TaylorMade is adding to its r7 Draw family of products with the release of the r7 Draw Fairway Woods, r7 Draw Rescue Hybrids, and r7 Draw Irons (pictured), which join the previously released r7 Draw Driver.Here's a snapshot of each:
- r7 Draw Fairway Woods: The steel clubheads of the r7 Draw Fairway Woods include a channel cut in the sole, near the toe, that pushes more weight toward to the heel of the club. More weight toward the heel makes it easier to square a club at impact. This can help produce a draw, or at least give the golfer a little help in fighting that slice. These clubs have a shallow profile, and come standard with a lightweight, soft-tipped shaft (other options available) to further promote a high draw ballflight. Models 3, 5 and 7 available; MSRP $210 with a graphite shaft and $190 with steel shaft.
- r7 Draw Rescue Hybrids: Like the fairway woods, these clubs push more weight toward the heel to promote a draw bias. The r7 Draw Rescue Hybrids are also 12-percent larger in clubhead volume that TaylorMade's Rescue dual or Rescue Mid hybrids, contributing to a higher MOI. Two soft-tipped, lightweight shaft offerings promote clubhead speed and a high, draw ballflight. The r7 Draw Rescue Hybrids are available in 3, 4, 5, and 6 clubs with an MSRP of $175 (graphite shaft) or $155 (steel shaft).
- r7 Draw Irons: There are two keys to giving the r7 Draw Irons their draw-bias: maximum offset; and a toe-biased cavity back that removes a little weight from the toe and repositions it to the heel. Both elements help the golfer rotate the clubhead back to square by impact. The r7 Draw irons are available in sets of 3-iron thru SW. The MSRP is $1,197 with graphite shafts and $900 with steel shafts.
Visit the "r7 Draw Family" section of the TaylorMade Web site for more info and complete specs. Or check our price-comparison search engine to compare prices by clicking here.
Check below the fold for information on additions to the Aerotech SteelFiber shaft lineup, and to UST's Proforce shaft lineup.
Aerotech Iron, Wedge Shafts
The SteelFiber shaft from Aerotech wraps 59-plus miles of 8-micron diameter (roughly 1/10th the diameter of human hair) steel fiber around a high-modulus graphite core. The result, the company says, is a shaft that provides the power and vibration-dampening ability of graphite with the stability and control of steel.
The newest shafts in the Aerotech SteelFiber lineup are the i110cw Taper Tip for irons and the i125 for wedges. Both retail for $37 per shaft.
The i110cw shafts are constant-weighted at 110 grams, which means that each shaft in the set, regardless of length (from 40 inches for the 3-iron to 36.5 inches for the wedge), weighs the same. "The i110cw is really going to appeal to the stronger player who's been using steel-shafted irons but wants to gain some of the benefits of a composite shaft," Chris Hilleary, president and owner of Aerotech Golf, was quoted as saying in a company news release.
The i125 is a 36.5-inch, 125-gram shaft specifically for wedges, marketed to golfers who have either been playing a graphite shaft in their wedges that they feel is too light, or have been playing steel-shafted wedges for a long time but now have graphite shafts in the rest of their irons.
The Aerotech SteelFiber shafts are available through through Golfsmith, GolfWorks and professional clubfitters around the world. The new shafts will be available in January, 2007. Visit the Aerotech Web site for more info.
UST Proforce V2 High Launch
United Sports Technologies (UST) has an addition to its popular Proforce lineup of graphite shafts, the Proforce V2 High Launch. The biggest difference in this shaft is a more active tip section to promote a higher launch. The new Proforce V2 High Launch graphite shafts are available in weights ranging from 52- to 77-grams. The MSRP is $95 each. UST Web site
(Photo courtesy of TaylorMade-adidas)
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