The Ashton X-1 fairway wood produced an extremely solid feel at impact with a distinct high pitched sound. It was difficult at times to tell that we hit off-center hits with this club. It seems to sound the same whether it was hit dead center of miss hit slightly off the heel or toe.

The Ashton X-1 fairway wood is very forgiving on off center hits. We found that the distance produced on these types of shots was excellent compared to our comparison fairway woods. The X-1 was very easy to hit.

Summary:
The Ashton X-1 three wood from Ashton Golf receives high marks for forgiveness, distance, accuracy, feel, and looks. It may well be one of the best overall fairway woods on the market today. We feel that this club will especially appeal to low and mid handicap golfers although we think that smooth swinging mid handicap golfers will like the consistency found with this fairway wood. Ashton is soon to release the X-1D fairway wood featuring the same design as the X-1 but for those golfers that desire a deeper face profile in their fairway woods. These woods are expected to be out later this spring. Additional information on the complete lineup from Ashton Golf can be found on their web page atwww.ashtongolf.com.