Best Taylormade Driver Head Ever

[Bakes0]

Have had in my bag R7, RBZ, M1 and Sim 2

 

RBZ stayed in my bag for a looooong time. I’m talking years. M1 I didn’t get on with and now I’ve had Sim 2 for a year+.

 

RBZ was a beast.

[MuniPukeLife]

R7 Superquad

Burner Superfast TP

 

[JohnCents]

R7 Superquad TP was the first driver that for me was much faster than the newer model. (R9)

[MPAndreassi]

10 hours ago, Double Mocha Man said:

Here's the TaylorMade Superfast Burner TP that a lot of people are mentioning.  It came out a year before their driver heads went to white.

One of the straightest and longest combos ever for me. Blend of speed and forgiveness was unrivaled back then. 

[sandpounder]

I said Sim2 Max earlier in this thread but just bought a Stealth Plus so I am hoping that the Stealth Plus will be better.

[Luke'sdad]

Its all relative to any specific time period, but the TM 510 TP w/stock Speeder 757 shaft was still the best feeling driver I ever played. Not far behind was the TM 320 Tour

[ZAS]

still play my '07 Burner TP, Tour Spoon TP and 5W TP

 

and my other fairways in rotation [4W and 7W] are '16 M2

Edited September 5, 2022 by ZAS
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[savini72]

Currently game a M! and have found no reason to get rid of it! had an old XD360 before and have hit my friends Sim 2, but still was within a few yard of my M1... love that thing and its a really nice looking club

[phizzy30]

That's a tough one.  Favorite for me was the R11 dot which was tour issue with the 440cc head.  Ended up cracking the face which broke my heart.  Best TM driver is either the OG SIM or the Stealth.  Both anti-left and forgiving with high ball speeds for me. 

[Booker]

On 9/3/2022 at 8:12 AM, Double Mocha Man said:

Here's the TaylorMade Superfast Burner TP that a lot of people are mentioning.  It came out a year before their driver heads went to white.

This design, the tour issued long hosel model. Absolute ball speed monster still put up big numbers with these heads. Tour guys used them 3-4 years after the release. 

[larciel]

R9 superTri!

16 M2 

 

[AUTIGER07]

Not in any order but…

 

R510 TP

R7

R7 SQ

superfast 2.0 TP

RBZ2

SIM

[Flip4000]

For me and my tendencies, the Sim OG was perfect. Wasn't very forgiving, but for someone who needed low spin and was fighting a hook at the time, that drive arrived when I needed it most. Also, hit some of my longest drives ever with it, until it cracked

[3volutionBaby]

Longest drive I ever hit was the Burner 9.5 with stiff steel shaft in the mid 90s 348 yards. Same type that Duval used to shoot a 59 @ the bob hope.

 

Recently started playing again. Totally diff swing from the mid 90s.

In succession. SLDR stiff Fujikura Speeder 65 shaft neutral weight down to 9.5 from 10.5 avg about 270. Sim Max same shaft 9.5 from 10.5 avg 280. Stealth same shaft 10.0 from 9.0 avg 285-295.

 

Don't think another stick will make up much difference. All golf testers & analysts say the tsi3 or triple threat are only 5 yards longer...

 

 

[Tree Levino]

4 hours ago, Flip4000 said:

For me and my tendencies, the Sim OG was perfect. Wasn't very forgiving, but for someone who needed low spin and was fighting a hook at the time, that drive arrived when I needed it most. Also, hit some of my longest drives ever with it, until it cracked

I don’t know why but TM drivers seem to crack way more often than others. Here is my buddy’s Stealth +. He’s a mini tour guy that swings it in the high teens to low 20s. He doesn’t abuse his stuff and middles it constantly. He’s cracked so many TM heads. He’s having a really rough time getting a replacement too. 
 

 

 

[scotty_2987]

Picked up an og sim max d and I’m really liking it so far. I liked the sim but my miss is to the right so it didn’t work out the best for me being fade biased. I also didn't like the shallow face. The sim max d fixed both of those problems. Love the deep face and it just wants to go straight. Put my tour ad iz 6x in it and I’m a couple rounds in and my confidence with it is growing and growing. 

