Price
$450
TaylorMade Qi4D Tour
Price
$450
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Why We Like It
- Designed for skilled players with above average swing speeds, the Qi4D Tour’s compact shape and internal weighting (low and forward) deliver high-energy transfer with ultra-low spin.
- A lightweight carbon-crown and a full titanium body and face save mass for a 60-gram block of tungsten low in the forward part of the sole to push the center of gravity lower and more forward than in Qi35 Tour.
- This lower center of gravity means this model features slightly higher measured lofts than the Qi35 Tour for higher launch while maintaining lower spin.
- Three sole weights (a 15 gram and two four grams) can adjust for draws and fades in a TaylorMade fairway wood for the first time since 2007. The 15-gram weight in the back pushes launch higher and adds forgiveness. Shifting the 15-gram weight to the toe protects against a hook, and to the heel minimizes a slice.
- The sole channel, which helps the face flex on lower impacts, now extends farther toward the toe for even more speed on toe-side strikes.
- The adjustable hosel tweaks loft by plus/minus 2 degrees, extending the overall loft range of the line from 13 to 23 degrees.
- Top 5 in Look, low- and high-handicaps
- 15, 18, 21 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel)
what our testers said
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COMMENT SUMMARY
Hot List testers noted a penetrating, mid-to-high launch with unusually low spin and exceptional distance—ball explodes off the face, carries far and rolls out well. The minimalist matte‑gray/all‑black carbon head inspires confidence; sound and impact feel are powerful and energetic. It’s very workable with strong adjustability, tight dispersion and forgiving center strikes, plus a sharp descent for approach shots. One caveat: it rewards high clubhead speed and can be less forgiving for slower swingers.
Summaries generated from tester comments with the assistance of AI.
COMMENT SUMMARY
Hot List panelists observed technology on the sole stabilizes toe/heel strikes and produces pure, high-speed center hits with excellent feedback. The small, very workable head lets players shape shots—high draws or movement both ways—while delivering low spin for wind-fighting and rollout. Launch depended on the player: best for high clubhead speeds (very low-launch/low-spin) though some achieved mid‑high launch and lots of distance. One caveat: it can be demanding off the turf and will punish misses.
Summaries generated from tester comments with the assistance of AI.
COMMENT SUMMARY
Hot List panelists observed a consistently long, penetrating high launch with notably low spin and plenty of roll—explosive ball speed off a minimalist, all‑black carbon head. The club felt light, swift, and highly energetic at impact; adjustability helped with turning it over. Testers praised forgiveness, reliable turf performance from tighter lies, a balanced (non‑distracting) sound, and a clean modern look. One caveat: a few experienced “moon shots” that were hard to bring down on rare swings.
Summaries generated from tester comments with the assistance of AI.
COMMENT SUMMARY
Hot List testers noted a confident, matted‑gray look with a clean alignment aid, a stable, beefy feel and a powerful, very pleasing sound. It consistently delivered notable launch, penetrating mid flight and strong length once dialed in; the sweet spot felt obvious and the head allowed precise workability and ball‑flight control. It initially plays heavy but performs, and while off‑center strikes produced extra sidespin and lower launch, they still held good distance.
Summaries generated from tester comments with the assistance of AI.
Matt
53, Handicap 11
4 years testing
Lower, more piercing ball flight. Ball seemed to explode off the face. The club gives a more enjoyable sense at impact—it's not too soft or firm. There's a little bit more forgiveness, which led to consistently straight shots.
Skylar
27, Handicap 7
3 years testing
It's pretty simplistic in terms of the aesthetic of the club. It looks like a hybrid with light carbon fiber on top.
Ryan
50, Handicap 10
8 years testing
When the face meets the ball, it's going for a ride and it's not landing anytime soon. I was able to reach back and pull as much distance out of it as I wanted. It quickly got on its intended line, stayed there, and then rolled out to my desired distance.
Ricky
47, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
You have to put the work in on this club. It's not as easy to get off the ground. It's going to let you know when you miss it. But the feedback was good, and the center strikes are just pure.
Aaron
45, Handicap 16
1 year testing
I thought I wasn't going to like it because it was fairly heavy, but once I started hitting it, it performed very well. I enjoyed the launch angle. I thought that it came off nicely and had a very powerful aspect to it. The sweet spot was very apparent.
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Matt
53, Handicap 11
4 years testing
Lower, more piercing ball flight. Ball seemed to explode off the face. The club gives a more enjoyable sense at impact—it's not too soft or firm. There's a little bit more forgiveness, which led to consistently straight shots.
