Equipment
2023 Big Bertha, Big Bertha Reva: Callaway updates easy-to-hit, game improvement offerings
The latest installment in Callaway’s higher-handicap, lower-swing speed Big Bertha family includes new drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons for 2023.
Regarding the 2023 Big Bertha offerings, Brian Williams, VP of R&D at Callaway, said:
“This lineup is all about game-improvement and having fun. This is a line where we look at each club top to bottom to give golfers confidence, to give them confidence at address, and to help them have fun with the shots they play. To get the ball up in the air, get the ball downrange, and enjoy the game.”
Big Bertha Driver

Designed with the low, forward CG combination for players looking for maximum help launching the ball and eliminating a slice, the draw-biased 2023 Big Bertha driver features the company’s A.I. Designed High-Strength XL Face for a larger sweet spot and confidence-inspiring shape. A lightweight package bolstered by a triaxial carbon crown is paired with a lightweight Jailbreak system for stability and speed across the face.

Callaway’s Brian Williams: “This Big Bertha Driver recipe is one that we’ve refined now and carried over from the previous version, and that was a different way to approach how to kill a slice. In this application, we’re talking about reducing spin for this player that swings down and across the ball. In this version, we’ve refined that approach with a little bit lower and more forward CG positioning.”

“We have weight in the heel giving a visual signal that it’s going to be a draw bias. But really it’s the spin reduction that they’re going to see that gets the ball further and straighter down the fairway…The lower RPMs reduce that side spin, reduce the overall back spin, bring the ball a little bit lower, and keep it left.”
Big Bertha Fairway Woods

Designed for forgiveness, ease of launch, and slice minimization, 2023 Big Bertha fairway woods feature a shallow face and oversized profile, as well as progressively shorter shaf lengths for more consistent contact. Callaway implements its Jailbreak with Batwing Technology for increased body stability with face flex in the sweet spot for ball speed. The 3 and 5-woods are adjustable.

Callaway’s Brian Williams: “We focused on making the easiest launch fairway wood in the game. This is a very, very repeatable, controllable, easy to launch fairway wood…. It’s deep, it’s forgiveness, and that really shallow face helps you get under the ball with really high launch and a good result.”

Big Bertha Hybrids

Big Bertha Hybrids feature strategically placed tungsten weighting for ease of launch and slice minimization. Large, high-volume head shapes with enhanced offset contribute to the aforementioned, as well. A.I. designed Jailbreak with Batwing Technology and a high-strength, A.I.-designed 455 face cup complete the package.

Callaway’s Brian Williams: “The mission here is to create that complimentary offering for players, and really give them flexibility on how they put their set together. With different options that all promote confidence, these hybrids are easy to launch, they’re easy to hit, and they’ll go far…They’re very versatile, playing out of a variety of conditions, and giving a lot of flexibility to players on how they can build their sets.”

Big Bertha Irons
Easy to hit, with a confidence-inspriging shape, and plenty of technology, Callaway’s 2023 Big Bertha irons round out the BB lineup. Leveraging A.I. and premium materials, engineers are throwing everything against the wall to benefit golfers who need the maximum amount of help from their golf clubs.

Up to 11 grams of internal tungsten is used in Big Bertha irons to maximize forgiveness and up to 43 grams of internal tungsten weighting is positioned for high-launch in the long irons and enhanced control in the short irons, according to the company.
Callaway implements its A.I.-designed face cup in the Big Bertha irons as well with each face featuring a unique pattern for optimum speed and spin.

Big Bertha irons are designed with thicker toplines, wider soles, enhanced offset, and longer blade lengths for maximum confidence and performance.
Brian Williams on Callaway Big Bertha irons: “We’re trying to make our most forgiving, easiest to launch iron. An iron that players can swing easy and get up in the air and get downrange….We hope this is seen as a very balanced iron – premium cosmetics, it looks beautiful there’s visible tech, and then a shape that inspires confidence. This is a very traditional Callaway shape. We have offset to help this player, the topline thickness, sole widths, and longer blade length. It’s an iron that’s forgiving and is going to be good on launching the ball high.”

Big Bertha irons also come in a durable Black Smoke finish.
Pricing, specs
Big Bertha Driver
Lofts: 9, 10.5, 12
Pricing: $499.99
Big Bertha Fairway Woods
Lofts: 3W, 5W, 7W, 9W, Heavenwood
Pricing: $299.99
Big Bertha Hybrids
Lofts: 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H
Pricing: $259.99 each
Big Bertha Irons
Lofts: 4-SW
Pricing: $999.99/6-piece set (Steel), $1099.99/6-piece set (Graphite)
Callaway Big Bertha Reva

Callaway is also launching the Big Bertha Reva line for women, which includes different colorways, as well as lofts, swingweights, and flexes tailored toward women golfers. Big Bertha Reva drivers, fairway woods, hybrids, and irons are available.

Kim Johnson, Callaway’s Women’s Task Force Lead/Retail Marketing Manager said, “We’re proud to be making the best performance products for women. We’re #1 on the LPGA Tour, and we make something for every woman no matter where they are in their golf journey. This is another piece of that…and now we’re coming back with something that’s bigger and better. You’re going to see a lot of effort from the Women’s Task force at Callaway, we have a lot of different opinions based on a lot of consumer insights. We’ve done a ton of research with LPGA players all the way to women who are just starting in the game.”

“This is a more aspirational product. This is the product for women who are ready to upgrade, ready for real technology that is specifically designed for them…It’s the golfer who’s playing more recreationally, and something that’s going to hit the ball straighter and more distance.”
Details below
Big Bertha REVA Driver
Lofts: 9, 10.5, 12
Pricing: $499.99
Big Bertha REVA Fairway Woods
Lofts: 3W, 5W, 7W, 9W, Heavenwood
Pricing: $299.99
Big Bertha REVA Hybrids
Lofts: 3H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 7H, 8H, 9H
Pricing: $259.99 each
Big Bertha REVA Irons
Lofts: 5-SW
Pricing: $999.99/6-piece set (Steel), $1099.99/6-piece set (Graphite)
View this post on Instagram
Equipment
Neal Shipley, AKA, the “Big Fridge’s,” custom stamping
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.
Equipment
From the GolfWRX Classifieds: L.A.B. Purple DF3 with Masters cover
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals who all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, @raw10628 has a L.A.B. DF3 putter and Masters putter cover up for grabs.

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.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link. If you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum, you can learn more here: GolfWRX BST Rules
Whats in the Bag
Maria Torres WITB 2026 (June)
Driver: Ping G440 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 5-M4

3-wood: Ping G440 Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

5-wood: Ping G440 Max (19 degrees @18)
Shaft: Accra TourZ Green 6-M4

Hybrid: Ping G440 (23 degrees)
Shaft: Oban Isawa Red Hybrid Shaft 04 Flex 70 Gms

Irons: Srixon ZXi7 (5-P)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i80

Wedges: Cleveland RTZ (50-MID, 54-FULL, 58-MID)
Shafts: Aerotech SteelFiber Private Reserve i105

Putter: L.A.B. Golf OZ.1i
Shaft: ACCRA Putter Shaft

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

D
Apr 19, 2023 at 10:36 am
So dumb. Whoever is describing it is dumb. It’s deep and shallow? You can’t have both. Duh
Chip
Apr 19, 2023 at 12:53 am
Thic
Charles
Apr 18, 2023 at 11:38 am
It’s funny cuz they came out with the Great Big Bertha ($699 driver $3000 irons) in November ‘22… Was it not so great?
Jim Smith
Apr 18, 2023 at 10:25 am
Holy moly offsest!