FAIRWAYS
The EQ1-NX Fairway Woods represent the most unique and versatile fairway wood design ever created through a greatly expanded internal weight addition capability to allow custom assembly to achieve a fairway wood single length or to be played at conventional fairway wood lengths.
Features:
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Each EQ-1-NX fairway wood head is produced with the ability to add up to a maximum of 30g to achieve normal swingweights at a 40” to 41”single length to complement the EQ1-NX single length irons and hybrids
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Natural head weight spec of each EQ1-NX fairway wood head also allows assembly to conventional wood lengths of #3(42”-43”), #4(41.5”-42.5”), #5(41”-42”), #7(40”-41”). Any length in between 40” and conventional fairway wood lengths is also capable for an even wider range of fitting options
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High COR thin high strength steel face design
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Available in #3(15*) #4(17*), #5(19*), #7(21*) in both RH and LH. For single length use we recommend a set makeup of #3/#5 for better ball strikers or players with a driver clubhead speed over 95mph and a set makeup of #4/#7 for average players or any golfers with a driver clubhead speed under 95mph
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The four different weight bores allow for maintaining the best CG position low and center located, as well as to be able to increase the trajectory with the new twin rear sole weight bores
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Each EQ1-NX fairway is shipped with 2 x 6g and 2 x 9g weights included to make it more economical when building to match the EQ1 single length irons
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The spec lie angle of 60* for each EQ1-NX fairway wood is created for assembly to the single length option between 40” and 41”. EQ1-NX fairway woods are capable of being bent up to 2° to allow proper lie fitting when assembled to conventional fairway wood lengths
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Hi Tom, I have the eq1nx single length iron set at 38.5″ with stiff project x flighted steel shafts. I am hitting my 4 hybrid about 210 on average (total distance) and am enjoying that club a lot. I hit it much better than my taylormade woods. I’d like to have some options I like better for shots longer than 215-220. I would love to have something with a similar build and feel to my 4hybrid, but that can fill a couple of distance gaps above it, do you think I should try these woods at 40″? Or would something… Read more »
Shawn Sorry for the delay in responding to your question. Based on what you said, it sounds like you could try the fwy woods at 40″ to see if they would fit the bill for your needs with the gap, but there is one thing I need to caution you on that would be important to the possible outcome. Right now if you have your irons at 38.5″ with steel PX shafts, they have to be very heavy total weight wise due to the steel shaft and longer length, AND they have to be quite high in swingweight, due to… Read more »
I’m due to do a full bag EQ1-NX fitting with Jeff Hatton for my Birthday and have a question about set makeup for future proofing as I get older. I currently have a 99mph Driver swing and my 8 iron is my 155-165 yard club, I’m conscious that I’m probably going to start to lose speed now as I turn 53, I was wondering whether I should already look at the 4w, 7w, 5h and 6i-LW. I’ve read this being the advice for sub 95mph Driver so I’m thinking ahead to make things easier in the future 🤔. I’m looking… Read more »
Greg 53 is still young with regard to sustaining clubhead speed. I didn’t start to lose speed until I hit mid to later 60s. So if you keep yourself in reasonable shape and exercise a bit, you should not see any appreciable drop in speed until you approach your 60s. And then I strongly recommend pursuing one of the valid swing speed training programs as you age. They do work if you commit to the discipline of them. Now as to the set makeup question, the other factor involved with clubhead speed on the set makeup decision is your playing… Read more »
Hi Tom I have the eqnx 4w/7w and the eqnx 4h and 6h. Couple of questions. I have used them for two years and the distances are starting to level out into fairly consistent gapping. That much said for the 7W/4h/6h I seem to have some challenges. First is the distance between the 4h and 7w supposed to be that tight? I find the 7W and 4h for me is not much of distance change, but rather a flight change as the 7W has a little more loft than the 4h. Also would a 5h be the best choice to… Read more »
IAN For most golfers, even though the club length difference between a 7w and 4h would be significant, the fact the lofts are so close (20* on the 4h and 21* on the 7w) would mean the shot distances could be pretty close. That’s because loft for most golfers is 85% of the reason for whatever distance you achieve with a club. Club length is the other 15%. And unless you have a very late release, that 15% drops a little less. Then for the gap between 4H and 6H, yes, I would think the 5H would be the answer.… Read more »
Hi Tom,
My EQ!-NX irons are being built by Geoff Waldon in Australia as I write to you. He says hello. I’m going to order the 3FW at 14deg, 5FW at 18deg and 7FW at 22deg to complement my irons and give me options for ball flight and shot shape at 41inches. I’m interested in the spin rates. My swing speed at that length will be around 100mph. Driver speed is currently 110mph to 115mph at 45 inches. Should I fit a low spin shaft to these woods? Any advice?
