Taylormade R5!!

[Ego Woods]

Has anybody bought or even tried out that new driver by TM? They say it's the most forgiving driver they've ever made. I definitely something like that! :p They have two types of drivers for that model...one is just a neutral trajectory or a normal one...and the other one promotes a draw! So for all you slicers, this definitely help! I can't decide which one, cuz I slice and hook! :(

[Focker Singh]

I havn't tried either one yet but would like to just to see if adjusting those weights really do let you create different shots. Though a breach in the Rules of Golf, would be neat to adjust the weights on each hole. Then again, its the gunner not the gun.

[Ego Woods]

I havn't tried either one yet but would like to just to see if adjusting those weights really do let you create different shots. Though a breach in the Rules of Golf, would be neat to adjust the weights on each hole. Then again, its the gunner not the gun.
The R5 doesn't have adjustable weights. I believe ur referring to the R7......

[Jaydog]

i just read a review on the r5 and can't wait to try it on the simulator. you can't adjust it so you'd better buy the right one.

the thing that will peeve current r7 owners is that the r5 is supposed to be better overall and much cheaper. Ouch!! :eek:

[malarky]

i just read a review on the r5 and can't wait to try it on the simulator. you can't adjust it so you'd better buy the right one.

the thing that will peeve current r7 owners is that the r5 is supposed to be better overall and much cheaper. Ouch!! :eek:
LOL. The latest is ALWAYS better. That's why us sucker golfers talk about this stuff on the Internet to no end. And that's why when at my first opportunity to pop into a Golf Town, I'm testing the R5 (not to mention whatever else looks shiny and distance/straightness promoting).

[Ego Woods]

LOL. The latest is ALWAYS better. That's why us sucker golfers talk about this stuff on the Internet to no end. And that's why when at my first opportunity to pop into a Golf Town, I'm testing the R5 (not to mention whatever else looks shiny and distance/straightness promoting).
muahaha.......I bought my clearanced-price TM 420 Burner....a couple months later, I want one of these newer TM drivers.....I've only been hearing good reviews for these R5's.....would like to hear if anyone actually owns one and what their experience has been so far with it......

[laxgolf]

muahaha.......I bought my clearanced-price TM 420 Burner....a couple months later, I want one of these newer TM drivers.....I've only been hearing good reviews for these R5's.....would like to hear if anyone actually owns one and what their experience has been so far with it......Sorry for the threadjack....but how do you like the Burner 420? Once I reshafted with something more appropriate, this driver has become a fairway finder and loooooong. The stock TM Burner shaft is horrible. This driver was initially built to be sold at a lower price point than the 300 series and was put out right before the 500 series. When the 500 series drivers flooded the market, the 420 was pulled and all stock recalled because the Burner is so easy to hit and accurate to boot. TM didn't want a lower priced driver competing with their newer and 'better' drivers :eek: :nono: :mad: . The 420 Burner can be bought for less than $200 these days, but they're really hard to find. I've compared my 420 alongside the G2, 460 Launcher and Ignite and none of them outperformed my Burner. If you're in the market for a driver and come across the Burner, do yourself a favour and pick it.

I forgot to add that the 420 is set to promote a draw.

[Ego Woods]

Sorry for the threadjack....but how do you like the Burner 420? Once I reshafted with something more appropriate, this driver has become a fairway finder and loooooong. The stock TM Burner shaft is horrible. This driver was initially built to be sold at a lower price point than the 300 series and was put out right before the 500 series. When the 500 series drivers flooded the market, the 420 was pulled and all stock recalled because the Burner is so easy to hit and accurate to boot. TM didn't want a lower priced driver competing with their newer and 'better' drivers :eek: :nono: :mad: . The 420 Burner can be bought for less than $200 these days, but they're really hard to find. I've compared my 420 alongside the G2, 460 Launcher and Ignite and none of them outperformed my Burner. If you're in the market for a driver and come across the Burner, do yourself a favour and pick it.

I forgot to add that the 420 is set to promote a draw.
hey lax, yeah the more and more I played with it, the more and more I realized it was the stock shaft that my Burner came with was causing me problems...I plan to get a fitting for the correct shaft for my swing for next golf season because the shaft right now really is purely crap.....

wow, is the Burner really that good? :eek: ......ur making me think twice about a new driver.....which probably would save me money in the long run....:$

[laxgolf]

wow, is the Burner really that good? :eek: ......ur making me think twice about a new driver.....which probably would save me money in the long run....:$
The Burner is that good, but like I said not alot of people know about it since it was pulled off the market so it gets no love on the boards. There's not alot of them out there. At least try to do a reshaft before getting rid of it. That clubhead in the right shaft is awesome.

[Special_K]

I had an opportunity to hit the R5 at Golftown and wanted to share my opinions. I've hit a ton of drivers and I must say, the R5 is one of the best I have ever hit. The face is extremely hot and the driver is, as correctly advertised, very forgiving. I hit a few off centre and they still went BOOM and felt great. As a personal thing, I don't like the slightly closed setup and draw bias of the R5 "D". For those that slice frequently though, that might be a good thing. I would prefer the "N" setup, which features a square face and neutral weighting.

All in all, an excellent driver and much less expensive than the R7 Quad. If I were to buy the driver, I would probably buy one with a different shaft. I'm not a huge fan of Taylor's MAS series. I would probably go for a Fujikura 757 Speeder or maybe an Aldila NV. But, very forgiving....much more so than my current R580. You can swing away with confidence! The face just feels so good....

[Ego Woods]

I had an opportunity to hit the R5 at Golftown and wanted to share my opinions. I've hit a ton of drivers and I must say, the R5 is one of the best I have ever hit. The face is extremely hot and the driver is, as correctly advertised, very forgiving. I hit a few off centre and they still went BOOM and felt great. As a personal thing, I don't like the slightly closed setup and draw bias of the R5 "D". For those that slice frequently though, that might be a good thing. I would prefer the "N" setup, which features a square face and neutral weighting.

