Equipment
2020 TaylorMade SIM driver, SIM Max driver: “Shape in Motion”
2020 TaylorMade SIM driver and 2020 TaylorMade SIM Max driver: maximizing the “moment of truth” AKA the three feet before impact.
That’s the key piece that I grabbed onto when I was being introduced to the new 2020 Taylor Made SIM driver.
This is where we have landed today in the pursuit of “having your cake and eating it too” performance. Golf technology is becoming a chase for maximizing performance down to literally three feet. On tour, your average player will increase speed in the “moment of truth” from 90 mph to 120 mph. Quite the jump, and frankly—I’m surprised it’s taken this long to bring that part of the club’s path into the bigger conversation.
With the launch of the new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers, the Carlsbad golf equipment machine has done just that. With the help of keeping some familiar tech and introducing some new very noticeable design ideas, the new 2020 TaylorMade SIM driver is fast, forgiving, playable, and it all comes in a tight, sophisticated package.
Let’s start with the name—Shape in Motion (aka SIM)—offered in three models SIM, SIM Max, and SIM Max-D.
TaylorMade and its team, lead by engineer Tomo Bystedt, had one question in mind: How do we make a driver that increases ball speed and allows for maximum forgiveness? Currently, you kind of have to pick one or the other. If a driver is an MOI machine, it most likely sacrifices distance due to its higher spin profile. If it’s a distance monster, the opposite applies. Simple enough.
The team at TaylorMade knew they needed to look in a different direction to find a real combo that did both, hence the complex geometry proof that is SIM. In normal-person speak, it’s chasing this unicorn by adjusting the shape of the club rather than what’s under the hood.
2020 TaylorMade SIM driver
What’s new
- Aerodynamic design: TaylorMade, in its research using a military-grade aerodynamic facility, discovered that it’s not only creating airflow across the body of the driver but more importantly the angle at which that airflow moves. Using wizard math to land on the shape, the new 2020 TaylorMade SIM driver has a shape that literally kicks in right before impact.
- Raised crown: The main thing you will notice in the new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers is an elevated clubhead. It needs to be said that typically a raised crown equals a higher CG, this is where the real science of this driver gets interesting. With the placement of the Inertia Generator that brings a substantial amount of weight down and low, the driver now accomplished a unicorn scenario, low CG and high MOI.
- Carbon: Carbon crowns have become the norm in driver composition these days, some OEMs are new to it, and some like TaylorMade have been in the game for a long time. The new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers have what TaylorMade believes to be the strongest, lightest carbon makeup in golf. What this allows is clever weight placement in other areas. That’s what’s fascinating about driver technology these days, they all get a weight tolerance and size limit, where and how they choose to place weight is where you see the personality of each company.
- Goodbye T-Rail, welcome back single rail: You will notice that the very effective T-Rail from the M-series is gone and the familiar one rail made famous by the SLDR is back in play. According to TaylorMade, the trade-off is nil. The placement of the inertia generator gives players enough mass in the back to mitigate any loss in workability.
What’s the same
- Twist Face technology: It’s a real thing, and yes TaylorMade is not the only company that utilizes a version of this, however, the feedback I’ve gotten from players that used the M3 and M5 drivers responded very positively to what the face will do on heel and toe strikes…so point is, it’s a thing and a good thing.
- Speed Injected Face: Can’t have all the science without a consistent face. If you don’t have it, you are a dinosaur. Speed injection is quite simple to grasp at this point, they push the face all the way to the legal threshold and depending on the face use a “speed injection” resin to more or less ensure that every face (not just tour heads) are as hot as the devil himself.
- The TaylorMade sound: Last year, there were two drivers on the market that had acoustics that rivaled any modern driver, the Cobra F9 and the TaylorMade M5. They both sound like Thor’s Hammer, solid, heavy and it was across the face. This is no easy task by the way. The new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers continued with this trend. I was able to put it through the ringer in Carlsbad and the first thing I’m always looking for with any driver is the sound, this thing swings and sounds like a sledgehammer. The thud that we all love at impact is very much there and on the shots that went a little heel side, the difference was negligible. Very well done here.
