LIVE UPDATES: The $5000 TaylorMade SLDR Guarantee Event! Before/After Results Added!

[tembolo1284]

Yikes I got a fat head!

[scratchswinger]

[quote name='bjackson' timestamp='1396664314' post='9023869']
[quote name='scratchswinger' timestamp='1396662888' post='9023721']
No single malt for dinner?
[/quote]

I've got some Macallan 12 in front of me right now...and some Argentian red wine...and a bone-in fillet...
[/quote]

My boy!

[RedDevilWheezy]

[quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396662524' post='9023687']
We ran into Sean at the club!!![attachment=2159277:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396662513.177089.jpg]
[/quote]


Sean is the man! Nice hat buddy! Enjoying all the updates guys, makes for some good memories of the #InsideTMag trip. Enjoy it now, it will be over before you know it!

[northgolf]

[quote name='Kadin 25' timestamp='1396663516' post='9023777']
[quote name='tembolo1284' timestamp='1396661769' post='9023623']
My driver was E6. SLDR is D6. They said I need mental help.
[/quote]D6 huh..that sounds familiar.
[/quote]

Let me guess, that beautiful hand polished driver before Temb got all lead happy.

[swizbeatz]

I don't know about anyone else but the distance gains are pretty shocking to me. I plan on hitting the sldr again on trackman in a more structured fitting sometime soon after reading this.

[northgolf]

I'm seriously jealous of y'all. I just went through a local TM demo day where the flight scope wasn't registering the spin and it took the rep 25 minutes to figure out the stock shaft just didn't match up with my swing. I'll just have to find someone competent I can pay.

[CheckJV]

[quote name='DavePelz4' timestamp='1396657224' post='9023105'][quote name='CheckJV' timestamp='1396654385' post='9022865']
Gosh I am really tired after hitting all those balls today. The SLDR averaged 42 yards farther for me.

I love the SLDR mini. I just killed the 14 degree off the deck. Knocked one on a par 5 in two which was uphill and a 246 yard second shot.
[/quote]

So did you get a $1,000+ for that?[/quote]

You are correct sir!

[easyyy]

[quote name='RedDevilWheezy' timestamp='1396666670' post='9024081']
[quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396662524' post='9023687']
We ran into Sean at the club!!![attachment=2159277:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396662513.177089.jpg]
[/quote]


Sean is the man! Nice hat buddy! Enjoying all the updates guys, makes for some good memories of the #InsideTMag trip. Enjoy it now, it will be over before you know it!
[/quote]

That is great. Love Sean in the WRX hat!!!

[Carolina Golfer 2]

Seriously awesome trip and updates. More golf tomorrow?

[Kadin 25]

[quote name='northgolf' timestamp='1396667499' post='9024163']
[quote name='Kadin 25' timestamp='1396663516' post='9023777']
[quote name='tembolo1284' timestamp='1396661769' post='9023623']
My driver was E6. SLDR is D6. They said I need mental help.
[/quote]D6 huh..that sounds familiar.
[/quote]

Let me guess, that beautiful hand polished driver before Temb got all lead happy.
[/quote]Yep!

[Dave Feldman]

[quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396571162' post='9015361']
Say hello to my little friend...... Mini I LOVE you!!!!
[/quote]Hows the MINI??????? Did you give it a go?

[cphrey]

What a day! Got to meet Kia, then play around in the Kingdom, hit balls, get paid, awesome day! I'm toast!

[tbowles411]

[quote name='tembolo1284' timestamp='1396663684' post='9023799']
I shot 81 and jashton shot 100. The TM reps we played with were machines!
[/quote]
Yeah I know. The guy we played with at Reynolds was hitting a 3 wood 300 yards!

[TheMoneyShot]

[quote name='tbowles411' timestamp='1396671419' post='9024563']
[quote name='tembolo1284' timestamp='1396663684' post='9023799']
I shot 81 and jashton shot 100. The TM reps we played with were machines!
[/quote]
Yeah I know. The guy we played with at Reynolds was hitting a 3 wood 300 yards!
[/quote]

PD3!

