Before anyone assumes that fairway woods are for wimps and not for serious golfers, let's look at figures from three U.S. Golf Association national championships for 2000 - the U.S. Open, U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Women's Amateur. A total of 217 fairway woods were carried by the 156 players who started the U.S. Open. Along with the escalating popularity of fairway woods comes the redesign and recomposition of iron sets for women. Square Two Golf, a manufacturer specializing in women's clubs, has standard offerings of irons that are a half-inch or an inch longer than standard. But think about it - they're longer, too.
Some manufacturers focus on women with specific clubs.
Cleveland has its Emerald Collection. Callaway has its Gems series. Lange Golf joins Square Two as a maker of clubs for women only. No company has been as bold as Cobra Golf. The idea here is to spread the gap between iron lofts and allow women to see a real difference in distance in the long and middle irons.