It's offical-2009 R9 From Taylormade

[PingEyeThree]

I love when they come out with new drivers! I don't mind the sloppy seconds with deep discounts

Precisely!  That's why I've got an 07 Burner (99.00 NIP) in the bag waiting and saving for something that I really, really like.  It's solid, it's cheap and I won't lose over 25.00 (at the most) when I sell it locally.

[Springbok]

So how the hell do you reshaft that. Is TM forcing you to buy shaft with that fitting only. That would suck greatly, and in fact prevent me from purchasing the club.

[golfware]

This is going to be THE driver for 2009.  This will own the tee box on Tour and on the links.

Whoa...  TM is already dominating the tee box at Harding.  The overwhelming majority of folks I see have a TM driver in play.

But this....  this is going to be something special... especially with the Fuji Motore and other high end shafts available.

WOW!   

[golfware]

So how the hell do you reshaft that. Is TM forcing you to buy shaft with that fitting only. That would suck greatly, and in fact prevent me from purchasing the club.

Yeah, but say they revamp their fitting cart and have those shafts available during the fitting.

Oh man, that will be special!!

[BigLeftyinAZ]

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[ASK3L]

So how the hell do you reshaft that. Is TM forcing you to buy shaft with that fitting only. That would suck greatly, and in fact prevent me from purchasing the club.

Pull the shaft from the adaptor and reshaft it.

[M0stly harm13ss]

Ok, I'm interested as long as the face is deepish.

I have a question though, as I use grips with a home made reminder, I suppose I'm going to have to find my optimum 'head position', then install the grip? (and not be able to move the head around after that)

You won't be able to spine shafts either, as the orientation will change.

Or have I misunderstood here, will you rotate the head, and the shaft position not change?

[ASK3L]

Ok, I'm interested as long as the face is deepish.

I have a question though, as I use grips with a home made reminder, I suppose I'm going to have to find my optimum 'head position', then install the grip? (and not be able to move the head around after that)

You won't be able to spine shafts either, as the orientation will change.

Or have I misunderstood here, will you rotate the head, and the shaft position not change?

You are correct, the shaft rotates.

[BigLeftyinAZ]

[mbuckler]

why only 420cc's is my question...

[RexWrx]

why only 420cc's is my question...

My question also. I'm perplexed 

I'm assuming for aerodynamics?

[golfware]

My question also. I'm perplexed 

I'm assuming for aerodynamics?

I'm assuming it's marketing..  ala the old TM 300 Series.

Say what you want, but imhgo, the R9 will follow in the tradition of hte R7.

First approx 420cc's.  Then on to 440 cc's.  Then on to 460cc's.  R&D has to leave something on the table for the next generation.

Just my $0.02.

[ASK3L]

why only 420cc's is my question...

I'm assuming it's marketing..  ala the old TM 300 Series.

Say what you want, but imhgo, the R9 will follow in the tradition of hte R7.

First approx 420cc's.  Then on to 440 cc's.  Then on to 460cc's.  R&D has to leave something on the table for the next generation.

Just my $0.02.

I thought there was a bit of a shift down in volume as the full 460 is no longer required to reach the max allowable MOI and others will be doing the same.
But don't let that stop the story of a new R9 model before this one is in the shops. 
The 300 series released the 300, 320 and 360 at the same time. R7 went 400, 425, 460. Just thought i'd throw in a few facts 

[ASK3L]

I love when they come out with new drivers! I don't mind the sloppy seconds with deep discounts

And the real upside is, when the r7 Ltd gets knocked down as pointed out just think I'm going to use the money i saved to buy an R9 TOO!
That way I am getting a bargin on BOTH  Lets look on the bright side 
Then i can use the Ltd while i play with all the settings of the R9! I want it just as a toy, i'm not going to drop my Highbore XLS or Geek DCT.

[bjrapper]

Might not be quite as magical a club as hyped. Of those in play at the Hope, here are the results recorded earlier this morning:  (Player-driving accuracy position- driving distance position)
Axley m/c
Chopra m/c
Gay 1-72
Hamilton m/c
Malinger 2-62
Palmer 35-24
Perez 35-16
Piercy 35-19
Rollins m/c
Taylor 60-49
Berganio 66-22

What is telling though, is that Stricker is #1 postion in putts per GIR and Perez in #2-identical to their position on the leaderboard.
 

[ASK3L]

Might not be quite as magical a club as hyped. Of those in play at the Hope, here are the results recorded earlier this morning:  (Player-driving accuracy position- driving distance position)
Axley m/c
Chopra m/c
Gay 1-72
Hamilton m/c
Malinger 2-62
Palmer 35-24
Perez 35-16
Piercy 35-19
Rollins m/c
Taylor 60-49
Berganio 66-22

What is telling though, is that Stricker is #1 postion in putts per GIR and Perez in #2-identical to their position on the leaderboard.
 

Man you make those statistics sound so easy. A straight quote for a few days of play on some of the players using it and you can tell the club is a failure, never mind if they show an increase in accuracy or distance from the players previous stats. ?I'm sure these touring pros should check out your stats rather than anything they notice in hitting the club!
Can you also confirm with your ground breaking grasp of statistics; Will the player with the lowest score, be the winner? 

[bjrapper]

Man you make those statistics sound so easy. A straight quote for a few days of play on some of the players using it and you can tell the club is a failure, never mind if they show an increase in accuracy or distance from the players previous stats. ?I'm sure these touring pros should check out your stats rather than anything they notice in hitting the club!
Can you also confirm with your ground breaking grasp of statistics; Will the player with the lowest score, be the winner? 

The point is, (in case you are too thick to understand my ground breaking statistics) there is no magic to this much hyped club and it still comes down to putting.
Is there really a need for the vitriolic sarcasm? I simply wanted to throw a few numbers out there.

