By Ed Travis
Callaway Golf’s new Paradym and Paradym X iron models are made with they are calling “Paradym Shift Construction” featuring a hollow body filled with urethane spheres and an AI-designed forged face.
Callaway told me they targeted producing both “the best of ball speed and feel,” plus used “Paradym Shift Construction.” The process starts with their AI software used to design a very strong forged face that provides added ball speed as well as higher launch with more consistency.
The iron’s hollow head is filled with small urethane balls and includes the sophisticated frame design designed with added stiffness to facilitate energy transfer to the face and thus the ball. The urethane spheres help with the iron’s feel and sound. Tungsten weights were also used for balance and better launch characteristics, but still retaining ball for off center contact.
Scott Manwaring, Senior Director Research & Development at Callaway said,
“There is a noticeable tick up in ball speed. We’re super pleased about that, but the main thing is we’re getting better and better with the 455 Face Cup with our A.I. The amount of effort we’re putting into A.I. in irons is a lot more work, because we have to do it for the wedges, we have to do it for the long irons, we have to do it for the mid irons. But we’re seeing the results, where shots high on the face, on the spin consistency is just phenomenal.”
Fast Facts Paradym series irons
Hollow body with urethane microspheres
AI-designed forged 455 face cup
Speed Frame
Internal & external tungsten weighting
Stock shafts: Aldila Ascent PL Blue, Project X Hzrdus Silver, True Temper Elevate MPH
Stock grip: Callaway Universal
$200 per iron, set of seven $1,400 available Feb.24, 2023
Paradym
Better players distance iron category
67g tungsten weighting
Stock lofts: 5-iron 23°, pitching wedge 42°
Paradym X
Game-improvement category
79g tungsten weighting
Stock lofts: 5-iron 21.5°, pitching wedge 41°
Paradym Drivers from Callaway
Callaway Golf has announced the new ‘Paradym’ family of clubs that includes drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons. The new driver lineup has three models Callaway says are targeted to fill the needs of a variety of player skill levels. This new line is a “paradigm shift” to reflect how the design departs from the usual interplay of forgiveness and distance.
The drivers use the company’s first all carbon chassis thus eliminating titanium which has been the industry standard particularly for drivers. Each of the three driver models again make use of a forged titanium face created using Callaway’s AI software as seen in previous models.
With the substitution of carbon over titanium the overall clubhead weight is 44% less. The idea being to make a driver that ends the debate between distance and forgiveness. The goal was to maximize distance while also maximizing ball speed should impact be off center. The carbon fiber body allowed engineers to relocate weight so that stability and distance are improved while helping decrease dispersion and increase the overall MOI.
Callaway Director of R&D for woods, Evan Gibbs said,
“The Standard Model with the sliding weight is going to fit the broadest segment of player, it’s the head shape that’s going to appeal to the most players, plus it’s the highest MOI model. And with that APW, you’ve got an opportunity to influence the shot shape. If you need a little more draw bias, you can go to the Paradym X with the slightly larger footprint, more draw bias, and higher launch and the most forgiveness. Lastly the Triple Diamond is going to appeal to better players, it’s going to be our #1 model on Tour, very neutral trajectory, and interchangeable weights.”
Fast Facts Callaway Paradym series drivers
Forged carbon fiber sole
Triaxial carbon crown
Titanium face variable thickness insert
Jailbreak internal stiffener
Adjustable hosel
Stock shafts: Aldila Ascent PL Blue, Project X Hzrdus, Mitsubishi Kai’LI
Stock Grip: Golf Pride Velvet
$599.99 at retail Feb.24, 2023
Paradym
Game-improvement category
15-gram sliding weight in skirt
Paradym X
Super game-improvement category
Draw bias
Paradym Triple Diamond
Better player category
450cc head
Interchangeable front & back weights