How it looks
The new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers look exactly how you would want it to look, it looks like you are gonna murder it.
TaylorMade drivers have always had a great shape, it’s one of the things that has kept them at the top year in and year out. The golf clubs just always look good. The shaping is what we have seen for years from TaylorMade. Personally, it’s a shape that I will always jump back to because it’s familiar and I know how to hit these drivers. It’s funny how it works like that.
The topline paint was thinned just a bit (based on tour feedback), and it bleeds further down onto the face to add a better frame at the address. The average golfer may not spot this, but the guys on tour don’t miss a thing, I’ve seen players set a driver down and if that top line doesn’t sit right, that driver gets handed back quickly.
The sound and feel
Pleasing acoustics have been something TaylorMade has always done well, especially in the M5. The new 2020 TaylorMade SIM driver is no different, and to be honest, all they really needed to do was just match the sound of last year and they win. Well, that’s what they did, the sound is identical to last year, which equals that heavy hit, hammer feel at impact. Point is, the new math built into this thing didn’t change the essence of the TaylorMade driver experience one bit. Not an easy task.
The other models
2020 TaylorMade SIM Max driver
This high-launching, high-MOI machine will be popular for those players seeking a bit more forgiveness or for the better players, a touch more spin. It’s not uncommon for players like DJ, Rahm, Fleetwood, and Casey to look in this direction because, at their speed, a bit more spin doesn’t cost them much, they already hit it far enough. The face on the SIM Max is eight percent larger then SIM, which is a key factor in its forgiving profile.
Photos of the SIM Max (click to enlarge)
TaylorMade SIM Max-D
The Max-D will give a nice forgiving option (18 percent bigger face then S.I.M) to those looking to avoid the right side of the golf course or that need a little help drawing the ball…not a new idea, but players always appreciate the option.
Overall
There were rumblings about the appearance of the New 2020 TaylorMade SIM driver when it was teased out in spy pics. Advice to everyone, don’t let the pics fool you. In hand, this driver looks, sounds and feels amazing. The real question is, what will you gain vs what you have now? The answer for me was, well, not a ton, maybe 2-3 extra yards and a bit more forgiveness. If you are a player that switches every year, the days of gaining 10-15 yards are gone, it’s just reality. So what you need to be looking at in terms of gains is in the minutia. Maybe one more fairway per round, being able to work it around a corner a bit easier, etc. And that’s totally OK. In my case, it’s enough to get me to swap up.
HOWEVER, for those that aren’t in the Gear Junkie Dark Web and are wanting to look into making a driver switch after a few years, the new 2020 TaylorMade SIM drivers are a legitimate upgrade from models of the past. It’s the closest thing I have found to max distance and max forgiveness in a driver. It’s a win for TaylorMade. They always do this part of the bag well, and this year is as to be expected. Well done, guys.
Specifications, Availability & Pricing (Info Courtesy of TaylorMade Golf):
SIM, SIM Max, and SIM Max-D will be available for pre-order on January 10 and at retail on February 7, 2020.
SIM has an MSRP of $549.99 USD and will be offered in 8, 9, and 10.5-degree lofts. Stock shaft offerings include Mitsubishi Diamana S Limited 60 and Project X’s HZRDUS Smoke Green 70, with numerous custom shaft options available at no additional cost. They come stock with a new Golf Pride Z-Grip (47g ).
SIM Max and Max-D have an MSRP of $499.99 USD and will be offered in 9, 10.5, and 12-degree lofts. SIM Max stock shaft offerings include Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 and Ventus Red 5, with numerous additional shaft options available at no additional cost. SIM Max-D’s stock shaft offering is the UST Mamiya Helium, with numerous additional shaft options available at no additional cost. Both models also come stock with the new Golf Pride Z-Grip (47 g). The women’s offering for both SIM Max and SIM Max-D include the Aldila NV Ladies 45 shaft and the Lamkin Ladies Sonar grip (38 g).
Sliding Weight Technology (SIM only): Familiar TaylorMade technology that offers a player up to +/- 20 yards of draw or fade bias.
Loft Sleeve (all three models): 2-degree Loft Sleeve allows for the adjustment of the loft, lie angle, and face angle of the driver.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100
Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.
TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.
