#TaylorMadeTuesday at The Kingdom, Feb 26-28, 2017 (pics added pg1,16,19 & 20)

[DNice26]

Well, I was almost the first WRX attendee to die on one of these excursions. My flight coming into San Diego airport wasn't the way I was hoping to kick off the trip. On the first attempt to land the plane, the rear wheels touched down and the front wheel nearly took hold when the pilot punched it and we went soaring straight back up into the sky. My stomach dropped and the adrenalin was pumping. Only feedback we received was that something popped up in the runway. Right....anyway, the second attempt wasn't much better, but I survived...so that is over with thankfully.

 

Grabbed an Uber (sad to admit it is the first time I've used it) to the hotel. The Aviara hotel is beautiful. Check pics from the others. We met at 4 in the lobby to get a chance to meet each other (see BCULAWs pic above). I'm the guy second from the left. Everyone got on very well, as we chatted and waited to head off to dinner. First impression tells me all of these guys are passionate about the game and WRX. All extremely thankful for the opportunity and excited for what the trip will bring.

 

We met Jory and Ryan of TaylorMade (see Schnee's post for titles) for dinner at Chandler's Restaurant and Lounge. Yet another beautiful place in this trip. What can I say about these two guys...they are both so engaging. Hospitable and fun to chat life and golf with. There were various somewhat random conversations being had, but everyone was having a blast getting to meet one another.

 

I'm posting this at 4:30am local time, as my body is still used to its normal schedule. I can see the weather isn't looking good for the day ahead, but I'm sure we will make the absolute best of it!!!! First day was excellent, more to come!!!!!!

 

Oh man, that's like one of my worst nightmares. The wife and I go on trips at least twice a year and every time, I have to either pop a xanax or valium and follow it down with some alcohol, lol. I'm a bad flier and the worst one we've had was coming back from DR. The wind was up to 70MPH gust and we circled for about 45 minutes X feet before we could land. When we finally did, just about the ground our plane tilts from riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight back to straight and we land. Me and the dude next to me looked at each other and were like, "oh s***, this is it.", all while my wife practice fell asleep, lol. She's a champ.

 

Gladly everything turned out well man. I wish all you guy safe travels going forward!

 

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

I'm with you Rob.....I'm not a good flier either. Wouldn't have been fun to die on my Bday.

[CheckJV]

Orange is Clemson and Red is Georgia. Carolina is Garnet and Black. And yes, I don't wear Red or Orange either, nasty.

[Schnee]

Forecast isn't looking great for today, but the guys at TM indicated yesterday they have a plan in case of the weather not cooperating. The forecast has been changing rapidly over the past few days so maybe we get lucky and it's not as bad as currently projected.

 

We're not gonna let it spoil our day though!

 

[Schnee]

Well, I was almost the first WRX attendee to die on one of these excursions. My flight coming into San Diego airport wasn't the way I was hoping to kick off the trip. On the first attempt to land the plane, the rear wheels touched down and the front wheel nearly took hold when the pilot punched it and we went soaring straight back up into the sky. My stomach dropped and the adrenalin was pumping. Only feedback we received was that something popped up in the runway. Right....anyway, the second attempt wasn't much better, but I survived...so that is over with thankfully.

 

Grabbed an Uber (sad to admit it is the first time I've used it) to the hotel. The Aviara hotel is beautiful. Check pics from the others. We met at 4 in the lobby to get a chance to meet each other (see BCULAWs pic above). I'm the guy second from the left. Everyone got on very well, as we chatted and waited to head off to dinner. First impression tells me all of these guys are passionate about the game and WRX. All extremely thankful for the opportunity and excited for what the trip will bring.

 

We met Jory and Ryan of TaylorMade (see Schnee's post for titles) for dinner at Chandler's Restaurant and Lounge. Yet another beautiful place in this trip. What can I say about these two guys...they are both so engaging. Hospitable and fun to chat life and golf with. There were various somewhat random conversations being had, but everyone was having a blast getting to meet one another.

 

I'm posting this at 4:30am local time, as my body is still used to its normal schedule. I can see the weather isn't looking good for the day ahead, but I'm sure we will make the absolute best of it!!!! First day was excellent, more to come!!!!!!

 

Oh man, that's like one of my worst nightmares. The wife and I go on trips at least twice a year and every time, I have to either pop a xanax or valium and follow it down with some alcohol, lol. I'm a bad flier and the worst one we've had was coming back from DR. The wind was up to 70MPH gust and we circled for about 45 minutes X feet before we could land. When we finally did, just about the ground our plane tilts from riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight back to straight and we land. Me and the dude next to me looked at each other and were like, "oh s***, this is it.", all while my wife practice fell asleep, lol. She's a champ.

 

Gladly everything turned out well man. I wish all you guy safe travels going forward!

 

 

 

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

 

I'm with you Rob.....I'm not a good flier either. Wouldn't have been fun to die on my Bday.

