Taylormade Burner driver!!!

[BigHitta]

I heard this driver is being played just as much or more than the r7 superquad at tour events.

I also read that both the MOI on both new Taylormade driver's are an astounding 5800. I don't know how this is possible considering the Sumo^2 puts an empasis on it's MOI by it's radical design, and that's 5300. WTF!!!!

If anyone wants to comment on the whach MOI test or just what they know about the Burner, post it here.

[Big Don]

  BigHitta said:

I heard this driver is being played just as much or more than the r7 superquad at tour events.

I'm not mad on the aesthetics of the burner. The flame logo on the sole looks a bit naff in my opinion.

The moment of inertia of an object about a given axis is a measure of how difficult it is to induce an angular rotation of the object about that axis. In a golf club head there are three axis of rotation. Therefore there are actually three MOI values not just one. Moment of inertia is increased by moving mass away from the axis of rotation which increases the resistance to twisting. Golf club designers obviously seek to maximise the resistance to twisting whilst also remaining within the USGA geometry and COR limits. Given this situation, depending on the design objective, the designer can maximise the MOI relative to one axis at the expense of the MOI around another axis. There are likely many potential designs, apart from the square headed designs, that will produce a very stable head that is resistant to twisting. It's therefore perfectly possible that the burner will perform comparably to any of the square drivers out there.

[hypergolf]

I can't say much since I have not tried it yet but wouldn't recommend it. My coach did mention that TM launches a few new clubs just for the sake of competing with the rest of the brands without much QC. Superquads are good but according to what I hear Burners are almost like the R5 XL quality that was made in China.