TaylorMade Qi10 Tour Fairway Wood Review
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At a glance
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Pros
- Decent players will love the compact head shape.
- The hefty sliding sole weight creates a very versatile fairway wood.
- A great option for those who want to tinker with ball flight, spin, and descent angle.
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Cons
- A very costly fairway wood option.
What we say...
The TaylorMade Qi10 Tour fairway has a titanium chassis to maximize ball speed and increase forgiveness from a small, compact head shape. My review finds out if it’s worth the investment.
Since launching in 1979, TaylorMade has been most well known for making the best drivers in golf. But since 2016, when the company unveiled the carbon crown M2 range, they’ve made massive strides towards setting themselves up as a maker of some of the best fairway woods available. The California-based company are hoping the TaylorMade Qi10 fairway wood will cement and reinforce their rising stock in that area.
Today, in a world where the lure of tour contracts has become much less attractive (as players make more cash from corporate sponsors or selling out to a LIV team franchise), fairway woods have become a seriously lucrative hero category for TaylorMade.
Year after year, TaylorMade rank as some of the most used fairway woods on tour. Impressively, the numbers are greatly bolstered by non-TaylorMade contracted players – golfers who earn their living playing the game are choosing TaylorMade fairway woods just for the performance they deliver. Endorsements don’t come any bigger.
Everything you need to know about the TaylorMade Qi10 Tour fairway wood
Infinity Edge Crown
Thanks to carbon crowns growing in size over generations, the top edge width of TaylorMade fairways has steadily shrunk since 2016. The previous Stealth 2 had a wafer-thin line running across the top edge. But, like the Qi10 driver that’s now completely disappeared for this new generation of fairway woods.
Golfers instead get a super clean Infinity Edge, with carbon fiber running right to the top of the face. A look rumored to be loved by the brand’s elite tour stars. All three Qi10 fairway models also boast VSteel sole shaping which improves turf interaction and eliminates energy loss in the dirt.
The Qi10 Tour is made from titanium and it’s expensive
TaylorMade has unwittingly spawned a whole new titanium tour fairway wood category since introducing the M5 in 2019. The idea’s been so successful Ping and Mizuno have both joined the titanium fairway wood club today too, even though their more expensive construction means they cost nearly as much as a driver.
Recent TaylorMade titanium fairways have been badged as ‘Plus’ models, but for 2024 the name switches to ‘Tour’. Presumably, that’s predominantly down to how most often you’ll see them in the hands of tour pros like Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy, as most of us just can’t justify buying into their costly tech.
Essentially the Qi10 Tour is three fairway woods in one. A 50g sliding steel sole weight can be positioned forward, centrally, or towards the back, creating the spin and launch conditions of either a strong loft Rocket 3, typical 3 wood, or High Launch 3 all from the same head.
Internal testing has shown golfers will see more than +/-150 RPM spin difference by shifting the weight forward or back, yet numbers up to 1000 RPM have been seen during testing too. Only having two lofts spells out this model is for golfers who don’t use many fairway woods, which inevitably are better players and higher-speed golfers.
Video: How does the TaylorMade Qi10 Tour compare to other leading 2024 fairway woods?
Details: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour fairway wood
RRP: $449 / £379
Lofts: 3W – 15° / 5 – 18°
Stock shaft:
Mid 60g – Mitsubishi Tensei AV Ltd Blue FW (65 R)
Mid 70g -Mitsubishi Tensei AV Ltd Blue (75 X/S)
Stock grip: Golf Pride Z-Grip Plus 2 (52g)
Headsize (3W): 170cc (5mm smaller from face to back than Qi10)
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Data comparison: How does the TaylorMade Qi10 Tour compare to leading competitor fairway woods?
