R9 --just tried it - Page 3

*rmccabe6*

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Originally Posted by birdiemachine

Hit the Taylormade R9 today. The club set up very nice, lloked great at address, and had a nice hue ot its crown. It hit it and was devastated. The driver I was waiting 6 months for felt awful. I will not be buying a new driver this year it lloks like.

For those of you who have tried it....discuss your thoughts!

But if you don't buy it, all those marketing executives for taylor made will cry... oh wait, they can borrow some money from the AIG executives!

thevilleisill

I was on vacation and decided to stop at the St. Augustine "Pga Tour Stop" and look at the R9. Used it on the launch monitor and the club actually was the same as my R7 Super Quad. The sales guy said, lets go to the range and see if its any different. After hitting a few balls on the range i fell in love with this driver! I have a little problem with losing the ball to the right every once in a while, so i changed the driver to the NU set up, and made a ton of difference. So if I were you maybe give it another shot but not on a launch monitor but on a range instead!

*TomDonS*

Have it Love it!!! I changed the weights from the 1-1-16 to a 4-4-8. It makes the driver feel a little beefier off the face. The 1-1 weights are useless and there is nothing behind the toe and heel to get the ball movin' (my opinion) I liked it with the original weights, but the change i made was for the better.

*Grndslmhttr3*

Ugh, this "customizable" shit is so gimmicky. Just about everyone who buys something like this (including weights on a driver, etc.) will change it once, MAYBE twice, that's it. It's just wasted technology.

kgeorge78

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Originally Posted by Grndslmhttr3

Ugh, this "customizable" shit is so gimmicky. Just about everyone who buys something like this (including weights on a driver, etc.) will change it once, MAYBE twice, that's it. It's just wasted technology.

this coming from a man who plays balls he finds on the course!

j.k. All clubs are adjustable. Irons can be upright, flat, loft changed, shaft changed, .... Woods - Shafts, wedges - grinds, shafts, lofts, lies, lenght, ....

I don't mind tweaking with my R9 till I find the right setting. Nothing wrong with that.

*birdiemachine*

I tried it again, still hate it. I think Im going to be an Adams A4 and rededicate myself to becoming scratch. Im about to the point if I hit another driver I'm just going to buy the cheapest one.

xLoBoB

I hit it and also was not fond of it the closest thing i conpair it to is a brick on the end of a 2x4. It dosent even feel good when you hit it on the sweet spot. It feels dead and sends alot of vibration up the shaft. However I hit it so well im mildly confused. I just broke the shaft in my old r5 and i need a new club and may concider picking it up.

*flap*

My 2 cents the FT-9 is the real deal try the Tour 9.5 nuetral and I think you will like it.

*Big_M*

I had a similar experience when I hit the driver... it just never felt right, no pop or power. I hit the FT-9 and the new Titleist... and both of those felt much better.

I haven't seen a nice TM driver in a long time... maybe they should try to produce one good driver per year instead of four crappy ones.

TM drivers =

as of late.