Best fairway woods for low spin | ClubTest 2025

Fairway woods might not be the sexiest clubs in the bag, but a well fit fairway wood can make a big difference in your game, especially if you’re in need of a low spin option. Who are low-spin fairway woods best suited for? Typically players with high swing speeds who are looking to reduce spin and launch and produce a more piercing ball flight. That said, the best fairway woods for low spin are not reserved only for the most skilled players.

Any golfer who leans on their 3-wood or other fairway woods off the tee (read: struggles with driver) might benefit from a low-spin fairway wood, given lower spin generally leads to a lower launch angle and more distance. Conversely, if you primarily use your fairway woods off the fairway, you might see better results with fairway woods with more spin, which will help you hit higher, softer shots.

Clubmakers produce lower-spinning fairway woods largely by moving the center of gravity low and forward in the clubhead. There are many fantastic new options now on the market. Below, you’ll find the three best low-spin fairway woods for 2025, according to our ClubTest raters and fitters.     

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TaylorMade Qi35 Tour

*TaylorMade’s Qi35 Tour fairway wood was awarded ClubTest 2025 Game Changer status for its outstanding performance in the low-spin fairway wood category.

TaylorMade Qi35 Tour Custom Fairway Wood

$449.99 from Fairway Jockey

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THE BASICS: Similar to the new drivers from the TaylorMade Qi35 family, the new Qi35 fairway woods focus on two main characteristics: inertia and adjustability. Inertia refers to the clubhead’s ability to deliver an optimal combination of distance and forgiveness, while adjustability allows golfers to fine-tune their shot shapes and configurations, helping players of all skill levels lower their scores. Many of the technologies found in the previous Qi10 fairway wood line are carried over into the Qi35, including Twist Face, Thru-Slot Speed Pocket, TSS weights and, this time, a Chromium Carbon Crown. The Qi35 introduces several new features as well, such as improved shaping, weight distribution and optimization across all of the new models.

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Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond

Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond Custom Fairway Wood

FEATURES & BENEFITS Penetrating Flight With Low Spin       The compact shape and deeper face of the Triple Diamond fairway wood allow players to shape shots with ease and control. A forward weight screw promotes a lower spin rate and a more piercing ball flight for added workability.       All New Tungsten Speed Wave for consistently fast ball speeds Featured on the 3-7 wood, the new Tungsten Speed Wave is a 35g weight that positions mass low and forward to promote fast ball speeds. This new, innovative design is engineered specifically to enhance misses low on the face. Ai 10x Face for Optimal Launch and Tight Downrange Dispersion     Our most advanced Ai face to date, the new Ai10x Face delivers 10x more control points than the Ai Smart Face. Designed with our C300 Face cup to produce exceptionally fast ball speeds, tight dispersion, and optimized launch across the face. 

$399.99 from Fairway Jockey

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THE BASICS: The Elyte Triple Diamond is geared toward better players; the club is defined by a low, forward CG that promotes lower launch, less spin and fast ball speeds. The model comes in three options (3w, 5w and 7w). All of the Callaway Elyte fairway-wood models (there are five in all) feature the company’s new Step Sole design that comes from studying the success of the Callaway Apex UW line and promotes smoother turf interaction. The idea is to help golfers strike the ball more consistently in the center of the face and to help them avoid striking the ball low on the face. The other piece of tech to help with low strikes is the all-new Tungsten SpeedWave — a 35g suspended weight that keeps mass low and forward — which is on all of the fairway woods up to 7-wood.

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Cobra DS-Adapt LS

Cobra DS-Adapt LS TI Custom Fairway

NEW FUTUREFIT33 ADJUSTABLE HOSEL The FutureFit33 system features 33 unique loft & lie settings to unlock more customization options than ever before. For the first time, loft & lie can be adjusted +/- 2 degrees independently from each other, allowing for more fine-tuned fitting customization. The innovative SMARTPAD design enables the face angle to remain square regardless of the setting. TOUR INSPIRED SHAPING Subdued clubhead styling inspires a Tour-validated look and feel at address. TITANIUM CONSTRUCTION A multi-material construction blends a lightweight 8-1-1 Titanium body and face, and a carbon crown to improve weight distribution for maximum distance. TIGHTER DISPERSION WITH TUNGSTEN WEIGHTING Internal tungsten weights are strategically positioned in the heel and toe areas to improve stability for tighter dispersion and pinpoint accuracy. LARGER H.O.T. FACE INSERT A larger forged face insert with H.O.T. face technology delivers improved face flex for more robust distance and ball speeds. MAX WORKABILITY WITH ADDED FORGIVENESS Adjustable heel and toe weights are complemented with a third back weight, allowing for additional adjustment to optimize spin & forgiveness.

