greggdrews
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awesome Rick Shiels joined the THP staff....
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awesome Rick Shiels joined the THP staff....
Looking forward to some thoughts and feedback. Everything I have seen and read makes me really want to hit this. Something simple like having a slider with the words High and Low for ball flight is nice. Sometimes the tech is there but it's too hard for people to understand. I'm digging what I have seen. Hope to hit one soon and pick one up in like 2-3 years when I can afford it. HahaShould have the M1 line in full here very shortly for testing. Will report back and have it in the hands of our staff writers for the most thorough in depth testing found anywhere. As I have said throughout, I think they are headed back in the right direction with this one, and with a solid message behind it (hopefully), have a solid starting point.
Looking forward to some thoughts and feedback. Everything I have seen and read makes me really want to hit this. Something simple like having a slider with the words High and Low for ball flight is nice. Sometimes the tech is there but it's too hard for people to understand. I'm digging what I have seen. Hope to hit one soon and pick one up in like 2-3 years when I can afford it. Haha
Spoke to a friend that put it through its paces and said "step in the right direction, more R1 than SLDR". He did say he thought the sound was R11S like, in that it is quite metallic sounding.
Not a huge fan of the R11s sound, although I don't think anyone really was, but step in the right direction has me excited to hit it. That is more than I can say for a TM launch in the last couple of years.
Step in the right direction. I like that. Too bad on the sound. R11s was great if it was filled with cotton.Spoke to a friend that put it through its paces and said "step in the right direction, more R1 than SLDR". He did say he thought the sound was R11S like, in that it is quite metallic sounding.
I sincerely hope that if indeed this is a great release that they will put out some good marketing to support it. It would be awful to see them with an awesome product and not the right message to get people to try it. Im one that really does hope this release can get them on the right track back towards the topAgreed. I honestly believe what I posted early this morning (i know its a long read) but that is 939 pages back at this point. Between some rather "unique" (meaning mundane) trolling and the normal hot/cold of TaylorMade products, I had to expect that would take place.
Im happy to hear a step in the right direction though. Good products + good marketing + good people = happy consumers. We will see how well they hit on these 3 things soon.
Very interesting discussion regarding sound since TM has claimed the below regarding the M1 on their site:
BEST IN
CLASS SOUND
INTERNAL ACOUSTIC ENGINEERING
CONTROLS VIBRATIONS AND
PITCHES TO PRODUCE A SOLID,
HOT AND CRISP SOUND.
Its such a subjective thing that I think its hard to nail down or love/hate in detail. The rest of us could love it.
Spoke to a friend that put it through its paces and said "step in the right direction, more R1 than SLDR". He did say he thought the sound was R11S like, in that it is quite metallic sounding.
It's really cool to see TM offer a whopping 28 no up charge shaft options. However I have yet to see any store or golf course anywhere within 60 miles of where I live that may carry all those options for a fitting. Even callaway shaft options can't be found. Only current stock shafts and what was available in fitting cart from prior models. I'd love to see how TM tackles that issue
I agree whole heartedly. I will say this driver has gotten my attention. A recent positive experience with r15 430 has me looking at tm in a positive manner which I haven't done in a long time. Plus Jason Day keeps winning lolUndoubtedly an issue facing both of those OEM's as they offer so many options.
Folks tend to get chastised for not going through a fitting but if a fitter doesn't have all of the no upcharge options available then it makes it very challenging to get the win from a fitting.
While I may get great numbers with a shaft they have in stock I would have a tough time purchasing not knowing if one of the other shafts *could* perform any better for me.
That's not to say I need to hit all 20 or 28 or whatever it is......but have a hard time believing that one of the 3 available in the store is truly the best out of 20+ available.