Tommy Armour TA1 Fairway Wood

Where the driver in this line uses titanium, the TA1 Fairway Wood switches to a maraging steel face, a high-strength alloy that can be made thin and stay that way under repeated contact off firm ground. Behind it, multi-material construction keeps mass from collecting up high, which is how a wood of this type holds its centre of gravity down.

The Kuro Kage Silver TiNi from Mitsubishi is stock across senior, regular and stiff, beneath a Lamkin UTx grip. Same build language as the driver. Golfers chasing easier launch from tighter lies should weigh up the TA1 Hybrid, which uses that same face material in a more compact head on a Recoil shaft. This club is for players who still want a genuine fairway wood, properly specified.