TaylorMade 2017 M1 Fairway Wood

The tungsten weight in this sole moves heel to toe and nowhere else, so the adjustment on offer is shot shape, not launch. It weighs 25 grams. Behind the ball sits a C300 superalloy face on a 450 stainless chassis, and the crown is carbon, six layers of it, keeping mass out of the top of the head. Three heads cover 15, 17 and 19 degrees, and they're compact by any modern measure: 150cc, 151cc, then 132 in the 5 wood.

A 12 position aluminium sleeve carries four degrees of range, enough to turn a 3 wood into 3HL territory without changing heads. Mitsubishi's Kuro Kage Silver TiNi is the stock fairway shaft at 70 grams for regular, stiff and X, plus a 60 gram build for senior swings, with Lamkin's UTx cord on top at 52 grams. Left handed golfers lose the 3HL and keep the other two. Golfers who never reach for a wrench belong on the M2.