Callaway Irons by Year: Every Model from 1981 to 2024
Check out the complete history of Callaway irons and the most popular models
What comes to mind when you think of Callaway irons? Two lines of Callaway irons have lasted several generations, Big Bertha irons, which date to the mid-1990s, and Callaway’s Apex irons. First introduced in 2013, Callaway Apex irons might seem relatively young, but they’re actually among the oldest irons in golf, dating back to the 1970s when Ben Hogan Golf sold Apex irons before Callaway bought Ben Hogan.
The history of Callaway irons – as illustrated by those Apex irons – is colorful. Here’s the complete list of Callaway irons by year and some of the highlights Callaway irons have created through the years.
Callaway Big Bertha Irons
Callaway’s Big Bertha irons, like Big Bertha drivers, are built to be forgiving. Since they’re introduction in 1994, they’ve featured the latest technology and design concepts aimed at delivering maximum distance and accuracy to recreational golfers.
Big Bertha irons have traditionally utilized perimeter weighting, large heads, and offset to produce the largest sweet spot and the straightest shots possible.
Callaway has created several iterations of Big Bertha irons, releasing new Big Bertha iron sets just about every-other-year – save a couple missed cycles – since those original Big Bertha’s dropped in 1994.
Callaway Drivers by Year: From 1988 to 2024
Callaway Apex Irons
While Big Bertha irons are for the large population of players who benefit from forgiveness, distance, accuracy, and a large sweet spot in their irons, Callaway’s Apex irons tilt to the other end of the spectrum.
Apex irons as for better players who seek feel, feedback, and the ability to shape and flight the ball into the window of their choosing, and get plenty of play on the professional tours.
The original Apex irons were introduced by Ben Hogan Golf in 1972 and were a popular iron on professional tours. Ben Hogan released Apex iterations in 1973, 1979, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, and 1999 before Callaway bought Ben Hogan in 2003.
In a rare move, Callaway decided to continue the Apex line under the Callaway brand, dropping the first Callaway Apex irons in 2013, a line that continues today.
Former Ben Hogan Golf President and CEO Scott White told GolfLink that seeing Apex irons under the Callaway badge was unheard of.
“It’s a little strange,” White said in a 2021 interview with GolfLink. “I’ve never heard of, whether it’s in golf or any other product category, where a well-established product name has been transferred to another company. There will never be a Ford Corvette.”
Callaway later sold Ben Hogan but held on to the Apex name and line of clubs.
The History of Ben Hogan Golf Clubs
Complete List of Callaway Irons by Year
From the Big Bertha and Apex mainstays to Epic, Rogue, Mavrik, Fusion and Paradym lines, here is the complete history of Callaway irons by year.
Year | Model | Shop |
2024 | Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fast | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2024 | Paradym Ai Smoke | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2024 | Paradym Ai Smoke HL | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2023 | Apex Pro 24 | 2ND SWING |
2023 | Apex CB 24 | 2ND SWING |
2023 | Apex MB 24 | 2ND SWING |
2023 | Paradym | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2023 | Paradym X | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2023 | Paradym Star | 2ND SWING |
2023 | Big Bertha 23 | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2023 | Big Bertha REVA 23 | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2022 | Apex 21 Black | 2ND SWING |
