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Hello I am the new guy here and I was thinking of buying a 905R. Do any of you have a review of this club? If so could you please share with me your thoughts on this club compared to the 9050T

The early word is this: the R is a bigger T that hits the ball a little further. Get the R in the same shaft and loft that you have now with the T and you'll be fine.

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I will have my 905R with Speeder 757 X-stiff on April 5th. I will post review after that. I am currently using 905T so, I am hoping the R will be as good if not better.
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I like mine with the vst pro shaft. Not as long as some other 460's but pretty straight. I went to a 10.5 for control and still have a ping G5 knock off with a great shaft in 8.5 degree laying around if needed for more juice. Some say the set up is closed but I don't see it

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I have played mine for about 3 weeks now. I love it. It is straight and really long. If you get one you will love it.

Titleist 905R 8.5 w/ UST V2 75 S
Taylor Made R7 TP TS 13 w/ Vista Pro 80 XS
Titleist 695cb 2i w/ Rifle Project X 6.5
Titleist 695.mb 3-PW w/ Rifle Project X 6.5
Titleist Vokey Tour Chrome 54.14 w/ Project X 6.5Titleist Vokey Tour Chrome 60.08 w/ Project X 6.5Titleist Cameron Studio Style...


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OK ... wow. Just "upgraded" from a 983k to this 905r. Lets put it this way, I signed up for this website just to write a review on this driver.
My 983k was great, but when got this big boy, "with the Speeder Shaft" I was kind of shocked.
Bottom line: I fade the ball. Some may even call it a slice. This thing goes freakin straight. And long...way long. I think it's the way it's weighted. Who knows. What I do know is that I BOMB THIS THING.

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OK ... wow. Just "upgraded" from a 983k to this 905r. Lets put it this way, I signed up for this website just to write a review on this driver.

Or the 5° closed face.

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Highly recommend this club! I had previously used other brands along with a 983K, then tried the Nike Ignite 460 (so, so..), then tried Taylor Made's TP R7 (hated it...), and finally settled on the 905R. Quite simply, one of the longest and easiest driver I've tried!! Did not disappoint at all...

In my bag:
Titleist 905R with Proforce V2 shaft
Kasco 16* 3 wood with Fujikura shaft
PRGR utility 7 wood with Graphite Design shaft
Mizuno MP60 4-PW
Bettinardi SW
Guerin Rife 2 Bar putter

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Tourstage 405 X-Drive driver w/Graphite Design Tour AD shaft
Tourstage F-UT 3 wood w/Graphite Design Tour AD shaft
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Highly recommend this club! I had previously used other brands along with a 983K, then tried the Nike Ignite 460 (so, so..), then tried Taylor Made's TP R7 (hated it...), and finally settled on the 905R. Quite simply, one of the longest and easiest driver I've tried!! Did not disappoint at all...

No offense, but reviews like this are useless. I for one didn't like the 905R because it's closed. I love the TM TP r7 because it's square (and all the details each of those entail).

Telling people why you like or dislike something is a good thing.

Erik J. Barzeski —  I knock a ball. It goes in a gopher hole. 🏌🏼‍♂️
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Back to the topic at hand...

Erik, how closed is the R compared to the non-TP r7's? I'm wondering what it is like compared to the 460 I'm using.

Fairways and Greens.

Dave
 

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Back to the topic at hand...

I'll have to go look at them side by side. I'll do that now...

I think the 905R is a degree or so more closed than the TM 460. If the TM 460 is 2 degrees closed, the 905R is 3. But the Titleist is no more than 4... so if the TM is 3 then the Titleist is 4, but if the TM is 1 the Titleist is probably 2. I wasn't going left like crazy with the TM (granted, I put all the weight in the toe, but that's supposed to make it neutral again), but the R was left-happy. Why? Can't adjust the weights back... it's probably slightly heel-weighted naturally. Neither are nearly as bad as the HiBore.

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I sent Titleist an email last week asking something to effect of "When is Titleist going to make a 460cc driver that is square when laid flat at address and then said how I hit 10 or so balls with my 975J straight and long then 30 seconds later hit the "demo" 905R and the first 3 were low duck hooks until I physically laid it open." They responded saying that the 905R is square and is built for the better player in mind and that there Cobra line is game improvement club and has a slightly closed face. I didn’t know Titleist owned Cobra but anyway it was just a demo model and maybe Ill try another somewhere else but I cant see how it would be different, a 905R is a 905R unless your DLIII or Ernie and had it custom built right. I swear that thing is closed, it’s a great driver don’t get me wrong but I cant spend 400 bucks on something I have to lay open....Am I crazy and just seeing things?
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I did switch to the 905R with the Speeder shaft. I find it to be one of the easiest drivers to hit. I am surprised on the distance that I can get out of it. I have always been a long hitter and had no idea how long I could be until I started hitting this club. I have been getting custom fitted for my drivers for the last few years at all sorts of different golf shops. I switched from an SMT O2 w/ a XS Accufles V2 shaft to the 905R and I gained distance. This driver imparts less sidespin for me and gives more carry. I am amazed at what I have been doing with it and won't be shoppijng around for a long time.


Dan



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Cleveland Hybrid 19* 2-Iron
Cleveland Hybrid 24* 4-Iron
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Cleveland 588 53*, 56*
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The face is square on the 905R. If you read the specs, you will see that the face is not 5* closed.
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The face is square on the 905R. If you read the specs, you will see that the face is not 5* closed.

Yeah, not according to a clubfitter to which I took the club. Mine's a few degrees closed and internally weighted pretty well towards the heel.

Titleist will always say that their drivers are square. It's all in how you measure. We're only talking about two or three degrees here.

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Yeah, not according to a clubfitter to which I took the club. Mine's a few degrees closed and internally weighted pretty well towards the heel.

It only makes sense as a clubmaker to make your drivers slightly closed and weighted on the heel. Most amateurs fight the banana ball to the right and need that additional help to close the face.

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Driver:   :pxg: 0311 Gen 5  X-Stiff.                        Irons:  :callaway: 4-PW APEX TCB Irons 
3 Wood: :callaway: Mavrik SZ Rogue X-Stiff                            Nippon Pro Modus 130 X-Stiff
3 Hybrid: :callaway: Mavrik Pro KBS Tour Proto X   Wedges: :vokey:  50°, 54°, 60° 
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