What a Week for Taylormade

Jon Rahm's brilliant last two holes for the win capped off a mighty big week for TMAG!

Tuesday....Tiger signs

Thursday....Jason Day, the #1 player in the world puts the new P750 irons into play

Sunday....Jon Rahm wins in dramatic fashion with the new M2 Driver, the new M1 FW's, the new P750 irons, the new Milled Grind Wedges and the new TP5x golf ball

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

You are spot on. I can't think of something this magnitude as well!

You forgot Friday ...when they launched the M line and sent every one of their employees to TP decked out in t-shirts

You forgot their top 3 players took the weekend off .

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

:cheesy: :smilie_tm: Good week - but best week ever? Sure, the Tiger signing is big but then he missed the cut and just getting a set of irons in play and having a win for a regular Tour event isn't anything earth shattering.

You could make a strong case for Callaway by comparison -- they had a win on the Asian Tour (Todd Sinnott) and a win on the European Tour (Wang Jeunghun) with EPIC drivers and Callaway/Odyssey Clubs, signed Michelle Wie, had 20 EPIC drivers in play in Palm Springs, and 94% adoption rate which is the highest initial conversion ever for a new Callaway Driver. I'd say both companies are doing just fine! Clearly #1/#2 in the biz right now and it's great for the consumer.

You forgot their top 3 players took the weekend off .

There is no such thing as bad publicity. While I agree, having your top 3 horses miss the cut may have slowed the momentum. Rahm winning sure put TM right back on pace.

Yeah this is a crazy time for TaylorMade!

You forgot Friday ...when they launched the M line and sent every one of their employees to TP decked out in t-shirts

Without a doubt, Friday for sure....more of a consumer thing than Tour

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

 

:cheesy: :smilie_tm: Good week - but best week ever? Sure, the Tiger signing is big but then he missed the cut and just getting a set of irons in play and having a win for a regular Tour event isn't anything earth shattering.

 

 

You could make a strong case for Callaway by comparison -- they had a win on the Asian Tour (Todd Sinnott) and a win on the European Tour (Wang Jeunghun) with EPIC drivers and Callaway/Odyssey Clubs, signed Michelle Wie, had 20 EPIC drivers in play in Palm Springs, and 94% adoption rate which is the highest initial conversion ever for a new Callaway Driver. I'd say both companies are doing just fine! Clearly #1/#2 in the biz right now and it's great for the consumer.

Good points DTown....like I saId, I could not think of any, but you did. I guess that we both forgot to mention the amount of Drivers and FW's in play for TM this week...it was also huge and by a larger margin over the next competitor.

I will also add....winning in your backyard that is shared by many others is also a huge day for any of the OEM's in what is known as the capital for OEM's.

My gosh, it's still growing!

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Was a pretty great week for TM. Kind of deflated whatever little buzz the epic was trying to generate.

I'm kind of bored with the market and not really in the market for anything, but TM just semi sorta rejuvenated their appeal as temporal as it may be.

Not positive but I'm fairly certain titleist didn't mind the Hawaii swing .

Jon Rohm's brilliant last two holes for the win capped off a mighty big week for TMAG!

 

Tuesday....Tiger signs

Thursday....Jason Day, the #1 player in the world puts the new P750 irons into play

Sunday....Jon Rahm wins in dramatic fashion with the new M2 Driver, the new M1 FW's, the new P750 irons, the new Milled Grind Wedges and the new TP5x golf ball

 

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

And Tiger, Jason Day and DJ, arguably the 3 biggest names for TM all missed the cut.

Surely TM is doing something right, I played TM for years and the 300 forged irons are some of the best I've ever played...now they have the Top players on their roster, good for them, very happy for Jon Rahm, great guy, signed a bunch of autographs and took a bunch of photos and even stopped and spoke to fans at the Quicken Loans...

You forgot their top 3 players took the weekend off .

Exactly what I was thinking. I can't imagine TM would have traded their top 3 missing the cut for Rahm winning. Glad he did , but certainly not the exposure tiger on the weekend would have Been. Or DJ and Day in contention or winning. All I all it was at best a wash for TM.

Tiger missed the cut on purpose. He had weekend meetings with engineers to design his own line of MB Blades and with his lawyers to finalize his acquisition of Taylor made. I have a source.

You forgot their top 3 players took the weekend off .

Don't forget that Tiger did too!

Jon Rohm's brilliant last two holes for the win capped off a mighty big week for TMAG!