[kejoal11]

[quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396662524' post='9023687']
We ran into Sean at the club!!![attachment=2159277:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396662513.177089.jpg]
[/quote]

Sean is the man and just as passionate as we are. Looking good with the wrx swag Sean!

[Dave Feldman]

[quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396643334' post='9021901']
Kingdom head cover [attachment=2158765:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396643327.539516.jpg]
[/quote]SICK!

[ThunderBuzzworth]

So I am Austin. I started with the Razr Fit Extreme 8.75 with Diamana Ilima 70x tipped 1.25

During the challenge I tried the 460 and 430 heads in 10.5 loft. Luckily there was 1 430 12 head on the van that I was fortunate enough to get my paws on. I tried a lot of different shafts:
AD MT 6x: hook machine (felt nice though)
Motore Speeder of some sort (all red): NOPE
AD BB 6&7x: not my ideal feel in a shaft and also felt like I had to work twice as hard to get it where it needed to be at impact. (I did pick this shaft for my fairway wood so it must have been a head weight/ shaft profile blunder).
AD DI 7x: the most popular shaft at Reynolds today. It was good not great. The numbers were better than average but feel was not ideal to me.
Mamiya VTS silver 6x: nice feeling shaft but it was spinny unless i really slowed down my transition.
Diamana Kaili 60x: it was the best one of the above bunch from the first ball I hit. Smoothest feel and rock solid numbers. (I hit one with the Kaili 349 but Zak was demanding 350 or bust)
Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x: first ball I hit with it was absolutely NUKED... Trackman didn't pick it up. The ball actually flew all the way over the range and landed on the opposite side tee Box and one hopped into the shrubbery. Luckily nobody was over there at that time. Made some adjustments to get trackman back on track... Very next ball was just mushed and I saw Zak put his hands in the air... 358. This was the one. We made a few more swings and minor tweaks and that was all she wrote.

Ended up in the SLDR 430 12* set at 11.5 with Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x tipped 1" D3.

In the end I was going between a
Kaili 60x and the Kiyoshi Gold but the Kiyoshi Gold was just golden. I'll still be thinking about the Kaili for a couple weeks I'm sure.

On course it performed just as
It did during fitting. I had a couple loose swings but for the most part it was awesome. I did hit a 341, 348 and 370 yard drive on #'s 6, 9 and 17 during the round. One was a par 5 that I only had 141 into. I ended up hitting 8/14
Fairways. 1 of which was a 3 wood so I guess 7/13 with driver. Not the best but I was hitting driver on every hole because that was why we were here. The real sleeper of this trip so far has been the TPx ball. I am very find of it and it is the ball I did my fitting with. I can't wait to try them out on a course I am familiar with.

Tonight at Dinner with the Reynolds group we had a discussion with Tom Fisher and Robin English about how to change the public view of the "loft up" campaign because it has received a lot of scrutiny among the golf community. Myself and Andy (CheckJV) came to the conclusion that "loft up" is a misinterpreted phrase to the consumer due to all the years of everyone wanting 7, 7.5, 8 degree drivers. Low lofted clubs mean lower spin clubs right? Not anymore! I came into this as the biggest skeptic of our group and probably the whole trip all together but after getting better numbers with 3 degrees more loft I can honestly say TO YOU SKEPTICS: It is something you must experience to believe. SLDR has all the potential in the world to be great for everyone but a proper fitting is absolutely crucial. The whole idea really is to optimize launch and spin. The SLDR I'm sure is amazing by itself but the shaft you put in it is equally important to hit those optimal numbers.

I feel that the term "loft up" is not appealing to the masses... ESPECIALLY the golf club gurus that our GolfWRX community has within it. I think the campaign should be reintroduced with the term Launch Up in some shape or form because really that is what the majority of golfers need is higher launch. Andy came up with spin down. So it would be Launch Up, spin down. Then the masses will start to ask more questions... How do I launch it higher? How do I get lower spin? Right now there are thousands of golfers that have a 7 or 8 degree driver that think it is low launch low spin because of the loft alone when in reality all it does is launch low. That low lofted driver needs extra spin to stay in the air... Why not flip the spectrum? Launch it twice as high with half the spin?

