HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Looks like it stops at #7
Which still leaves the question, what does the speed slot actually do?
Taylormade Speed Blade
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Which still leaves the question, what does the speed slot actually do?
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
IMO it is a bit of a joke how often they bring new clubs out, and each one is sooooooo much better than everything else.
But, it just gives more choice to the consumer (which is good) and forces prices for 6 month old kit down (which is good).
If anyone really thinks they have to buy the latest kit because it's so much better than their 6 month old technology, then they deserve to be preyed upon by the marketing machines.
But, it just gives more choice to the consumer (which is good) and forces prices for 6 month old kit down (which is good).
If anyone really thinks they have to buy the latest kit because it's so much better than their 6 month old technology, then they deserve to be preyed upon by the marketing machines.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
:thup:
el marko
Head Pro
This. Never happens when Mizuno or Ping release a new set of irons. Funny though because a lot of the moaners will end up wanting a set of these!
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vkurup
Guest
Can I put my name down for the GM testing opp at Wentworth. email on its way to POH.
(With my marketing hat on) On another note, does it make any sense to release new clubs towards the end of the season. Surely TM can wait for next year.
(With my marketing hat on) On another note, does it make any sense to release new clubs towards the end of the season. Surely TM can wait for next year.
GB72
Money List Winner
Even though I am not the biggest fan of TM, I now see nothing wrong with what they do. As with any product, there is always a market for the next best thing and TM are only supplying the clear demand for it. Compare golf clubs to electrical appliances. Any TV that you buy now does the same basic job as an old cathode TV but people still want them. My plasma screen shows a TV picture but I still bought one even though it does the same job, slightly better, than my old TV. Why should golf clubs be any different.
As for the retailers, I can see no reason why they would not fully support new clubs every few months. After all, what are they going to do if they have nothing new to sell. They need a churn of new product to entice people to buy the same as any other shop.
What about the marketing gimmicks? Every product has them so why not golf clubs. Yes the white driver was sold as being easier to align but it added a bit of colour to peoples bags in a staid and traditional industry and paved the way for the current red, blue, orange etc clubs. These at a bit of fun and a bit of life to golf so well done TM for taking the first step.
To a certain extent we should be glad that we get the full range of new clubs over here. I read somewhere that the UK golf equipment market was worth less than the market for golf balls alone in just Florida. As such, the marketing strategy of TM is probably aimed solely at the US market and it would be easy to just ignore the smaller markets and focus on their bread and butter. Instead we get all the latest gear and the big marketing drives and, at the end of the day, there is no need to buy.
I say keep it up TM and keep the golf gear market interesting.
As for the retailers, I can see no reason why they would not fully support new clubs every few months. After all, what are they going to do if they have nothing new to sell. They need a churn of new product to entice people to buy the same as any other shop.
What about the marketing gimmicks? Every product has them so why not golf clubs. Yes the white driver was sold as being easier to align but it added a bit of colour to peoples bags in a staid and traditional industry and paved the way for the current red, blue, orange etc clubs. These at a bit of fun and a bit of life to golf so well done TM for taking the first step.
To a certain extent we should be glad that we get the full range of new clubs over here. I read somewhere that the UK golf equipment market was worth less than the market for golf balls alone in just Florida. As such, the marketing strategy of TM is probably aimed solely at the US market and it would be easy to just ignore the smaller markets and focus on their bread and butter. Instead we get all the latest gear and the big marketing drives and, at the end of the day, there is no need to buy.
I say keep it up TM and keep the golf gear market interesting.
Rooter
Money List Winner
Meh, i am out of date after only 6 months. Hey ho, i dont really care! mine are working very well for me! if people are mental enough to buy a new club every time one is released, then more fool them!
I do want to know when it will stop though! when will they advertise accuracy over distance? (not just TM!)
I do want to know when it will stop though! when will they advertise accuracy over distance? (not just TM!)
golfsaint
Q-School Graduate
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
As they are a global brand I suspect that they do not just look at the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere? I suspect there's plenty of golf going on throughout the world in our autumn/winter for them to capitalise on.
