 Now personally I can't remember a better time to be thinking about buying new golf clubs. 2023 has been a huge year in terms of product releases and we're only in February. Every major brand has released full line-ups on what that means is it could be the best ever year to buy new clubs apart from one element that is the bloody price of them. Putting price to one side for a minute what that means is is that with the options that are now presented to you and the amount of choice there surely is if done correctly a perfect club to suit your requirements. And in today's video I'm going to give you a perfect example of that with a range of clubs from the Callaway Paradigm line-up. Did you know right now in the Callaway Paradigm line-up alone there are 14 different options in terms of fairway woods. Now that's before you even look at Callaway Big Bertha and the Callaway Rogue Range and that potentially presents a little bit of a problem. Because can there be such thing as too much choice and actually leave you all a little confused? Well maybe but in today's video and with the help of Lewis Johnson I'm going to hopefully help you make that decision making process just a little bit more clearer and straightforward. Right so before we go any further and get Lewis and myself hitting some balls out here on the Golf Course or Hollywood Golf Club let me just talk to you about the three models that Paradigm offer this year. There is the Paradigm, the Paradigm X and the Paradigm Triple Diamond and they are all very very different. If you just look at this little overlay that I'm going to put from Callaway's website maybe pause that and just have a look exactly how Callaway describe each of those fairway woods perhaps who they're aimed at in terms of the style of golfer and also what it is you're looking for in terms of launch forgiveness spin all those types of parameters. So that's what Callaway say they do. Now it's time to hit some golf balls and get an opinion from an average golfer and also a fairly better one. Today's video is brought to you in partnership with HotGolf the online golf mega store bringing you the hottest deals in golf and of course the clubs featured in today's video. Find the link to the hot golf website in the description below and check out some incredible giveaways and offers. Right so we've managed to drag Lewis out of that warm pro shop it's a bit of fresh opinion this morning mate he's even got a hat on. Yeah no clubs again. No clubs yet no clubs. I like this at the minute because I give him a bit of a surprise he knows we're doing Paradigm there's a bit of a clue there it's the three woods three very different clubs as I've just explained one that is very much aimed at the better player and then we've got the other end of the spectrum so what I want is the same as what we did the other day with the telemate stealth line up great on your opinion and mine mate I've never hit any of these have you not no no first thoughts visuals from a dress mate lovely yeah you like that don't you yeah just nice isn't it yeah it's a good job that is it's important I don't know sure they do that with a lot of players clubs now they don't put any reference on the top today no no not on this one but it comes in on the next two okay good so reference Lou is referencing the sort of alignment you normally see the Callaway Chevron yeah it's like the little Callaway V isn't it yeah they don't put it on the triple diamond range at all I'm not a fan of that as ever straight out of the bar that is a stunning ball it's a nice flight that is higher ball flight than I was expecting off it Lou yeah sounded superb oh yeah like in that yeah okay let's move on to another one before we give you your evaluation but that was a stunning strike jeez it's pretty much my fight with ball flight that though off that off like my three word that I mean I think that's perfect lovely little draw it's a little bit high and floaty but yeah I don't mind that it's kind of very nice so I've gone I've give you now this opposite end of the spectrum yeah so we've gone paradigm X which is shallower into the the the whole club face a little bit more elongated this would be there like kind of to the opposite end so it's more forgiving most forgiving yeah it doesn't sit close which now I like I like a lot of the forgiving ones they sit close and they're sort of anti and can you confirm it's the Chevron back on the alignment aid yeah yeah and you've got some really bright you know really bright white line yeah face which are quite noticeable so um easy to line up clearly a different shape but you're not too uh not too bad it's exactly getting really good strikes exactly the same flight that isn't it they're literally tracing each other but a higher ball flight which is intended yeah it's a little bit weaker didn't it but yeah very similar which is and similar in feel which maybe we've done a something recently on on another brand but they've got it to feel the same at the face okay between this end which is a which is a massive positive is this shape of contrast of the two like it it's a blend of the two well let's see them let's have a look get them both together so you definitely see the smaller isn't it yeah so the normal one's not the