You want a higher launch? Try a higher lofted head. Taylormade robotic testing has proven 1 degree of loft is 3 times more effective at achieving higher launch than swinging up 1 degree. How do I get my spin down? Low and forward cog along with a properly fit shaft will drastically lower spin. Just by getting a consumer to ask those questions they can get them to enter a whole new realm of golf equipment.

This is where the custom fitting part comes into play.and this is where eberybody will see that this is not just hype but the real deal.

Who ever with a 128 swing speed would ever EVER go in a store and buy a 12 degree driver???? Who would even take one for free if they were offered??? NOT ME... Until today.

Don't take my word for it. I am extending the challenge to you guys now. Go test it for yourself (but make sure the shaft is a proper fit as well).

Austin,
ThunderBuzzworth
Bring the Thunder

Hulk smash
Loft up?

[cphrey]

[attachment=2159609:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396673828.438730.jpg]

[scratchswinger]

[quote name='ThunderBuzzworth' timestamp='1396673131' post='9024659']
So I am Austin. I started with the Razr Fit Extreme 8.75 with Diamana Ilima 70x tipped 1.25

During the challenge I tried the 460 and 430 heads in 10.5 loft. Luckily there was 1 430 12 head on the van that I was fortunate enough to get my paws on. I tried a lot of different shafts:
AD MT 6x: hook machine (felt nice though)
Motore Speeder of some sort (all red): NOPE
AD BB 6&7x: not my ideal feel in a shaft and also felt like I had to work twice as hard to get it where it needed to be at impact. (I did pick this shaft for my fairway wood so it must have been a head weight/ shaft profile blunder).
AD DI 7x: the most popular shaft at Reynolds today. It was good not great. The numbers were better than average but feel was not ideal to me.
Mamiya VTS silver 6x: nice feeling shaft but it was spinny unless i really slowed down my transition.
Diamana Kaili 60x: it was the best one of the above bunch from the first ball I hit. Smoothest feel and rock solid numbers. (I hit one with the Kaili 349 but Zak was demanding 350 or bust)
Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x: first ball I hit with it was absolutely NUKED... Trackman didn't pick it up. The ball actually flew all the way over the range and landed on the opposite side tee Box and one hopped into the shrubbery. Luckily nobody was over there at that time. Made some adjustments to get trackman back on track... Very next ball was just mushed and I saw Zak put his hands in the air... 358. This was the one. We made a few more swings and minor tweaks and that was all she wrote.

Ended up in the SLDR 430 12* set at 11.5 with Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x tipped 1" D3.

In the end I was going between a
Kaili 60x and the Kiyoshi Gold but the Kiyoshi Gold was just golden. I'll still be thinking about the Kaili for a couple weeks I'm sure.

On course it performed just as
It did during fitting. I had a couple loose swings but for the most part it was awesome. I did hit a 341, 348 and 370 yard drive on #'s 6, 9 and 17 during the round. One was a par 5 that I only had 141 into. I ended up hitting 8/14
Fairways. 1 of which was a 3 wood so I guess 7/13 with driver. Not the best but I was hitting driver on every hole because that was why we were here. The real sleeper of this trip so far has been the TPx ball. I am very find of it and it is the ball I did my fitting with. I can't wait to try them out on a course I am familiar with.

