Equipment
Spotted: Callaway Epic Hybrid
We spotted a new Callaway Epic hybrid on the range at the Wells Fargo Championship where it was being tested by Kevin Kisner. This comes just days after photos of new Callaway Epic irons leaked in our forum.
Kisner is playing great golf this season. Last week at the Zurich Classic, he and teammate Scott Brown finished runner-up to Cameron Smith and Jonas Blixt in a four-hole playoff. He hasn’t missed a cut since November, and has two top-5 finishes this year including a T2 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in March. Kisner is currently using a Callaway X2 Hot hybrid, which Callaway launched in 2013. The Epic hybrid he’s testing is the same loft (18 degrees), but it has a new shaft (UST Mamiya’s UST iRod).
While Callaway isn’t sharing any details about the Epic hybrid at this time, the photos show that the club has an adjustable hosel that allows golfers to tweak loft and lie angle. It also seems to have a triaxial carbon fiber crown, a key aspect of the company’s Epic drivers and fairway woods that the company used to move the center of gravity (CG) of the club heads lower and deeper. In addition, it uses Callaway’s “Speed Steps,” an aerodynamic feature on the top of the club head that reduces drag.
Neal Shipley was the first to admit that he enjoyed his food while in college. But since his days at Ohio State, he’s slimmed down and earned a PGA Tour Card.
That hasn’t stopped him from having fun with his wedge stampings, though it’s led to some misunderstandings.
On the 54 (degree), we have ‘Big Fudge,'” Shipley told GolfWRX. “It was supposed to be ‘Big Fridge,’ so this happened a little while ago. ‘Big Fridge’ was a nickname between my college teammates and I, with ‘fridge’ meaning stomach, a big stomach.
“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
On Shipley’s 50-degree he also continues the food theme, this time with his go-to order at the “Golden Arches,” and his stamping “DONS 7.”
“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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From the listing: “Some great items here today, time to thin out and make room for next set of gear. All prices include shipping.
LAB DF3 Purple 33.5” 68° lie with TPT – $725. LAB Masters release DF3 cover – $150.”
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LAbillyboy
May 4, 2017 at 7:34 pm
Still haven’t found a better hybrid than my old Adams… looks like they’ve copied it’s shape. I like the Epic Driver a lot, so I’m not anti Callaway… just kinda skeptical about this being an improvement. I’ll try it though, if someone gives me one…
Betti Boop
May 4, 2017 at 11:14 am
Not sure why people feel a need to complain about new clubs. Nothing makes you have to buy them.
Boobsy McKiss
May 3, 2017 at 8:17 pm
Thank god the added the ‘hyper’ face speed cup. Pretty soon naming clubs is going to be like naming a band.
Cornwall1888
May 3, 2017 at 5:52 pm
Callaway bring out much more stuff than even taylormade at this point
rebfan73
May 3, 2017 at 6:14 pm
Well, someone has to take up the slack…….and at least it’s not green!
Jackson Galaxy
May 3, 2017 at 12:53 pm
Yeesh, why they have to do that to the crown. I actually prefer turbulators. I can figure out where to hit the ball without all that noise.
TheCityGame
May 3, 2017 at 12:36 pm
The first picture looks like when my uncle cut off the tip of his finger in an industrial accident.
Dj
May 3, 2017 at 11:42 am
Pass. Probably will crack like the drivers have been
Chuck
May 3, 2017 at 5:14 pm
Yeah man because they all crack and Callaway wont stand by their product. Go play in traffic hater.
BB
May 4, 2017 at 9:49 am
What is a traffic hater?
Will Callaway stand by their product after the 2 year warranty ends? Any cracks after that will make that $300 hybrid a paperweight.
Chuck
May 4, 2017 at 11:07 am
Thanks BB where would we be without the internet comment section grammar police? After two years any cracks in the club are not going to be due to a defect in the club, which is why the whole warranty exists in the first place. Now you go play in traffic, hater.
BB
May 4, 2017 at 12:00 pm
It is not my fault you can’t communicate effectively with your writing. Typing that comma wasn’t that hard, was it?
If the crown cracks after 25 months of normal use, it most certainly is a defective product.
Chuck
May 5, 2017 at 8:38 am
What would a acceptable time frame be for you then? 3 years? 5 years? Until Armageddon? I don’t know if you are aware of this but over a large enough timeframe hardware failure is 100%. The sad truth is there is no way a company can be profitable with a lifetime guarantee on their golf clubs.
H
May 3, 2017 at 11:26 am
So why isn’t it green?
James
May 3, 2017 at 4:23 pm
Because that isn´t easy
lco21
May 3, 2017 at 8:32 pm
You win the internet today.