just bought the new sldr 3 wood

[harpo_72]

The carry number is reasonable give or take a bit of altitude. Roll out is always going to be guess work, so leave that number alone, you may not reach it you may exceed it. For the record my numbers with my 5 wood are 96mph and 1.47 smash factor, my carry is 220-230 yards, my roll out can be another 60+ yards ( because I have optimised my landing zone to be on the down hill :rofl:... It is rather amusing when my playing partners ask what I hit and then look horrified)

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

The carry number is reasonable give or take a bit of altitude. Roll out is always going to be guess work, so leave that number alone, you may not reach it you may exceed it. For the record my numbers with my 5 wood are 96mph and 1.47 smash factor, my carry is 220-230 yards, my roll out can be another 60+ yards ( because I have optimised my landing zone to be on the down hill :rofl:... It is rather amusing when my playing partners ask what I hit and then look horrified)

I'd be interested to hear where you got those figures from, it's not theoretically possible to get a SF of 1.47 with a 5 wood. Due to various factors including the loft on a 5w, you can only hope for a figure somewhere around the 1.4 mark.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

Perhaps he hits a better ball than you,ever thought of that?
So scepticle

I don't deny being sceptical, I always am when launch monitors at these places are involved because from my experience, they aren't true to life.

Maybe he does hit a better ball than me, I don't really care, it doesn't stop the numbers not looking right to me.

 

[MadAdey]

I too would be slightly sceptical about the distances they tell you at something like this. They are always going to try and sell the club so will want the public to see your everyday golfer hitting good distances. How does it compare to other 3 woods you have hit for distance? But on the other hand, it is not outrageous to see someone hitting those sort of distances with a 3w in hand.

 

[HawkeyeMS]

I too would be slightly sceptical about the distances they tell you at something like this. They are always going to try and sell the club so will want the public to see your everyday golfer hitting good distances. How does it compare to other 3 woods you have hit for distance? But on the other hand, it is not outrageous to see someone hitting those sort of distances with a 3w in hand.

You're right, it's not outrageous for someone to hit a 3W that far, I just think with that SS and ball speed, the distances shown are 15yds out. That is however my opinion, may be wrong and as I said earlier, as long as the OP is happy with the performance on the course, who cares what the stats say :thup:

 

[harpo_72]

I'd be interested to hear where you got those figures from, it's not theoretically possible to get a SF of 1.47 with a 5 wood. Due to various factors including the loft on a 5w, you can only hope for a figure somewhere around the 1.4 mark.

You have made me look into this a bit further, seeing as smash is just a ratio of clubhead speed and ball speed, it seems the error can only be in the ball speed. However an error is only apparent when you calculate ball speed and don't measure it. So I looked at the calculation, and fundamentally the assumptions your making are fair for 10 years ago. Nowadays we have high core fairways so 0.83 should be used, the club weight will be in excess of 200g, probably 210g (but there are no figures), the loft calculation suggests 10 degrees would get these numbers ( well dynamically you can get there with an 18 degree club or there abouts). Finally the miss factor numbers... Or to put it bluntly the fudge factors need up dating. So in response I think 1.47 is wholly possible. Remember some people try to predict real data and make assumptions, real data or actual measured data is pure fact. Hence distance claims off monitors are irrelevant.

 

[Ethan]

Despite my suspicion of TM stuff, the SLDR fairway looks very good. I am sure the club is pretty long, although that is not necessarily a good thing.

The issue here seems to be that the data available has a smash factor of 1.5 noted, but the smash factor can be easily calculated from the ball and swing speed and is less.

If I understand the physics correctly, a COR of 0.83 is possible, likely even, with modern clubs, but the smash factor is unlikely to be as high as with a driver because the higher launch wastes some of the ball speed energy in backspin. This is a good thing, up to a point, as it gives good height and straightens the flight.

 

[pbrown7582]

here is another post on another thread suggesting the TM laubch monitor at the London Golf Show was rumoured to be set with a strong tail wind, probably at altitude and in 80 degrees sun shine as with most things they are there to sell so anything that can help? i would imagine its fairly common setting.

 

[dotty001]

here is another post on another thread suggesting the TM laubch monitor at the London Golf Show was rumoured to be set with a strong tail wind, probably at altitude and in 80 degrees sun shine as with most things they are there to sell so anything that can help? i would imagine its fairly common setting.