Tonight at Dinner with the Reynolds group we had a discussion with Tom Fisher and Robin English about how to change the public view of the "loft up" campaign because it has received a lot of scrutiny among the golf community. Myself and Andy (CheckJV) came to the conclusion that "loft up" is a misinterpreted phrase to the consumer due to all the years of everyone wanting 7, 7.5, 8 degree drivers. Low lofted clubs mean lower spin clubs right? Not anymore! I came into this as the biggest skeptic of our group and probably the whole trip all together but after getting better numbers with 3 degrees more loft I can honestly say TO YOU SKEPTICS: It is something you must experience to believe. SLDR has all the potential in the world to be great for everyone but a proper fitting is absolutely crucial. The whole idea really is to optimize launch and spin. The SLDR I'm sure is amazing by itself but the shaft you put in it is equally important to hit those optimal numbers.

I feel that the term "loft up" is not appealing to the masses... ESPECIALLY the golf club gurus that our GolfWRX community has within it. I think the campaign should be reintroduced with the term Launch Up in some shape or form because really that is what the majority of golfers need is higher launch. Andy came up with spin down. So it would be Launch Up, spin down. Then the masses will start to ask more questions... How do I launch it higher? How do I get lower spin? Right now there are thousands of golfers that have a 7 or 8 degree driver that think it is low launch low spin because of the loft alone when in reality all it does is launch low. That low lofted driver needs extra spin to stay in the air... Why not flip the spectrum? Launch it twice as high with half the spin?

You want a higher launch? Try a higher lofted head. Taylormade robotic testing has proven 1 degree of loft is 3 times more effective at achieving higher launch than swinging up 1 degree. How do I get my spin down? Low and forward cog along with a properly fit shaft will drastically lower spin. Just by getting a consumer to ask those questions they can get them to enter a whole new realm of golf equipment.

This is where the custom fitting part comes into play.and this is where eberybody will see that this is not just hype but the real deal.

Who ever with a 128 swing speed would ever EVER go in a store and buy a 12 degree driver???? Who would even take one for free if they were offered??? NOT ME... Until today.

Don't take my word for it. I am extending the challenge to you guys now. Go test it for yourself (but make sure the shaft is a proper fit as well).

Austin,
ThunderBuzzworth
Bring the Thunder

Hulk smash
Loft up?
[/quote]

Congrats man! Glad to hear that you are having a great time, dropping bombs, and seeing for yourself. Seeing is believing!

What 3 wood and hybrid did you get?

[cphrey]

I need a computer and I'll put my thoughts down in full very soon. This has been one of the very coolest experiences of my life and I can't thank TMaG and GolfWRX enough. Zach Heusser is the man, btw. What a great guy, thank you man! Can't wait to play La Costa tomorrow! I'll get some more in here in the next few days. If anyone has questions, please ask.

[idrive]

To make this a fair test..............

The shaft you guys were fit for should be put in the driver you were playing for comparison.

Way way more times than not, the shaft is the main reason for added distance. For everyone.

Heads are maxed out. The right shaft maximizes your distance.

[scratchswinger]

[quote name='idrive' timestamp='1396674594' post='9024737']
To make this a fair test..............

The shaft you guys were fit for should be put in the driver you were playing for comparison.

Way way more times than not, the shaft is the main reason for added distance. For everyone.

Heads are maxed out. The right shaft maximizes your distance.
[/quote]

I played the same shaft and gained more than 10 yards.

[kejoal11]

[quote name='ThunderBuzzworth' timestamp='1396673131' post='9024659']
So I am Austin. I started with the Razr Fit Extreme 8.75 with Diamana Ilima 70x tipped 1.25

During the challenge I tried the 460 and 430 heads in 10.5 loft. Luckily there was 1 430 12 head on the van that I was fortunate enough to get my paws on. I tried a lot of different shafts:
AD MT 6x: hook machine (felt nice though)
Motore Speeder of some sort (all red): NOPE
AD BB 6&7x: not my ideal feel in a shaft and also felt like I had to work twice as hard to get it where it needed to be at impact. (I did pick this shaft for my fairway wood so it must have been a head weight/ shaft profile blunder).
AD DI 7x: the most popular shaft at Reynolds today. It was good not great. The numbers were better than average but feel was not ideal to me.
Mamiya VTS silver 6x: nice feeling shaft but it was spinny unless i really slowed down my transition.
Diamana Kaili 60x: it was the best one of the above bunch from the first ball I hit. Smoothest feel and rock solid numbers. (I hit one with the Kaili 349 but Zak was demanding 350 or bust)
Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x: first ball I hit with it was absolutely NUKED... Trackman didn't pick it up. The ball actually flew all the way over the range and landed on the opposite side tee Box and one hopped into the shrubbery. Luckily nobody was over there at that time. Made some adjustments to get trackman back on track... Very next ball was just mushed and I saw Zak put his hands in the air... 358. This was the one. We made a few more swings and minor tweaks and that was all she wrote.