| Fairway Wood | Loft | Ball Speed | Launch Angle | Backspin | Height | Descent Angle | Carry Distance | Carry Distance Drop Off | Shot Area |
| TaylorMade Qi10 | 15° | 154.5 MPH (1) | 8.7° | 2916 RPM | 26 YDS | 34.5° | 251 YDS (1) | 12 YDS (2) | 379.2 SQ YDS (3) |
| Srixon ZX MK II | 15° | 153.9 MPH (3) | 8.1° | 2715 RPM | 23 YDS | 31.5° | 249 YDS (2) | 20 YDS | 864 SQ YDS |
| Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max | 15° | 152.4 MPH | 9.6° | 2995 RPM | 27 YDS | 36° | 248 YDS (3) | 20 YDS | 566 SQ YDS |
| Titleist TSR 3 | 15° | 152.5 MPH | 8.3° | 2786 RPM | 23 YDS | 31.9° | 245 YDS | 29 YDS | 1377.5 SQ YDS |
| Wilson Dynapower | 15° | 152.4 MPH | 8.2° | 2849 RPM | 23 YDS | 32.5° | 245 YDS | 16 YDS | 838.4 SQ YDS |
| Cobra Darkspeed LS | 14.5° @ 15.5° | 152.3 MPH | 9.6° | 3189 RPM | 28 YDS | 37.4° | 245 YDS | 17 YDS | 906.1 SQ YDS |
| TaylorMade Qi10 Max | 16° | 153 MPH | 8.6° | 3309 RPM | 27 YDS | 36.4° | 244 YDS | 22 YDS | 693 SQ YDS |
| Ping G430 Max | 15° | 153.7 MPH | 7.2° | 2913 RPM | 21 YDS | 31° | 244 YDS | 9 YDS (1) | 328.5 SQ YDS (2) |
| Mizuno ST-G | 15° | 150.4 MPH | 9° | 2666 RPM | 23 YDS | 31.6° | 244 YDS | 30 YDS | 1302 SQ YDS |
| Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke TD | 15° | 154 MPH (2) | 8.3° | 2611 RPM | 23 YDS | 31.7° | 243 YDS | 46 YDS | 3109.6 SQ YDS |
| Titleist TSR 2 | 16.5° | 149.8 MPH | 10.2° | 3204 RPM | 29 YDS | 38.2° | 242 YDS | 24 YDS | 907.2 SQ YDS |
| PXG 0311 Black Ops | 15° | 152.5 MPH | 8.7° | 3589 RPM | 28 YDS | 38.1° | 241 YDS | 25 YDS | 815 SQ YDS |
| Cobra Darkspeed X | 15° | 152.6 MPH | 7.5° | 2952 RPM | 23 YDS | 32.7° | 241 YDS | 21 YDS | 821.1 SQ YDS |
| Cleveland Launcher XL 2 | 15° | 151.2 MPH | 7.3° | 2877 RPM | 20 YDS | 30.4° | 240 YDS | 17 YDS | 382.5 SQ YDS |
| PXG 0311 XF GEN6 | 16° | 151.7 MPH | 9.9° | 3699 RPM | 31 YDS | 40.3° | 239 YDS | 17 YDS | 698.7 SQ YDS |
| Mizuno ST-Z 230 | 15° | 150.8 MPH | 8.3° | 2714 RPM | 22 YDS | 31.7° | 239 YDS | 25 YDS | 892.5 SQ YDS |
| TaylorMade Qi10 Tour | 15° | 150.7 MPH | 8.8° | 3239 RPM | 27 YDS | 36.8° | 238 YDS | 25 YDS | 705 SQ YDS |
| Ram FX | 15° | 150.6 MPH | 7.3° | 2516 RPM | 19 YDS | 28° | 236 YDS | 15 YDS (T3) | 579 SQ YDS |
| Sub 70 949 X | 15° | 150 MPH | 7.6° | 2874 RPM | 21 YDS | 31.4° | 235 YDS | 25 YDS | 562.5 SQ YDS |
| Cobra Darkspeed Max | 15.5° | 151 MPH | 7.4° | 3841 RPM | 25 YDS | 36.2° | 232 YDS | 17 YDS | 839.8 SQ YDS |
| Vega Alkaid | 15° | 148 MPH | 8.3° | 3554 RPM | 24 YDS | 35.7° | 231 YDS | 15 YDS (T3) | 486 SQ YDS |
| PXG 0211 | 15° | 146 MPH | 9.3° | 3092 RPM | 25 YDS | 35.7° | 230 YDS | 20 YDS | 848 SQ YDS |
| Inesis 500 | 15° | 145.1 MPH | 10.7° | 3401 RPM | 30 YDS | 39.9° | 229 YDS | 22 YDS | 264 SQ YDS (1) |
| MacGregor V Max | 15° | 146 MPH | 8.4° | 4052 RPM | 25 YDS | 37.3° | 222 YDS | 24 YDS | 993.6 SQ YDS |
| Average | 151 MPH | 8.6° | 3106.4 RPM | 24.7 YDS | 34.5° | 239.7 YDS | 21.4 YDS | 840 SQ YDS |
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Product Information
TaylorMade Qi10 Tour Fairway Wood
RRP: $449 / £379
Lofts: 3W – 15° / 5 - 18°
Stock shaft:
Mid 60g - Mitsubishi Tensei AV Ltd Blue FW (65 R)
Mid 70g -Mitsubishi Tensei AV Ltd Blue (75 X/S)
Stock grip: Golf Pride Z-Grip Plus 2 (52g)
Headsize (3W): 170cc (5mm smaller from face to back than Qi10)
Deeper profile
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