According to John Daly ... new prototype TM Blades

[golfmad50]

john daly interviewed on golf central talks about playing next week with new prototype maxfli irons anyone got any news about these ?

[klab0001]

I was watching Golf Central this morning and John Daly was being interviewed. He indicated that he was looking forward to playing next in Chicago and that Taylor Made was sending him a set of prototype blades ... any info on this???

[abewley]

yes...

 

 

thing rac MB with the cavities filled and a his lion logo on them..

 

nothing big.. just protos..

[BRENTY]

There just his Dunlops with TM logo and JD logo and Proto writen on them

[PMoretz]

They do look like his Dunlop blades, but they're not. Saw a few pics of them. Doubt TaylorMade would stamp their logo on Dunlop irons. That's a lawsuit waiting to happen.

[PMoretz]

Saw a few pics of them. They look just like his Dunlop Redneck blaces, except they hace the TaylorMade logo and JD's Lion logo, along with the word proto stamped across the back. Actually, kind of rough and ugly looking, not what you would normally expect from TaylorMade.

[golfmad50]

could someone post some pics?

[sandy]

Maybe Taylor Made bought the rights to the red neck irons for $2.00 and restamped them, kind of like Cobra and MacGregor :yahoo:

[kyle_m1]

Maybe Taylor Made bought the rights to the red neck irons for $2.00 and restamped them, kind of like Cobra and MacGregor :yahoo:

 

have you hit the Dunlop blades??? i have and i have to say that they are one of the best feeling bladse that i have ever hit... i have beeen playing Team Diwa Blades for just about my hole life.. i jsut dont think you have the right to say things like that if you dont know that you are talking about...

[50jay]

Are they that good?? and for how much do they go??? are they under 1K???

 

Jay

[nlacross]

My local golf store got one set of Dunlop blades and I got to hit them. They were definetly close to the best blade that I ever hit. If I remember correctly the retail on that set was $1,100. But the store sold them within a week probably due to the publicity of Daly using them but they were no doubt great irons. If Dunlop would continue to make players irons like those and get their name out there more they could be a top notch company. They just like to sell their chunky crap in the local Walmarts. But I give the players blades a great rating on my list....

[markheardjr]

Wasn't his limited release sets supposed to be sold at Hooter's???

[kyle_m1]

i think you can find them for at 600 or so if you look on google....

 

i would like to see what the maxfli are going to be like......

 

look for the Dunlop RG Players Irons.. this is what daly played

 

http://www.johndalysdiscountgolf.com/detail.aspx?ID=82

[sandy]

Maybe Taylor Made bought the rights to the red neck irons for $2.00 and restamped them, kind of like Cobra and MacGregor :yahoo:

 

have you hit the Dunlop blades??? i have and i have to say that they are one of the best feeling bladse that i have ever hit... i have beeen playing Team Diwa Blades for just about my hole life.. i jsut dont think you have the right to say things like that if you dont know that you are talking about...

 

Perhaps you could explain my rights to me, but please use better grammar and spelling this time. And I have had (note the use of the past tense) a set of the Red Neck irons and they definitely belong at Wal Mart, Costco, K-Mart, Target, Sam's Club. But I have had no experience with Diwa Blades, perhaps they are a joint venture of DIAWA.

[CSR]

Pictures are out there if you know where to look.

They are just restamped versions of the Dunlops with satin areas to look like the TM feel pockets or whatever the hell they call them...

Nothing special at all.

[golfmad50]

still looking for the pic's anyone got them to post? :drinks:

[golfmad50]

Saw a few pics of them. They look just like his Dunlop Redneck blaces, except they hace the TaylorMade logo and JD's Lion logo, along with the word proto stamped across the back. Actually, kind of rough and ugly looking, not what you would normally expect from TaylorMade.

 

 

 

you described them to a tee have you got a picture or where did you see them not that ugly

[PVarjak]

Does anyone know if Dunlop actually makes these or are they made for them by someone? Forged?

 

Thanks.

[easyyy]

Saw a few pics of them. They look just like his Dunlop Redneck blaces, except they hace the TaylorMade logo and JD's Lion logo, along with the word proto stamped across the back. Actually, kind of rough and ugly looking, not what you would normally expect from TaylorMade.

 

 

 

you described them to a tee have you got a picture or where did you see them not that ugly

 

 

here are the pics...

 

 

[alexandre]

DONT FORGET GUYS THAT DUNLOP=SRIXON=SUMIMOTO RUBBER ENTERPRISES, probably the largest budget in golf

[maguy1970]

What material do you think they used to fill in the feel pockets? You can clearly see the spots where the feel pockets get milled (is that right?) out. So either they filled them in, or they never milled them out...

[mat562]

I agree with the above post, that stamping up some old Dunlops with TM logos is a dicey thing to do, but, look at the pics. They are the original RG irons with a TM stamp and some "creative" sandblasting on the muscle which bears a passing resemblance to the RAC "Feel Pockets" i.e. Taylor Made's "You-can-see-it from-a-distance-unique-selling-point."

[Canadian-Lefty]

I believe I read somewhere that Taylor Made bought up Dunlop earlier this year?

[golfclubber]

Look like Titleist 670's to me..lol

[golfclubber]

Could also be 2006 RAC TP MB's with fill-ins

[mattsam]

This is the biggest rip I have ever seen.

They took the Dunlops (100% Sure) look at the hossle! And beedblasted the backs, and stamped the TM logo.

[PVarjak]

I didn't realize that Dunlop and Srixon were affiliated. Doesn't Dunlop also own the Slazenger brand, and as mentioned by someone else here, Maxfli, which they sold to TaylorMade.

 

Do you know more about Dunlop and where the Dunlop RG Design blades are made? Does Srixon (they make forged clubs, right?) make them?

 

Years ago, Slazenger made these beautiful blades for Seve Ballesteros (actually several styles like the Seve Blades and the Supremos).

 

Edit: A little research showed that these (at least the retail ones) are 304 stainless (and no references mention forging), which leads me to believe they are NOT forged (I don't know of any clubs forged with 304 stainless, but I could easily be wrong).