5 wood Head and Shaft recommendations

[Southpaw5]

Looking for a new 5 wood head and shaft combo currently gaming the Titleist 915 5 wood with an Adila Tour Green X flex shaft and have loved it over the years but am looking for something new. Looking for a head and shaft combo that I can launch high off deck into par 5s but also be able to hit low control the ball flight and spin off the tee with. 

Edited October 21, 2021 by Southpaw5

[Mobert19]

I just picked up a Tsi2 with Hzrdus Smoke black RDX 70 6.0. It is great. 

Edited October 21, 2021 by Mobert19

[justcallmemoses]

Mizuno STZ 5 Wood

Motore X F3 or Smoke Black RDX

[sleepyeg]

Sim2 Max with Tour AD VR does the trick for me. Just hit one off the deck the other day 235ish out and it held the green. My 3 hybrid would've rolled off. 

[jah7838]

Radspeed Tour 4/5 wood with the stock Motore F1 is a really good combo. It’s one of the first times I’ve stuck with a stock shaft for most of a golf season. I’ll try other shafts and keep coming back to the Motore F1 and the head set to 18.5° loft. I actually like it so much that I don’t really miss my Adams 19° XTD Super Hybrid. 

[Yieeman]

I’m (mostly) loving my Sim 2 5 wood but am trying to find the right shaft for it. Bouncing between Graphite Design XC 7x and Tensei White Raw 85tx. 

[ESP]

Have tried sim and sim2 with Ventus blue and have to say I slightly prefer the sim head over the sim2 from the turf.

[Mookieb10]

9 hours ago, jah7838 said:

Radspeed Tour 4/5 wood with the stock Motore F1 is a really good combo. It’s one of the first times I’ve stuck with a stock shaft for most of a golf season. I’ll try other shafts and keep coming back to the Motore F1 and the head set to 18.5° loft. I actually like it so much that I don’t really miss my Adams 19° XTD Super Hybrid. 

yeaaa, but the Motore X isn’t exactly your average stock shaft, it’s a premium offering at most places. 

[gioguy21]

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[nitram]

SIM2 with the stock Tensei Blue will get you airborne.

[jah7838]

2 hours ago, Mookieb10 said:

yeaaa, but the Motore X isn’t exactly your average stock shaft, it’s a premium offering at most places. 

I agree...but it still doesn't change the fact that I rarely keep using the stock shaft that comes with a club.  This is golfwrx you know...😀

[Southpaw5]

Noticed a lot of sim 2 5 wood recommendations currently have a sim 3 wood with a tour ad di 7x shaft it pretty hot off the face and My main concern w a 5 wood would be it going to far especially since I go from 4 iron to 5 wood just wondering if the the sim 2 5 wood is as hot as the sim 

Edited October 22, 2021 by Southpaw5

[Yieeman]

I have found the Sim 2 to not be as hot as the Sim. But, it is still a long 5 wood. 
 

Another option I play with is an original Callaway Steelhead with a Nippon 950fw steel shaft. Definitely solves the “too hot” problem and is a joy to hit. 🙂

[eric61]

The best combination for me has been a Callaway Epic Speed 5W with a Diamana BF. Not a cheap shaft upgrade, but I snagged it off Callaway Pre-owned during one of their big fairway wood discounts and ended up getting a club that still had the wrapper on it for less than the Epic Speed with a no-upcharge shaft normally goes for new. 

 

Another one I've really liked, and somebody mentioned it earlier, is the Cobra Radspeed Tour. It's a small head and a shorter shaft (41.75" is stock, compared to 42.5" for most companies on 5W and 42.75" I believe for Callaway and TaylorMade). Borderline hybrid-like; has a lot in common with the new Apex UW. I like the rails -- I can get steep and it might all be in my head but I felt like they actually did help me -- and I found it really workable, if that's what you're looking for, compared to my Epic Speed, which I guess is workable in more talented hands than mine but mostly wants to go high and far. I wound up selling it because it just wasn't fitting the gapping I needed; I wasn't getting a ton more out of it than my 4 hybrid. But if you play a 4 iron, it's one that I think could make a lot of sense. Plus, I really just think Cobra did a great job with their 2021 lineup. The Motore X shafts are good stock options, and Cobra charges a bit less than some other manufacturers for premium/upcharge shafts.

 

I've also hit the Ping G425 Max quite a bit and found it really forgiving. It's a nice club. One I did NOT get along with, for whatever reason, is the Callaway Epic Max. It's supposed to be more forgiving than the Epic Speed, and normally I'm all for getting as much forgiveness as possible, but for some reason it just didn't look right to me. I've only demoed the Epic Max in golf shops. But, if you like that pancake sort of shape, I personally liked the G425 Max better.

