Your Questions for... Mark King - CEO of TaylorMade

[Deleted member 15344]

What do you think of the amateurs golfers views that drivers and clubs are starting become like cars where it appears resale value is more important these days ?

Phil

Leighton Buzzard

 

[macca64]

Is Nick Faldo still on the design aspect of TM,and if so wot is his input.
Mac Sultani
Highworth Swindon
PS can I have a job ?

 

[elevenredmen]

How close are you to finding a material to replace titanium?

Which product in the last ten years do you consider to be the most ground breaking?

 

[bladeplayer]

What did you hope to achieve or find out in doing undercover boss ? & did you succeed ?

Did you change anything major as a result of the experience you had ?

Bill Martin
Athy
Co Kildare

 

[sawtooth]

Any chance of a re-launch of the 2007 Burner Driver? A great performing club and in my opinion still the best looking TaylorMade driver to date.

Sorry forgot

Sean Wheatley
Berkshire.

 

[Oddsocks]

As an ex TM fanboy I have moved away from the brand due to the cycle of new products devaluing any investment I have made in the brand. Do you ever see TM as a company slowing down its release cycle?

Barry phelps
Croydon.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

What products (if any!) have other manufacturers released that have impressed you?

Paul Little
Bushey

 

[Oddsocks]

What products (if any!) have other manufacturers released that have impressed you?

Paul Little
Bushey

Adams..... So we brought them

 

[Hacker Khan]

Should golf be made more fun and enjoyable for the average amateur? And if so what do you feel is the greatest obstacle to the game being more fun at the moment?

Are there discernible differences between the different territories you operate in when it comes to how often they replace existing equipment?

Where geographically do you see the major growth markets for your equipment?

Do you think we will get to the stage where irons no longer have a number on the bottom of a club but instead just the loft angle, like wedges? if not then don't you think that would be more useful nowadays?

Do you think the seeming obsession with distance when marketing new golf clubs by just about every company will dissipate, and be replaced by more emphasis on forgiveness, something you could argue is more useful to the average amateur than an extra 3 yards?

Does it upset you when TM gets such a bashing on forums, when other manufacturers are now doing the same when it comes to product releases and distance claims? Do you believe the saying all publicity is good publicity? And if so do you laugh like a drain when you see page after page of discussion and comment on golf forums when you release a new driver


Nick Johnson
Nottingham

 

[mcbroon]

1. Given that you claim added distance with every club you release, how much further can the credibility of your marketing stretch before it is regarded as marketing guff?

2. My bad shot is a wild slice with my driver. Should I spend £300 on a new driver that's going to be superseded within the year, or spend it on lessons?

David Brown
Scottish Borders

 

[Wildrover]

What was it like being in Level 42 in their 80's heyday? It is the same one isn't it?

 

[richart]

Will you only be signing up players that use a short putter from now on ?

Richard Hart
Farnham

 

[bluewolf]

Does listening to all the moaners make your jet set millionaire lifestyle less enjoyable?

Danny Walsh
Wigan

 

[pbrown7582]

As an ex TM fanboy I have moved away from the brand due to the cycle of new products devaluing any investment I have made in the brand. Do you ever see TM as a company slowing down its release cycle?

Barry phelps
Croydon.

a freebie from GM and AG may also of helped ......

 

[Slab]

Given a completely free hand to make a non-conforming concept Driver, what might it have as it features?

 

[Hacker Khan]

Does listening to all the moaners make your jet set millionaire lifestyle less enjoyable?

Danny Walsh
Wigan

 

[vkurup]

Considering that I have a lot of (now old) TM Shineys, Can I get a full fit for a new set?? :ears:


1) Who is Mark's role model in business? Mark did bring a certain Steve Jobs-esque Apple keynote to some of the TM product launches.

2) Has he changed after doing 'Undercover Boss'?

 

[Rooter]

Where do you stand when you fellow competitors are teeing off?

 

[vkurup]

Where do you stand when you fellow competitors are teeing off?

that wud depend on what make of clubs they are using..

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Why do the majority of promotional photos of clubs, particularly Drivers, show the sole of the club?
Surely it would make more sense to show us what the crown looks like so we know what it'll look like when we use it.

James Robinson
Derby