The now-venerable TaylorMade R7 line soon will be replaced by the R9. A flash announcement on the TMAG website says that it’s coming in March, but no more information is offered.
Rumors from a retailer acquaintance of mine, maintain that the new clubs will built around variable shafts. It makes sense, but that ‘s all I know.
Anyone out there know anything?
Why did it take so long? I found the various incarnations of the R7 very difficult to figure out what the current version was.
I wonder if they will move on from the Quad / SuperQuad nomenclature too. But you don’t want to take a two step interval on that. I can’t see many players wanting to swing an R9-Hex or SuperHex.
and here is hoping it isn’t called the R9-Pentium.
Look at http://www.mygolfspy.com
They have pictures and info on it.
Oh goodie! I was just thinking to myself…
“TaylorMade just doesn’t have enough driver models out there!”
Why did they skip the R8 anyway?
Looks like they’re doing only odd numbers. They had the R5, then the R7.
But you’re right. I’ve seriously lost track of all the different models and such.
So the R9 has been announced for a March 2009 release!
I must say I feel a little cheated by my local Taylormade Pro. I only just recently bought the R7 limited in November and at that time I was assured that this was the most up to date, technology packed driver that would be their flagship model for 2009. I now know that this is most definately not the case! The biggest gripe that I have is that in bonnie Scotland the golfing season does not start untill March/April and ends in October. That means that before I have even swung my r7 limited in serious competition it will have already been superceeded! Thanks Taylormade
Callaway FT-9….Here I come!