The Callaway Square drivers have gained fame over their lifetime for having a square club head. At the time, most drivers had round club heads, so many golfers were drawn to this series of clubs. Having been released in 2007, this series of drivers have been around for quite some time. Since then, there have been many changes to the rules and regulations regarding golf equipment. So it begs the question, are the Callaway Square drivers illegal?
To answer this question, I checked with the USGA and R&A to see whether or not these clubs are legal to use.
Are Callaway Square Drivers Illegal? According to the USGA and R&A conforming club database, the Callaway Square drivers are legal to use in any casual, amateur, high-level amateur, and professional tournaments. All Callaway Square drivers, including the FT-i HT, FT-i MIX, FT-i Tour, FT-i XXV, and Razr Hawk, conform to the equipment standards, making them legal to use.
In total, it appears that there are a total of 28 different Callaway Square clubs, above are just the general versions of each. If you do have a particular version of one of the above clubs, then it is still included in the list of legal clubs.
Randa.org (R&A): Legality Of Callaway Square Drivers
One great resource that is always useful in seeing whether or not a club is legal is the R&A conforming club database. This database allows anyone to see any and all clubs that conform to all equipment regulations. In other words it is an easy-to-use database that shows all legal clubs that have been released and registered with either R&A or the USGA.
So, to check if the Callaway Square drivers are legal, I did a quick search with the term ‘Callaway Square’, filtered for ‘Conforming Drivers’. By doing this, only conforming clubs that are named or tagged with ‘Callaway Square’ will appear. Below is a screenshot from that database search.
As you can see, the search results say that there are 28 results, but I wasn’t able to take a screenshot of all the clubs included in this search, so I just took a screenshot of the first 3. So, this is more of a sample of every conforming Callaway Square driver, but if you would like to see all of them, feel free to do the search yourself.
What makes this database even more powerful is that it has a ‘more details’ feature that lets you explore all the available lofts and identification marks for each club. The identification marks include information on grooves, hosel, and other notable features of the club. If you are interested in the nitty gritty details of a club, I recommend checking this database out.
USGA Conforming Club List: Legality Of Callaway Square Driver
Another awesome resource to check to see if a club is in fact legal, is the USGA’s conforming club list. This list is an ever-growing PDF that has every type of legal golf club from all registered manufacturers. There are almost over 12,000 different clubs in this list, and it is updated frequently so it will continue to grow.
This list breaks each club down by manufacturer, club name, loft, and other information. It is very similar to what you can find in the R&A database, just in a different format. Once again, I was not able to fit all versions of the club in one screenshot, so this is just another small sample of a larger list of legal clubs.
Final Thoughts: Is The Callaway Square Driver Illegal?
While many online forums claim that the series of Callaway Square Drivers are illegal, they are wrong. After checking with the USGA and R&A (each considered a governing body of professional golf), it is clear that Callaway Square drivers are totally legal to use. So, if you are considering purchasing this club, or looking to have it in your bag, you can confidently do either.