By ED TRAVIS
Rounding out the Elyte family from Callaway Golf for 2025 are four iron models falling in either the game-improvement or super game-improvement category, all featuring a design created with the use of artificial intelligence.
Fast Facts
All Elyte Family Irons
Cast chrome plated heads
Hollow construction filled with urethane microspheres
Ai10x Face variable thickness
Pre-Sale: Jan 17, 2025
At retail: Feb.7, 2025
Price: six club set $900
Elyte Irons
Game-improvement category
Stock lofts: 5-iron 22°, pitching wedge 42°
Stock shafts: True Temper Vector, True Temper Project X Denali Charcoal
Stock grip: Lamkin Crossline
Elyte HL (High Launch) Irons
Super game-improvement category
Stock lofts: 5-iron 23°, pitching wedge 43°
Stock shafts: KBS Max 80, True Temper Project X Denali Charcoal
Stock grip: Lamkin Crossline
Elyte X Irons
Game-improvement category
Stock lofts: 5-iron 21°, pitching wedge 41°
Stock shafts: True Temper Vector, True Temper Project X Denali Charcoal
Stock grip: Lamkin Crossline
Elyte Max Fast Irons
Super game-improvement category
Stock lofts: 5-iron 23°, pitching wedge 43°
Stock shafts: Mitsubishi Vanquish PL
Stock grip: Win Dri-Tac 2.0
WYNTK
For the new Elyte family irons Callaway took the same approach as with the drivers of the line, namely creating a series of similar models with variations targeted at specific skill levels of players.
The Elyte standard model is for recreational players having average to fast swing speeds looking for a mid-launch, low spin iron. Elyte HL (High Launch) is best suited for golfers with slower to average swing speed and who can probably benefit from higher launch and mid-level spin.
Elyte X is a larger profile cavity-back for added forgiveness plus makes use of increased offset and a wider sole giving a high launch low spin for average to fast swing speeds. Elyte Max Fast is designed for slower swinging players, and they produce a high launch higher spin shot. Construction components such as shaft and grip are lightweight to facilitate more swing speed.
Callaway is also saying their new Ai10x Face delivers 10 times more control points than the Ai Smart Face of last year which will help with both spin and direction when impact isn’t exactly in the center of the face.
Elyte’s hollow Speed Frame construction was first seen in the 2023 Paradym irons and helps produce more ball speed with significant amount of vibration dampening from the urethane microspheres packed into the interior.
We think everyone will like the all-new tri-sole design with three separate and distinct sections to improve turf interaction. The leading edge is sharper for smooth entry into the turf and the trailing edge has a chamfer that allows for easier exit while the mid-section aids forgiveness by restricting the amount the iron can dig in. Soles with three different grind angles are often seen on better-player irons and it’s well-known tour players grind the leading edge of their wedges and short irons to get the sole through the turf more efficiently