[lefthack]

I have only had a half dozen, but I think the the M6 was my favorite. I've been looking to score a Sim or Sim2 to try but haven't gotten lucky yet. 

[texcrom]

On 8/31/2022 at 12:01 PM, mcounci2 said:

Best?  Sim2

 

Favorite? R7 425 TP

Beat me to it, although I am loving the Stealth +!

Edited September 16, 2022 by texcrom

[jhoppmann]

This thread got me. 510TP coming tomorrow along with a 983k for fun

[FredZollner]

On 9/4/2022 at 10:10 PM, larciel said:

R9 superTri!

16 M2 

 

This is the correct answer. Pretty much every other TM driver mentioned on this thread is readily available. 

The R9 SuperTri and 16 M2 were Holy Grails that are rare.

I would have no problem pulling those two out of my basement and playing in a tournament confidently. 

[Goshdarnit]

My votes for Sldr 430, most workable as well as well high on my list of the longest TM heads that I have had.

[larciel]

1 hour ago, FredZollner said:

This is the correct answer. Pretty much every other TM driver mentioned on this thread is readily available. 

The R9 SuperTri and 16 M2 were Holy Grails that are rare.

I would have no problem pulling those two out of my basement and playing in a tournament confidently. 

that is true. I still have mint condition R9 Supertri. Both left and right!

[Flip4000]

On 9/6/2022 at 3:16 PM, TigerInTheWoods said:

I don’t know why but TM drivers seem to crack way more often than others. Here is my buddy’s Stealth +. He’s a mini tour guy that swings it in the high teens to low 20s. He doesn’t abuse his stuff and middles it constantly. He’s cracked so many TM heads. He’s having a really rough time getting a replacement too. 
 

 

 

I am sure it has something to do with them pushing the materials to the limit in order to make ball speed claims each year. The same tech that makes their drivers good also seems to be the areas where their drivers tend to fail. ( thin faces, carbon faces, moveable sole weights). I still like their stuff though 

[Longballjock]

2007 burner TP gets my vote. Was a fantastic shape. And the first real selection of aftermarket shafts in a fitting. Well in Scotland haha

[MagicMan79]

OG Sim for me. Low spin, awesome shape, fade bias , and FAST

 

But fragile. I cracked 3 of them, 2 were warrantied. 
 

Stealth plus is a close second - jury is still out on durability but haven’t broken #1 yet 

[Ca3l]

Man do I regret selling the 2016 M2. Not a big fan of the black/white crowns on the circa 2016-2021 TM stuff but yeah this was def the best driver I’ve ever owned. 

[SwingBlues]

On 9/3/2022 at 7:12 AM, Double Mocha Man said:

Here's the TaylorMade Superfast Burner TP that a lot of people are mentioning.  It came out a year before their driver heads went to white.

 

YES!

 

Here's mine that I am KEEPING...

 

 

 

I really find it interesting that the new line of Titleist TSr drivers recently release, all the soles are now very clean, without all the cutttings, grooves, lines and clutter - all, per Titleist, for the sake of aerodynamic efficiency... well, well, well...just like the SFTP clean sole 😁

 

Best TM driver - SFTP followed closely by the OG SIM Max (best sound of all TM drivers and silly, silly, long).

[realitycheck]

On 8/31/2022 at 2:33 PM, ProjectX_Mizuno said:

 

2007 Burner TP gets my vote as well.

Have to agree.  They've made NOTHING better than this one!!

[Valtiel]

On 9/7/2022 at 12:40 PM, FredZollner said:

This is the correct answer. Pretty much every other TM driver mentioned on this thread is readily available. 

The R9 SuperTri and 16 M2 were Holy Grails that are rare.

I would have no problem pulling those two out of my basement and playing in a tournament confidently. 

What constitutes rare in this case for you? Hundreds of both are always available on eBay. 

[larciel]

4 hours ago, Valtiel said:

What constitutes rare in this case for you? Hundreds of both are always available on eBay. 

Rare meaning those hit all the checkboxes.