Callaway Epic Max Star woods and irons

Price: $699.99 with UST Mamiya ATTAS Speed RT1100 shaft and Winn Dri-Tac Lite grip.
Specs: Carbon-fiber crown, internal stiffening bars in the titanium chassis, and a moveable titanium sole weight.

Several of the technologies and design features Callaway built into the Epic Speed and Epic Max drivers can be found in the Epic Star, but they have been trimmed down.

The crown is made from triaxial carbon fiber to save weight, and in the back of the sole Callaway added a 9-gram titanium weight that can slide in a track to create a draw or fade bias while boosting the moment of inertia. In the Epic Max, that weight is 16 grams.

The Epic Max Star also has Callaway’s Jailbreak A.I. Speed Frame, a frame-like structure that extends across much of the topline and the leading edge to bond the sole and crown together. It stiffens the titanium head both vertically and horizontally, so the energy that would have been lost in the head’s deformation at impact can be redirected into the shot.

The Epic Max Star comes standard with a UST Mamiya ATTAS Speed RT1100 shaft that weighs just 36 grams – most shafts in drivers weigh 65 grams or more – and a Winn Dri-Tac Lite grip that tips the scales at a scant 25 grams.

Overall, the Epic Max Star is 52 grams lighter than the Epic Max, which should allow golfers to generate more clubhead speed with the same effort, which should translate to more distance off the tee.