The lowest-lofted fairway wood of 2026 is Titleist GTS300 Mini Driver, down to 13° — ahead of Srixon ZXi RKT Fairway Woods down to 13.5° and Titleist GTS2 Fairway down to 13.5°.
All 27 fairway woods with a loft are ranked below, along with 7 more lists: highest opening loft, widest loft range, narrowest loft range, most upright lie, flattest lie, longest, shortest.
Every fairway wood the record publishes a 2026 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 27 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 | fairway woods | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low handicap | 4 | 14.8% | |
| Mid handicap | 17 | 63.0% | |
| High handicap | 6 | 22.2% |
Lowest published loft
— the top 25 of 27 clubs with a loft
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
— the top 25 of 27 clubs with a loft
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.
Widest loft range
— the top 25 of 26 clubs with two or more lofts
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
— the top 25 of 26 clubs with two or more lofts
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.
Most upright lie
— all 21 clubs with a lie angle
| # | Club | Brand | lie angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cobra OPTM MAX Fairway | Cobra | 61.8° |
| 2 | Mizuno JPX ONE Fairway | Mizuno | 61° |
| 3 | Callaway Apex UW Utility Wood | Callaway | 60.5° |
| 3 | TaylorMade Qi4D Max Fairway | TaylorMade | 60.5° |
| 3 | TaylorMade Qi4D Max Lite Fairway | TaylorMade | 60.5° |
| 6 | Callaway Quantum Max | Callaway | 60° |
| 7 | Callaway Quantum Max Fast | Callaway | 59.5° |
| 7 | Honma Bugatti Super Premium Fairway Wood | Honma | 59.5° |
| 9 | Callaway Quantum Max D | Callaway | 59° |
| 9 | Srixon Women's ZXi RKT Fairway Woods | Srixon | 59° |
| 9 | Srixon ZXi RKT Fairway Woods | Srixon | 59° |
| 9 | Takomo Ignis D2 Fairway Wood | Takomo | 59° |
| 13 | Cobra OPTM X Fairway | Cobra | 58.8° |
| 14 | PING G Le4 | PING | 58.5° |
| 15 | Honma Bugatti Premium Fairway Wood | Honma | 58° |
| 16 | Titleist GTS2 Fairway | Titleist | 57.5° |
| 16 | Titleist GTS3 Fairway | Titleist | 57.5° |
| 18 | Callaway Quantum Ti | Callaway | 56.5° |
| 18 | Cobra OPTM LS Titanium Fairway | Cobra | 56.5° |
| 20 | Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond | Callaway | 56° |
| 20 | Titleist GTS300 Mini Driver | Titleist | 56° |
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Flattest lie
— all 21 clubs with a lie angle
| # | Club | Brand | lie angle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond | Callaway | 56° |
| 1 | Titleist GTS300 Mini Driver | Titleist | 56° |
| 3 | Callaway Quantum Ti | Callaway | 56.5° |
| 3 | Cobra OPTM LS Titanium Fairway | Cobra | 56.5° |
| 5 | Titleist GTS2 Fairway | Titleist | 57.5° |
| 5 | Titleist GTS3 Fairway | Titleist | 57.5° |
| 7 | Honma Bugatti Premium Fairway Wood | Honma | 58° |
| 8 | PING G Le4 | PING | 58.5° |
| 9 | Cobra OPTM X Fairway | Cobra | 58.8° |
| 10 | Callaway Quantum Max D | Callaway | 59° |
| 10 | Srixon Women's ZXi RKT Fairway Woods | Srixon | 59° |
| 10 | Srixon ZXi RKT Fairway Woods | Srixon | 59° |
| 10 | Takomo Ignis D2 Fairway Wood | Takomo | 59° |
| 14 | Callaway Quantum Max Fast | Callaway | 59.5° |
| 14 | Honma Bugatti Super Premium Fairway Wood | Honma | 59.5° |
| 16 | Callaway Quantum Max | Callaway | 60° |
| 17 | Callaway Apex UW Utility Wood | Callaway | 60.5° |
| 17 | TaylorMade Qi4D Max Fairway | TaylorMade | 60.5° |
| 17 | TaylorMade Qi4D Max Lite Fairway | TaylorMade | 60.5° |
| 20 | Mizuno JPX ONE Fairway | Mizuno | 61° |
| 21 | Cobra OPTM MAX Fairway | Cobra | 61.8° |
The published lie angle, measured from the ground. Irons are read at the 7-iron; every other category at the most upright figure the model publishes. PING quotes putter lie from vertical rather than horizontal, so those figures are converted onto the common scale before comparison and the club’s own page still shows the number PING published.
Longest
— the top 25 of 26 clubs with a length
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
— the top 25 of 26 clubs with a length
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.
Who makes them
The 9 brands with the most, of 9 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 | fairway woods | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callaway | 6 | 22.2% | |
| Honma | 5 | 18.5% | |
| TaylorMade | 5 | 18.5% | |
| Cobra | 3 | 11.1% | |
| Titleist | 3 | 11.1% | |
| Srixon | 2 | 7.4% | |
| Mizuno | 1 | 3.7% | |
| PING | 1 | 3.7% | |
| Takomo | 1 | 3.7% |