Ended up in the SLDR 430 12* set at 11.5 with Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x tipped 1" D3.

In the end I was going between a
Kaili 60x and the Kiyoshi Gold but the Kiyoshi Gold was just golden. I'll still be thinking about the Kaili for a couple weeks I'm sure.

On course it performed just as
It did during fitting. I had a couple loose swings but for the most part it was awesome. I did hit a 341, 348 and 370 yard drive on #'s 6, 9 and 17 during the round. One was a par 5 that I only had 141 into. I ended up hitting 8/14
Fairways. 1 of which was a 3 wood so I guess 7/13 with driver. Not the best but I was hitting driver on every hole because that was why we were here. The real sleeper of this trip so far has been the TPx ball. I am very find of it and it is the ball I did my fitting with. I can't wait to try them out on a course I am familiar with.

Tonight at Dinner with the Reynolds group we had a discussion with Tom Fisher and Robin English about how to change the public view of the "loft up" campaign because it has received a lot of scrutiny among the golf community. Myself and Andy (CheckJV) came to the conclusion that "loft up" is a misinterpreted phrase to the consumer due to all the years of everyone wanting 7, 7.5, 8 degree drivers. Low lofted clubs mean lower spin clubs right? Not anymore! I came into this as the biggest skeptic of our group and probably the whole trip all together but after getting better numbers with 3 degrees more loft I can honestly say TO YOU SKEPTICS: It is something you must experience to believe. SLDR has all the potential in the world to be great for everyone but a proper fitting is absolutely crucial. The whole idea really is to optimize launch and spin. The SLDR I'm sure is amazing by itself but the shaft you put in it is equally important to hit those optimal numbers.

I feel that the term "loft up" is not appealing to the masses... ESPECIALLY the golf club gurus that our GolfWRX community has within it. I think the campaign should be reintroduced with the term Launch Up in some shape or form because really that is what the majority of golfers need is higher launch. Andy came up with spin down. So it would be Launch Up, spin down. Then the masses will start to ask more questions... How do I launch it higher? How do I get lower spin? Right now there are thousands of golfers that have a 7 or 8 degree driver that think it is low launch low spin because of the loft alone when in reality all it does is launch low. That low lofted driver needs extra spin to stay in the air... Why not flip the spectrum? Launch it twice as high with half the spin?

You want a higher launch? Try a higher lofted head. Taylormade robotic testing has proven 1 degree of loft is 3 times more effective at achieving higher launch than swinging up 1 degree. How do I get my spin down? Low and forward cog along with a properly fit shaft will drastically lower spin. Just by getting a consumer to ask those questions they can get them to enter a whole new realm of golf equipment.

This is where the custom fitting part comes into play.and this is where eberybody will see that this is not just hype but the real deal.

Who ever with a 128 swing speed would ever EVER go in a store and buy a 12 degree driver???? Who would even take one for free if they were offered??? NOT ME... Until today.

Don't take my word for it. I am extending the challenge to you guys now. Go test it for yourself (but make sure the shaft is a proper fit as well).

Austin,
ThunderBuzzworth
Bring the Thunder

Hulk smash
Loft up?
[/quote]

That is exactly how I felt when I went to #insidetmag. I walked out a believer and very pleased with my new sticks. TM has rolled out the red carpet for wrx and they continue to show that they listen to us golf nuts! Congrats and enjoy the rest of your trip. You will never forget it.