Skylar
27, Handicap 7
3 years testing
It's pretty simplistic in terms of the aesthetic of the club. It looks like a hybrid with light carbon fiber on top.
Ryan
50, Handicap 10
8 years testing
When the face meets the ball, it's going for a ride and it's not landing anytime soon. I was able to reach back and pull as much distance out of it as I wanted. It quickly got on its intended line, stayed there, and then rolled out to my desired distance.
Ricky
47, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
You have to put the work in on this club. It's not as easy to get off the ground. It's going to let you know when you miss it. But the feedback was good, and the center strikes are just pure.
Aaron
45, Handicap 16
1 year testing
I thought I wasn't going to like it because it was fairly heavy, but once I started hitting it, it performed very well. I enjoyed the launch angle. I thought that it came off nicely and had a very powerful aspect to it. The sweet spot was very apparent.
Scott
38, Handicap 16
10+ years testing
The off-center strikes, I didn't lose a lot of distance but I definitely felt a lot more sidespin. It was low to start and just stayed on the lower side, it didn't balloon. It was penetrating, but I still felt like it got a lot of distance.
BK
42, Handicap 2
10+ years testing
A lot of speed across the face. I got a mid-high launch with a controllable amount of spin. A high draw off the deck is doable with this club, and I know a lot of golfers who would want that.
Wayne
61, Handicap 7
3 years testing
A well-performing club and very consistent. I was able to launch the ball from a tighter lie fairly quickly and get the ball up higher than my normal shot without sacrificing much distance. It had a sharp descent angle and doesn't roll out much for those long shots into greens.
Wei
55, Handicap 14
10+ years testing
I really like the way it sits behind the ball. I really like the matted-gray finish. Overall, it looks powerful and ready for a fight. The sound was powerful, just very, very pleasing to the ear. I really enjoyed being able to work the ball. I felt like I had complete control over the ball flight.
Jason
49, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
All the technology that you can see on the bottom of the face does a great job controlling toe or heel contact.
Gary
38, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
I did like the the way it jumped off the face but the sound still was a little more muted, quietly confident. The ball had a nice rising trajectory and I produced soft fades all the time. You felt all of the club working through impact.
Andrew
40, Handicap 8
1 year testing
It carried super far with a higher ball flight that wasn't spinny. Then the landing was awesome, too. I would feel comfortable hitting this.
Wesley
31, Handicap 4
3 years testing
This is definitely a club for a player with high clubhead speed. It's a player's 3-wood, very workable. It can move it both ways with ease.
Robert
29, Handicap +2
2 years testing
Being someone who hits down on the ball a bit more, I really like the thump through the ground and how even when I hit down on the ball a little bit more than normal, it still reacted in the air properly. It didn't overspin or anything like that. Tons of distance.
Ryan
47, Handicap 12
3 years testing
The look of this one really inspired confidence—nice and clean. Love the alignment aid, really simple and helpful. There's a stable feel to it and nice energy through the ball. Middle flight and penetrating. I felt like I could really work it in the air. Also, I could get after it and not lose the ball.
Todd
62, Handicap 13
1 year testing
Once I dialed this club in, it delivered length and launch angle and consistent results. It was solid and confidence building, and it had a great sound coming off the tee and off the turf—a club you could fall in love with pretty quickly.
Paul
64, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
Much lower spin, more boring through the air, even for the 5-wood. My distance was exceptional. It's not something super light or overly heavy. Impact was powerful.
Shane
37, Handicap 12
6 years testing
Everything came together on the good hits like speed, launch and low spin.
Alejandra
27, Handicap 6
5 years testing
It feels like it gives you that extra boost or magic that you're looking for in a fairway wood. It was very rewarding in terms of distance. It has a well-balanced sound without being distracting. If anything, you wouldn't notice it.
Sean
54, Handicap 6
9 years testing
Moon shots! I couldn't get the ball down.
Jamie
52, Handicap 7
3 years testing
The all-black head just cradles the ball so well. It goes off like a missile, very penetrating ball flight and a bunch of yards after it comes down. Pretty low spin. It just feels amazing. Feels like I'm getting just a ton of energy behind the ball.
Thomas
61, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
I liked the matte gray and deeper black head with a hint of carbon underneath it. I thought that was really cool, and you can tell by hitting it that it's a full carbon head. It delivered a great high launch. The distance was good, but it was a rare occasion where I was able to make good, clean contact.