Kent I’m very pleased to hear that you are working with Geoff. And even more pleased to know that Geoff is still working in clubmaking! By all means, please give him my best. I can’t give you shaft fitting advice because I cannot see your swing and ball flight to have as references to make a recommendation. That’s something that Geoff can help you with far better than me because he is, I assume, near enough to you to be able to see and analyze the key shaft fitting swing elements of clubhead speed, angle of attack, downswing tempo, point… Read more »
Hi Tom,
I’m going to build an entire set of EQ1-NX clubs. I’d like to build the fairway woods at 41″ and I was thinking of building 3,5,and 7woods with adjusted loft to maintain a 4° increment in loft. Could that work with 38.5 inch irons from 5 – SW, and how would you weight the woods to be all the same head weight?
Thanks in advance from Australia.
KENT The EQ1 wood heads are made with 4 separate weight bores so clubmakers can add up to as much as 30g of weight to the head if needed. Building the woods much shorter or all at single length is the biggest reason for the greater weight addition capability. As clubs are made shorter the head weight has to be heavier to make the clubs end up at normal or reasonable ranges of swingweight in the assembly. But when you are talking about making clubs in a set LONGER, such as all the irons at 38.5″, that becomes a real… Read more »
Hi Tom,
I’m looking to have a 4 wood and 7 wood built. In looking at the EQ1-NX woods and the 927 HS woods, I noticed that the bulge and roll of the two differ with the bulge and roll of the EQ1s being the same as the 929 HS woods. Would you explain the bulge and roll differences between the two models and discuss who might be a better fit for either? Thanks.
Bill In looking back at the bulge/roll specs of the 929 and EQ1 woods, the only one that is different is the 929-5 with its 14″ bulge vs the EQ-5 with its 15″ bulge. The bulge and roll for each of the other woods in both sets are the same. And believe me, a 1″ bulge radius difference is truly insignificant. Bulge differences in woods only begin to have any effect when the difference is 2″ or more. And that difference is subtle and only even begins to show up for shots hit WAY off toward the toe or heel… Read more »
Tom, I am comparing the EQ1 and 927 HS fairway woods. I plan to get fit for a 4 wood and a 7 wood with one of these heads. Could you explain the differences in the Bulge and Roll specs of the respective heads and who might benefit from each? Thanks.
Bill Between the EQ and 927 woods, the only bulge difference is in the 7 wood where it is 16″ for the EQ and 15″ for the 927. That 1″ difference is insignificant and I only did that to help make things easier and more convenient for the production factory in terms of the post cast bulge adjustment dies that they have to make to ensure consistency with the face radius. For the vertical roll, we just happened to quit using the GRT acronym for the 927 and just say it is a 20″ roll radius. Every wood we have… Read more »
Hi Tom, I’m currently use EQ1 NX 5i-SW iron set, love them. I would like to ask for your opinion on the top of the bag. After a while I switched out 5i to a traditional 9FW to get the 190-200yrds gap as I cant seem to get the 5i launch up with the 8i length. I have a reliable 3 hybrid (19°) with length of 40.5 which I can hit around 210-220 yrd. Then it’s my driver which deliver around 250-260 carry. My question is, im looking to add a 3 wood in my set to fit the gap.… Read more »
ADI About 5-6 years ago I began to experiment a lot with shorter length fairway woods. Common standard lengths of fwy woods has in my opinion been much too long. Most companies make their 3w clubs to be at least 43.5″ in playing length and for the vast majority of golfers, that length for a club that has a head with only 15-16* loft is too difficult to hit consistently solid for shots off a normal fairway lie. That is the reason why I have begun to design all my newer fwy wood head models with multiple weight bores on… Read more »
Can I order a 7wood head only at 61 degree lie angle?
Colton The std lie spec for the EQ1 #7-w is 60* and the body and hosel of the head, like all my fwys and hybrids, is made from a steel alloy that is bendable for lie and face angle. So you can get a 61* lie by either, 1) ordering the head from Diamond Golf to be hand picked for a 61* lie, 2) ask Diamond to bend it to 61* lie before they ship it, 3) if you have a suitable L/L bending machine with a fwy wood/hybrid clamping apparatus and you have bending experience, you could do the… Read more »
Hello Tom,
I have to be “that guy” and ask if a 9-wood with about 25° loft is in the plans for those of us (myself included) with lower swing speeds. Of course I don’t have access to any sales numbers to know if that is economically feasible.
