Head to head

Callaway Paradym vs Paradym X driver

Choose the X if your drives curve right (a right-hander's slice) or fly low.

Choose the Paradym if they start straight and you want to set the flight yourself.

Both are Callaway's Paradym heads, 460cc, with the same carbon body and forged titanium face cup, in 9°, 10.5° and 12° and both hands, and Callaway's retailer chart rates both Highest for forgiveness. Callaway made the X the forgiving one, for golfers seeking extreme forgiveness and a slight draw bias: a head stretched back at address, a fixed 5-gram weight at the back, the highest launch of the Paradym drivers, a Semi Draw flight and a more upright 60° lie. The Paradym is its all-rounder: a 15-gram weight slides along the back to correct the shot's shape, by 12 yards on average in Callaway's words, with a neutral flight and lower spin. The X scores 4 of 5 here and the Paradym 3.

  1. Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    Callaway Paradym

    $399.98 at PGA TOUR Superstorechecked 16 Oct

    Used from $214.99 at 2nd Swing Golf9°, senior flex, average condition · checked 31 Oct

  2. Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5

    Callaway Paradym X

    No longer sold new

    Used from $189.99 at 2nd Swing Golf10.5°, senior flex, below average condition · checked 31 Oct

  1. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 3.0 out of 5

    Callaway Paradym

    Callaway's 2023 all-round driver, which it called its best combination of distance, forgiveness and adjustability: a carbon body and a 15-gram weight that slides along the back to correct the shot's shape, in 9°, 10.5° or 12°.

    $399.98 at PGA TOUR Superstorechecked 16 Oct

    Used from $214.99 at 2nd Swing Golf9°, senior flex, average condition · checked 31 Oct

    Lofts
    9°, 10.5°, 12°
    Draw help
    None
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular to extra stiff

    Fits golfers who want some help on mishits, short of the maker's most forgiving head.

  2. Head side view, drawn from its loft

    Forgiveness 4.0 out of 5

    Callaway Paradym X

    Callaway's 2023 driver for golfers seeking, in its words, extreme forgiveness and a slight draw bias: a high-MOI head stretched at address, the highest launch of the Paradym drivers and a 5-gram weight at the back.

    No longer sold new

    Used from $189.99 at 2nd Swing Golf10.5°, senior flex, below average condition · checked 31 Oct

    Lofts
    9°, 10.5°, 12°
    Draw help
    Built in
    Hand
    Left or right
    Flex
    Regular or stiff

    Fits a miss that goes anywhere on the face, with a slight draw bias built in for a slice.

Side by side

Callaway Paradym vs Paradym X driver
DetailParadymParadym X
Forgiveness score3.0 of 54.0 of 5
ClassGame improvementMaximum forgiveness
Stock lofts9° · 10.5° · 12°9° · 10.5° · 12°
Draw helpnoyes
FlexesR · S · XR · S
HandsRH · LHRH · LH

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