Alan
31, Handicap 3
2 years testing
This is a great club for a high-launch player. Comes off low with low spin. It's great for wind or getting some rollout. It has a small-profile head, too.
Daniel
34, Handicap 11
6 years testing
There's a lot you can do with this club in terms of adjustability, so the upright setting made the club easier to turn over. A very dynamic feel at impact. It felt very light, swift, and I had a lot of energy transfer. It's a slightly higher ball flight, but it wasn't to the point where I was losing any distance.
Peter
58, Handicap 8
10+ years testing
I think it's a beautiful head, very minimalist, but also very modern looking. I found it had a pretty consistent medium trajectory and produced a fairly straight ball.
Jin
30, Handicap 10
2 years testing
Very consistent. Ball flight is great. It's high, but it's not that spinny,—it's more penetrating, and I get a lot of run from it. It's perfect for my game because I tend to hit a 3-wood off the tee mostly.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
I love the clean look of the 3-wood. Right off the bat, you feel like it's easy to hit. Off the tee, I was able to pound it. The ball speed was incredible. The ball feels super fast off the face. When you look at the numbers, it matches what you saw—great ball speed, low spin.
Jack
36, Handicap 1
3 years testing
Very low launch. Definitely designed for someone with a very fast swing speed.
Matt
53, Handicap 11
4 years testing
Lower, more piercing ball flight. Ball seemed to explode off the face. The club gives a more enjoyable sense at impact—it's not too soft or firm. There's a little bit more forgiveness, which led to consistently straight shots.
Ryan
50, Handicap 10
8 years testing
When the face meets the ball, it's going for a ride and it's not landing anytime soon. I was able to reach back and pull as much distance out of it as I wanted. It quickly got on its intended line, stayed there, and then rolled out to my desired distance.
Aaron
45, Handicap 16
1 year testing
I thought I wasn't going to like it because it was fairly heavy, but once I started hitting it, it performed very well. I enjoyed the launch angle. I thought that it came off nicely and had a very powerful aspect to it. The sweet spot was very apparent.
Scott
38, Handicap 16
10+ years testing
The off-center strikes, I didn't lose a lot of distance but I definitely felt a lot more sidespin. It was low to start and just stayed on the lower side, it didn't balloon. It was penetrating, but I still felt like it got a lot of distance.
Wei
55, Handicap 14
10+ years testing
I really like the way it sits behind the ball. I really like the matted-gray finish. Overall, it looks powerful and ready for a fight. The sound was powerful, just very, very pleasing to the ear. I really enjoyed being able to work the ball. I felt like I had complete control over the ball flight.
Gary
38, Handicap 13
10+ years testing
I did like the the way it jumped off the face but the sound still was a little more muted, quietly confident. The ball had a nice rising trajectory and I produced soft fades all the time. You felt all of the club working through impact.
Ryan
47, Handicap 12
3 years testing
The look of this one really inspired confidence—nice and clean. Love the alignment aid, really simple and helpful. There's a stable feel to it and nice energy through the ball. Middle flight and penetrating. I felt like I could really work it in the air. Also, I could get after it and not lose the ball.
Todd
62, Handicap 13
1 year testing
Once I dialed this club in, it delivered length and launch angle and consistent results. It was solid and confidence building, and it had a great sound coming off the tee and off the turf—a club you could fall in love with pretty quickly.
Shane
37, Handicap 12
6 years testing
Everything came together on the good hits like speed, launch and low spin.
Daniel
34, Handicap 11
6 years testing
There's a lot you can do with this club in terms of adjustability, so the upright setting made the club easier to turn over. A very dynamic feel at impact. It felt very light, swift, and I had a lot of energy transfer. It's a slightly higher ball flight, but it wasn't to the point where I was losing any distance.
Jin
30, Handicap 10
2 years testing
Very consistent. Ball flight is great. It's high, but it's not that spinny,—it's more penetrating, and I get a lot of run from it. It's perfect for my game because I tend to hit a 3-wood off the tee mostly.
Skylar
27, Handicap 7
3 years testing
It's pretty simplistic in terms of the aesthetic of the club. It looks like a hybrid with light carbon fiber on top.
Wayne
61, Handicap 7
3 years testing
A well-performing club and very consistent. I was able to launch the ball from a tighter lie fairly quickly and get the ball up higher than my normal shot without sacrificing much distance. It had a sharp descent angle and doesn't roll out much for those long shots into greens.