The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.
One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.
Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.
See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:
MySpider Tour
MySpider Tour X
Equipment
Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory
In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.
McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.
So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?
Driver
2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)
McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.
What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)
The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.
Fairway woods
2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X
The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.
The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.
Irons
2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.
With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.
Wedges
2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.
Putter
2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.
Ball
2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)
As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Grips
2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC
Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.
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Wes Pender
Feb 1, 2020 at 6:26 pm
Will the M5/M6 driver shafts be Interchangeable with the SIM drivers? Or are we buying new shafts again?
Steve C
Jan 10, 2020 at 12:34 am
This is another fine example of the major golf manufactures claiming to have reinvented the wheel. As long as golf consumers continue the chase, nothing will change. “There’s a sucker born every minute” has never been truer than in the golf business. In fact, where are my keys? I need to go demo some clubs!
Steve C
Jan 9, 2020 at 11:05 am
Reinventing the wheel is what the big guys are best at. They are also pretty good at convincing “Joe Golfer” that the new wheel is soooo much better than last years AMAZING, GAME CHANGING, CANT LIVE WITHOUT, wheel! I’m thinking I will have to take a pass. I’m thinking we should ALL takeaway pass.
Pelling
Jan 8, 2020 at 2:35 pm
Will this driver bounce higher off the brick cart path when dropped by the caddy than the M5?
Tom54
Jan 8, 2020 at 2:24 pm
The real problem with new drivers out so frequently is the crime of what is offered if you want to trade in your last years model. It’s a shame that a $550 driver well taken care of and minimal use is only worth at tops $150-170 if that on a trade in. I’d be surprised if it only costs $100 or less to produce these clubs yet the markup is tremendous.
Craig
Jan 8, 2020 at 4:35 pm
Production cost is probably not much, but R&D, marketing and all the over business expenses need to be covered. Need to sell a lot of drivers to cover their tour staff!
S
Jan 12, 2020 at 5:28 pm
Every object for sale in life is marked up. That’s how retail works. Go cry somewhere else, like 50 years in Communist Russia why don’t you if you don’t understand capitalism. Isn’t that what makes America great, according to your president who is literally the king of business?
If anything, you should complain about how little tax the most wealthy actually pay.
Tom Sanski
Jan 16, 2020 at 11:51 am
Actually the wealthiest people in America pay 90 % of all taxes collected, but keep believing opinions from the left(socialist,communist) I will stick with the facts
The DuDe
Jan 7, 2020 at 10:47 pm
Mr Wunder
I have a challenge/request for you, since you seem to have access to golf club companies few us do, try this:
1) Acquire as many OEM’s current model , 5 year old and 10 year old driver with same specs, loft shaft.
2) Take them to a robotic facility and test all models with same golf ball
3) Give us the data
You will become an instant success with the gearheads here, reason I am asking is that my wife wanted to give me a new Callaway Epic driver for Christmas, after comparing it to my current 5 year old gamer (XR), I would have be paying $529 (PGA Superstore Palm Desert price and location of this test) for 3 more yards distance and minimal dispersion gains
Great
Jan 8, 2020 at 9:12 am
Great idea! Please do this Golfwrx. I bet the results would be eye opening and very similar.
The DuDe
Jan 9, 2020 at 10:52 pm
No answer from Mr. Wunder? Did not think so, this would show us that ( like my unscientific experiment) there has been no REAL advance in drivers, the REAL advances has been on the golf ball.
In my humble opinion, if a PRP reports a 5 yard gain, a recreational player will see none.
John Wunder
Jan 9, 2020 at 11:48 pm
I’m here Amigos. It’s a great idea and if we ever have the time and logistics to do it, I think it would be a blast.
The DuDe
Jan 10, 2020 at 2:35 pm
Come John!! Let’s be honest, this will never be done, if you were to do it, GolfWrx would kill the story since the manufacturer’s would stop their advertising here , I understand. .
My own unscientific experiment opened my eyes, 5 year old XR driver vs the latest EPIC, the results were minimal, gentleman which was working the tracker tried to sell me on 200 less rpms and the 3 yard average gain. Not for $529.00 !!