same as the the X it is a blend of the two it is so you get more of the shape of that one you get the visual alignment and the lines on the face cool so this is the one they're very much that's the one I'd like to look at yeah I mean it's sat in the middle in both sort of profile yeah so it looks like the better better players one you know the triple diamond but you get all the kind of alignment tools in yeah which I why wouldn't you want them that's again you know they what's been interesting to me the flight has been really good shot shape it started out probably five yards further right but they're still drew back yeah so um if you if you've got me to blind test them yeah feel yeah and flight yeah I don't think I'm gonna say no no I must admit I was a bit surprised which is a bit of a testament sir however what I will say and we'll just we'll have a look at this downrange to me the triple diamond seemed a lower spinning version even though the ball flight I don't think it was as high stronger stronger flight it was a stronger flight and I think it's potentially lower spinning because I think that the triple diamond is a lot further down should we have a look have a look yeah yeah no but overall I love them right Lou before we go so first of all let's just go up over the three shots yeah I was wrong basically because you could throw a blanket over them couldn't you yeah wrong this was about four yards I think four yards further and it was clearly it looked like it'd come off a little bit but the feedback for me was they all kind of did the same um and I'm glad I've got down here and they kind of all have done the same they feel but what surprised me a little bit is that in theory at least from the again what Callaway are suggesting each club would do that should have been in my opinion lower ball flight and lower spinning therefore I expected it to be a bit longer so I'm a bit surprised the question I've got for you now we're going to play from a fairway tight lie is there any like preference in terms of head type that you would play I'm really I'm really I like what they've done with the middle just the standard one yeah yeah yeah by blending the two in terms of the head shape is more like the triple diamond yeah but it's got all this sort of yeah so it's like nice it's ease of the you know the easy to line up the easy you know it's clearly quite that happy medium yeah I mean the thing I'm noticing down because I've asked Lou the question but I'm looking down now the one thing I don't like is on the triple diamond that black face that you referred to and is it I mean you just can't see anything yeah yeah it's not black face but it looks like from a dress and it doesn't present any loft you know so visually that is more off putting for me personally so I like to see you can clearly see the face on the other two which is weird because from a lot a loft perspective they're all the same yeah but it's obviously the way the sheep and profile matches up right I'll get out of your way which ones you're at first I'll hit the triple diamond again let's keep the same order and we'll see what yeah super ball again nice draw shape I can't believe had the ball fly is super impressive again the way that's so high I thought maybe off the tee it was just a yeah but no that's gone I mean off a tight lie there that's gone so high hasn't it yeah just I'm just gonna yeah I mean I've got that in the standard setting because I wonder whether I'd added loft for me trying it but that's 15 degrees and it's really popping it up high next one I'm a normal I mean I mean what I will say really again super sounding yeah everything about it was good what's the kind of makeup of these so it's a lot of carbon again in it's carbon but but only again yeah it's not that full wrap of carbon or whatever you referred it to that's in the driver so this is the normal so what are you hitting now just a normal one standard yeah yeah I'll tell you what they're all very high launching three yeah really high but the same I like the way it's coming back I like the way it sounds they're dead easy to pick up I think you know regardless of what it says on the tin in terms of forgiveness they're just I think I'm having it any shots to warm up and I've just it five so I'm we're waiting for the one aren't we we're waiting for the one I maybe don't hit well the point to mention is that you may be questioning not seeing any shots of mine yeah we'll have it so six shots two with each so far but off the tee and perhaps overlay them now actually first three were straight out the bat this morning slightly lower ball flights not maybe warmed up next whole things a little bit different really again what we've just seen here really high ball flight which I was super impressed with and again downrange for me no real difference in terms of distance traveled they just got there again the paradigm was slightly lower ball flight so you know what I'm feeling here is because that's the thing with fairy words you know how along shafted low lofted club off the deck yeah generally people struggle to launch them don't yeah well that's what I'm gonna see in five and seven words more more yeah but these are all 15 degree and that's going straight up with all three so