Andrew
40, Handicap 8
1 year testing
It carried super far with a higher ball flight that wasn't spinny. Then the landing was awesome, too. I would feel comfortable hitting this.
Paul
64, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
Much lower spin, more boring through the air, even for the 5-wood. My distance was exceptional. It's not something super light or overly heavy. Impact was powerful.
Alejandra
27, Handicap 6
5 years testing
It feels like it gives you that extra boost or magic that you're looking for in a fairway wood. It was very rewarding in terms of distance. It has a well-balanced sound without being distracting. If anything, you wouldn't notice it.
Sean
54, Handicap 6
9 years testing
Moon shots! I couldn't get the ball down.
Jamie
52, Handicap 7
3 years testing
The all-black head just cradles the ball so well. It goes off like a missile, very penetrating ball flight and a bunch of yards after it comes down. Pretty low spin. It just feels amazing. Feels like I'm getting just a ton of energy behind the ball.
Thomas
61, Handicap 7
10+ years testing
I liked the matte gray and deeper black head with a hint of carbon underneath it. I thought that was really cool, and you can tell by hitting it that it's a full carbon head. It delivered a great high launch. The distance was good, but it was a rare occasion where I was able to make good, clean contact.
Peter
58, Handicap 8
10+ years testing
I think it's a beautiful head, very minimalist, but also very modern looking. I found it had a pretty consistent medium trajectory and produced a fairly straight ball.
Anand
43, Handicap 6
10+ years testing
I love the clean look of the 3-wood. Right off the bat, you feel like it's easy to hit. Off the tee, I was able to pound it. The ball speed was incredible. The ball feels super fast off the face. When you look at the numbers, it matches what you saw—great ball speed, low spin.
Ricky
47, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
You have to put the work in on this club. It's not as easy to get off the ground. It's going to let you know when you miss it. But the feedback was good, and the center strikes are just pure.
BK
42, Handicap 2
10+ years testing
A lot of speed across the face. I got a mid-high launch with a controllable amount of spin. A high draw off the deck is doable with this club, and I know a lot of golfers who would want that.
Jason
49, Handicap 0
10+ years testing
All the technology that you can see on the bottom of the face does a great job controlling toe or heel contact.
Wesley
31, Handicap 4
3 years testing
This is definitely a club for a player with high clubhead speed. It's a player's 3-wood, very workable. It can move it both ways with ease.
Robert
29, Handicap +2
2 years testing
Being someone who hits down on the ball a bit more, I really like the thump through the ground and how even when I hit down on the ball a little bit more than normal, it still reacted in the air properly. It didn't overspin or anything like that. Tons of distance.
Alan
31, Handicap 3
2 years testing
This is a great club for a high-launch player. Comes off low with low spin. It's great for wind or getting some rollout. It has a small-profile head, too.
Jack
36, Handicap 1
3 years testing
Very low launch. Definitely designed for someone with a very fast swing speed.
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TaylorMade Qi4D Tour
The Titanium Qi4D Tour fairway is designed for golfers who seek the ultimate weapon to conquer long par 5s and to thread the needle of the narrowest of tee shots.
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Golf Galaxy
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Hot List Silver
$400
This compact, low-spin model targets better players with above-average swing speeds who like to work the ball off the tee.
The multi-material head includes a 6-4 titanium body, a high-strength, lightweight 8-1-1 titanium face insert and a weight-saving carbon-composite crown.
An 80-gram tungsten weight pad pushes the center of gravity low and forward to decrease spin and increase energy transfer at impact.
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Dynapower Carbon
$430
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Golf Galaxy
GD SCORE
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Hot List Silver
$430
Designed with better players in mind, this model offers the lowest spin in Wilson’s fairway-wood lineup.
The thin carbon-composite crown lightens the head’s mass at the top and helps shift the center of gravity toward the bottom for reduced spin.
The variable-thickness face used AI analysis that considered thousands of permutations to optimize distance, launch and off-center performance.
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Dynapower Max
$380
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Golf Galaxy
GD SCORE
GD HOT LIST SCORE
Hot List Silver
$380
The Max is larger front to back and has a shallower face than the Dynapower Carbon. This should appeal to golfers looking for easier launch and forgiveness on mis-hits.
The variable-thickness face used AI analysis to consider thousands of permutations to optimize distance, launch and performance on off-center hits.
The variable-thickness crown includes four sections that are thinner than a credit card to save weight that’s relocated in the sole to optimize spin and increase launch.