TaylorMade Qi10 Fairway Wood Review

The TaylorMade Qi10 fairway woods are designed to deliver a powerful combination of speed and forgiveness… My review finds out if they deliver.

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 TaylorMade Qi10 fairway woods

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 will be the biggest-selling model

RRP: $349 / £309

Lofts: 3W – 15°  / 3HL – 16.5°  / 5 – 18°  / 7 – 21°  / 9 – 24°

Stock shaft: Mid 60g – Fujikura Ventus TR Blue FW (6 S/R/A)

Stock grip: Golf Pride Z-Grip Plus 2 (52g)

Headsize (3W): 190cc

Standard profile

TaylorMade generally release three models of fairway wood to suit different types of golfers, with the standard model being the most popular in terms of sales. The trend is hugely likely to continue in 2024 with the three models of Qi10 fairway woods.

The standard Qi10 doesn’t have an adjustable hosel or sliding sole weight like the Qi10 Tour, and its head is made from steel, not titanium. But it’s likely to be just as popular among elite athletes as the Qi10 Tour model.

The Qi10 has a 5% bigger TwistFace (than the previous Stealth 2) with a modern forgiving head profile. 42g of weight is stacked low and close to the face with an additional 15g positioned at the back to create a forgiving high MOI fairway wood to suit lots of reasonable speed club golfers. If you don’t specifically need the all-out forgiveness of a larger-sized head, this is the model for you, and I love how there are a ton of loft choices.  

Video: How does the TaylorMade Qi10 compare to other leading 2024 fairway woods?

Verdict: TaylorMade Qi10 fairway wood

Ever since TaylorMade came up with the RocketBallz fairway woods back in 2012, our testing here at TG has highlighted the brand’s fairway woods bubbling away at the top of speed and distance charts. The trend really hasn’t changed much in 2024. By posting our fastest ball speed, and longest carry distance (2 yards longer than the nearest competitor plus a full 11.3 yards further than our test average) I can confidently say the Qi10 is a beast of a fairway wood choice in 2024.    

To complete the picture the model also posted the 2^nd smallest carry distance drop off and 3^rd smallest shot area of our entire 24 model test, which were 43.9% and 54.9% respectively smaller than the test averages. In anyone’s book, those numbers are out of this world good, yet I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t say this model might well not be your best option. The problem TaylorMade has created for themselves in 2024 is they’ve also produced a brilliant wider body, more forgiving fairway wood option in the Qi10 Max, a model that if your swing speed is anywhere close to average will be easier to flight successfully.

If speed and distance are your number one requirements from new fairway woods in 2024 and you have decent levels of speed stick with the Qi10, it’s seriously impressive. However, if you’ve found fairway woods have become harder to launch on a high-soaring flight from the deck, the Qi10 Max would be my preferred option.

With its shallower more lofted head (16° instead of 15° in the 3W) the Max for our test pro launched and flighted shots higher with more spin, and the ball hit the ground at a steeper angle. While for our test pro that meant giving up 7 yards of carry distance, at more average club golfer speeds it would add up to more yardage thanks to flighting shots optimally, and more forgiveness which virtually no golfer doesn’t want.

You really can’t make a bad choice between the two but any good fitter will ensure whatever direction you go in is optimal for your game.          

Data comparison: How does the TaylorMade Qi10 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

TaylorMade Qi10 Fairway Wood

RRP: $349 / £309

Lofts: 3W – 15°  / 3HL – 16.5°  / 5 – 18°  / 7 – 21°  / 9 - 24°

Stock shaft: Mid 60g - Fujikura Ventus TR Blue FW (6 S/R/A)

Stock grip: Golf Pride Z-Grip Plus 2 (52g)

Headsize (3W): 190cc

Standard profile

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