well I'm gonna this is proof that fairy right all along at a minute Luke yeah unreal first of all I mean three super strikes you're not gonna be those who are right next to each other as well yeah yeah I mean I'll say again I probably said on all the videos I swear to god Lewis come up from the pro shop they were the first three shots of the morning there the second batch I don't know you do that to be quite honest with you so it's a super shot each one of them I mean from the backside of the camera watching in and if you said to me and which club have I just did I wouldn't have the foggiest one yeah because they're no difference it's a massive plus for me that it's really cool it's really impressive yeah yeah right I'm gonna swap places because I've got to give them a go off tightly on the deck nice swing that that's just incredible isn't it it's the launch on them yeah that's the surprising bit yeah we've done a lot of high lofted fairy woods in different brands haven't we but these are all 15 well I'm anti-three wood I've been that for the last year to be honest with you I've been suggesting to everybody look ignore them there's not enough loft on them and mainly because of the ability to generate enough clubhead speed to work with that 15 degrees of loft and in this case at least with that that was a standard model by the way I can't tell you how good the ball flight was and how impressed I am with that nice that's interesting again I mean interesting enough that was the X model there's a lower ball flight where it definitely came off down the bottom grooves there I think the thing we can take from that I can't tell you a lot about ball flight because like I said it wasn't as good of a strike from me personally but what I can tell you was it did it incredibly well from where it got off the club face because I think yet again if you went down there they're probably very very similar they're all going to be in the same positions I'll give the triple diamond a go great strike I mean that's just absolutely that's the best you've ever done you've hit that just goes to show doesn't it just yeah that's very easy to hit them as the top of the mound as the whole range yeah hard to knock I mean I don't know they mentioned before I picked it up that was a triple diamond I thought I might as well give it a go I hit the X the worst that was about a personal my own swing issue probably that came off the fastest it certainly felt like but again hard to know how much of that is down to the clubhead speed or swing speed of me personally again mega impressive we'll go for one more tee shot from Lou when I think it's time for a summary in it yeah well we've just decided that we've hit enough golf shots and I think enough to give a fair old opinion because yeah it might end up being similar I don't know my question was going to be to you we're still on the 16th tee here at Soliwell Golf Club three words not a bad shout off this tee nope if you had to pick one of the three what would you go with I'd have the normal you'd have the standard model just the standard I got a triple diamond yeah I've got a triple diamond in my hand I appreciate what this does if you're a better player who hits three would maybe offer tee yeah once a slightly slightly like sort of lower spinning I think it would more penetrating you know if it but if you're like me and I hit my driver a lot and you want three words would just be a three word yeah you know where you're going for power fires with it there's no reason that's so good that normal one I am got a lot more to add to that because I'd agree with everything Lou said um yeah I'm not I'm not going to add anything the three would agree like you said a lot if you want to play off the tee that is definitely we haven't done dribble data today but I think without doubt that is the lowest spinning version um and has been slightly longer ball but not overly different for me I criticised three words certainly for average golfers because they lack versatility and what I mean by that is they're okay if you want to substitute for your driver if your confidence is low but then I'm not keen on them from the fairway but what this does it was really easy to pick up this being the standard model again by the way easy to pick up but then you've got adjustability in there yeah and you've got it looks good it feels good it sounds good I think I think that's the one thing they they all feel similarly you're not sacrificing anything with that you get you get the alignment bit you get the lines on the face I think that's just as an all-round like a great club for everyone I think we'll leave them final words then for Lou great club I'd agree and all three of them I think whatever you're looking for I think Chloe have done a fantastic job with those in terms of three words um yeah absolutely superb right that's the take of an average golfer of a professional golfer the only thing that really matters is what your opinion is so either if you've tried them I'd love to know and put your detail your your own thoughts and feedback in the comment section below or if not then let me know if this might have persuaded you to give either of these a go either way thanks for watching and I will see you tomorrow night