As for feel, our initial reaction with the standard model was a very good one: long gone are the days of muted, soft-feeling and -sounding, carbon-crowned drivers.

Unlike the type of carbon fibers we’re used to seeing that are weaved together, the Forged Composite material is actually mechanically liquefied, pressed and bonded together for better shape manipulation and also for greater strength. Both drivers are constructed of 67% Forged Composite–the Hyperbolic clubface and soleplate are high-strength titanium, and the rear weight is made of heavy nickel. The Tour model is more traditionally shaped, with less distance from front to back and a streamlined heel region for a more pear-like shape. The standard model has a more modern shape, with a thicker heel section of the clubhead and a triangular-ish shape. Looks and Feel: First of all, the RAZR Hawk comes in two 460cc models: The RAZR Hawk (we’ll refer to it as “standard” in this review) and the RAZR Hawk Tour. The material features a whopping 500,000 turbostatic carbon fibers per square inch, making it the lightest strongest and most precise composite the company has ever made. The Diablo Octane and RAZR Hawk drivers both introduce what Callaway calls “Forged Composite”–a new carbon composite material that was developed in partnership with Automobili Lamborghini. Hard to believe the original Big Bertha was only 190cc.įast-forward two decades, and the Callaway Golf Company continues to build upon Ely’s legacy with its new grouping of big bombers. Virtually overnight, what once was golf’s most difficult club to hit (the driver) quickly became the easiest and most coveted (not to mention most marketed) club in the bag.

It was the entrance of the oversized metalwood that defied convention in terms of shape, materials and volume. When Ely Callaway first introduced his Big Bertha Driver 20 years ago, the golfing world changed forever.

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