2 New TaylorMade Drivers!!

[Puttin4Bird]

I got an email from golfsmith today, 2 new TaylorMade drivers:

TaylorMade Burner 460: "TaylorMade has introduced its next generation of Burner drivers, developed for players who love to swing big and bomb the ball long."


TaylorMade r7 Limited: "Our best movable weight driver ever."


Anyone have more info on these babies!?!? I am rather intrigued to say the least! There is not much news on TaylorMadeGolf.com about the Burner, but there is on the r7 Limited.

[Dent]

Do not like the look of the Limited at all, and the burner still kinda looks the same. But may have to give them a try, thanks for the info.

[TinCupTampa]

I would have a hard time looking at either one of them.

[joshtpa]

Thanks for the info.

[Dent]

As well the Limited handwriting does not suit the driver.. AT ALL!

[golf_junkie27]

Anyone have more info on these babies!?!? I am rather intrigued to say the least! There is not much news on TaylorMadeGolf.com about the Burner, but there is on the r7 Limited.

http://thesandtrap.com/columns/bag_d...tters_and_more

[iacas]

http://thesandtrap.com/columns/bag_d...tters_and_more

Thanks. Saved me the effort. Oh how I wish people would realize we're not just a forum.

[tonyy]

The Limited just looks weird to me and I'd rather have the regular Tour Burner in black.

I'm sure these hit nicely though.

[Puttin4Bird]

Thanks. Saved me the effort. Oh how I wish people would realize we're not just a forum.

My bad, but in my defense the driver line wasn't exactly jumping off the page there. But I usually always look at the main page for updated equipment info, but didn't this time, why tuck the driver line clear down at the bottom of the story though? TaylorMade is probably more widely recognized by their drivers aren't they?

[Travis13]

I will be trying out the new Burner for sure

[KingCobra]

I think the new spider will be in my bag soon

[NBGC]

Is it just me, or does TM put out new drivers like 2x a year? I mean I know everyone has a new driver lineup annually, but it just seems TM come's out with new gear every 6 months or so. Are these totally vamped drivers from the ground up or basically the same driver's with minor tweakage or same driver with different graphic's and lettering?

I remember reading somewhere that they market on golfer's who continually update thier gear with the baddest and newest gear to cash in on club ho'ing. It was awhile ago and normally I'm pretty good about posting links, but imma feeling lazy tonight

[toogood]

Is it just me, or does TM put out new drivers like 2x a year? I mean I know everyone has a new driver lineup annually, but it just seems TM come's out with new gear every 6 months or so. Are these totally vamped drivers from the ground up or basically the same driver's with minor tweakage or same driver with different graphic's and lettering?

I actually just saw all of these clubs today, as I had an appointment with our TaylorMade rep today.

Think of the new Burner as a cross between the previous Burner driver, and the Tour Burner. The Tour Burner wasn't selling like they expected, and so they have replaced the old Burner, with the best features of the Tour Burner and re-packaged it as the Burner, because that was the best selling driver of 2007. I liked the look and feel of the Itsy Bitsy Spider, good balance, nice weight. The irons were decent looking, the TP looked sharp. I'll have to hit it when we get our demo's. The r7 Limited is not bad. They brought it back because the movable weights were being asked for big time. The CGB max was a dud and way too high priced. Overall I think they have some good products coming out. I'm especially looking forward to seeing the new line of Kia Ma putters from them. Milled putters, no inserts. Modeled in the vein of Scotty Cameron. Could be interesting.

[Guest]

Is it just me, or does TM put out new drivers like 2x a year? I mean I know everyone has a new driver lineup annually, but it just seems TM come's out with new gear every 6 months or so. Are these totally vamped drivers from the ground up or basically the same driver's with minor tweakage or same driver with different graphic's and lettering?

I have heard that most of the golf companies come out with releases twice a year. This is timed with the start of "the golf season", summer for the northern part of the country and winter for the southern part of the country(ie Arizona). That way they can be the newest and greatest for everybody.

[obsessedgolfer]

I actually just saw all of these clubs today, as I had an appointment with our TaylorMade rep today.

The CGB max could have been a great driver if the crown wasnt red, do you notice how "most" TM drivers over $300 dont do that well. There are some exceptions but for the most part its true, no one wants to pay $500 for something that wont really help them that much.

[jguzz28]

I actually got to hit the r7 limited at Golf Galaxy about a month ago, albeit in the complete wrong set up. It had a stiff flex and 9.5 degrees of loft. I need regular flex and 10.5 degrees of loft (what happens when your a lefty ). Also, I had to hit it with a good three layers of tape after the worker yelled at me for scuffing another club that I hadn't hit, so he insisted on taping it for me (I tape them anyway, but not excessively). I didn't get a real feel for it so take this FWIW. I got one out there at 220 carry, just as far as my current driver. When I replace clubs, I'll give it a look if I can hit on a real range, untaped.

[Kcas77]

the burner is set up very closed and the limited is supposed to be a very accurate driver but you will lose distance

[Batmanrb89]

Anyone whos says that the r7 is not an attractive looking club at setup, should probably stop touching themselves, the urban legend is coming true.....I've played the r7 limited, the burner 09, and the tour burner tp. All 3 with different shafts. Overall, the burner 09 would be a good club in a TP version without the ping rapture graphics, which essentially would make it last years Tour burner Tp. The r7 limited sets up like a taylormade but plays and feels like a Titleist to me. i don't seem to get as much distance out of it though as the others. Over all, in the past few years Taylormade best 2 drivers IMO are the superquad TP with the UST V2 shaft, and the Tour Burner TP with the Diamana Whiteboard shaft. Getting slightly off topic, I have to say, of all the fairway woods I've ever played, the Taylormade Burner Tour Launch with a UST V2 shaft is the best I have ever played, with the exception of the original big bertha steelheads...