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Callaway Elyte Drivers: Everything You Need To Know!

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What’s new? How much does it cost? And, how can it improve my putting? Max McVittie brings you the lowdown on the new Callaway Elyte Drivers.

Us golfers are getting greedier every year with what we want from our drivers. We want to be able to swing the big stick quickly on the tee box, but still have great levels of forgiveness to prevent those wayward strikes crossing the white marker posts.

Often the case is that we want our driver to go further, yet still be easy to hit. Callaway may just have made our dreams come true with the Callaway Elyte drivers.

What makes these drivers so fast and forgiving? Let’s take a look…

Callaway Elyte Drivers: The Technology

What’s the first thing that springs to mind when I mention Elyte Performance? Speed, forgiveness or precise, perhaps. Well for Callaway and their Elyte driver range it’s all three, there are no trade offs.

Callaway have incorporated Ai into many of the driver faces in generations of clubs gone by. The Ai Smoke, included the Paradym Ai Smoke MAX drivers, which our NCG team found optimised launch and spin, leading to better height and more overall distance in our review.

The brand say that the Ai 10x Face they have introduced for the Elyte line-up is ten times more precise than the Ai Smart face. In terms of performance benefits, the new Ai face will lead to unmatched spin consistency and tight dispersion according to Callaway. This is designed to be evident across the face, for mishits and clean strikes.

Callaway Elyte Drivers

Additionally, the head of the driver has been crafted using a thermoformed carbon crown which is bigger for CG and resulting in a higher MOI. This is what enables the fast speeds of the three drivers with the aerospace grade carbon fiber optimising the spin and launch for greater distances.

The development of the Elyte drivers included a testing period with a panel of 50 random golfers of random abilities. Promisingly, they found that the top 20% gained +1.3mph which could be down the refined shape of the driver head.

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Callaway have introduced a new fast head shape for faster swing speeds with added forgiveness. The new shape consists of enhanced aerodynamics.

Callaway Elyte Drivers

The tungsten weight is placed low and forward in the head, not attached to the face, which improves low center strikes. This enables off centred strikes to be more forgiving, great for higher handicap golfers and those who aren’t always consistent with their ball striking.

The Callaway Elyte driver represents a modern shape with adjustability. A 13g weight can be moved to favour a draw, fade or neutral swing bias. This is only available in the standard core head, here is more information on the different drivers.

Callaway Elyte Drivers: The Line-up

The Callaway Elyte driver range features three models: Callaway Elyte, Callaway Elyte X and Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond.

Callaway Elyte

Looks: A very neutral, classical shaped golf club.

Main Attributes: Designed to maximise swing speed with added forgiveness and launch capabilities. confidence inspiring off the tee due to a chevron on the topline which also helps with alignment.

Who is it for?: Can be utilised by all levels of golfers.

Callaway Elyte X

Callaway Elyte Drivers

Looks: Slightly oversized head.

Main Attributes: Designed to be extra forgiving, easy to hit and easy to launch.

Who is it for?: For those seeking maximum forgiveness and a high launch. Generally higher handicap golfers will benefit from this option most.

Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond

Looks: Smaller footprint on the head of the driver.

Main Attributes: Designed to have lower amounts of spin and launch angle

Who is it for?: For golfers with a fast swing speed.

The Details

Available: Pre-sale from the 15th of January. Retail from the 31st of January.

RRP:

  • Callaway Elyte – £569/$599.99
  • Callaway Elyte X – £569/$599.99
  • Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond – £599/$629.99

Shafts:

  • Callaway Elyte – True Temper Project X Denali Charcoal and Mitsubishi Chemical Vanquish PL
  • Callaway Elyte X – True Temper Project X Denali Charcoal, Mitsubishi Chemical Vanquish PL and WMS Mitsubishi Chemical Eldio
  • Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond – Aretera EC1 Blue, Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Black and True Temper Denali Charcoal

Lofts:

  • Callaway Elyte – 9°, 10.5° and 12°
  • Callaway Elyte X – 9°, 10.5° and 12°
  • Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond – 8°, 9° and 10.5°

Models: Callaway Elyte, Callaway Elite X, Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond

More information: Callaway UK / Callaway US

Will you be putting the new Callaway drivers into play? Let us know on X!

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About the author

Max Mcvittie

A bit of a late bloomer to the game of golf, Max fell in love with the sport when he attended Saturday coaching sessions down at his local golf club after being inspired by friends and family members.

Max has remained a member of Eden Golf Club in Carlisle for a number of years now as he looks to get his handicap down into single figures. Most of his golfing career has been spent battling a permanent slice off the tee, which has led to some ugly rounds.

Having studied at the University of Sunderland, Max is starting out his dream career in sports journalism. During his time at university, he picked up valuable work experience at Reach PLC, BBC Radio Cumbria and GiveMeSport, whilst also getting work published in the Teesside Live. He also spent time working at a local weekly newspaper, Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser, as a general news reporter partially covering some local sport just north of the border in Langholm.

Max has just started his journey with the NCG working as the assistant equipment editor. He looks forwarded to reviewing the latest golf equipment, taking up an interest in reviews when buying his first golf club, a Cleveland RTX wedge.

With his bag not going under too many changes throughout the last few years, Max carries an M3 driver, Titleist GT3 Fairway Wood, M2 hybrid, a set of M2 irons, Callaway Jaws wedges and a TaylorMade Spider putter. And yes, Max is a bit of a self-proclaimed TaylorMade fan boy.

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