Golf Monthly
UK magazine, season-long testing
“this took my breath away when I first started hitting this”
Named the most underrated fairway wood of the year, with breathtaking speed off the face, a penetrating flight and Srixon's first adjustable fairway hosel.
+ the facts · 5 pros · 2 cons− the facts
- +Very fast off the face and out with the longest on carry
- +Penetrating, low-spin ball flight
- +First Srixon fairway with an adjustable hosel
- −Low spin may not suit players who struggle to launch off the deck
- −Double crown design on the leading edge may divide opinion
For: Better golfers who want a fairway wood as a driver alternative off the tee
James Robinson Golf
Mid-handicap everyman reviews
“It's literally like cheating. These are very good.”
Srixon's new 2026 game-improvement iron feels like a premium forged club, goes a long way without ballooning stupidly, and had him calling it literally like cheating and potentially the most underrated iron of 2026.
+ the facts · 7 pros · 4 cons− the facts
- +Feels incredible, as good as a proper premium forged iron, thanks to the new i-alloy steel that is softer than 431
- +MainFrame face keeps ball speed on mishits while dampening sound
- +Long but not embarrassingly so: 4-iron 221 total, 8-iron 162, PW 139, with decent low-6000s spin
- −Offset occasionally pulled a shot left for him
- −Bad strikes still cost around 15 yards
- −Strong lofts mean gapping into your wedges needs thought
For: Mid to high handicappers, like a 12 handicapper with no single-figure ambitions, who want forgiveness and distance without losing shot-making
“There's no surprises with this driver.”
A sleek, classic driver whose standout trait is remarkable shot-to-shot consistency rather than headline distance, though the price hike toward big-brand money dampens the value case.
+ the facts · 4 pros · 3 cons− the facts
- +Impressively tight standard deviations: carry, spin, ball speed and total all cluster with no surprise outliers
- +Consistent fairway-finding dispersion in his test
- +Classic, sleek matte Srixon looks with laser-milled face and two interchangeable sole weights
- −Very loud, powerful sound that won't be for everyone
- −Price hiked to £549 RRP, erasing Srixon's traditional value advantage over TaylorMade and Callaway
- −Not going to win any longest-driver awards this year
For: Golfers who value predictable, repeatable numbers off the tee over chasing max distance
Mark Crossfield
Coach, famously hard to impress
“I would just max it out as much as possible”
Looks, feels and spins almost identically to the Max, so with the heel-toe weight ports only moving things fractionally he questions why you wouldn't just take the Max's forgiveness.
+ the facts · 3 pros · 3 cons− the facts
- +Feels rock solid and sits beautifully neutral
- +Same strong numbers as the Max, 166 average ball speed and ~2,400-2,500 spin
- +Heel and toe weight ports allow a fractional draw or fade bias
- −Weight ports only move spin/bias by a small amount (~200-300 rpm), tiny real-world effect
- −So similar to the Max that he'd just max out the forgiveness instead
- −Really expensive
For: Players who want a fractional draw or fade bias dialed in rather than pure MOI
“It might be good looking, but it ain't making top three”
Comfortably the best-looking driver of the 2025 crop, but it launched sky-high for him and didn't make the top three on performance.
+ the facts · 2 pros · 2 cons− the facts
- +Won the looks ranking outright: face, crown and sole all praised
- +Mishits still came out surprisingly nicely
- −Ballooned extremely high (10.5 loft head), costing distance
- −Didn't make the performance podium