Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
Another for the SLDR, A hunk of junk and the first time I realised that TM advertising is better than its product.
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- Thread starter Ethan
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The orizaba power pod had the looks only a mother could love
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brickie
Medal Winner
I had one of those and loved it. I did sound loud and brash though, especially in the confines of the driving range. Eventually had to take it out of the bag as it became non conforming.
sunshine
Well-known member
You can't take an isolated quote from a random salesman from TM talking about the UK market (which is only 5% of the global market), and then extrapolate it to suggest the SLDR was a success. If you actually break down the quote, he's saying that they sold 77% more SLDR clubs after they started a promotion... maybe they only sold 100 clubs before the promotion, then 177 after the promotion.
Here is the real story:
TM sales in 2012: $1,174m
TM sales in 2014: $674m
I never tried the SLDR, but apparently it was a decent club. However it was a flop for TM.
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Do we know the actual figures of the SLDR sales to determine if it was a flop ? Maybe it wasn’t the biggest seller for them but Flop seems strong ? Especially compared to drivers like the Jetspeed , Aeroburner , R1 or RBZ stage 2 -
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Yep I had the HL version and loved it but the driver was awful and believe the stage 2 was one of TM worst launches
sunshine
Well-known member
I had the first version of the RBZ 3 wood and it really was a rocket. For some reason they couldn't use the tech in the driver because it broke the rules, but it was legal in a 3 wood.
HomerJSimpson
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jim8flog
Journeyman Pro
Yep the odd numbers give a lot more adjustability than the even numbers
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
MendieGK
Tour Winner
SLDR was a terrible driver, a complete failure performance wise saved by clever marketing
‘loft up because this driver we’ve designed cannot get the ball in the air’.
‘loft up because this driver we’ve designed cannot get the ball in the air’.
DanFST
Head Pro
Why were some tour pro's using blacked out versions instead of their sponsors drivers then?
HomerJSimpson
Hall of Famer
No you win. Never seen one anywhere online or in anyones bag
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Probably because tour pro's were the only golfers with enough ball speed to get them to work efficiently.
Just my guess as I have never hit one but i have never seen one in anyone's bag either.
MendieGK
Tour Winner
using tour pros as an example is ridiculous. The head might have been hot melted to move the CoG back for starters.
How coincidental loft up disappeared after 1 season
Tashyboy
Please don’t ask to see my tatts 👍
Trust me it was rammel,
Ethan
Money List Winner
Scotty Cameron has had a few that didn't fly so well:
Futura:
Detour:
Kombi:
Futura:
Detour:
Kombi:
Imurg
The Grinder Of Pars (Semi Crocked)
That Kombi looked like it should weigh about a stone and it was as light as a feather
Crow
Crow Person
That's what happens when he tries to design his own club rather than copy someone else's.
DanFST
Head Pro
“SLDR was a terrible driver, a complete failure performance wise”
They might have done this or that.... Jesus.
Name me another driver that has made tour pros use a blacked out version not their sponsored brand. Performance wise, that indicated they liked it. Saving_park might be right that they are the only ones good enough that the lack of spin on bad hits wasn’t an issue.