2013 TaylorMade R1 Driver: Review, Video and Pics

[Gbcokc]

[quote name='TMBob' timestamp='1357514474' post='6179981']
[quote name='Gbcokc' timestamp='1357514182' post='6179951']
When does this hit stores for us regular joes to decide for ourselves?
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2/1.....where are you located?
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TMBob I am in Oklahoma City.

[TMBob]

CP.....did you use the long screw trick and still had an issue?

I think I will wait....a member might help me out with a sleeve. My issue is, pull the GD Di (awesome looking with this head) shaft up a UST VTS Red, or a Orange Accra Proto Tour Z? Maybe a Fuel.....that looked like a match!

[TMBob]

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[quote name='TMBob' timestamp='1357514474' post='6179981']
[quote name='Gbcokc' timestamp='1357514182' post='6179951']
When does this hit stores for us regular joes to decide for ourselves?
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2/1.....where are you located?
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TMBob I am in Oklahoma City.
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To bad you were not here....you could have hit it!

[Caesar Palache]

[quote name='TMBob' timestamp='1357522142' post='6180733']
CP.....did you use the long screw trick and still had an issue?

I think I will wait....a member might help me out with a sleeve. My issue is, pull the GD Di (awesome looking with this head) shaft up a UST VTS Red, or a Orange Accra Proto Tour Z? Maybe a Fuel.....that looked like a match!
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definitely a good idea to wait. i had a slow morning today so i spent alot of time in the club repair area and convinced myself to do it.

explain to me this long screw trick?

[preshotroutine]

How much are the adaptors from Taylor Made?

[TMBob]

You use a long screw (aftermarket screw with the same tip size that will screw into the sleeve) on a shaft puller to avoid as much heat on the upper sleeve....basically creating more space in order to heat the upper half and not melt the plastic cover. It's been posted on here before.

I always use all metal versions because of this.....I need to make contact with someone to see if there will be all metal R1 sleeves and any with more flat lie options...if not, time to try 44.5" or slightly less..I am owning the toe with the R1, more the swing but I feel it sits more on the heel side of the centerline like the R11 did for me, were the R11s dies not.

[BNich0622]

No reason to wear a watch on the course anymore. You can tell time now on the sole of the R1.

[Caesar Palache]

[quote name='TMBob' timestamp='1357522949' post='6180827']
You use a long screw (aftermarket screw with the same tip size that will screw into the sleeve) on a shaft puller to avoid as much heat on the upper sleeve....basically creating more space in order to heat the upper half and not melt the plastic cover. It's been posted on here before.

I always use all metal versions because of this.....I need to make contact with someone to see if there will be all metal R1 sleeves and any with more flat lie options...if not, time to try 44.5" or slightly less..[b]I am owning the toe with the R1[/b], more the swing but I feel it sits more on the heel side of the centerline like the R11 did for me, were the R11s dies not.
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I am all over the toe on the R1, but since im putting my shaft in that will be 45" i think that will help some. i figured the long screw had something to do with the shaft puller. well i got it off with minimal damage, would i do it again? no, ill buy some more. and my RBZ/r11 adapters are all metal because i hated the melting ferrel.

[BuckyBadger]

I love my boy Mark King, but I think the R1 driver is visually too much for me. I don't care for the stock shafts either. I would feel like a tool carrying one of these drivers to the first tee.

I will stick with my Ping G20 and RBZ as a backup.

[TheDarkOne]

[size=4]With no discernible gains in performance and the main changes being aimed to help the retailers and not the golfer, many share you sentiment Bucky.[/size]
[size=4]To the majority who have commented here, the R1 is the most disappointing driver TM has released in years. Incredibly bad timing with Nike introducing a driver that has everyone interested.[/size]
[size=4]Ah well, at least if you get lost in the woods the compass could help you find your back. [/size]

[Big Ben]

Just don't push it because I think the Hellraiser dude will come out! Be careful people

[Sliq]

