zaphod
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- Jan 30, 2007
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Am now the proud owner of four (4) Taylormade drivers. I just am an compulsive ho or an idiot. Whatever.:thumbs up:
At the 2007 Wisconsin Shottalk Open I hit Wi-Golfer's TM Burner and was impressed. At 2008 event I hit FitzPatrick's R7 and again was impressed.
So the following purchases occurred in chronological order within 3 week period.
Billy Bob conversion ferrules--used to add or subtract 1* of loft or lie if putting a 0.335 shaft into 0.350 hosel
Aldila VS by you Reg shaft 65 gram
10.5* R5 TP head
3 TM heads hoed from one ebay auction
R7 425 9.5*
R7 Quad TP 9.5*
R7 425 TP 9.5*
Billy Bob after market 12 piece weight set 2 of each 2gm,4gm, 8gm,10gm,12,gm,14gm
Impressions
R5 came with 2gm and 10gm weights installed in draw position. I installed a UST V2 LD-1 shaft at 46"with draw set up. The driver was accurate but 15 to 20 yards short of my Ping G2. Very high trajectory. Felt great but not what I wanted. So tried a UST V2 Stiff I had (courtesty from Sssmokin--thanks big guy) Lowered trajectory but still 10 yards shorter. So I shortened the shaft to 45.5" and switched out the 10 gram weight to a 12 gram weight. Lower yet trajectory but I'm out there 10 yards past the G2 after the pelota stops rolling. Very easy to hit. One down 3 to go.
R7 Quad TP came with 12 gram weights on the outside and 2 grams on the inside so I "Let it Be". Shafted with a Prolauch Blue 65 reg at 45.5" Straight and great trajectory. At 265 yards+ after the roll. Have not done more tweaking but will in the future. two down 2 to go.
R7 425 TP came with 10 grams on outside and 2 grams on inside. Put in the "by you" shaft at 45.5". Short of the R7 Quad by 15 yards. So tried 14 gram weights and 2 gram weights in a high draw position. What a mistake!!!! Felt like I was swinging steel rerod with a hunk of driftwood on the end. Ball reacted the same!!!! So I backed off to the 12 gram weights intead of the 14 gram weight--same positioning. Just plain beautiful Same length as Quad but feels better:thumbs up: 3 down 1 to go.
R7 425 is being evaluated by my son Eric. He currently is hitting a R7 425 with UST V2 LD-2 at 45" 9.5*. He wanted a bit lower trajectory driver for windy or hard fairway conditions. Enter the last club head. With the Billy Bob custom ferrule I set it up to drop the loft aprx 1*. Tipped the UST V2 LD-1 by 3/4" and shafted to 44.75". He will let me know how it works. Gave it to him today as we watched him play Ultimate Frisbee at the Badger State Games in Madison Wisconsin. They got their tails whipped as they ran into a team composed of many of the UW Hodags ( Hodags won the collegiate Nationals last year and this year.) Eric was voted the MVP so some of the sting is gone. BTW the UW "B" team is called the Pimpdags and the womens team the BellaDonnas. These college students pick their team names "under the influence". Eric's team= "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
I believe Billy Bob Golf makes ferrules for Pings which can also drop the loft or lie by one degree. If so I may screw around with the G2 dropping the loft.
Ho,Ho Ho
At the 2007 Wisconsin Shottalk Open I hit Wi-Golfer's TM Burner and was impressed. At 2008 event I hit FitzPatrick's R7 and again was impressed.
So the following purchases occurred in chronological order within 3 week period.
Billy Bob conversion ferrules--used to add or subtract 1* of loft or lie if putting a 0.335 shaft into 0.350 hosel
Aldila VS by you Reg shaft 65 gram
10.5* R5 TP head
3 TM heads hoed from one ebay auction
R7 425 9.5*
R7 Quad TP 9.5*
R7 425 TP 9.5*
Billy Bob after market 12 piece weight set 2 of each 2gm,4gm, 8gm,10gm,12,gm,14gm
Impressions
R5 came with 2gm and 10gm weights installed in draw position. I installed a UST V2 LD-1 shaft at 46"with draw set up. The driver was accurate but 15 to 20 yards short of my Ping G2. Very high trajectory. Felt great but not what I wanted. So tried a UST V2 Stiff I had (courtesty from Sssmokin--thanks big guy) Lowered trajectory but still 10 yards shorter. So I shortened the shaft to 45.5" and switched out the 10 gram weight to a 12 gram weight. Lower yet trajectory but I'm out there 10 yards past the G2 after the pelota stops rolling. Very easy to hit. One down 3 to go.
R7 Quad TP came with 12 gram weights on the outside and 2 grams on the inside so I "Let it Be". Shafted with a Prolauch Blue 65 reg at 45.5" Straight and great trajectory. At 265 yards+ after the roll. Have not done more tweaking but will in the future. two down 2 to go.
R7 425 TP came with 10 grams on outside and 2 grams on inside. Put in the "by you" shaft at 45.5". Short of the R7 Quad by 15 yards. So tried 14 gram weights and 2 gram weights in a high draw position. What a mistake!!!! Felt like I was swinging steel rerod with a hunk of driftwood on the end. Ball reacted the same!!!! So I backed off to the 12 gram weights intead of the 14 gram weight--same positioning. Just plain beautiful Same length as Quad but feels better:thumbs up: 3 down 1 to go.
R7 425 is being evaluated by my son Eric. He currently is hitting a R7 425 with UST V2 LD-2 at 45" 9.5*. He wanted a bit lower trajectory driver for windy or hard fairway conditions. Enter the last club head. With the Billy Bob custom ferrule I set it up to drop the loft aprx 1*. Tipped the UST V2 LD-1 by 3/4" and shafted to 44.75". He will let me know how it works. Gave it to him today as we watched him play Ultimate Frisbee at the Badger State Games in Madison Wisconsin. They got their tails whipped as they ran into a team composed of many of the UW Hodags ( Hodags won the collegiate Nationals last year and this year.) Eric was voted the MVP so some of the sting is gone. BTW the UW "B" team is called the Pimpdags and the womens team the BellaDonnas. These college students pick their team names "under the influence". Eric's team= "The Gods Must Be Crazy".
I believe Billy Bob Golf makes ferrules for Pings which can also drop the loft or lie by one degree. If so I may screw around with the G2 dropping the loft.
Ho,Ho Ho