At the end of the day they've done their job, sales

Anyone that buys a club without seeing the ball flight has to accept what they've done once they get out on the course

 

[MarkE]

Says the ex tm whore!:rofl:

I was thinking the same thing. I'm a fairly infrequent visitor to the forum and seemed to recall Homer extolling the virtues of all things TM. So what happened Homer? Why the switch to Ping and has it helped. I need to know.

 

[MadAdey]

I would never ever trust any of the brands at one of these shows. At the end of the day they are there to sell kit so there is a good chance that you will get over exaggerated readings. This is the reason why I will not purchase kit from hitting it in a net, I always like to see it with the naked eye.

I would love to know what is so special about the SLDR 3w though. I am a huge TM fan and have pretty much always used their kit apart from the odd set of irons over the irons. Why do they change their products every few months though? Look at the last few years and the fairway woods that they have produced:

2011-R11, R11TP & Superfast 2.0, Superfast 2.0 TP
2012-R11s, R11sTp & RBZ, RBZ Tour, RBZ TP, RBZ Tour TP
2013-RBZ Stage 2 in standard, Tour, Tour TP
2013-SLDR

Has their technology really moved on that much? Or are they just cashing in on peoples need to have the latest kit?

I got the RBZ Stage2 Tour 3W this year, wish I had not sold my Superfast 2.0 TP as I think that is a far superior 3w for both off the tee and the fairway.

Good luck though with the 3W and I hope it works. Not trying to be negative against it or trying to stamp on your happiness at having a new shiny.

 

[Whee]

How many balls did you hit?

A 15 yard dispersion with a 3 wood, off a c17 handicap is going well....

 

[Deleted member 18121]

How many balls did you hit?

A 15 yard dispersion with a 3 wood, off a c17 handicap is going well....

I hit probably 40 balls with the sldr... the stats I posted were the average of those.

Not to falsely big myself up.... that was 15 yards each side off centre. So 30 yard dispersion.

 

[Beezerk]

Enjoy the new club mate, as long as you're happy with it that's all that matters.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

After a rather nasty finger injury whilst moving home I finally managed to hit the course today... 3 weeks after shooting my best course score. I was a little rusty to say the least but shot a +19 round of 90. Which included an 8 and three 7s!

Anyway, the sldr fairway wood..... GOES AN ABSOLUTE FRIGGIN MILE. No kidding it is stupidly longer off the tee and put me in positions my covert driver normally does.... I may have to have a go on the sldr driver just for giggles.

I only got to hit 2 shots off the floor with it and one I topped and the other a bit fat, more practice needed.

First impressions. ..... loved it.

 

[MadAdey]

After a rather nasty finger injury whilst moving home I finally managed to hit the course today... 3 weeks after shooting my best course score. I was a little rusty to say the least but shot a +19 round of 90. Which included an 8 and three 7s!

Anyway, the sldr fairway wood..... GOES AN ABSOLUTE FRIGGIN MILE. No kidding it is stupidly longer off the tee and put me in positions my covert driver normally does.... I may have to have a go on the sldr driver just for giggles.

I only got to hit 2 shots off the floor with it and one I topped and the other a bit fat, more practice needed.

First impressions. ..... loved it.

Glad you like it. I always go for TaylorMade drivers and fairways myself, have done for the last 15 years.

 

[golfdub]

I find 220yards with a 3wood is about average for a half decent ball striker, my 3 wood is my main weapon as I can carry 220-230 and I play with plenty of people who carry this or more with a 3 wood. Seems a bit to much moaning and slagging of for something so silly or maybe some people just need to work on their ball striking

Nice club by the way and even though Taylormade release clubs every other week they are always top clubs.

 

[the smiling assassin]

I hit probably 40 balls with the sldr... the stats I posted were the average of those.

Not to falsely big myself up.... that was 15 yards each side off centre. So 30 yard dispersion.

SLDR... sounds like tm have built you a SRF (semi-rough finder). Hate to think what the average dispersion with the driver would be especially if the 15either side was also '[re]juiced'

 

[hovis]

SLDR... sounds like tm have built you a SRF (semi-rough finder). Hate to think what the average dispersion with the driver would be especially if the 15either side was also '[re]juiced'

I always remember having a early fitting for the r11 just before it was released. The tm fitter said " blimey mate, have you seen you figures? Your carry is 291". My response was " do you think i'm stupid? Not one ball has made it to the 250 sign! He said the yardage signs where wrong!!!!!!!!!!