CG
Feb 16, 2020 at 3:40 pm
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! Now, when your shot dispersion and distance gets better once that gamer’s face breaks, might want to reconsider how old your clubs are in the bag.
Tony Hopkins
Jan 7, 2020 at 5:11 pm
Great write-up. I’m most excited to see the low spin numbers of the SIM compared to the M5.
The DuDe
Jan 10, 2020 at 2:34 pm
Come John!! Let’s be honest, this will never be done, if you were to do it, GolfWrx would kill the story since the manufacturer’s would stop their advertising here , I understand. .
My own unscientific experiment opened my eyes, 5 year old XR driver vs the latest EPIC, the results were minimal, gentleman which was working the tracker tried to sell me on 200 less rpms and the 3 yard average gain. Not for $529.00 !!
retired04
Jan 7, 2020 at 11:24 am
Is that a weight screw I see on the back end of the (Cobra like) speedback thing? Can you add weight to the back end as well as the rail thing in the front?
Important for those of us who use 45″ (or shorter) drivers. At 45″, I need to add at least 6gr +/- to the head weight to get to a standard swing weight/feel and just adding it to the front doesn’t work-can’t get it airborn.
On second thought, I am interested in the answer, buuut, I ain’t spending $549 on DRIVER.
Carl
Jan 7, 2020 at 12:10 am
Why are golf clubs different then a brand new car…my new one had a MSRP of $41,456 but three different dealers offered it to me for $37,900?? so why does a $549 MSRP golf club have to be sold for $549, sounds like fair trade to me and against the law….of course if you do under cut and sell for Less the $549 the golf club company will not let you sell another one….
Bogeypro
Jan 8, 2020 at 5:53 pm
Because dealers are like resellers, not oem manufacturers like taylormade. Taylormade and other makers control the pricing.
H
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:21 pm
Yeah go suck another willy, Wunder boy.
The same gushing love is given to every TM driver every year. Nothing different.
Seriously I still see guys hit the R11 just as good and far as the M5, and there are dudes who just murder the SLDR, so why do we need another one? Well it’s new. That’s all it is. But it won’t be more forgiving with more distance, they can’t do it. The Rules limit is there to stop that from happening. They can’t get more distance out of the face or the head. Why do you think they have the driver at 45.75 inches? If the face and head gave you extra speed why isn’t it at 45 inches? Duh
Willy Wunder
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:53 pm
Thanks for the kind words;) Im just grateful you spelled my last name correctly. Means a lot.
Foo
Jan 9, 2020 at 12:21 pm
This is not only unnecessarily offensive (it’s just golf equipment, relax), but is so outrageously incoherent with not a hint of actual evidence to support the idea that there is no room left for improvement in drivers. Yes, rules limit things like head size and COR, but there are many other factors in engineering golf clubs, or anything else for that matter, that certainly provide room for incremental enhancements from model to model, which over the years add up to measurable improvement. “I see guys hit the R11 as far as the M5” is not proof that drivers have not gotten better.
Mad-Mex
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:07 pm
Dear Mr. Wunder
Since you probably have access to manufactures most of us only dream of, I propose a challenge which will make you an instant legend among gear-heads.
Have TM, PING, Titleist, Cobra and Callaway, provide you a current model, a 5 year old model and 10 year old model with same specs, shaft flex and loft.
Take them to a facility with a Robotic golfer and hit away using same golfball brand, then provide us with the results.
My current driver is a Callaway XR, my wife wanted to buy me a Callaway EPIC Flash for Christmas, after a comparison using same loft, shaft and ball, the results were minimal 3 yards distance, 4 yards dispersal at BEST, for $529 (PGA Superstore) those are some expensive yards!.
Hope you take this challenge on
Paul
Jan 6, 2020 at 9:36 pm
Too bad it’s a “made-for” Ventus shaft. It won’t be anything like the real deal. Garbage…
GolfJusticeWarrior
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:56 pm
Oh the injustice!
