i play cleveland ta7 tour irons, dynamic gold s300 shafts
scotty cameron studio design 5 putter
cleveland 588 56*, bob vokey 52*
launcher 17* and 22* fw's
and as soon as my R7 rolls in....
and i completely disagree regarding head designs being maxed out....
if you read my ebay post you'll see that the shaft was co-designed by fujikura, not made by them also...
head design info:
taylor made has introduce extra thin walled clubs in the R7 series. standard driver wall thickness is about 1mm and the R7 series comes in at .8mm , this allows a weight savings of about 42 grams throughout the entire clubhead. the face itself also is 6 grams lighter than previous models due to the enlarged inverted cone area on the backside of the face.
with this extra 48 grams, taylor made was able to install 4 ports that accept cartridges to alter the CG of the head so the driver is tunable to any player. it comes with (2) 10 gram weights and (2) 2 gram weights. more weight in the heel will help you draw the ball, more in the toe... fade the ball. the ten gram weights in the back of the club, making the CG low and deep in the head will provide and increase launch angle with a slightly higher spin rate (about 400 rpm more than if the 10 gram weights are up front.)
www.taylormade.com check them out.. if anyone wants one... call me at 248 335 8095 and i can have one shipped out asap.
also, nike has created what they call NexTi, it is a proprietary form of titanium that is forged and bent and still allows the grain structure to be continuous. this allows them to forge the face and weld it to the housing across the crown of the club, reducing residual stresses in the metal caused by welding. this will expand the COR zone on the driver, making more of the club face have the maximum allowable coefficient of restitution of .830