$429 from Fairway Jockey

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THE BASICS: The DS-Adapt LS Ti is designed for better players looking for a low-spin option with a smaller profile. All the fairway woods in the DS-Adapt line feature the same FUTUREFIT33 adjustable hosel system, adaptive weighting with updated PWR-BRIDGE technology and H.O.T. face technology that you’ll find in the DS-Adapt driver line. The most eye-cactching tech is the innovative FutureFit33 adjustable hosel system, which offers 33 unique loft and lie settings that can now be adjusted independently, providing golfers with a huge range of fitting options on the fly. Of the DS-Adapt LS fairway wood, one of our low-handicap testers, Travis Okamoto, said, “Best looking of the bunch. I like the old-school compact head and low profile. Holding it feels good.”

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Mizuno ST-G Ti

Mizuno ST-G 440 Custom Fairway Wood

CORTECH CHAMBER A chamber located on the sole adjacent to the face, filled with an elastomeric material with inserted weight provides: Larger CORAREA, improved spin performance, and tuned impact sound. ULTRA LOW CG CONSTRUCTION Lighter density 811 Ti body combined with 88g higher density steel along the sole provides the lowest CG construction. MULTI-THICKNESS CORTECH FACE Refined to maximize CORAREA combined with the SAT2041 Beta Titanium face material. WAFFLE CROWN Extremely thin lightweight crown portion. MODERN PLAYER’S PEAR SHAPE An inviting, compact, head that sits perfectly square at address. HIT TUNED IMPACT SOUND Strategically placed internal sound ribs tune the impact sound to the appropriate frequency and sound pressure QUICK SWITCH ADJUSTABILITY 4 degrees of loft adjustability to fine-tune address look and trajectory.

$249.99 from Fairway Jockey

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THE BASICS: With its ST-G Titanium fairway woods, Mizuno has pulled out all the stops to deliver the most high-performance and ultra low-spin fairway wood it has ever built by incorporating titanium, steel and a new Cortech chamber into one club. From top to bottom, the club features an internal thin waffle design on the crown to save precious grams, and thanks to the titanium body and face, a high-density steel weight can be placed on the sole to drive the center of gravity even deeper. This means that both off the tee and from the fairway, the ST-G Titanium fairway woods will offer a flatter and more penetrating flight.

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Ping G440 LST

PING G440 LST Custom Fairway Wood

The G440 fairway family (MAX, LST, SFT) advances PING’s reputation as a Tour-preferred model of choice through a re-designed face structure and low CG system. The face is taller for more confidence off the tee while maintaining a CG location that delivers high- launching performance off the ground. The multi-material LST (Low Spin) design appeals to players with faster swing speeds, providing high launch and lower spin. HIGH MOI Easy to launch, stable design increases forgiveness.  FLEXING FACE Maraging steel face flexes for more ball speed, optimizes spin.  TALLER FACE PROFILE Improves performance off the tee, maintains low CG.  FREE-HOSEL DESIGN Saves weight to lower CG, optimize launch/spin and increase forgiveness. 

$549 from Fairway Jockey

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THE BASICS: Ping pushed the CG position low and back with the help from a high-density tungsten sole plate and Carbonfly Wrap crown, which reduce spin and increase ball speed. The titanium face, which blends into the crown and sole, also helps to boost speed. One nice bonus: The LST fairway wood family now offers a 19-degree 5-wood, whereas the previous generation offered only a 3-wood.

Ping fairway woods have always been successful at helping golfers launch the ball off the deck thanks to their shallow profiles. “The one complaint we have heard is, ‘I wish it was just a little taller.
 I want to hit it off the tee,’” said Travis Milleman, Ping’s design engineering manager. The issue was making a taller-faced fairway wood while still keeping the CG low to increase launch, which was difficult to do from an engineering standpoint. But just as the drivers were able to move weight back from the new Free Hosel design, Milleman said Ping used the weight saved in the fairway woods to grow the face at a one-for-one ratio.

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