In 2013 Callaway added their Hyper Speed Face Cup, used in the company's drivers, to their X Hot fairway woods. The results were impressive and popular. So for the 2014 season, they are adding that face technology and distance to their new X2 Hot hybrid.
For a while now the goal of hybrid design was to produce a club that offered more forgiveness and height than a long iron whilst bridging the distance gaps between a player's fairway woods and irons. With X2 Hot, Callaway wanted to add some distance whilst creating a better looking utility club.
![Callaway X2 Hot Hybrid](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/callaway/x2hot/hybrid/hero.jpg)
Featuring the new grey, orange and white X2 Hot colour scheme, the head design has been altered based on feedback from some of Callaway's Tour players. They have gone for a more contemporary head shape with a very different looking clubface.
The profile of the club at address is now simpler and more iron-like than before with a straighter leading edge, and less offset. The X2 Hot hybrid also sits flatter on the ground which Callaway say will improve the way it looks and interacts with the turf.
![Callaway X2 Hot Hybrid Address View](http://www.golfalot.com/Portals/0/imagesblogs/callaway/x2hot/hybrid/address.jpg)
The X2 Hot is the first Callaway hybrid to feature a forged Hyper Speed Face Cup and Internal Standing Wave. Both technologies work together to provide a performance that is longer and more consistent.
As you can see from the photo below, the face has changed a lot in a year compared to the original Callaway X Hot hybrid. The new face is larger with a more pronounced toe height. Perhaps more importantly it is thinner, 28% thinner in fact. By making the face thinner and lighter, Callaway say they made the sweet spot 13 times larger. Yes, 13 times.
![Callaway X2 Hot vs X Hot Face Comparison](/Portals/0/imagesblogs/callaway/x2hot/hybrid/facecomp.jpg)
By increasing the effective size of the sweet spot, Callaway have added yards. The Characteristic Time or "springiness" of the face has increased by 22% in the centre and 30-40% percent off-centre, which adds up to a hybrid that is averaging more than 10 yards further than the original X Hot.
The standard X2 Hot hybrid is available in 4 different lofts and comes fitted with a low-torque Aldila Tour Blue shaft that promotes a higher launch with less spin.