 

 

I'm the opposite of you, nothing really bothers me while flying, but even I thought that landing yesterday was super rough. It was obviously an IFR landing, and when we popped out of the clouds it was basically "slam it down and throw those #%£€ing brakes on HARD"

[QuickFeet]

Just thought of a question. Would be nice to hear from the horses mouth exactly what the difference between tour issue vs. retail heads is. Is it just the cherry picked hot and open retail heads or something entirely different.

 

 

Not exactly apples to apples but I've got a tour issued R1 but shallow faced model....so obviously it wasn't released retail. Seems to be slightly more solid and consistent. ....but that could also be an open faced factor for my game.....even saying that , I've had success with closed face drivers.....guess this didn't help!

 

Just thought of a question. Would be nice to hear from the horses mouth exactly what the difference between tour issue vs. retail heads is. Is it just the cherry picked hot and open retail heads or something entirely different.

 

 

Not exactly apples to apples but I've got a tour issued R1 but shallow faced model....so obviously it wasn't released retail. Seems to be slightly more solid and consistent. ....but that could also be an open faced factor for my game.....even saying that , I've had success with closed face drivers.....guess this didn't help!

 

My coach Jeff Gallagher told me they use QUALITY metal for TI over retail when I asked him about it. Not sure how accurate that is but *shrug*

 

So they use NON-QUALITY metal for the heads us schlubs get!?

 

I would assume TM uses a quality Titanium alloy for their retail product with a more economical price to help with product costing. Tour product could use an alloy that has greater strength and provides a more consistent and higher CT/COR (due to the higher swing speeds of tour players, in general) but may have a considerable higher cost point as well. Not economical for the thousands of heads produced for retail.

 

I'd say it's unlikely that TM will provide you the exact titanium alloy for retail versus tour, if this is the case, but they may confirm that tour product has a different face material.

[WrY11]

This trip sounds great. I am excited to hear about the equipment, especially the new TP5/TP5x ball.

[robrey85]

Forecast isn't looking great for today, but the guys at TM indicated yesterday they have a plan in case of the weather not cooperating. The forecast has been changing rapidly over the past few days so maybe we get lucky and it's not as bad as currently projected.

 

We're not gonna let it spoil our day though!

 

 

I hope the weather cooperates but if it does not, I'm curious to hear about what is in store for you guys!

[LeviScot5]

Forecast isn't looking great for today, but the guys at TM indicated yesterday they have a plan in case of the weather not cooperating. The forecast has been changing rapidly over the past few days so maybe we get lucky and it's not as bad as currently projected.

 

We're not gonna let it spoil our day though!

 

"Make it rain on them!"

 

Have fun! Let us live vicariously through you guys this week!!

[robrey85]

So they use NON-QUALITY metal for the heads us schlubs get!?

 

I would assume TM uses a quality Titanium alloy for their retail product with a more economical price to help with product costing. Tour product could use an alloy that has greater strength and provides a more consistent and higher CT/COR (due to the higher swing speeds of tour players, in general) but may have a considerable higher cost point as well. Not economical for the thousands of heads produced for retail.

 

I'd say it's unlikely that TM will provide you the exact titanium alloy for retail versus tour, if this is the case, but they may confirm that tour product has a different face material.

 

This is more of what I meant, I didn't mean to imply they give us retail people junk, haha. Thanks for the clarification QF!

[TheMoneyShot]

Great info guys, have fun and keep the info coming!!

[BCULAW]

Need an anti-rain dance from you guys. Looking kind of soggy so far.

 

 

[QMany]

I don't wish that upon anyone, I'm hoping for better weather for you guys!

[thaar]

Need an anti-rain dance from you guys. Looking kind of soggy so far.

 

 

 

Sucks it's raining, but I imagine TM has a good backup plan for you guys.

 

I love these threads and can't wait to read more on your guys' trip! Enjoy!

[jml4]

California is better than this, I swear, you just caught us at a weird time...

 

Hoping it clears up, as it has up here in LA and you guys are able to enjoy it all today.

[Schnee]

[knudson81]

The boys all getting checked in!

 

 

[drewtaylor21]

Golf WRX exclusive, it appears Tiger's new irons are M2's! Also a hybrid in play! Poor guy really is getting old :rofl:

 

 

[GC70]

 

 

[Tcann32]

Congrats all.

 

Dnice- make sure you tell A-Aron I say what up.

[TheMoneyShot]

 

 

 

Are those M2 irons in TW's bag? That's blasphemy..

[4Par]

Pics rolling out ... got one in Twitter feed.... Schnee looks to have got a haircut recently... nice

[CSagan]

Did we miss breakfast pics? C'mon guys! ?

[PureStrikes54]

 

 

 

Are those M2 irons in TW's bag? That's blasphemy..

 

Those are miura baby blades disguised to look like m2 shovels...common guys everyone knows this.

[GC70]

 

 

 

[BCULAW]

I'll post live pics on instagram at bculaw18.

[drewtaylor21]

Think these guys like golf at all? Front office, get your coffee, hit some putts, ready for the day!

 

 

[GC70]

 

 

 

[PapaJohick]

Great stuff guys. like everyone else, pretty interested in the new ball

[cvhookem63]

 

 

I'll take that whole drawer of T3 heads please

[TheMoneyShot]

 

 

 

 

I would love to go shopping in those bins...