HDTVMAN
Jan 6, 2020 at 7:37 pm
“Shape In Motion”…LOL! Here we go again! $549? Come on…$699 will really make it the “piece de resistance” of all drivers! So, my $500 M1-M3-M5 were apparently no good compared to this incredible driver. I did have an SLDR, and THAT WAS JUNK! Let’s face it, it’s all smoke & mirrors…marketing gimmicks…to make you buy a new TaylorMade driver every six months. Oh, did I see a “MAX”? Wonder it that is like my Ping G400MAX? Might be, but I’m sure it’s not nearly as good! I’ll pass this year, of course, it you want to PAY ME to play it, I’d reconsider.
Tiger Noods
Jan 6, 2020 at 5:40 pm
Same
Identical
Model
Obvi..
Brandon
Jan 6, 2020 at 9:10 pm
Stealing Idiots Money?
Martin
Jan 6, 2020 at 5:09 pm
All drivers have gotten way to expensive you usually have to wait a 1 or 2 for the price and OEM now that but until the consumer does not spend money on the new equipment OEM will continue to come out at those price or until some comes out with a driver, fairway or even irons at a lower price and preforms the same or better.
JP
Jan 6, 2020 at 4:44 pm
Im sorry, but this article was written like it came straight from the TMAG marketing department. Feels like you are trying to persuade readers the whole time. We want independent thoughts, if i wanted someone to drool over how every new TMAG driver was the second coming of Christ, I’d just go on their website or listen to a nice scripted DJ interview.
John Wunder
Jan 6, 2020 at 6:43 pm
Read the other write ups I do. If I like a product, I express it. It’s my “independent “ thought. TM makes good stuff and I like it. I also don’t write anything to sell anyone clubs, I would hope for you try everything and decide for yourself.
George Ounapuu
Jan 6, 2020 at 2:44 pm
I feel the statement shown below which I copied from the article says it all. I am not playing for PGA prize money weekly so I can live with my G400 for the time being.
The real question is, what will you gain vs what you have now? The answer for me was, well, not a ton, maybe 2-3 extra yards and a bit more forgiveness. If you are a player that switches every year, the days of gaining 10-15 yards are gone, it’s just reality. So what you need to be looking at in terms of gains is in the minutia. Maybe one more fairway per round, being able to work it around a corner a bit easier, etc.
dat
Jan 6, 2020 at 2:40 pm
$100 more than Cobra and literally a carbon copy with some different weighty bits. I wonder where I’ll spend that extra $100?
Thomas Ellingsen
Jan 7, 2020 at 7:02 am
yeah exactly. price difference probably gets even bigger when you call a certain retailer for a quote. nice list of no upcharge shafts too.
N. D. Boondocks
Jan 6, 2020 at 2:36 pm
Weren’t driver weights that were down low and rearward a dinosaur kind of thing a few year’s ago? Maybe my old Wilson Deep Red was actually 20 years ahead of its time.
Joe
Jan 6, 2020 at 12:37 pm
Its baffling as well as hilarious how many of you losers take the time out of your day to read articles and rip them. Those look nothing like an F9. If you dont like TMAG then stfu and quit reading articles about their product. Haven’t even swung the club and you’re hating on it. Lmao
Leftienige
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:50 am
SIM.stands.for.SIMilar.to.our.last.few.models.and.all.the.other.companies,too.
Colin Pugh
Jan 6, 2020 at 11:24 am
Isn’t this basically a rebadged F9? Looks to have the same technology. Seems like these days companies just “tweak” everyone else’s ideas and claim them as their own.
Not dogging it, just stating my opinion.
Dave
Jan 6, 2020 at 10:46 am
1st glance I thought Fusion knockoff.
For choppers like me TM drivers have never been the best at hitting balls off the deck and with that rail it may be tough for the SIM.
Can’t wait to try it.
HDTVMAN
Jan 6, 2020 at 10:33 am
“MAX”…didn’t another company use that 2 years ago? And their “MAX” is the real deal!
cjb
Jan 6, 2020 at 10:28 am
Fastback
Nick
Jan 6, 2020 at 9:51 am
Hallelujah – someone has finally offered an 8* loft. Some players can actually use a lower loft. Well done, TM
G
Jan 7, 2020 at 1:56 am
They had it with the SLDR. Why didn’t you hit that?
Kevin
Jan 6, 2020 at 9:05 am
All of this info is true ONLY if Tiger switches to this driver