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Golf equipment discussion and reviews with a focus on drivers, irons, hybrids, wedges, putters, balls, shoes, and apparel.

Posts from category: Drivers

Sorting Out the R9 Brain-Teaser

The R9 saga rolls on . . . and up and down, and left, and right. Flummoxed, apparently, by the latest flight-control features built into TaylorMade’s brand new R9 driver, the Gear Head is getting a free drop courtesy of Cameron Jacobs from TM’s fitting centre in Toronto. Regular readers will recall a recent post [...]


TaylorMade’s R9: Defying the laws of physics?

If you were paying attention to last week’s post about TaylorMade’s newest driver offering, the R9, you might have noticed something odd about the company’s description of the club’s adjustable playing characteristics. Specifically, I’m talking about the remarks of Dr. Benoit Vincent, the company’s chief technical officer, who was quoted in the company’s release talking [...]


TaylorMade’s latest and greatest: the R9

Back in the day, you could flip to the back of Golf Digest or Golf magazine, to that pseudo-classifieds section filled with mischievous products like exploding balls, muscle pills and telescoping putters, for proof positive that the notion of adjustable golf clubs has been around for some time indeed. Someone, no doubt a curmudgeonly inventor [...]


Callaway FT-iQ Driver Exclusive: Hitting, Not Seeing, is Believing

If you’re over the age of 35, you probably heard long ago the angry rumour that ended the fledgling music career of High-Fi _ Fred Flintstone’s one-hit-wonder rock ‘n’ roll alter ego. If not, it goes something like this. “There’s one thing that’s unforgivable to teenagers,” says conniving Wilma as her pageboyed, bespectacled husband twinkle-toes [...]


Callaway’s new FT-iQ: OK, so maybe looks aren’t everything

If you thought the square-headed driver phenomenon was just a passing fad, think again. In an effort to follow up on its successful FT-i line, Callaway Golf has taken the wraps off its latest offering: the decidedly peculiar looking FT-iQ. Available in Canada in mid-November, the FT-iQ is being billed by Callaway as a new [...]