2022 | Rogue ST Pro | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2022 | Rogue ST Max | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2022 | Rogue ST Max OS | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2022 | Rogue ST Max OS Lite | 2ND SWING |
2022 | Great Big Bertha 23 | 2ND SWING |
2022 | Mavrik 22 | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2021 | Apex 21 | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2021 | Apex Pro 21 | 2ND SWING |
2021 | Apex MB 21 | 2ND SWING |
2021 | Apex DCB 21 | 2ND SWING |
2021 | Apex TCB 21 | 2ND SWING |
2021 | X Forged CB 21 | 2ND SWING |
2021 | EPIC MAX Star | 2ND SWING |
2020 | Mavrik | 2ND SWING |
2020 | Mavrik Max | 2ND SWING |
2020 | Mavrik Pro | 2ND SWING |
2020 | Mavrik Max Womens | 2ND SWING |
2020 | Big Bertha B21 | 2ND SWING |
2019 | Apex 19 | 2ND SWING |
2019 | Apex MB Raw | 2ND SWING |
2019 | Apex Pro 19 | 2ND SWING |
2019 | Apex Smoke 19 | 2ND SWING |
2019 | Apex Pro Smoke 19 | 2ND SWING | AMAZON |
2019 | Apex Pro Dot | 2ND SWING |
2019 | 2019 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2019 | EPIC Forged | 2ND SWING |
2019 | EPIC Forged Star | 2ND SWING |
2018 | Rogue | 2ND SWING |
2018 | Rogue X | 2ND SWING |
2018 | Rogue Pro | 2ND SWING |
2018 | 2018 X Forged | 2ND SWING |
2018 | 2018 Apex MB | 2ND SWING |
2017 | Epic | 2ND SWING |
2017 | Epic Pro | 2ND SWING |
2017 | EPIC Star | 2ND SWING |
2017 | Steelhead XR Pro | 2ND SWING |
2016 | Steelhead XR | 2ND SWING |
2016 | Apex CF16 | 2ND SWING |
2016 | Apex Pro 16 | 2ND SWING |
2016 | Apex Black | 2ND SWING |
2016 | XR OS | 2ND SWING |
2016 | X Series N416 | 2ND SWING |
2016 | Big Bertha OS | 2ND SWING |
2015 | XR | 2ND SWING |
2015 | XR Pro | 2ND SWING |
2015 | X Series N415 | 2ND SWING |
2014 | 2015 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2014 | 2015 Big Bertha Womens | 2ND SWING |
2014 | Apex Pro | 2ND SWING |
2014 | 2014 APEX MB | 2ND SWING |
2014 | 2014 Edge | 2ND SWING |
2014 | 2014 Solaire | 2ND SWING |
2014 | Solaire Gems | 2ND SWING |
2014 | X Hot N14 | 2ND SWING |
2013 | Apex | 2ND SWING |
2013 | X2 Hot | 2ND SWING |
2013 | X2 Hot Pro | 2ND SWING |
2013 | 2013 X Hot Pro | 2ND SWING |
2013 | 2013 X Forged | 2ND SWING |
2013 | 2013 X Hot | 2ND SWING |
2013 | 2013 X Hot Womens | 2ND SWING |
2012 | Razr HL | 2ND SWING |
2012 | Razr X HL | 2ND SWING |
2012 | Razr X Black | 2ND SWING |
2012 | Razr X NG | 2ND SWING |
2011 | Razr X | 2ND SWING |
2011 | Razr X Forged | 2ND SWING |
2011 | Razr X Tour | 2ND SWING |
2011 | Razr XF | 2ND SWING |
2011 | Razr X Muscleback | 2ND SWING |
2010 | Diablo Edge | 2ND SWING |
2010 | Diablo Forged | 2ND SWING |
2010 | X-24 Hot | 2ND SWING |
2009 | X-22 | 2ND SWING |
2009 | X-22 Tour | 2ND SWING |
2009 | X-18 R | 2ND SWING |
2009 | 2009 X Forged | 2ND SWING |
2009 | Tour Authentic | 2ND SWING |
2008 | 2008 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2008 | FT | 2ND SWING |
2008 | FT i-Brid | 2ND SWING |
2007 | X-20 | 2ND SWING |
2007 | X-20 Tour | 2ND SWING |
2007 | X Forged | 2ND SWING |
2006 | 2006 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2006 | Fusion Wide Sole | 2ND SWING |
2005 | X Tour | 2ND SWING |
2005 | X-18 | 2ND SWING |
2005 | X-18 Pro Series | 2ND SWING |
2005 | Fusion | 2ND SWING |
2004 | 2004 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2003 | X-16 | 2ND SWING |
2003 | X-16 Pro Series | 2ND SWING |
2002 | 2002 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
2001 | X-14 Pro Series | 2ND SWING |
2000 | X-14 | 2ND SWING |
2000 | Hawkeye | 2ND SWING |
1998 | X-12 | 2ND SWING |
1998 | X-12 Pro Series | 2ND SWING |
1997 | Big Bertha Tungsten Titanium | 2ND SWING |
1997 | Big Bertha Gold | 2ND SWING |
1996 | 1996 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
1994 | 1994 Big Bertha | 2ND SWING |
1988 | S2H2 | 2ND SWING |
1981 | Callaway Hickory Sticks | -- |
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