Failing that, I don’t see any other 9-woods in the current Wishon lineup. Do you have any recommendations to add a 9-wood (either historical Wishon or other) at single length to complement the 4- and 7-woods?
BRENT Count me as someone who would vote today to add a 9w to one of the fwy wood lines. But in my semi retired state these days, I don’t have the last word on stuff like that. In fact, the last word really comes from the clubmakers in the form of “will they buy enough of a model to enable it to stay in the line.” We used to have a 9w in two past fwy wood models but in both cases was eventually dropped because not nearly enough clubmakers bought it to enable it to stay in the… Read more »
Tom count me in on adding a 9 wood to the single length line up
Hi Tom, I have a 5-LW set of EQ1-NX irons that I’m enjoying. Currently I’m playing them at stock dimensions and angles but I’d like to go for a fitting soon. One of your charts indicates that at my height and WTF measurements (hair under 5’6″ and 31″ WTF) I should be playing -0.5″ in length and 2 degrees flatter in lie angle. If I bend all my irons -2 lie angle, would I want to be matching the lie angle of the fairway woods to match? Or does the lie angle matter less in woods? Also, can the new… Read more »
BRIAN Every height/WTF chart ever made, no matter whose, can only be considered to be a starting point for determining the final length and lie of irons for a player. Those length and lie conclusions for each combination of height and WTF assume that the player is setting up with a very normal posture and has a relatively normal position with regard to posture and body position through the ball. When the golfer deviates from the norms by bending/crouching or standing much more upright/erect to the ball, OR, when they do not achieve a reasonably normal impact position posture wise,… Read more »
I am playing with a 4 and 7 fairway wood set mackup and would like to add to it. Is it possible to bend a 3 wood to 15° And a 7 wood to 25°? I am trying to keep a 4° difference in between each club. I have never been able to hit fairway woods in my life until I Purchased your clubs. Now I hit my 2 fairway woods better than my irons off the deck. By the way I also play the EQ1NX irons.
DAN Bear with me here as I try to explain the pros and cons of trying to bend a wood or hybrid hosel to change loft. Theoretically it is possible to do that, but once you do the bend of the hosel, to have that bend turn into an actual loft change, you must never rest the wood on the ground in the address position before starting the swing or the potential bend for loft change turns into a bend for face angle change which makes the wood point either right or left in he address position. What you have… Read more »
Thank you for that well explained answer. While I am trying to keep my clubs all matching, do you make any fairway woods in the lofts that I am looking for? Maybe a (2 )wood at 13° or an (8) wood at 25°. I’m sure that you see what I’m trying to do. Getting a stock 3,4,5 and 7 wood would be too close together in lofts.
DAN
I never designed the EQ1 fwy woods with the intent that any golfer would own all four of them in his set. Better players or players with higher clubhead speeds would be encouraged to have a 3, 5 set makeup while those less skilled or with avg to slower speeds would be better off with a set makeup of 4, 7 in the EQ woods.
TOM
Tom, First off, THANK YOU for changing my golfing life with your thoughtfully designed and high quality clubs! Overall, I have never hit the ball better. I have so much confidence over the ball these days thanks to your work. I have the EQ1-NX in 5i-LW at 36.5”, the 4h and 5h at 37”, and the 3w at 40”. I have had the irons for some months now and generally hit them very well, particularly 7i on down. I also LOVE the EQ1 SW! It is incredibly forgiving, even on full shots, and I’ve had absolutely zero problems pitching and… Read more »
Ben Thanks very much for your comments and for your support of what we keep trying to do in our work over the years. Very much appreciated and it is fun to catch the enthusiasm in your comments! FYI, I have been playing single length irons since 2016, starting with the Sterlings, my first generation sgl lgth, and then switching in 2020 to the EQs. With this many years experience with sgl lgth I think I have developed some insights that I can share. First off, it is very difficult for golfers switching to single length to adapt to using… Read more »
Tom, thank you! I will take your thoughts with me to the range! Z
I’d have to say, you were right. I still mishit the hybrids occasionally, but what I’ve found is that several different ball positions within a reasonable range are not the problem. I top
them when I pull up out of the shot/don’t get my weight forward at impact. The clubs are great though! Hit ‘em great when I
Hit ‘em great!
