Callaway Warbird Golf Club Set Review 2023
Buying a beginner set of golf clubs comes with it’s fair share of pitfalls. You don’t want to go too cheap and get a set that doesn’t last a single season.
On the other hand, you don’t want to overspend on a bunch of features you don’t need as a beginner.
If you are in the market for a good beginner’s set of golf clubs allow us to demystify one of the most popular sets on the market: the Callaway Warbird set.
Callaway Warbird
“The Callaway Warbird golf club set is perfect for the casual golfer or any high handicappers looking to lower their score”
The Callaway Warbird golf club set includes a driver, a 3 wood, a 3 hybrid, irons 4-9, a sand wedge, pitching wedge and a putter.
Your purchase will also include a premium cart bag with top divider to secure all the clubs in the set. There are also head covers for the woods and putter. This is a good package for the price point of this set which, is about $300.
Our initial reaction to this set was that it would provide a good foundation for players just starting with the game. The driver is a very generous 460CC set to 10.5 degrees.
The 3 wood is perimeter weighted which, is nice because it increases the MOI of the club and enhances forgiveness.
The 3 hybrid is nice and lightweight with a graphite shaft. It provides good gapping between your woods and irons.
The irons are very forgiving with their pronounced offset and cavity backs. You get great distance from the long irons especially.
The putter is perhaps the most impressive club in a set this affordable. It allows for spot-on accuracy and roll control.
“Our overall assessment of the Callaway Warbirds is that they will fit the bill for beginners but won’t offer much for mid to low handicappers.”
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Callaway Warbird Golf Club Set
Category – Beginners / Game Improvement Golf Club Set
Callaway Warbird – Whats In The Bag
The Callaway Warbird Set Includes The Following Clubs:
Driver, 3 Wood, 3 Hybrid, Irons 4-9, Pitching Wedge, Sand Wedge 3 Head Covers, Premium Cart Bag and a Putter.
Callaway Warbird – First Impressions & Club Breakdowns
Initially, you can tell the warbirds are going to be lightweight and congenial for new players.
The heads are oversized which, gives them a more comforting appearance for high handicappers. They are a good combination of distance and forgiveness.
Driver
The driver is set to 10.5 degrees so it offers a mid to high launch trajectory.
More important however is the generous sweet spot that produces straight shots even on less than accurate drives.
The shaft is lightweight and provides enough flex to up the ball speed for players with slow swing speeds.
3 Wood
The 3 wood feels nicely balanced: light enough to be weildy in the hands but hefty enough to put some oomph behind your shots.
The sole is also nice and wide to inspire confidence in players not used to woods.
3 Hybrid
The hybrid that comes in the Warbird set offers a good amount of flex.
This will help beginners push the ball further and increase ball speed. Overall, this is a great club to help you warm up to using your longer irons.
Irons
The Warbird set comes with irons 4-9. They are all cavity back irons to help with distance and forgiveness.
One of the nicest features of these irons however, is that they feature progressive offset.
As the irons become trickier to square up with as you move onto the shorter ones, these irons make it easier to produce accurate shots.
Wedges
The great thing about the pitching and sand wedge is that they both have deep undercut channels.
This will help beginners launch the ball higher in the air so their shots will stop dead on the green.
They also feature perimeter weighting and the progressive iron offset extends to these wedges as well.
Putter
Last but not least, you get a super high-quality Odyssey 330 putter. This is a half mallet type putter and it features a urethane insert to enhance feel and roll control.
Callaway Warbird Selling Points
- Great for anyone new to the game
- The price is very affordable
- You get a premium putter in a bargain golf club set
- The irons and wedges produce high arcing shots
- Good overall short game performance from a beginner set
- They feature a lightweight construction congenial to beginners and high handicappers
Callaway Warbird Cons
- The driver produces a rather shallow launch angle
- The irons don’t allow for dynamic shot shaping
- It does not come with a stand bag
- The driver doesn’t produce a great sound
Who is the Callaway Warbird Set for?
Callaway makes no secret that the Warbird set is for beginners and high handicappers. It offers a good mix of forgiveness, distance and to our surprise, short game accuracy.
So this is definitely a set that can grow with you (to a certain degree) as your game gets better.
The Callaway Warbird Golf Club set is available in both steel and graphite shafts. You can also choose from regular or stiff flex options.
The grips are standard yet comfortable Callaway grips.
Distance: 92/100
Accuracy: 94/100
Forgiveness: 92/100
Control and Feel: 87/100
Value: 91/100
Overall Score: 92/100
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Aidan Lehane here, I’m a Mid-low handicap golfer who has made tremendous progress in breaking 90 in just over 1 year of playing golf seriously.
I get out to the course or range as often as possible and review all the equipment I’ve come across on this blog.
