offset and length by the same classifier the fitting uses, never taken from a maker's marketing copy. A club whose category publishes nothing to read keeps its own row rather than being sorted into a band nobody computed.

Handicap band	Share
Low handicap	2	11.8%
Mid handicap	10	58.8%
High handicap	5	29.4%

Lowest published loft

— all 17 clubs with a loft

#	Club	Brand	lowest loft
1	Honma BERES 08 Aizu Fairway Wood	Honma	10.5°
1	Honma BERES 08 Black Fairway Wood	Honma	10.5°
3	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	13.5°
3	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	13.5°
3	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	13.5°
3	Tour Edge Exotics C721 Fairway	Tour Edge	13.5°
3	Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 Fairway	Tour Edge	13.5°
8	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	14.5°
8	PING G425 LST	PING	14.5°
8	PING G425 MAX	PING	14.5°
11	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	15°
11	Honma T//World GS Fairway Wood	Honma	15°
11	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	15°
11	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	15°
11	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	15°
11	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	15°
17	PING G425 SFT	PING	16°

The lowest loft the model is sold in. A driver line opening at 8° and one opening at 10.5° are aimed at different players; this is that difference, stated in the manufacturer’s own numbers. Irons are excluded — their lowest loft is whichever long iron the set happens to start at, which measures set composition rather than the club.

Highest opening loft

— all 17 clubs with a loft

#	Club	Brand	lowest loft
1	PING G425 SFT	PING	16°
2	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	15°
2	Honma T//World GS Fairway Wood	Honma	15°
2	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	15°
2	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	15°
2	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	15°
2	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	15°
8	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	14.5°
8	PING G425 LST	PING	14.5°
8	PING G425 MAX	PING	14.5°
11	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	13.5°
11	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	13.5°
11	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	13.5°
11	Tour Edge Exotics C721 Fairway	Tour Edge	13.5°
11	Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 Fairway	Tour Edge	13.5°
16	Honma BERES 08 Aizu Fairway Wood	Honma	10.5°
16	Honma BERES 08 Black Fairway Wood	Honma	10.5°

Widest loft range

— all 16 clubs with two or more lofts

#	Club	Brand	loft range
1	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	11.5°
2	PING G425 MAX	PING	9°
2	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	9°
4	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	8°
4	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	8°
6	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	7.5°
6	Honma BERES 08 Aizu Fairway Wood	Honma	7.5°
6	Honma BERES 08 Black Fairway Wood	Honma	7.5°
6	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	7.5°
6	Tour Edge Exotics C721 Fairway	Tour Edge	7.5°
11	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	6°
11	Honma T//World GS Fairway Wood	Honma	6°
11	PING G425 SFT	PING	6°
14	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	3°
14	Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 Fairway	Tour Edge	3°
14	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	3°

Degrees between the highest and lowest loft the model is published in — how far the line stretches to fit different players. Measured over the lofts on record for the model; a model we hold in a single loft has an unmeasured span and is left off rather than recorded as zero. Putters are excluded, being sold at one loft.

Narrowest loft range

— all 16 clubs with two or more lofts

#	Club	Brand	loft range
1	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	3°
1	Tour Edge Exotics Pro 721 Fairway	Tour Edge	3°
1	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	3°
4	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	6°
4	Honma T//World GS Fairway Wood	Honma	6°
4	PING G425 SFT	PING	6°
7	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	7.5°
7	Honma BERES 08 Aizu Fairway Wood	Honma	7.5°
7	Honma BERES 08 Black Fairway Wood	Honma	7.5°
7	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	7.5°
7	Tour Edge Exotics C721 Fairway	Tour Edge	7.5°
12	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	8°
12	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	8°
14	PING G425 MAX	PING	9°
14	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	9°
16	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	11.5°

Longest

— all 12 clubs with a length

#	Club	Brand	length
1	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	43.3"
1	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	43.3"
1	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	43.3"
4	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	43.1"
5	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	43"
5	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	43"
5	PING G425 LST	PING	43"
5	PING G425 MAX	PING	43"
5	PING G425 SFT	PING	43"
5	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	43"
5	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	43"
5	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	43"

Published playing length in inches. Irons are read at the 7-iron, so a set starting at a 3-iron is not credited with length a set starting at a 5-iron never had; every other category is read at the longest club the model is published in.

Shortest

— all 12 clubs with a length

#	Club	Brand	length
1	Cobra RADSPEED Fairway	Cobra	43"
1	Mizuno ST-Z FWOODS	Mizuno	43"
1	PING G425 LST	PING	43"
1	PING G425 MAX	PING	43"
1	PING G425 SFT	PING	43"
1	Srixon ZX Fairway Woods	Srixon	43"
1	Titleist TSi1 Fairway	Titleist	43"
1	Wilson Launch Pad Fairway	Wilson	43"
9	Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Fairway Wood	Cleveland	43.1"
10	Callaway Epic Max	Callaway	43.3"
10	Callaway Epic Speed	Callaway	43.3"
10	TaylorMade SIM2 Max Fairway	TaylorMade	43.3"

Who makes them

The 11 brands with the most, of 11 with at least one fairway wood on record. Each brand with its own boards links to them, where its line is ranked against itself and never against another maker's.

Brand	Share
Honma	3	17.6%
PING	3	17.6%
Callaway	2	11.8%
Tour Edge	2	11.8%
Cleveland	1	5.9%
Cobra	1	5.9%
Mizuno	1	5.9%
Srixon	1	5.9%
TaylorMade	1	5.9%
Titleist	1	5.9%
Wilson	1	5.9%