The new line of Qi35 woods is a step forward in technology for TaylorMade, with some incredible breakthroughs for the 2025 season.

The Qi35 driver will come in the core Qi35, Qi35 Max, QI LS and the Qi35 Max Lite models, each coming with different benefits for a different type of golfer.

Driver

Starting with the Qi35, this is the standard offering from TaylorMade, but packed with a ton of technology and forgiveness.

“It’s a high inertia driver, too, it’s a 9k driver,” TaylorMade Director of Product Creation, Andrew Oldknow, said. “It’s a super high inertia driver, but a lower balance point. So, each driver as we go down the line will have a lower balance point.”

The 9k MOI brings a ton of forgiveness, while the aforementioned balance point creates efficient launch and spin over a larger area of the face. The core model also includes two moveable weights, 13 grams and three grams respectively, to adjust center of gravity.

The Qi35 models all include a multi-material construction with chromium carbon, steel, aluminum, tungsten and titanium. They will all also include the fourth generation of TaylorMade’s carbon Twist Face to create maximum energy transfer with enhanced alignment benefits.

The Qi35 Max is TaylorMade’s 10k MOI offering and is the most forgiving of all the models.

“The maximum inertia just means resistant to twisting. It’s going to be the straightest product we make,” Oldknow said. “That’s for any golfer who is new to the game of golf, or any golfer who swings as hard as they possibly can and can’t find the center of the face.”

Part of what helps TaylorMade achieve 10k MOI in the driver is a 34-gram tungsten weight in the rear of the club, which helps create the best launch conditions that TaylorMade has seen in a driver.

The LS model is the low spin version of the Qi35 driver, which features three moveable weights, creating the most mass efficient center of gravity adjustments for spin and shot shape management.

“High swing speed equates to high ball speed. High ball speed equates to lift, so you don’t want that thing to spin and balloon in the air and lose distance that way,” Oldknow said. “Or, somebody who has a descending blow angle, where they just create a lot of backspin, it can work better for them, too. So, it’s not necessarily one type of player, but really looking at your swing characteristics and the way you need the potential of different ball characteristics.”

TaylorMade is making a big push to emphasize the importance of getting fitted for clubs with this new line by placing reflective markers in the face at their retail partners to assist in fitting. The reflective markers will be compatible with certain launch monitors to show different data to fitters during the fitting process.

“We can unlock so much distance and accuracy for everybody when you go through the fitting process. As well as making sure that we get the most data, the most data we can get out of the product with those fit markers,” Oldknow said. “You’re seeing pre-impact data and a master fitter, or someone who works for any of these retailers across the globe, they can take that data and better fit you and better fit you faster.”

The idea behind the markers is that it will help launch monitors to pick up more data, including pre-impact, so fitters aren’t just measuring information from the ball. The markers will help see where impact is on the face, if the club is opening up based on impact or if it’s opening up because of the golfer’s swing.

Fairway metals

The new Qi35 fairway metals will now feature a four-degree loft sleeve, adding a level of adjustability to the core, Max and Max-Lite models.

“We wanted to bring the Tour level experience to the consumer. We were one of the last ones to do it, because we didn’t want to lose any performance in the head,” Oldknow. “As you start stacking things up in the hosel, you start to lose performance in the face. So, it took our engineers a couple years to really look at, how do we change our speed pockets in the bottom?

“How do we change the materials in our face, how do we move the swing weighting systems?”

It took TaylorMade time to figure out how to optimize adjustability with performance, but are now offering it in the Qi35 fairway models.

The fairway metals also feature a multi-material construction, as well as modified center of gravity locations for improved energy transfer. A new face profile and head shape create versatility off the tee and off the deck.