Taylor r7 Driver

I’m surprised we haven’t received more questions about the new adjustable drivers, of which there are several now, TaylorMade, Nike and Nickent, all allowing owners to change loft and face angle. (Cobra’s entry allows for a change of face angle). This letter from a Florida reader is one of the few [...]

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Tags: Bob Carney, face, Florida, Jim Mazzola, Mike Stachura, Nike

The idea that today’s equipment advances are designed more for average golfers than tour players has never been more true than when it comes to slice-fighting drivers. Companies not only have theorized ways to combat the weak-right tee ball, many have done research on why the slice happens (like TaylorMade’s MATT [...]

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“Had the gutta-percha golf ball not been invented, it is likely enough that golf itself would be in the catalogue of virtually extinct games, only locally surviving, as stool-ball and knurr spell.” Horace Hutchinson
Thanks to reader Tom Wicevich of Ridgeway, Colorado, where they’re not playing much golf yet, for this striking [...]

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BOMB: Interesting debate at my club the other day. Two guys were debating the merits of the TaylorMade R9 and Nike SQ Dymo STR8-FIT drivers. By the way each was entrenched in their respective positions you would have thought they were sales reps for the companies. Although the conversation seemed more [...]

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Tags: Don, driver, mr harrington, Mr. Woods, Paddy, Sergio Garcia, Taylormade, taylormade r9, Vijay Singh, Wilson

Tricks
Want to make your grips feel a little smaller? Try this solution used by Jim Furyk. The 2003 U.S. Open champion wraps a three-inch strip of tape near the butt end of the shaft, then wraps another four-inch strip a bit further down. Finally, a little below the four-inch strip, he [...]

Continue Reading PGA Tour pros switching clubmakers

Tags: Brandt Snedeker, Bridgestone, Charles Howell III, E H, Jim Furyk, Mark Calcavecchia, Taylormade, U.S.