subject: TaylorMade R9 SuperDeep TP Driver VS R9 SuperTri Driver [print this page] TaylorMade R9 SuperDeep TP Driver VS R9 SuperTri Driver
According to Loegering, Sergio Garcia loved the look of the driver at first sight. He has practiced with it twice this week and will likely put it in the bag on Thursday morning. Another TaylorMade staff player, Kenny Perry, has also asked TaylorMade to make a SuperDeep driver to his specifications.
The taylorMade r9 superdeeptp driver is a pure player's driver. It has a 460cc head with an ultra-deep clubface, creating a lower moment of inertia and forward center of gravity for increased workability. The two weight ports, FCT and MWT, create 448 launch condition combinations and the new extra-low-torque Aldila R.I.P. shaft is engineered for strong players seeking a mid launch-angle and low spin.
Seeking his fourth victory on the 50-and-over tour, Price eagled the par-5 15th and 18th holes and had seven birdies in a bogey-free round at Newport Beach Country Club. "There was a flash in my mind when I eagled 15, I sort of thought to myself, if I birdie the last three holes, I can break 60," Price said. "I've never done that before."
For better players, it will produce less spin. They will be able to play a driver with more loft, but that doesn't create more spin." That should translate into more distance, but less forgiveness. "It's not going to have the high MOI [Moment of Interia] of the SuperTri," Loegering says, but this type of player isn't really looking for that."
The r9 superdeep is black with red and white trim, like the r9 supertri driver, but it is designed to optimize the game of accomplished players. At the beginning of the year, Price decided to make some switches with his equipment, switching his driver and irons and going with a blade belly putter instead of a mallet. They were similar to his old clubs, but with some minor adjustments.
"It's funny when you start playing well, it's not one particular thing, it's a combination of a lot of little things," Price said. "The few times, three or four times that I've run into really good streaks in my career, that's what did it."
