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At 7:30 AM Pacific Time this morning I’ll be hopping aboard a charter jet bound for Las Vegas.
A quick side note…charter jets to Vegas are becoming trendy in the golf industry.
A small number of us super-important (my classification, likely nobody else’s) media types are on-hand to check out what’s being described as TaylorMade’s latest product innovation.
via: Dave Cordero | theme song: Like a G6
Fortunately, we’re not being embargoed this time around so I’ll be able to share pictures of the new product along with images from inside the new TaylorMade Golf Experience; TaylorMade’s first retail location (which as it turns out used to be a Callaway retail location).
After a tour of the new digs we’ll head out to the range for what TaylorMade is bravely calling a “new product validation experience”. While we haven’t actually validated anything at this point, I’ll concede this much;
With TaylorMade it’s always an experience.
After a quick lunch we’ll be heading out…I suppose to…further validate the new product over a round of golf at the Wynn. Check back often, and be sure to let us know what you think of what you see.
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TaylorMade JetSpeed Launch Live Coverage! (Down Below)
David Crawford
10 years ago
See the TM whipping boys are out in force, you know the easy option is so simple if these regular releases annoy you don’t buy them and if you choose to do that then don’t comment on them
It’s really that simple
markb
10 years ago
I have now received both the $119 3wood and the $144 driver. One purchased from the Carlsbad Golf Center in San Diego and the other from theGolfHabit — both authorized TM vendors. Both are new in plastic, real and their serials confirmed with TMag. So much for paying full retail MSRP.
I haven’t hit either yet, it’s too cold up here in Utah. The 3 wood is small and looks very normal, attractive and hittable. I expect very few surprises or very many differences from my RBZ Stage 2, to be honest.
The driver is much larger than I expected. The biggest head I’ve ever seen, much larger than an SLDR or my Optiforce. I like the matte black paint and it is clean looking, but I don’t get the alignment graphics on the top. They seem asymmetrical to me. Since I kept my preferred Fujikura shaft with its SLDR tip from my last round of tests, I’m ready to go hit it as soon as I can get Flightscope time or it thaws out up here..
mark b
10 years ago
I’m sure no one is still following this old thread, but I’ve FINALLY had a chance to hit my $114 Jetspeed 3wood and $144 driver on a range side by side with my current gamers. You know what, they ain’t all that bad.
I don’t have distance or spin numbers for either yet, but my feeling was that while the clubs were good, they probably weren’t any longer than my current favorites (Rbz Stage 2 and Optiforce 460). Forgiveness was good, launch was good, dispersion was fine, feel and sound were both good. I was not unhappy, but I’ll have to see how well they do on a real course or a monitor before I pass final judgement. Sometimes these dead-spinning TMag products can roll out farther than you think. I thought the 3 wood launched a little low and it didn’t feel very long, but the driver launched fine at a stock, neutral 10.5 setting. This was the first TMag driver I’ve ever hit that I didn’t fight a big open-faced fade out of the box.
I have not yet experimented with the low face hits and the speedslot. In theory I should be able to move the ball forward in my stance, tee it up, get a positive AoA and have that dead spin scream on a low face it. We’ll see. I can say that I liked them enough to test further, they passed the first cut. Many metal woods that I try get tossed out after 10 swings.
markb
10 years ago
My final post on the Jetspeeds —
After another couple of range sessions, I decided to resell the 3HL fairway wood after I determined that it was a fine solid club, but it did not launch any higher or go any farther than my current RBZ 2. It’s practically new, no blemishes, and listed on Ebay for just $79 with NO TAKERS so far. I paid $114 for it and most other auctions are in the $140 range and they don’t seem to have any takers either. Make of that info what you will.
The Jetspeed driver was competitive enough with my current gamer that I decided to take.it for a spin on the course, hitting two drives every hole for 18. You know what — it was equal to, if not slightly better than my current gamer! This surprised me because the JS drives didn’t feel or sound all that flush. But it was a wettish day and I think the lower spin and enhanced roll-out of the JS allowed it to keep up.
THEN I BROKE IT ON THE 15TH TEE. Not the shaft, not the hosel, SOMETHING METAL BROKE OFF AND IS LOOSE RATTLING INSIDE THE BELL. So any praise I might have been building for the JS went right in the crapper. Clearly a driver should not break after two range sessions and 12 odd drives! Now I have to send it in to TMag and see what they’ll do about it, if anything. Take that for what it’s worth too.