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TaylorMade · Fairway Wood · 2026

TaylorMade Qi4D Max Fairway

3 reviewers
88

Strongly recommended

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The takeaway

Launches high, lands soft, very forgiving.

They agree

  • +Big launch and steep landing angle
  • +Very forgiving on poor strikes
  • +Large head inspires confidence
  • +Great off the deck into greens

The knocks

  • −Elongated shape better players may dislike
  • −Wants to turn over left

Buy it ifyou need more height and stopping power from a fairway wood

Skip it ifyou fight a left miss or want a compact traditional head

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The verdicts.

2nd Swing Golf

Master fitters, Trackman-heavy testing

Loved it

“It's like almost feels like you're cheating.”

The Max was dramatically easier to hit, launching far higher with the tightest dispersion of the test even on strikes the fitter called horrendous.

+ the facts · 3 pros · 1 cons
  • +Massive jump in launch, height, and landing angle, about seven degrees more land angle
  • +Tightest dispersion of all three heads despite poor strikes
  • +Held ball speed and height on mishits, pure forgiveness
  • −Elongated, slightly closed-sitting shape that better players may dislike

For: Slower swing speed golfers who struggle to launch fairway woods and need height and stopping power; strong 7-wood and 9-wood candidate

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Golf Monthly

UK magazine, season-long testing

Loved it

“It has the ball coming down with snow on it”

The best fairway wood he tested for hitting off the deck, with a huge 200cc head that launches at 13 degrees and drops the ball vertically onto greens.

+ the facts · 4 pros · 1 cons
  • +Best off the deck in the test, roughly 13 degrees of launch and 127 feet peak height
  • +Large 200cc stretched head with rear 8g weight boosts MOI and forgiveness
  • +Shallower profile at address is confidence inspiring and easy to sweep
  • −He struggled to start it straight and keep it straight, it wants to turn over

For: Golfers who hit fairway woods into greens off the deck, and slicers who need help squaring the face

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Today's Golfer

UK magazine, robot + human testing

Loved it

“TaylorMade QI4D Max has taken best forgiveness model”

The most forgiving fairway wood of 2026, a shallow, draw-biased large head with easy launch and the tightest all-round dispersion.

+ the facts · 4 pros · 2 cons
  • +Won most-forgiving category on combined ranking
  • +Shallow, flat profile with low CG for easy launch
  • +Tied for highest carry (245) and very tight dispersion (8.8 yds)
  • −Draw-biased so not for everyone
  • −Spin runs on the higher side

For: Amateurs who struggle to launch fairway woods and want maximum forgiveness with a slight draw bias

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