[FSCMatt]

You guys lived the dream today. Thanks for keeping all of us (envious) updated.

[prorobo]

Jonas Blixt just told me I should have sandbagged the event.

[rbilramz]

[quote name='ThunderBuzzworth' timestamp='1396673131' post='9024659']
So I am Austin. I started with the Razr Fit Extreme 8.75 with Diamana Ilima 70x tipped 1.25

During the challenge I tried the 460 and 430 heads in 10.5 loft. Luckily there was 1 430 12 head on the van that I was fortunate enough to get my paws on. I tried a lot of different shafts:
AD MT 6x: hook machine (felt nice though)
Motore Speeder of some sort (all red): NOPE
AD BB 6&7x: not my ideal feel in a shaft and also felt like I had to work twice as hard to get it where it needed to be at impact. (I did pick this shaft for my fairway wood so it must have been a head weight/ shaft profile blunder).
AD DI 7x: the most popular shaft at Reynolds today. It was good not great. The numbers were better than average but feel was not ideal to me.
Mamiya VTS silver 6x: nice feeling shaft but it was spinny unless i really slowed down my transition.
Diamana Kaili 60x: it was the best one of the above bunch from the first ball I hit. Smoothest feel and rock solid numbers. (I hit one with the Kaili 349 but Zak was demanding 350 or bust)
Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x: first ball I hit with it was absolutely NUKED... Trackman didn't pick it up. The ball actually flew all the way over the range and landed on the opposite side tee Box and one hopped into the shrubbery. Luckily nobody was over there at that time. Made some adjustments to get trackman back on track... Very next ball was just mushed and I saw Zak put his hands in the air... 358. This was the one. We made a few more swings and minor tweaks and that was all she wrote.

Ended up in the SLDR 430 12* set at 11.5 with Oban Kiyoshi Gold 65x tipped 1" D3.

In the end I was going between a
Kaili 60x and the Kiyoshi Gold but the Kiyoshi Gold was just golden. I'll still be thinking about the Kaili for a couple weeks I'm sure.

On course it performed just as
It did during fitting. I had a couple loose swings but for the most part it was awesome. I did hit a 341, 348 and 370 yard drive on #'s 6, 9 and 17 during the round. One was a par 5 that I only had 141 into. I ended up hitting 8/14
Fairways. 1 of which was a 3 wood so I guess 7/13 with driver. Not the best but I was hitting driver on every hole because that was why we were here. The real sleeper of this trip so far has been the TPx ball. I am very find of it and it is the ball I did my fitting with. I can't wait to try them out on a course I am familiar with.

Tonight at Dinner with the Reynolds group we had a discussion with Tom Fisher and Robin English about how to change the public view of the "loft up" campaign because it has received a lot of scrutiny among the golf community. Myself and Andy (CheckJV) came to the conclusion that "loft up" is a misinterpreted phrase to the consumer due to all the years of everyone wanting 7, 7.5, 8 degree drivers. Low lofted clubs mean lower spin clubs right? Not anymore! I came into this as the biggest skeptic of our group and probably the whole trip all together but after getting better numbers with 3 degrees more loft I can honestly say TO YOU SKEPTICS: It is something you must experience to believe. SLDR has all the potential in the world to be great for everyone but a proper fitting is absolutely crucial. The whole idea really is to optimize launch and spin. The SLDR I'm sure is amazing by itself but the shaft you put in it is equally important to hit those optimal numbers.

I feel that the term "loft up" is not appealing to the masses... ESPECIALLY the golf club gurus that our GolfWRX community has within it. I think the campaign should be reintroduced with the term Launch Up in some shape or form because really that is what the majority of golfers need is higher launch. Andy came up with spin down. So it would be Launch Up, spin down. Then the masses will start to ask more questions... How do I launch it higher? How do I get lower spin? Right now there are thousands of golfers that have a 7 or 8 degree driver that think it is low launch low spin because of the loft alone when in reality all it does is launch low. That low lofted driver needs extra spin to stay in the air... Why not flip the spectrum? Launch it twice as high with half the spin?