[bjrapper]

Man you make those statistics sound so easy. A straight quote for a few days of play on some of the players using it and you can tell the club is a failure, never mind if they show an increase in accuracy or distance from the players previous stats. ?I'm sure these touring pros should check out your stats rather than anything they notice in hitting the club!
Can you also confirm with your ground breaking grasp of statistics; Will the player with the lowest score, be the winner? 

In case you are curious about the hype of this "revolutionary" club, this is from TMAG:
TaylorMade Golf's R9 Driver Ranks No. 1
at Bob Hope Chrysler Classic

Ties TaylorMade's r7 Limited as the No. 1 Driver Model with 13 in Play

TaylorMade Tour Reps Blown Away by Rapid Acceptance
of Revolutionary New Metalwood with Flight Control Technology

CARLSBAD, Calif. (January 22, 2009) - In what was supposed to be a
"soft tour launch" of TaylorMade's new R9™ driver on the PGA Tour, 13
tour players put the revolutionary new product in play immediately,
making the driver the No. 1 played model at the Bob Hope Chrysler
Classic.*

"We define a soft tour launch as making a limited amount of a new
product available at a given event to tour pros who express interest,"
said Paul Loegering, TaylorMade-adidas Golf Tour manager. "We are
absolutely blown away by the number of players who switched to the R9
driver after working with it for only two days. They love the amount
of influence that TaylorMade Flight Control Technology and Movable
Weight Technology have on ball flight."

[ASK3L]

The point is, (in case you are too thick to understand my ground breaking statistics) there is no magic to this much hyped club and it still comes down to putting.
Is there really a need for the vitriolic sarcasm? I simply wanted to throw a few numbers out there.

I understood you were pointing out the tie in with #1+#2 in Putting being #1+#2 on the leaderboard. Why not say that without some meaningless attempt to trash the R9. Even those stats only refers to this week and they don't hold up every week. It always comes down to putting but if you can't keep the ball in play it doesn't matter how good your putting is.
 I'm sorry you dislike sarcasm, I don't see a need for BS statements trashing things with no real fact!

[bjrapper]

I understood you were pointing out the tie in with #1+#2 in Putting being #1+#2 on the leaderboard. Why not say that without some meaningless attempt to trash the R9. Even those stats only refers to this week and they don't hold up every week. It always comes down to putting but if you can't keep the ball in play it doesn't matter how good your putting is.
 I'm sorry you dislike sarcasm, I don't see a need for BS statements trashing things with no real fact!

Actually keeping it in play doesn't really mean much-it's all about the putting. in 2008, Vijay was tied for 150th in driving accuracy with 59.45%, Harrington 154th with 59.39% and Mickelson was 181st with 55.27%., yet all had pretty good seasons.

The fact is TM introduced a revolutionary new club and so far it hasn't proven to be tremendously revolutionary, at least as demonstrated by those that are using it. Maybe they just need more time to figure out how to set the weights and face angles etc. to get the most out of this revolutionary design.  I realize it is early goings and one week doesn't tell the whole story, but if TM wants to start spouting off how amazing it is that all these guys are putting their revolutionary club into play, then it is fair ball to look at the numbers produced by the players with the club so far.  Time will tell just how revolutionary this club really is.

[ASK3L]

Actually keeping it in play doesn't really mean much-it's all about the putting. in 2008, Vijay was tied for 150th in driving accuracy with 59.45%, Harrington 154th with 59.39% and Mickelson was 181st with 55.27%., yet all had pretty good seasons.

The fact is TM introduced a revolutionary new club and so far it hasn't proven to be tremendously revolutionary, at least as demonstrated by those that are using it. Maybe they just need more time to figure out how to set the weights and face angles etc. to get the most out of this revolutionary design.  I realize it is early goings and one week doesn't tell the whole story, but if TM wants to start spouting off how amazing it is that all these guys are putting their revolutionary club into play, then it is fair ball to look at the numbers produced by the players with the club so far.  Time will tell just how revolutionary this club really is.

"Time will tell just how revolutionary this club really is." my point exactly! You jump in and down it before it's 1st week in play is over!!!! And at the moment it looks like winning, if Perez keeps his bottle (commentry says he was nailing it all week) But that counts for nothing to you i bet.
Yes you can quote the driving stats but where are the putting stats to prove your case, like driving they don't exist. Where were the top of the moneylist in putting?
Keeping the ball in play DOES count more than you say, just as Sricker after he hit 5 off the tee and the stat goes down as PPGIR 2.00. The Quad burned him way more than the 2 putt. Keep it in play! Hope to hear from you once the club has been in play a year 

[bjrapper]

"Time will tell just how revolutionary this club really is." my point exactly! You jump in and down it before it's 1st week in play is over!!!! And at the moment it looks like winning, if Perez keeps his bottle (commentry says he was nailing it all week) But that counts for nothing to you i bet.
Yes you can quote the driving stats but where are the putting stats to prove your case, like driving they don't exist. Where were the top of the moneylist in putting?
Keeping the ball in play DOES count more than you say, just as Sricker after he hit 5 off the tee and the stat goes down as PPGIR 2.00. The Quad burned him way more than the 2 putt. Keep it in play! Hope to hear from you once the club has been in play a year 

Well here are the stats of the top 5 for this week;
 
player   position putts per round   position driving accuracy
Perez                                    1                                 32
Merrick                                  7                                 25
Weir                                     14                               63
Stricker                                  2                                40
Ames                                    26                               67

[kamtile]

Saw the first commercial tonight on GC. Looks nice...we will see how she flies.

Oh and Hi all. Im a newb here.

Mike...

Hi Mike and welcome.