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R1 now available in black WTF

  • 30-05-2013 4:37pm
    #1
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭


    May not be worth a thread of its own, Mods feel free to lock it.

    Just got a mail from Taylor Made, apparently the R1 is now available in black. Photos look stunning. Actually looks a bit like a R9 now that I think about it !

    Can't decide if its a marketing hit or miss from TMaG.............


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  • #2
    Almaviva
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭Almaviva


    That sounds vile. Is this just outlandish internet rumour or is there any truth to it ?

    A black driver would be impossible to hit. The ball would look too small, it would be impossible to aim, the glare would be intolerable, how in hell would you align it correctly, it would absorb more energy from the sun that would disturb its temperature stability. Madness I tells you. It will never catch on.

    Drivers are white. Always have been. Always will be.


  • #3
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭Russman


    Hehe !!


  • #4
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,890 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    They haven't made a black driver for 3 years!!


  • #5
    mag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,239 ✭✭✭mag


    limited to 2500 apparantly


  • #6
    fullstop
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,566 ✭✭✭✭fullstop


    etxp wrote: »
    They haven't made a black driver for 3 years!!

    Ever since the Tiger scandal...


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  • #7
    Alzar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 314 ✭✭Alzar


    Found this pic on the web.

    Al.


  • #8
    Kace
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 848 ✭✭✭Kace


    Alzar wrote: »
    Found this pic on the web.

    Al.

    Wow - that looks amazing. A really ground breaking design, can't wait to see one in the flesh.


  • #9
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,140 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    I'm going to hold my hand up on this one, I was NOT getting the sarcasm in this thread, and was genuinelly questioning what the hell :D


  • #10
    charlieIRL
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,268 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    crap, I shouldn't have bought the R11 and just let the kids at my R9 with their colouring pencils!!


  • #11
    bustercherry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,080 ✭✭✭bustercherry


    Good to see TM catering for the non single figures market.


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  • #12
    Russman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,939 ✭✭✭Russman


    So I was just out in a golf shop in Blanchardstown and they have 6 or 8 of the black R1 in stock. Weirdest thing, the little Taylor Made logo on the crown looks like its about 2 or 3mm too close to the hosel, bizarre ! Put it down side by side with the white one and the logo is definitely (to my eye at least) more centred on the white one. Wonder if that's the same with them all or if the quality control were having an off day in TM.

    Must admit to being a little underwhelmed with the black, I thought/expected I'd like the look of it a lot more, but I'd actually almost prefer the white.:)


  • #13
    Domo86
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26 ✭Domo86


    mag wrote: »
    limited to 2500 apparantly

    Yards?


  • #14
    rrpc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,244 ✭✭✭rrpc


    Domo86 wrote: »
    Yards?
    Centimetres of course, we've gone metric y'know :D


  • #15
    mags1962
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 395 ✭✭mags1962


    Paul Lawrie was saying that the Pro's sponsored by Taylor Made in Europe were not allowed to use the Black version yet when he as over at the Irish Open?


  • #16
    Tin_Cup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 606 ✭✭✭Tin_Cup


    Clarke had the black in play at the Irish Open 100%. Most of the pros using the new SLDR driver now.


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