Review: TaylorMade Qi35 fairway woods

If you’re in the market for a new fairway wood then the offerings from TaylorMade in their Qi35 fairways range should definitely be on your radar. 

Last year’s Qi10 fairways were really popular on tour, as well as with everyday amateur golfers. They were great in performance and forgiveness and appealed to the masses. These new TaylorMade Qi35 fairways have been refined in looks, shape and performance. TaylorMade haven’t reinvented the wheel with these fairways but they have made a few changes here and there to make their fairway woods even better than the Qi10.

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The face of the TaylorMade Qi35 fairway wood. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The TaylorMade Qi35 fairway wood is super easy to hit. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The sole of the core model of the TaylorMade Qi35. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The TaylorMade Qi35 Max is super easy to get in the air. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The face of the TaylorMade Qi35 Max (Credit: TaylorMade)

The sole of the TaylorMade Qi35 Max (Credit: TaylorMade)

The face of the TaylorMade Qi35 Tour fairway wood. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The TaylorMade Qi35 Tour fairway wood at address. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The Qi35 Tour is ideal for skilled golfers. (Credit: TaylorMade)

The First Look

This new look with the grey matte Chromium Carbon crown is great. I think it’s classic TaylorMade and when you pick it up, just like the driver, if you didn’t have a logo on it, you’d know it’s a TaylorMade. The blacked-out Twist Face, Thru Slot Speed pocket, multiple adjustable sole weighting and three head shapes to choose from they all look very appealing.     

The Tech

When it comes to tech, there are some differences from each model to the next. Let’s take a look at each fairway individually.

TaylorMade Qi35 Tour fairway wood

This an all titanium 170cc construction, still with that great looking Chromium Carbon crown. The weight is where this has its appeal with a new 40g weight in sole which can slide front to back and can be turned 180 degrees. This not only can be adjusted to fit your desired yardage and dispersion but is overall longer delivering an extra four-to-six yards. 

TaylorMade Qi35 fairway wood

If we move on to the Qi35 core fairway model, it will have a slightly larger head shape but it’s not as deep in the face as the Qi35 Tour. With the shallower and longer face it sits tight to the ground. They’ve made this model four yards further in carry and total distance with quicker ball speed by 1.5mph. They’ve done this by lowering the centre of gravity, the back sole of the club and moving the TAS – Trajectory Adjustment System – weight forward towards the face which gives you that extra power.  

TaylorMade Qi35 Max fairway wood

The Qi35 MAX fairway is almost like a mini-mini driver. It’s a 200cc head which is nice and large, shallow in the face that sits tight to the ground, giving you a bit more confidence to get the ball in the air.

With the larger profile, the weight sits back with the TAS weight giving you MOI for more stability and forgiveness for better performance on those mishits. 

All fairways have the Speed Pocket, which has been enhanced to deliver better support on those lower strikes in the face. The Twist Face technology which features in all fairways helps to assist the ball back into centre on those left and right misses on the face. Lastly, all the fairways have adjustable four degree loft sleeves in the 3-5 wood options across the range. If you do want a 7 or 9 wood however, those are just going to be a bonded hosel. 

The bunkered Verdict

TaylorMade had a really successful year with their fairways on tour so they’ve not changed much in their fairways this year, they’ve just stuck with the same formula and made things better.

When I hit these, I gravitated to the Qi35 Tour. It’s a bullet off the tee and on the fairway it’s brilliant. Penetrating ball flight, super fast, great spin and it goes miles. I loved it. However, the Qi35 core model, which is slightly bigger was so easy to hit off the deck. The shallow face sits great at address, the weight forward and the centre of gravity is low, I can see why even the pros were playing the equivalent model in the Qi10.

It’s got the best of both worlds, fast with great distance and forgiveness, this could be a very popular option for golfers. To throw another spanner in the works, the Qi35 Max is quite possibly one of the easiest fairways I’ve hit, thanks to its 200cc head.

Even though it is bigger, it sits nice and flat so to get it in the air couldn’t be easier, especially with it sitting nice and low behind the ball. The weighting is at the rear which gives it high MOI but makes it easy to get the ball airborne.

Last year’s Qi10 range was a triumph and so popular on tour. So, there was no reason for TaylorMade to drastically change things. They’ve stuck with the same formula, made subtle improvements and it’s worked. 

RRP: £309 (Qi35 Core, Qi35 Max) £379 (Qi35 Tour)

Available: January 30, 2025

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