TaylorMade has announced they will be releasing r7 TP fairway woods to compliment their r7 line of drivers as well as the r5 Dual TP driver. TaylorMade is currently the number one brand of driver and fairway wood on the PGA Tour.
Instead of pushing a single club, it seems TaylorMade has found a new approach to winning the wood market by overwhelming its competitors and customers with one club after another. While TaylorMade makes fantastic equipment of which I play with and dream about playing with, when is enough enough? Within the last couple of months, they have released five clubs with the moveable or fixed weight system; the r7 driver, r7 TP driver, r7 ht driver, r5 dual driver, and the r5 dual fairway wood. Now they suprise us with the r7 TP fairway woods and the r5 dual TP.
What’s next? The r7 TP quad sided chipper? How far can they possibly push this whole weighting idea? If you think about it, first they had strong sales with the r7, followed by strong sales with the r5 dual but I am not sure they can milk more money out of the other woods. It seems that every product they produce winds up also having a TP version made. While the TP adds some extra perks for the lower handicap players, it also adds some extra numbers on the end of the price tag.
Now let it be known that I am not bashing anyone whom may own a TP model because, as I stated before, I wish that I could play some TP equipment. My luck I would lose the $150 wrench and set of weights. I just wish the TaylorMade equipment releases could slow down a bit to let my wallet catch up. The word on the street is that the r7 TP fairway wood will retail for about $500. You will be able to get your first hands-on look of the r7 TP fairway wood and the r5 Dual TP driver once they are released in mid-June.
Until then, check back with us next week. You never know – by then we may have some new, exciting TaylorMade releases to yap about.