Advanced Face and Weight Design
Under the crown, the Elyte uses the same “Ai 10x Face” technology introduced in the Elyte driver line: a highly engineered face designed to deliver consistent ball speed and launch across a wide hitting area. That means heel, toe or low-face strikes lose less performance than older fairway woods — a big plus for golfers who don’t hit the sweet spot every time.

Complementing the face is a Tungsten Speed Wave design — a 35-gram weight positioned low and slightly forward behind the face. This helps lower the centre of gravity for easier launch, and it preserves ball speed even on off-centre contact.

Together, those two features mean the Elyte isn’t just about big carry numbers — it’s about repeatable, playable performance across a variety of lies and strike qualities.

Improved Turf Interaction: Step Sole + Forgiving Profile
One of the challenges with fairway woods has always been turf interaction: hitting from the fairway, tight lies or light rough can punish a poor sole design — but Elyte addresses this with a new “Step Sole.” This sole geometry ensures that less of the club drags through turf, especially on shallow swings or longer approaches, improving consistency from the deck. 

That, combined with a relatively shallow, confidence-inspiring head shape, gives the Elyte fairway woods a “get-in-the-air and stay in play” feel that many players find reassuring. As one tester put it: even when striking low on the face or from less-than-perfect lies, the club “still felt like a fairway-finding weapon.”

Launch, Ball Speed and Spin — Balanced and Playable
Callaway describe the Elyte fairway as delivering a “mid-high launch with low to mid spin, neutral flight” — which appears to match what testers found on launch monitors.

That balance is important: too much spin or too low a launch can make fairway woods hard to control; too little forgiveness or spin can make them unreliable. With Elyte, the design seems tuned for carry, consistency and flexibility — whether off the tee, from the fairway, or out of light rough.