You want a higher launch? Try a higher lofted head. Taylormade robotic testing has proven 1 degree of loft is 3 times more effective at achieving higher launch than swinging up 1 degree. How do I get my spin down? Low and forward cog along with a properly fit shaft will drastically lower spin. Just by getting a consumer to ask those questions they can get them to enter a whole new realm of golf equipment.

This is where the custom fitting part comes into play.and this is where eberybody will see that this is not just hype but the real deal.

Who ever with a 128 swing speed would ever EVER go in a store and buy a 12 degree driver???? Who would even take one for free if they were offered??? NOT ME... Until today.

Don't take my word for it. I am extending the challenge to you guys now. Go test it for yourself (but make sure the shaft is a proper fit as well).

Austin,
ThunderBuzzworth
Bring the Thunder

Hulk smash
Loft up?
[/quote]

This is the type of review everyone is hoping for. Thanks for taking the time to write something so thorough. Also, congrats!

[prorobo]

2 am, Ponte Vedra, Florida, post-round drinks with a PGA Tour winner, and we're walking back to the hotel. One more round tomorrow/later today. Pretty successful is a fair assessment.

[Macattack]

Having an absolute blast in Dallas. The fitting today was unreal thanks to our man Ryan AKA "Tito". Hitting the hay right now and I will do a full review later. But the SLDR is the REAL deal. It truly does knock the spin off the ball and launch it higher.

For those of you asking about the SLDR S, or the mini SLDR, that thing is an absolute cannon. You know that feeling you get on a trampoline when you get double bounced by a couple of buddies? That is the feeling I felt at impact when hitting it. It just flys off the face with low spin. I think I was carrying it about 275-280 into a pretty strong 15-20MPH Texas wind. More to come.

[jongalt55]

Exhausting day. Quick post before its time to pass out and try to rest up. Thoughts for the day:

1) Color me surprised. I had already been professionally fit by a TM fitter for my R11 and my R11s. I figured even if I did gain yards, it wouldn't be measurable. I picked up 13 yards on average. My fitter (Daryl) tweaked me even a little bit more after I got off the monitor and got my disbursion down. Bottom line, I came in playing a 7.5 degree driver (9 turned down to lowest). I left playing a 10 degree driver that spun less than my gamer and went further. I believe all but one of the participants saw the SLDR beat out their current gamer. Bottom line--the low and forward tech works (we had a good conversation today with Brian Bazzel about how the new CG location creates better vertical gear effect and scrubs off spin). Skeptic or not, the kind of improvment we saw is hard to leave ont he table.

2) There is some other really good stuff coming. Hit the mini driver and the ATV wedges today. Both are solid. The mini can be a driver replacement or a longer 3 wood depending on what you're looking for. The wedges have really clean lines and great turf interaction. Both are worth a look when they come out.

3) These are some first class people. One of the most interesting things about this trip was getting to meet and interact with the TM guys. They have gone out of our way to make the trip an amazing and informative experience for all of us and that, by itself, is amazing. What's cooler is that when you are around these guys, you see that they really do love what they do. These guys don't just work at and run a golf company. They are golfers. They think like golfers and their focus is on trying to make products that make the game more enjoyable for all of us. There is something to be said for that.

I'm exhausted. I hit way to many balls and tried out way too many clubs at the Kingdom (kid in a candy store and all that). A full review and update (with pics) will follow as soon as I'm able.

[cphrey]

[quote name='sandiegonative' timestamp='1396641466' post='9021675'][quote name='Zach Heusser' timestamp='1396641285' post='9021647']
Chris's R1 won[attachment=2158693:ImageUploadedByGolfWRX Mobile1396641276.496521.jpg]
[/quote]

Is it safe to assume Chris was properly fit for his R1 driver?[/quote]

I am very well fit into the R1. I threw the Kuro Kage in the SLDR during our round and began to find some more distance. I love how the SLDR feels, just need more time with it.