All in all, an excellent driver and much less expensive than the R7 Quad. If I were to buy the driver, I would probably buy one with a different shaft. I'm not a huge fan of Taylor's MAS series. I would probably go for a Fujikura 757 Speeder or maybe an Aldila NV. But, very forgiving....much more so than my current R580. You can swing away with confidence! The face just feels so good....
Special K, isn't it hard to tell what ur ball flight is in a simulator?..normally I use the simulator just to get the feel of the club...

[Special_K]

Special K, isn't it hard to tell what ur ball flight is in a simulator?..normally I use the simulator just to get the feel of the club...
Ego, you're right. But, i've hit so many drivers in that same simulator before that I am able to tell the "good" ones from the "bad" ones. Golftown simulators tend to favour a low ball flight meaning that if you hit it low and hard, it will report a higher distance than if you hit it high and hard. The R5 is designed with a higher ball flight but with less spin. Thus, the simulator will always underreport the distance by quite a bit.

I wouldn't trust the yardage, but it is a great place to, like you said, get a feel for the club. The simulator is actually pretty good in picking up whether it is a high ball flight or low. If you use the same simulator over and over again, you can really test different drivers out because it's semi-controlled. Not anywhere near perfect of course, but informative. The thing is, that machine is always generating numbers for you (ball speed, inaccurate yardage, etc.) You can use these numbers (regardless of whether of not they are accurate in the real world) to do comparisons between different drivers because it tests to that specific condition. That, combined with the masking tape they use to wrap up the club (you can use that to tell where you are making impact), combined with your general "feel" of it, you can get some pretty good information about the driver. Of course, in a perfect world, I would get some machine testing going, but hey, I don't have access to that kinda stuff so I gotta make do.

:D

[mikejb]

I was hitting the R5 (both N and D) yesterday.
I was hitting the R5 N 9.5
First off, I could not tell the difference between both. This maybe a result of my fast hand speed and the stock shaft which was a little tip soft for a Stiff.
Okay, I liked the the N, but did not like the D. The D was giving me a launch angle of around 16 degrees, but the N was giving me around 12 to 14 degrees.
I think the R5 would be a fantastic club to have in the bag if you do not like the 975K from setup (which I am not a fan of), and if you could put a great shaft in it you would be bombing them down the fairway, until the Titelist 905 comes out. Oh and the R5 is much more pleasant to hit than the R7.

[Ems]

Ego, you're right. But, i've hit so many drivers in that same simulator before that I am able to tell the "good" ones from the "bad" ones. Golftown simulators tend to favour a low ball flight meaning that if you hit it low and hard, it will report a higher distance than if you hit it high and hard. The R5 is designed with a higher ball flight but with less spin. Thus, the simulator will always underreport the distance by quite a bit.

I wouldn't trust the yardage, but it is a great place to, like you said, get a feel for the club. The simulator is actually pretty good in picking up whether it is a high ball flight or low. If you use the same simulator over and over again, you can really test different drivers out because it's semi-controlled. Not anywhere near perfect of course, but informative. The thing is, that machine is always generating numbers for you (ball speed, inaccurate yardage, etc.) You can use these numbers (regardless of whether of not they are accurate in the real world) to do comparisons between different drivers because it tests to that specific condition. That, combined with the masking tape they use to wrap up the club (you can use that to tell where you are making impact), combined with your general "feel" of it, you can get some pretty good information about the driver. Of course, in a perfect world, I would get some machine testing going, but hey, I don't have access to that kinda stuff so I gotta make do.

:D
I have never used the simulators, so if I'm looking to get a new driver, would you recommend that I also bring in my current driver and hit a few shots with it first before testing the driver that I want to buy?

[Jaydog]

I have never used the simulators, so if I'm looking to get a new driver, would you recommend that I also bring in my current driver and hit a few shots with it first before testing the driver that I want to buy?

hey ems...i asked the guys at golftown if i could bring my own driver for the simulator while testing others and they were ok with it. ask before just in case i got lucky. ;)

[Special_K]

Yeah sure. I bring my own clubs in there for comparison purposes all the time. When you walk in, just make sure you tell the people at the counter that the club is yours (especially if your club looks really new).


I have never used the simulators, so if I'm looking to get a new driver, would you recommend that I also bring in my current driver and hit a few shots with it first before testing the driver that I want to buy?

[BdaGolfer]

I have tried the N version a couple of times. The first time I was very impressed, especially with the stock shaft (as TM stock shafts go!). A good solid feel, not like the "hollow" feel I got from the 580XD, consistent trajectory and good forgiveness.

I then made the miskate of putting it up against the R510TP with 757 shaft - no contest! The TP is the stallion in the TM stable, the R5 feels weak by comparison. The kicker is that they're both $450 at Golf Town as I type, and I know this coz I walked out with the TP this morning :-)

Alan

P.S. I didn't like the head shape of the type D - bit too much of a J.Lo bulge at the back for my taste...

[East Coast Golfer]

The R7 is a horrible club in my opinion. You miss hit that club and it goes from left to left!!

The R5 does look nice and I am intersted in trying it out this spring.

[qboss]

Now that the season is well underway, can anyone update us with your thoughts/opinions of both types D and N. Specifically speaking, what are the negative aspects of the TYPE D.

[Mok]

i tried the R5 type N yesterday at the driving range at 407 & woodbine...TaylorMade had a demo day there. They gave out 5% off coupons if you purchased from Greenfields. Anyways, I found the R5 very easy to hit, very forgiving!