BEN Staying down on the shot is a matter of retaining how much you are bent over at address, through impact as well. Some people key into this by trying to actually watch the clubhead streak through impact before allowing the head to rotate forward and see the target. Some get the feeling that they are looking at the back of the ball, not the top, so you are actually a little more bent over through the swing. And others find that if they make sure the knees are bent and KEPT BENT THROUGH IMPACT ,they can stay down on… Read more »
Tom – what head weight is appropriate for the EQ 5 wood to play at 40 inches ?
Pat That depends entirely on the weight of the shaft, weight of the grip and balance point of the shaft. But for a 40″ 5-w with a 65g shaft and 50g grip, it would take 240 grams of headweight to achieve a D0 swingweight. For each 7g that the shaft is heavier than that, subtract 2g from the headweight. And for each 4g that the grip is heavier than 50g, add 2g to the head weight. With the spec head weight of 218g for the 5w head, that means you would have enough weight addition capability in the 4 different… Read more »
I see that there is a difference of 2° loft and 5g weight between each of the heads, until you get to the 5 & 7 woods and then there is a difference of 2° loft and 10g weight. Why the 10g difference between those two heads? Seems like it would’ve made more sense to make it 222g to keep the weight difference consistent, and then you could also make the set of woods at a longer length like 42″ without having an awkwardly high swing weight.
James
The 2* loft change is there because I do not intend for any golfer to be fit into a full set of 3, 4, 5, 7 woods. I see the set makeup options there as being 3+5 or 4+7. When you think about the wood set makeups that way, the head weight makes more sense. Besides there are 4 weight bores. Four. So you can go as short as you want for more control. And these days I am very big on going with shorter length fwy woods.
TOM
Can the Eq1-NX 4W and 7W be bent to a lie of 62 degrees with a 38″ length to match a set of all 38″ length irons a 5 hybrid one length already? I need 2 more single length clubs to reach 200 & 215 yards respectively “without” sacrificing the uniform single length in the rest of the set. Thanks!
ROB The EQ1 woods wee NOT designed to be built to the same length as the EQ1 single length irons. If the EQ1 woods are desired to be made single length, they are made to THEIR OWN SEPARATE single length, which is typically between 40 to 42″, depending on the clubhead speed, the misdirection problem, and the skill/consistency of the golfer. The higher the golfer clubhead speed and the more misdirection/consistency problems the golfer may have, the closer to 40″ that wood single length could/should be. And the lower the clubhead speed and or the less misdirection/consistency problems the golfer… Read more »
Dear Sir, Thanks for your great blend of knowledge, passion, candor, and humility. Both your designs as well as your continued engagement with the customer base (while displaying the patience of a good teacher) are truly an asset to the sport and very much appreciated by inquisitive golfers everywhere – self included. Now, on to the question. I’m in the final stages of deciding on the top of my bag, having already settled on the EQ1-NX wedges/irons/hybrids for the rest. With room for two fairway woods, I wonder what the overall head volume is on the EQ1-NX offerings, in cc?… Read more »
JON Thanks very much for your kind words about my engagement with the clubmakers and golfers who seek good information about golf clubs. I laugh when I think of the origin of that behavior because it was about 50 yrs ago! I was a very young fledgling club repair person, working as a PGA Asst Pro at a golf course and starting to do club repair to make ends meet, since the asst pro salary was nothing to write home about, much less enough to even have a home!! I had begun to develop a real passion to know everything… Read more »
Sir- It helps a LOT more than a little 🙂 I definitely do struggle with exactly the scenario you described w/ my current 3W. Long shaft, large body, tough to get airborne off of a tight lie in a freshly-shorn fairway (a place I hope to spend a lot more time thanks to the rest of the set). Sounds like “low and wide” is a good recipe for amateur success. I’m 45 y/o, fairly athletic, 5’9″ with a 33.75″ wrist-to-floor. Driver SS 90-95mph and 5i SS 75-80mph, at 90%-95% effort. Rod Van Guilder in Littleton, MA will likely be doing… Read more »
Hi Tom. Have you received good feedback when golfers have made some of your EQ1-NX line into variable lengths for Irons, Hybrids and Woods in this model before?. Im going to get built: OL 8i-LW (6 clubs) because i struggle to make contact from 150 yrds and shorter with every club shorter than a 38″ length. From there its a progressive variable length from 7i (38.5), 6h (39.25), 5h (40), 7w (41), 5w (42), 3w(43). Of course lies will be progressly be flatter too as they get longer in length. Cheers!