[quote name='Directvtechguy' timestamp='1357499931' post='6178749']
I'm a Cobra guy...drivers anyways... Like the sound... Like the feel...just a preference, nothing more... With all the talk of the R1's adjustability... How this one head, multiple loft thing is revolutionary... Didn't Cobra reveal their technology first? Aside from that... The review I read said 2 yards gentlemen.... 2 WHOLE YARDS... The upgrade in performance is 2 YARDS... So everyone talking about the performance of it.... I say again.... 2 YARDS. Who's gives a crap about about performance...who gives a crap about looks.... If you want to buy the latest and greatest just to say you have the latest and greatest or cause you just gotta be " that guy " with the fresh gear every year then just do it. When we read a performance revue with ultra great ratings and no significant yield in performance....Kool-aid. If you just HAVE to have a putter with some stamp on it that makes you think it's something more than just a putter with a stamp on it...Kool-aid. But who cares.... I like my brands Kool-aid too. The bottom line is.... It doesn't truly perform any better than the R11s... It doesn't really perform any better than the 913... It doesn't do s**t except tell the world you like Taylormade's Kool-aid. I like Cobra's Kool-aid. A lot of guys like Taylormade's Kool-aid... But for the love of god... It doesn't do s**t more for anyone than the R11 does. Just wish people would stop pretending it's not just Kool-aid.
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Here's a guy who stayed home sick the day his school taught how ellipses should be used.

[Eck42]

I like TM, but IMO the graphics makes the club look like a Dick's Sporting Goods Special made just for Dick's...

[TMBob]

[quote name='BuckyBadger' timestamp='1357556220' post='6182383']
I love my boy Mark King, but I think the R1 driver is visually too much for me. I don't care for the stock shafts either. I would feel like a tool carrying one of these drivers to the first tee.

I will stick with my Ping G20 and RBZ as a backup.
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I saw Russell Wilson at the range last week with one...should I tell him next time that Bucky said he looks like a tool?

[TheMoneyShot]

I wonder how much replacement sole plates will cost for the R1?

[dutxdeanster]

Just not sure about the racing stripes....bottom line.

[scratchswinger]

Is it true that the heads being used on tour are not one loft? And that they are actually using 8°9°10° heads?

[Big Ben]

Will People's should be able to verify the actual lofts on tour, ohhhh Willll, where are you??

[H.A. Kerr]

On the USGA conforming list for this week, R1(version 1) is listed with the lofts available via the collar system ([size=2]8,9.5,9.5,10.5,10.5,12)[/size]. The listing for the AMP Cell seems to similarly list all available lofts via the collar. However, TM has a R1 (version 2) that's listed as only being in 8.5, 10 and 11.5.

Just as a contrast, the Covert is only listed at one loft, 8. Some difference in how some manufacturers submit numbers maybe, but that Version 2 sure looks like some "locked down" versions for some of the guys.

[url="http://www.usga.org/ConformingGolfClub/ConformingClubList_M.pdf"]Download full list in PDF format - Sorted by Manufacturer[/url]

[tbowles411]

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I wonder how much replacement sole plates will cost for the R1?
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You can't be looking at replacing the plates already can you???

[StarFleetGolfer]

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Just don't push it because I think the Hellraiser dude will come out! Be careful people
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Which one?

[StarFleetGolfer]

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[quote name='TheMoneyShot' timestamp='1357577749' post='6183573']
I wonder how much replacement sole plates will cost for the R1?
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You can't be looking at replacing the plates already can you???
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That's what happens when you hit it off the deck.

[TheMoneyShot]

[quote name='tbowles411' timestamp='1357593922' post='6185439']
[quote name='TheMoneyShot' timestamp='1357577749' post='6183573']
I wonder how much replacement sole plates will cost for the R1?
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You can't be looking at replacing the plates already can you???
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Yes:)

[ksavy17]

this thing is growing on me!! Cant wait to do some testing with it against the covert tour!!

[scratchswinger]

If its true that they are offering multiple lofts on tour isn't that evidence that the one loft technology does not work?

[TheDarkOne]

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If its true that they are offering multiple lofts on tour isn't that evidence that the one loft technology does not work?
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I remember when we heard this last week, and now it's coming up again. Very interesting that the driver TM tells us is the ultimate in customization and the best driver they have ever made.....is not the same driver that will be used by players on tour.

[Big Ben]

There is no way one size fits all on Tour, let Tour Issue V2 hype begin! BB

[tbowles411]

Looks like the V2 has adjustable lofts as well. Greg has pics of it at the Sony.

[Big Ben]

Well sure it does, don't want to alarm the paying customers....BB

[TheDarkOne]

Yeah something is going on. V2 already? At the first event???