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RichF

By RichF
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st0wgolf08 Dedicated Member

st0wgolf08

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They look so hideous, i doubt it. I thought golf companies were starting to move to cleaner looking clubs with their blades and other players irons. All the newer taylormade irons are starting to look like crap. I thought the muscleback racs looked fantastic but these just are horrible.

RichF Great Member

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They look so hideous, I doubt it

No - I'm pretty sure he

is using them. The commentators stated numerous times that he was using new irons for this tournament and the following photos from this tournament show that the back of these irons are not RAC MB TPs: You can clearly see the cavity-back and black paint-fill....
TaylorMade R9 460 9.5°
TaylorMade R9 13°
TaylorMade RAC TP MB 3-PW
TaylorMade RAC TP 54°.10 / 58°.10
Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2

RichF Great Member

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I meant I did see Sergio use them, I thought you asked if any other Tour pros used them, not if anyones hit them. sorry!

Oh right!

Anyways, he's been using the RAC MB TPs for about five years now - I guess such a radical change hasn't damaged his game - he's leading The Tour Championship and looking likely to win if he doesn't implode later today....
TaylorMade R9 460 9.5°
TaylorMade R9 13°
TaylorMade RAC TP MB 3-PW
TaylorMade RAC TP 54°.10 / 58°.10
Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2

golf_junkie27 Great Member

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This is just speculation but perhaps he might not be playing any more tournaments in the States, this year. Therefore, TM may have asked him to use them, this week. If you notice, he did not have them at the Ryder Cup.

This will give TM the "advertising" it needs to push these irons on the market: "Sergio used them to win at East Lake."

As for the irons, color scheme aside, they are almost identical to the 2005 RAC TP and the 2008 TM that were originally released in Japan and are in Mike Weir's bag.

I love the 2005 RAC TPs and from a review I read, these new TM TP Preferred play almost identical. These have a slighter offset and the distances are nearly the same.

Titleist 905T Accra SC75 M4 Shaft

Nike SQ 4W Accra T70 M4 Shaft
HB001 17* Hybrid with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X Stiff Flex
Baffler Pro 20* Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Taylor Made 24* Burner Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Mizuno MP-32 5-PW Black Oxide Finish Project X 6.0 Shafts

Vokey 52* Oil Can Finish TTDG S400 Shaft

Cleveland 588 60* TTDG S400 Shaft

Rife Bimini Blade Putter

 

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RichF Great Member

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This is just speculation but perhaps he might not be playing any more tournaments in the States, this year. Therefore, TM may have asked him to use them, this week. If you notice, he did not have them at the Ryder Cup.

Is this common practice with pros?

TaylorMade R9 460 9.5°
TaylorMade R9 13°
TaylorMade RAC TP MB 3-PW
TaylorMade RAC TP 54°.10 / 58°.10
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golf_junkie27 Great Member

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Is this common practice with pros?

I can't speak for all golfers but my guess is yes. TM has all of Sergio's specs, obviously. They would just have to build the clubs and get feedback from him. I know he likes the leading edge shaved a bit and he uses a special grind. I would not imagine something like this taking longer than a few hours in their facility and range.

Titleist 905T Accra SC75 M4 Shaft

Nike SQ 4W Accra T70 M4 Shaft
HB001 17* Hybrid with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X Stiff Flex
Baffler Pro 20* Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Taylor Made 24* Burner Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Mizuno MP-32 5-PW Black Oxide Finish Project X 6.0 Shafts

Vokey 52* Oil Can Finish TTDG S400 Shaft

Cleveland 588 60* TTDG S400 Shaft

Rife Bimini Blade Putter

 

Ball-White and Round

 


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Young Golf Prodigy

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Oh right!

Speaking of imploding, congrats to Camilo! The Tour Preferred don't look that hot, but I want some hot blades like the TP Smoke to replace my crappy cobras. They's getting old, man!

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3w: G10 15.5*5w: G10 18.5*3-UW i10 IronsSW: Vokey 54Putter: iWi Anser


Smilesy Established Member

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I agree they don't look that good, but they may play well. It may be a performance thing for him.

elchene Dedicated Member

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Anyone notice

Yeah, I noticed that Sergio was playing the tour preferred irons. I love the new white new decade mcc's that he has on those irons.


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RichF Great Member

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This is just speculation but perhaps he might not be playing any more tournaments in the States, this year. Therefore, TM may have asked him to use them, this week. If you notice, he did not have them at the Ryder Cup.

Well, he's still using them - and he's switched to the R7 Limited driver.

And he's now #2 in the world!
TaylorMade R9 460 9.5°
TaylorMade R9 13°
TaylorMade RAC TP MB 3-PW
TaylorMade RAC TP 54°.10 / 58°.10
Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2

golf_junkie27 Great Member

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Well, he's still using them - and he's switched to the R7 Limited driver.

Yes, and from what I read, altough identical to what you can find in stores, the heads on these bad boys are actually smaller, heel to toe.

FWIW, I hit these, last Friday. You cannot see the cavity back from address and the top line is not overly thick. In fact, it looks almost identical to the blades. You can feel the mishits, too, something I'm sure that is important to a player of his caliber. The clubs are actually nice looking, too. The pictures on the 'net don't do them justice.

Titleist 905T Accra SC75 M4 Shaft

Nike SQ 4W Accra T70 M4 Shaft
HB001 17* Hybrid with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X Stiff Flex
Baffler Pro 20* Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Taylor Made 24* Burner Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Mizuno MP-32 5-PW Black Oxide Finish Project X 6.0 Shafts

Vokey 52* Oil Can Finish TTDG S400 Shaft

Cleveland 588 60* TTDG S400 Shaft

Rife Bimini Blade Putter

 

Ball-White and Round

 


rjfan91 Well Established Member

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Sadly, first thing that came to mind is that back cavity slowly filling with dirt/mud... I like having blades that I can simply wipe with a towel.

In my bag:

Driver: 907d2
Fairway: R7 ti 5-Wood
Hybrids: 909H 21 Rescue 4Irons: KZG Forged Evolution 5 - PW w/Rifle 6.0 shaftWedges: 52 Rac & Vokey 58Putter: Studio Select 2Ball: Titleist ProV1xEyes: SG5


obsessedgolfer Dedicated Member

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They might have the same specs as blades but they feel like crap, most of the pros dont have to do with them bieng cast because most of the Taylormade pros get their stuff forged by miura.

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Burner 3 wood GD Pershing Shaft
Burner 5 wood GD Pershing Shaft
Tour Burner irons
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ERC7.5 Great Member

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I just got back from hitting these clubs and thought they felt great. I haven't hit many "player" irons but I struck all but two shots quite well and they felt very good. As golf_junkie said, you cannot see the cavity at address and they do look way better than any of the images on the net. I had intended to upgrade my irons this season to more of a GI set but now I am almost completely sold on these. Still looking at hitting a few other brands first though.

Here is an image from the main portion of this site that do the clubs a little more justice than I have seen on other sites (including TM's):


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