Completely totalled a 2011 Burner 3 wood.(pic)

[Made 2 Taylor]

The face just blew apart, unbelievable. I was swinging normal(normal is still a very fast swing speed) and I guess this thing just couldn't handle it. Sucks because they are nice clubs to hit, I shape the ball nicely and put it anywhere I want to. This was off a low tee, so no rock came into contact, just pure ball.

[jpalermo]

that looks pretty wicked. bet it sounded crazy too. never broke a face but I did snap a shaft once trying to hit a "happy". shredded like a frayed rope. congrats. I like it. lol.

[Made 2 Taylor]

It was a very weird sound and the ball went a total of  20 yards max hahah I wondered what happened, then as I brought down the club I heard the big chunk of metal inside the head.

[jpalermo]

would have made a cool YouTube video.

[Made 2 Taylor]

You can clearly see where the weak points were too. It broke right on the top like and bottom line and on the same angle on the two sides, almost like it was just a welded insert.

[jpalermo]

are the faces welded? I'm sure not that far into the clubface but I thought all the faces of woods were welded to the body of the club. call tmade. maybe they will replace it. for free?

[Made 2 Taylor]

it was out of one of our rental sets at work that's never been hit yet, I was just testing the bad boys out. My boss is good friends with our TM rep so we got a bunch of sets to rent out for the summer at the course. It shouldn't be an issue to get it replaced.

[Paradox]

someone else on here was smashing burner 3w's, too.  I think they have a defective product.

[Made 2 Taylor]

They must have a defect, there is no way a face should just explode like that.

[LBlack14]

A regular customer at work has busted 2 of them and 3 drivers. 1 regular R9 and 2 R11's.

[Made 2 Taylor]

wow, how fast is this guys swing speed?

[BigAl5150]

I golfed with a guy a few years ago that had the same issue. He swung so hard he caved in a driver and 3-wood almost every year. Crazy. FWIW, I have nothing but great luck with TM customer service with a couple of drivers in the past. They should be able to help you out.

Alan

[Kieran123]

Are the grooves machined too deep maybe?

It looks to of broken right along them.

[Madhooker]

Been lurking a bit, but this piqued my interest.  I noticed what looks like a circular "explosion" of scratches on my Burner 2.0 faces on my driver, 3w, 3 and 4 rescues when cleaning them after my last round.  They weren't there before the round and I tried a new type of ball for probably 12 or 13 holes.  (same ball for first nine)  I was experiencing back spasms and my back was tight to start with so I wasn't swinging my fastest, that's for sure.  (Doubt I had a drive over 260, so not much speed that day.  Definitely, this wasn't a case of some big bomber going at it.

Anyhow, are some types of balls incompatable with these clubs?  It doesn't make sense to me, but I thought I would ask in the event that others have found this to be the case.

[xxsoultonesxx]

Originally Posted by Madhooker

Been lurking a bit, but this piqued my interest.  I noticed what looks like a circular "explosion" of scratches on my Burner 2.0 faces on my driver, 3w, 3 and 4 rescues when cleaning them after my last round.  They weren't there before the round and I tried a new type of ball for probably 12 or 13 holes.  (same ball for first nine)  I was experiencing back spasms and my back was tight to start with so I wasn't swinging my fastest, that's for sure.  (Doubt I had a drive over 260, so not much speed that day.  Definitely, this wasn't a case of some big bomber going at it.

Anyhow, are some types of balls incompatable with these clubs?  It doesn't make sense to me, but I thought I would ask in the event that others have found this to be the case.

Sandy/dirty golf ball. Clean your ball as best you can before hitting woods to avoid this.

[dhanson]

Originally Posted by xxsoultonesxx

Sandy/dirty golf ball. Clean your ball as best you can before hitting woods to avoid this.

also, hitting woods fat off a tee box with a lot of sand raked in will do the same.

[drglew]

You did buy it from a reputable shop and not a crazy eBay discount by chance....the most popular clubs like the new TM's are the ones that the Chinese companies make fakes!

[kas910]

This is why i stay away from taylormade stuff haha thats sucks my friends R11 came loose inside but they replaced it for free though