Global Golf Post - February 15, 2010

BY JOHN STEINBREDER
High-Tech Effort The Latest From TaylorMade
the clubface area that delivers fast ball
speed, encouraging more distance on
off-center hits. Another is better and
more widespread use of TaylorMade’s
Ultra Thin Wall technology (UTW). Then,
there is the stylish, black-on-black
clubhead that is sleeker than previous R9
models, the result of a reshaped crown
that reduces wind resistance while pro-
viding the deepest face TaylorMade has
ever incorporated into a driver with MWT.
Twenty-five TaylorMade players put
a Super Tri into play last month at the
Farmers Insurance Open and it instantly
became the No. 1 driver model at the
tournament. Company officials say
several of those golfers switched after
trying them out on the Torrey Pines range
and seeing significant increases in driver
distance and ball speed.
The Super Tri comes with three
weights, a FCT torque wrench and a
Fujikura Motore 60-gram shaft. The club
is available in four lofts — 8.5, 9.5, 10.5
and 11.5 – and five shaft flexes — L, M,
R, S, X. Street price is $399. The Super Tri
TP features the same head but features
a choice of 10 premium shafts, including
Aldila Voodoo, Mitsubishi Fubuki and Ma-
trix Ozik. Choosing one of those custom
shafts adds $100 to the cost. l
TaylorMade touts its latest drivers as the
first to combine Flight Control Technology
and Movable Weight Technology into one
460cc clubhead.
Think the folks at TaylorMade are
excited about the new R9 Super Tri and
Super Tri TP drivers that they launched
at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey
Pines last month? They must be when
you consider how they describe them as
“the most advanced, highest performing
drivers TaylorMade has ever developed.”
The enthusiasm comes in part from
the equipment maker’s ability to com-
bine for the first time in one 460cc head
two of its previous performance advanc-
es — Flight Control Technology (FCT)
and Movable Weight Technology (MWT).
Company engineers say that marks “the
ultimate unification of TaylorMade’s ma-
jor driver technologies with maximum
size to deliver massive distance and
forgiveness.”
As far as those fellows are con-
cerned, the reasons that combination
works are simple: the larger head is
more forgiving, the center of gravity is
located farther back in the clubhead to
promote easier and higher ball launches
and the three MWT weights allow for
side-to-side trajectory change of up to
75 yards.
TaylorMade officials say other fac-
tors make each Super Tri perform so
well. One is the application of Inverted
Cone Technology (ICT), which increases
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