TaylorMade…questions, questions

[MikeH]

evening all
I'm due to do a sit down, 1-2-1 interview with David Abeles, CEO of TaylorMade next week.
anything you'd like me to ask him...

 

[Bigfoot]

How do you justify the rising price of new golf equipment - particularly drivers - when they are then heavily discounted within a year and the next one comes along with minimal modification?

 

[FairwayDodger]

Should I stick with my R11 irons or is it time to upgrade them?

 

[duncan mackie]

What went wrong? How can you produce the best drivers for so many years and yet your brand, and business, isn't coverted within the business environment any more.

 

[SteveW86]

What is your view on American golfs double value trade in deal?

 

[GB72]

How hard was it to get your clubs into Rory"s bag. Guess there was a bit of competition

 

[Roland]

Have they given up on their myroundpro site now Microsoft seem to have given up with their Band. To be fair their site never really got going and nobody I've seen on the forum got anything back from the site support when course errors were flagged up.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Are we likely to see TaylorMade disappear as a brand if Adidas aren't able to sell and with the uncertainty is r+d being adversley affected?

 

[Beezerk]

What do you think will be the biggest advancement in golf club design over the next few years?

 

[davemc1]

Can you give davemc1 the first of your new lovely drivers coming out?
If he seems open to the suggestion, also ask him..., can you fly him over to the states and get Dustin to show him how to use it?

Imagine the publicity....




Go ed, I dare ye

 

[MadAdey]

Can you give davemc1 the first of your new lovely drivers coming out?
If he seems open to the suggestion, also ask him..., can you fly him over to the states and get Dustin to show him how to use it?

Imagine the publicity....




Go ed, I dare ye

Or save on the airfare and let me go instead. I would drive and pay for my own fuel....................................:thup:

 

[chrisd]

If he could see 20 years into the future what changes from today's clubs could he envisage?

 

[MadAdey]

How much further can you go with adjustable drivers before you start reinventing the wheel?

We had adjustable weights in the R7, added the adjustable loft with the R9, added an adjustable sole plate on the R11, the same but another 2 settings on the sole plate of the R11s, a different sole plate for the R1, dropped the soleplates and weight for a sliding bar in the SLDR, made it 2 sliding bars in the R15, now we have a slider that goes from front to back as well as the slider across the front with a composite crown in the M1.

To me that is the Taylormade driver development, that differed to the other manufacturers, over the last 12 years in a nutshell. I'm a big Taylormade Driver fan and have had the R7 QUAD, R7 SuperQuad, R9, R11s, SLDR and have the R15 3 wood now, so not in the anti Taylormade corner.

 

[tugglesf239]

What's happening to Adams???

Are you stopping the development of these products and just 'utilising' the brand excellent tech in TM products....

 

[BTatHome]

Has TM now settled into a naming convention of balls? In previous years the premium ball range changed names each year, which ultimately caused much confusion in the consumer. Are you now finally settled on the Tour Preferred (x) naming?

 

[Foxholer]

What's happening to Adams???

Are you stopping the development of these products and just 'utilising' the brand excellent tech in TM products....

Can I 'second' this one please!

 

[Mugs]

If another driver say the Titleist 917 gave you better numbers for your game, would you put it in play?

 

[ScienceBoy]

What is your favourite TM club from the 1990s?

 

[Dando]

Can I 'second' this one please!

i am another big fan of the Adams tech so my question would be;

have you thought about making a Tight Lies 2 style driver? ie small shallow head

 

[drewster]

Why are you still plugging white drivers to death ? and Has there been any consideration to updating/reengineering the logo and font ? In my own humble opinion it looks a bit dated now and out of sync with your "funky and innovative" hardware .