ROB Sure thing, I am aware of clubmakers building sets of the EQ to different combinations of lengths. The options really are quite extensive for what you can do with the heads in terms of set makeup and lengths. However when going much longer than what the various heads’ normal lengths can be, you do realize you can run into a situation where the swingweight ends up being quite head heavy feeling. Irons and hybrids like what you describe for lengths on the 7i, 6h and 5h are very likely going to swing weight quite high, even if you were… Read more »
Thats a good point about the 71, 6h and 5h. Can those hybrids be lightened? They already are progressivley lighter to each other?
ROB There really is no good way to remove weight from the heads, other than by grinding. And that would require some skill and experience with the ability to re finish the heads. The spec head weight on all the irons is 275g, +/-3g. You could ask Diamond GOlf to hand select to find the lightest heads possible but at best you would not get them less than 272g. The hybrids are 262g, 269g for the 5h, 6h – same thing there you can ask for lightest weight possible but it won’t be better than -3g from those specs. Using… Read more »
Hey Tom, would be an option to have match the driver to these woods?… essentially making driver and woods the same length, weight, and lie?
Trent You would never want the driver to be as short as you would make the single length of the fairway woods, if you choose to go with a single length wood option. Single length woods could be either 40, 41 or even 42″, depending on the golfer’s skill level and his choice of shaft weight and grip weight. If you make a driver that short, ou would see a deffinite drop in clubhead speed, and from that, a definite drop in distance. Also, with the driver you would find it almost impossible to achieve a normal swingweight at 40,… Read more »
Where can I purchase Wishon clubs? I live in central Florida and no one carry’s them or heard of them. I’m a left handed lady
Hi Ginger,
You can use our Find a Clubfitter map to find a club fitter near you in Florida.
A few recommendations:
Golffixer, LLC – Vero Beach, FL
golffixer@gmail.com
(561) 818-7556
Pin High’s Future LLC – Brooksville, FL
pinhighent@outlook.com
(434) 294-5883
Best Wishes,
Ash
Dear Tom I have a set of EQ1-NX irons from 5-GW at 8 iron length 5 to 8 then standard length 9-GW. I have a 4 hybrid at 7 iron length which is my go to club. I then have a standard 2 hybrid and 3w and a slightly shorter than standard driver. I’m 6’1” and have an index of 13.5. To get more consistency on distance shots and tight par 4s I’m considering swapping in a 5w and am considering the eq1 5w with say a 40-41 shaft. In your opinion is the distance matching on the woods to… Read more »
TOM
Over the past several years I have become more and more of a fan of shorter fwy wood lengths because that makes them easier to hit consistently and it doesn’t rob you of much distance at all. So where 42″ is the old std length for a 5w, I am really in favor of no longer than 41″. And if your clubhead speed is over 95-100 or so with the driver, going to even 40 or 40.5″ for it would be a big help, consistency and accuracy wise, IMO.
TOM
I love my FW 7. So easy to play
Left hand club heads. Which heads are available for lefty ladies?
Hi Louis,
The best Wishon option for left hand lady golfers are the 979SS irons, a great easy to use head, which will work great for lady golfers when fitted with an appropriate shaft.
I hope that helps.
Doug
If the 5 wood was being built to 40″ could a hybrid graphite shaft be used?
Hi Keith,
Yes you could use a hybrid shaft in a 5-wood at 40”, things to be aware of are – Hybrid shafts are normally heavier than wood shafts and you would also need to look at tip trimming to keep the flex in the shaft.
Thanks,
Doug
Tom, I hit my 7 iron between 148-160 yards (depending on day and confidence). I currently play Sterlings, along with a 3 and 5 SL FW Pinhawks. I’m looking to move into the EQ1-NX. Would a typical set look as follows: D, 4W, 7W, 4H, 5-GW irons? Just trying to understand how these play and fit with the hybrids and irons as a whole.
David The decision for what will be the lowest number EQ1 iron in the set makeup depends entirely on your clubhead speed with your 7 or 8 iron. Since you say you hit the Sterling 7 iron (31* loft) between 148-160, that roughly means your clubhead speed should be around 75-80mph on average. Unless you are very steep doming down into the ball, that means you should be ok with having the 5 iron as a part of the single length irons in your set makeup. In that case, your set makeup estimate of D/4w/7w/4H and 5 to GW should… Read more »