Callaway FT 08 Hybrid (Draw)

callaway golf ft hybrid

Hybrid club with stainless-steel face/body and tungsten-infused sole plate

Fusion Technology produces optimal trajectories and shot-shaping control

Runner Sole design with lower leading edge produces more accessible sweet spot

Weighting System lets golfers choose a club that suits their specific swing styles

Available in 18-, 21-, 24-, and 27-degree loft angles; 2-year warranty

Fueled by fusion and feared by the greens, the Callaway FT Hybrid delivers the utmost in performance and playability.

The FT hybrid represents the next generation of Fusion Technology, a multi-material process that gives Callaway engineers the utmost freedom in design. Combining a stainless-steel face and body with a tungsten-infused sole plate, Fusion Technology allows Callaway Golf engineers to strategically place the center of gravity (CG) in the perfect spot, helping the club produce optimal ball flight trajectories and shot-shaping control.

In addition, Callaway added a Dual Runner Sole design, which offers a lower leading edge to make the sweet spot more accessible to players of various skill levels (the edge also interacts cleaner with the turf to produce more flushed shots).

And golfers will love the wood-type hybrid construction, which allows you to hit a variety of different shots from the fairway, rough, or around the greens.

Saturday, March 27, 2010

Callaway FT hybrid

In addition, Callaway included an OptiFit Weighting System in the FT hybrid, letting golfers choose a club that suits their specific swings by offering two center of gravity (CG) locations in most lofts: draw, to promote a draw or reduce a slice/fade; or neutral, for maximum workability.

For example, if you naturally leave the clubface open at impact and hit a fade or slice, the draw-weighting configuration will create corrective spin to counteract that flaw. The result is straighter and longer shots. In the process, Callaway still preserves the playability benefits of S2H2 and Tru-Bore technologies.

S2H2 is a patented design that shortens the length of the hosel, allowing the weight to move lower and to the more useful perimeter weight of the clubhead. Callaway further improved the design by allowing the shaft tip to extend through the hosel and clubhead to the sole. This bore-through design improves the feel and control of the club, helping you swing with confidence every round.

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Callaway's Fusion Technology

Fusion Technology employs a philosophy called Complete Inertial Design (CID), in which Callaway engineers considered all of the club's characteristics collectively and created a design that balances those characteristics while optimizing performance.

The key to CID is to avoid focusing on one characteristic at the expense of the club's overall performance. One major element of CID, for example, is to increase the stability of the clubhead, which is measured in terms of MOI.

By raising the MOI on both the vertical and horizontal axes, and by positioning the weight to the perimeter of the clubhead, Callaway engineers were able to add stability to balls struck around the edges of the clubface. And because the clubhead rotates less during these swings, golfers lose less ball speed, helping the ball travel longer and straighter even on off-center hits.