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
I am serious when I say that if any manufacturer says that they have reduced the shaft length of their Game Improver irons to make them easier to hit and control, then I would buy them. Surely I must not be the only happy hacker who needs clubs that make it easier to land on the fairway, not another 5 yards added to your 6 iron on the off chance you flush it down the middle?
Rooter
Money List Winner
Thats my point, the offer or promise of better accuracy would sell clubs, but they can't offer that because its porbably more subjective a point than distance. at least with distance they can simulate it with robots etc.. Although i do recall i think it was ping maybe who did promote that their "off sweetspot" strikes went straighter and longer and they even compared theirs with the competitors..
It about time new clubs were promoted as being straight-ier rather than long-ier!!
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
True, Mizuno don't seem to be shy about releasing new clubs a lot now as they seem to be releasing JPX versions quite a lot now.
Region3
Ryder Cup Winner
Provided the grips come off alright, a club fitter could lop an inch off every club in your bag and adjust lie angles to suit for about £60 at a guess. Probably cost you 5 or 6 yards in distance per club, not allowing for making better contact.
BTatHome
Tour Winner
Quite like the look of them, and if the performance is good then I can see them selling ok as they don't look at bad as the rocketbladez did (never saw the tour version in the flesh).
Once again I really couldn't care less about the release cycles and I still don't understand how anybody that doesn't buy every single release should care either.
Once again I really couldn't care less about the release cycles and I still don't understand how anybody that doesn't buy every single release should care either.
Mav281
Club Champion
Quite honestly they look like rebadged Rocketbladez with a different colour scheme. Differences between the two appear to be pretty minimal, not sure if the lofts are different for RBlades but a 17* 3 iron sounds about right or RBlades as well.
Tab373
Q-School Graduate
i actually quiet like the look i was tempted by the tour bladez but perhaps when they bring the tour version of these out i will look to change my Titleist ap2s as they are pretty old now and if it makes the games any easier then im all for it.
USER1999
Grand Slam Winner
A 3 iron should be around 21 degrees loft, so allowing for 3 degrees between clubs, the TM 3 iron is not far off a one and a half iron in old money.
If you asked a mid to high handicapped golfer to carry a one iron, he would think you were being silly.
Mark cross field conducted an experiment where he took a GI club, cut the shaft down to traditional length, and bent the loft down to traditional loft, and compared it with a club sold with these numbers as standard. Guess what? They had the same flight, and went the same distance. I think he was comparing the RBZ 7i versus a titleist 7i.
If you asked a mid to high handicapped golfer to carry a one iron, he would think you were being silly.
Mark cross field conducted an experiment where he took a GI club, cut the shaft down to traditional length, and bent the loft down to traditional loft, and compared it with a club sold with these numbers as standard. Guess what? They had the same flight, and went the same distance. I think he was comparing the RBZ 7i versus a titleist 7i.
el marko
Head Pro
What i find quite amusing. When the TM haters moan about the lofts but yet refuse to realise that nearly every iron released has the same or stronger than the RBZ!
Lets take the PW for example
Speedblade ​PW loft 45*
RBZ PW loft 45*
CG16 PW Loft 44*
Wilson Ci11 PW lLoft 44*
JPX 825 PW Loft 45*
MP54 PW Loft 46*
Ping G25 PW loft 45*
X-Hot PW Loft 44*
People need to wake up.
Im not a TM fanboy although i do like their equipment, When was the last time they released a club that wasnt very good...
Lets take the PW for example
Speedblade ​PW loft 45*
RBZ PW loft 45*
CG16 PW Loft 44*
Wilson Ci11 PW lLoft 44*
JPX 825 PW Loft 45*
MP54 PW Loft 46*
Ping G25 PW loft 45*
X-Hot PW Loft 44*
People need to wake up.
Im not a TM fanboy although i do like their equipment, When was the last time they released a club that wasnt very good...
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vkurup
Guest
I use TM irons, if I get a call from GM towers to attend a TM fitting for a SLDR driver and SpeedBlade irons, I will be at Wentworth in no time. Have a passport and happy to fly to Scotland for the fitting..
*nudge*nudege*wink*wink
*nudge*nudege*wink*wink