 

Tuesday....Tiger signs

Thursday....Jason Day, the #1 player in the world puts the new P750 irons into play

Sunday....Jon Rahm wins in dramatic fashion with the new M2 Driver, the new M1 FW's, the new P750 irons, the new Milled Grind Wedges and the new TP5x golf ball

 

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

Funny......never thought of that way. I actually thought it was remarkable and bad timing/luck that the "big three" TM guys all played together, wearing all their TM promotional clothes/hats/equipment and all missed the cut. And not pro or con TM either way......still have my Original One 12 degree driver in my garage.

Funny I was thinking that NIKE had a good week. Although, obviously not in equipment but when you watched the final groups on Sunday NIKE was everywhere...CT Pan, Patrick Rodgers, Tony Finau, JJ Spaun, Kyle Stanley, and Harris English were all top 14 and got some TV time on Sunday...some more than others obviously.

We pay attention to the clubs, but if people just tuned in they are looking at the players. Which is why NIKE saw it better to get out of equipment.

Taylormade did have a great week as well but I think NIKE was more "seen" if that makes sense.

Shame about the P750 reviews out there today. Us HCPs saying they are too unforgiving even for them. At the price point I can't see who is going to buy them if the dispersion is so unpredictable.

Nike had a great year in about 30 seconds on 16 on Sunday at the 2005 Masters.

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Jon Rohm's brilliant last two holes for the win capped off a mighty big week for TMAG!

 

Tuesday....Tiger signs

Thursday....Jason Day, the #1 player in the world puts the new P750 irons into play

Sunday....Jon Rahm wins in dramatic fashion with the new M2 Driver, the new M1 FW's, the new P750 irons, the new Milled Grind Wedges and the new TP5x golf ball

 

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

The big story of the week, which only a few people are talking about, is Rahm winning so quickly after switching to the TP5X. They are going hard after Titleist with this new ball lineup. Having a promising young star switch from a Pro V1x to your ball and then win right away is a marketing dream.

What about the spider putter? I'm totally biased because of how wicked good I putt with them. Just seems TM may be missing out in these by never having enough to meet demand. Yet they release the TP line. Why not build on the spider brand with a center shaft, different hosel configurations etc... rant over.

The biggest thing I took away from last week is this. TM must pay HUGE money for their pros to wear the most god awful looking hat with the big M on it. Epic fail in the wardrobe department. :)

I understand the validation that comes with bagging a product used by a tour winner, however short lived. But, it's all a little silly isn't it?

Imagine, the greatest players in history were able to rack up all those wins without a single TM club, or EPIC driver. Did the paradigm shift away from skill being at the core?

Phil once accused Tiger of playing inferior equipment. Someone better tell Phil, Rory, and all other non TM staffers that they're playing inferior equipment and are at a handicap, because the meme is that TM's M-product is the best, period.

However, next week, or the one after, we'll get a winner with Callaway in the bag; then Titleist, and so on. Granted, based on the shear numbers of "M" product in play, the probability for a TM win, along with bragging rights, is increased.

TM definitely has the "hot" product at the moment, and may dominate the driver/fairway segment for some time. Retail racks are overflowing with M product released within the last two years. Everybody has an M or wants the new M, which is a testament to their performance, but there is a lot of simple sheep herding going on here too. And, it won't be long before the latest and greatest new iteration of M is released, and 2nd Swing (and the like) will be full of 9 month old, now deemed inferior product, at half price. Lest we forget, it's all about parting us from our money, as we chase driver utopia in our vain imaginations of a few elusive yards of fairway.

Personally, when clubs like the M become so widely used, by pros and amateurs alike, they become too common place and ordinary for my liking. But then, I don't like to bag what everyone else does, if only to be a contrarian.

I love golf and golf equipment. I'm particular about what I play, like most of you. But, the other day, as I was reviewing photographs of the top drivers with their crowns cut away, I was reminded that these things we covet are just hunks of skeletal metal -- highly engineered but fairly crudely casted, by the countless multitude, and one day destined for the scrap bin. A sobering reality for me as I gaze upon the next OEM release of same.

If only Taylor Made could get Jon Rahm to switch to their Noodle golf balls they would have??? :cheesy:

Jon Rahm's brilliant last two holes for the win capped off a mighty big week for TMAG!

 

Tuesday....Tiger signs

Thursday....Jason Day, the #1 player in the world puts the new P750 irons into play

Sunday....Jon Rahm wins in dramatic fashion with the new M2 Driver, the new M1 FW's, the new P750 irons, the new Milled Grind Wedges and the new TP5x golf ball

 

I cannot think of anyone else having a week like this...OEM wise. There must be, but wow what a week, fan or not a fan of TMAG.

Monday, TM rescind on the contract offer. Marketing says TWs crooked driving will affect the zebra driver sales.