[layts14]

On 10/22/2021 at 9:10 AM, eric61 said:

The best combination for me has been a Callaway Epic Speed 5W with a Diamana BF. Not a cheap shaft upgrade, but I snagged it off Callaway Pre-owned during one of their big fairway wood discounts and ended up getting a club that still had the wrapper on it for less than the Epic Speed with a no-upcharge shaft normally goes for new. 

 

Another one I've really liked, and somebody mentioned it earlier, is the Cobra Radspeed Tour. It's a small head and a shorter shaft (41.75" is stock, compared to 42.5" for most companies on 5W and 42.75" I believe for Callaway and TaylorMade). Borderline hybrid-like; has a lot in common with the new Apex UW. I like the rails -- I can get steep and it might all be in my head but I felt like they actually did help me -- and I found it really workable, if that's what you're looking for, compared to my Epic Speed, which I guess is workable in more talented hands than mine but mostly wants to go high and far. I wound up selling it because it just wasn't fitting the gapping I needed; I wasn't getting a ton more out of it than my 4 hybrid. But if you play a 4 iron, it's one that I think could make a lot of sense. Plus, I really just think Cobra did a great job with their 2021 lineup. The Motore X shafts are good stock options, and Cobra charges a bit less than some other manufacturers for premium/upcharge shafts.

 

 

I am considering picking up a Radspeed Tour 5W from a local buy sell group, to play at 16/16.5* (maybe at 3W length) alongside my TSi2 7W. Currently have Radspeed 3W and 5W that is sidelined at the moment but I am interested in testing a 4W-like option.

 

My other consideration is an Epic Speed/Max 4 wood. I kind of like the idea of the club being designed to play as a 4W rather than lofting up/down to achieve the similar loft.

 

Did you find the Radspeed Tour hard to hit compared to a standard size FW? is it significantly smaller than an Epic Speed? hard to tell from images alone. 

[bvanlieu]

I game the Epic Speed 4w (there is no Max 4 BTW) and I prefer a bit more loft for a FW wood vs. trying to hit 3w bombs. For stock offerings, I was very impressed with the Smoke IM shaft. I previously played a IZ 7-S in my other cally 4w's but have left the IM in there and moved the IZ into a different fairway for now. 

 

I think Cally gets less love since they have gone bonded in the FW for 3 generations now but that hasn't bothered me too much personally. I see plenty of SIM Ti FW's out there, can't go wrong there either if you like the look of them. 

 

[layts14]

13 minutes ago, bvanlieu said:

I game the Epic Speed 4w (there is no Max 4 BTW) and I prefer a bit more loft for a FW wood vs. trying to hit 3w bombs. For stock offerings, I was very impressed with the Smoke IM shaft. I previously played a IZ 7-S in my other cally 4w's but have left the IM in there and moved the IZ into a different fairway for now. 

 

I think Cally gets less love since they have gone bonded in the FW for 3 generations now but that hasn't bothered me too much personally. I see plenty of SIM Ti FW's out there, can't go wrong there either if you like the look of them. 

 

thanks for clarifying the availability. I have an ADDI sitting with a Cobra adapter so could be in the same position as you with a shaft ready to be thrown in. I hit an Epic Max 3W once also with the im10 and it did feel pretty good. 

 

 

[Radeon962]

SIM2 Max or Ping G425 Max.  

Having a battle between the 2 currently and the Ping is winning but it may be the shaft.

 

Fujikura Ventus Velocore Red 7s in the SIM2 Max vs a Diamana DF 70s in The Ping.

 

DF just seems a bit friendly on smooth swings while the Velocore likes when you go after it.

 

SIM2 Max sounds better but Ping is easier to elevate and really seems to just want to go high and straight.

 

 

[phizzy30]

On 10/22/2021 at 7:18 AM, Southpaw5 said:

Noticed a lot of sim 2 5 wood recommendations currently have a sim 3 wood with a tour ad di 7x shaft it pretty hot off the face and My main concern w a 5 wood would be it going to far especially since I go from 4 iron to 5 wood just wondering if the the sim 2 5 wood is as hot as the sim 

If you have the SIM Ti 3 metal, then I would suggest getting that head as your 5 metal as well.  I love mine as it's my fairway finder off the tee when my driver is off(currently), it's hot like you mentioned and I really love the way it looks.  I have the ZF in my mine and I can get it to launch high when I need to but it always flattens out at it's peak and cuts through the wind pretty well.  

[nitram]

So if the SIM2 5WD proves to be too close to the 3WD why not go to the (GASP) 7WD?