If only they weren't called 'Rocketballz'....

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The new TM range has some very good reviews but why did they ruin it all with such a stupid name?

Even if these were the best clubs in the world, I couldn't bring myself to carry them around with me because I'd feel like a right lemon.

'Rocketballz' sounds like the latest kids toy craze.
 
I had a look at one in the shop at the weekend. I'd refer to them as "half an inch longer in the shaft so you hit your 8 iron longer but can't get a 3 iron off the ground load of absolute" ballz
 
If the half inch makes that much difference for you then grip down (or chop the end off) then it'll be exactly the same as every 3wood from the other manufacturers.
 
Oh my God dude do the math, they're totally awesome doh! i'm gonna game with these soon and bag me a double eagle.
 
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Just get a KZG and see the ribbing you get!!!

Who the France cares what the club is called! Does it work, thats the bloomin question you should ask yourself!
 
BTatHome said:
If the half inch makes that much difference for you then grip down (or chop the end off) then it'll be exactly the same as every 3wood from the other manufacturers.
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doesn't bother me at all as i was just curious to see where this extra length on a 7 iron would come from... it comes from giving you a 6 iron and calling it a 7... which then gives you a gap between your wedges... so buy new ones... and you can't hit a 4 iron like you used to? it's because its really a 3.... so buy a new hybrid as well...

as for buying them and then gripping down? that achieves turning your brand spanking new clubs... into the exact same as your old ones, so you have gained what exactly?
 
i'm not talking about the fairway wood which i understand does have new technology in it and goes a mile... i see you've got one...

i'm talking about the iron set which has just had the extra half inch on it... i don't know how long the irons are supposed to be, but length in an iron is only of limited use as you need clubs that only go at ten yard intervals from 115 upwards... i think pushing the extra length in the iron set is a bit of a con... how much longer does a 8 iron rbz go than an 8 iron regular manufacturer? 10 yards tops? and why?

from your comments i understand what they say about the fairways being massively long is true? did you try the driver?
 
Tm have been particularly guilty - but by no means the only culprits - for a number of years now.
Shafts getting longer, lofts strengthening - it all leads to a 45 degree (or as little as 42!) PW and a 19 degree 3 iron or 9 iron and 2 iron in old money.........

I think I can get my head around the Rocketballz name - I'm still struggling with the woods being white.....
 
Irons should ideally be fitted to the individual and the shaft length corresponds to your wrist-to-ground measurement. If they add half an inch as standard then they must also alter the lie angle of clubhead which will have the effect of pushing it further out and generating a shallower swing plane, while making them harder to hit the sweetspot. Why do that?

They look a bit clumpy and ugly on the website and I am suspitious of the term 'Draw Biased' How can that work?
 
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Haven't tried the driver yet, and the irons were not available when I was there. I understand what you are saying but apart from sticking a gap wedge in your iron set is there really any difference to what the number on the bottom is? If before I hit my 4 iron and today i hit something with a 5 on the bottom then what's the difference? Apart from changing my wedge setup (which most would do anyway as PW are never the same anyway) then its not a big change to the game.
 
BTatHome said:
Haven't tried the driver yet, and the irons were not available when I was there. I understand what you are saying but apart from sticking a gap wedge in your iron set is there really any difference to what the number on the bottom is? If before I hit my 4 iron and today i hit something with a 5 on the bottom then what's the difference? Apart from changing my wedge setup (which most would do anyway as PW are never the same anyway) then its not a big change to the game.
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no there is no real difference other than the number on the bottom, but are people testing out the demo 6 iron and buying it on the basis that it goes further than their current 6 iron really getting a good deal? i think there's an element of marketing trickery going on, and that i find a little bit cheeky... then at the ends of the range it might encourage the purchasing of more clubs than is really necessary... "i really like my new rbz irons, they go really far, but i can seem to hit the 4 iron very well.." "try the new rbz hybrids then sir... just the thing fora man like you..."

"and while you're here... do you find you're hitting the pitching wedge really nicely and there's a big gap with your old gap wedge?... well this new rbz gap wedge might be just the thing... and if that leaves your SW a bit short then how's about...."

as you say it's NOT a big change to the game.... but a nice change to TM profits and one will not be popular at home for a while...

i also join the camp that the name isn't the greatest, but i wouldn't pay any attention to that while i was taking my mates money off them week after week...
 
As was said above though, it's not down to TM alone though, loads of manufacturers do it ... Have you seen the lofts for Wilson gear?

I thinks it's very strange than TM gets all the flack for it.
 
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