TaylorMade Golf R9 TP From Golf Shop Hong Kong

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For years now, TaylorMade Golf Hong Kong has been one of the industry leaders in Hong Kong golf club design and manufacturing. They continually put out some of the best golf equipment available. Though they are probably best known for their drivers, with such past beauties like the r7, they also have made some absolutely fantastic fairway woods over the years as well.

I can still think back to when my father first came home with his first Raylor or his Tour Spoon. They were great clubs and well ahead of their time. I’ve never had a 3-wood I’ve completely trusted. Many of my playing partners have that “go to” fairway wood that they know will find the short grass when the chips are down. Such a club would be a great find as it would take some of the pressure off my driver. So as you can expect when I heard I had one of the new TaylorMade R9 TP Fairway Wood coming my way I was full of anticipation. I already had a Burner TP 3-wood in my bag and I was ready to put the new one to the test to see if I needed to switch. The designers at TaylorMade Golf Hong Kong have decided this year to leave their MWT (Moveable Weight Technology) off the fairway wood line and have employed their new FCT (Flight Control Technology) instead.

FCT gives golfers the ability to set the face angle, loft, and lie to eight different positions to help us optimize our trajectory and shot shape. This is accomplished by rotating a metal sleeve fitted over the tip of the shaft into eight different positions. Each position provides for a different setup and launch conditions. Basically, you remove the shaft from the head by loosening the FCT bolt with the new (white) wrench, twist the shaft to the position you prefer, and screw the whole thing back together again. For the tinkerer out there this is just about as much fun as you can have with a wrench and a driving range in Hong Kong such as City Links Golf Lounge.

Up close you can see the hosel positions for TaylorMade’s new Flight Control Technology. The R9 fairways come standard with Fujikura Motore shafts that have been developed with H.I.T. (High Inertia Tip) technology. Fujikura claims its new H.I.T. technology delivers more power to the ball by keeping more energy in the tip of the golf shaft. The TP model comes with a slightly upgraded Fujikura Motore F1 shaft. To buy Fujikura golf shafts check out www.golfshaftsasia.com

The head design has been dubbed “new classic” by TaylorMade Golf Hong Kong due to its successful combination of both modern and classic head shapes. It looks like Taylormade has outdone themselves again. If nothing else they should win the award for golf club brand with the most acronyms and nicknames!

And as mentioned above, TaylorMade Golf Hong Kong has dubbed the head design as “new classic” due to a modernizing of the classic head shape. Whether this is true or a lot of fancy PR I don’t know, but I like it either way. The triangular shape isn’t as excessive as some “geometric” metal woods, and it’s rather rounded as well, which helps.

The crown is a dark shiny black with nothing but a small TaylorMade Golf Hong Kong logo as an alignment aid. This is definately a return to the classic look for TaylorMade as the crowns on their 2008 Burner line had more graphics and lines on them than a set of high rise blueprints.

TaylorMade’s “New Classic” head design is a lesson in simple effectiveness. Nothing here to distract from hitting a great shot. The soles are also beautifully understated as they are a brushed silver with simple Taylor Made golf clubs graphics adorning them. I personally like this as I believe a club’s performance should set it apart, not its snazzy paint job.
Simply stated, TaylorMade has removed anything and everything from this club that might detract from its overall look and left behind nothing but what is necessary for it to function as those good golf clubs. This is somewhat of a breath of fresh air in a time where it seems neon colors are finding their way onto clubheads at an alarming rate.

Buy TaylorMade Golf Clubs in Hong Kong from www.golfshophongkong.com or try them at City Links Golf Lounge Hong Kong.