While surveying a select few top 100 fitters, we found this driver to float to the top slot in late year polling. One of the most iconic brands in golf, taylormade, provided two excellent 2012 driver models for golfers. One year later, taylormade upgrades its most popular. However, in comparison to other models, i felt other drivers available produced better results, including the original rocketballz driver. Combine that a slightly higher swing weight, and the design of the club, and the rbz stage 2 works to create a moderate draw bias. Testing the 2012 taylormade rocketballz and r11s drivers. Taylormade rbz stage 2 drivers, fairways and hybrids golfwrx. My current driver is an r11 which has to be 5 or 6 years old at this point. The bold slime green accents have been replaced by elegant yellow and gray stripes. The rbz stage 2 was the preferred choice of our test team over the r1.
The standard model is designed with a slight draw bias, while the tour model has a neutrally placed center of gravity. With the taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver, distance is king. Testing the latest 20 taylormade rbz stage 2 driver with rick shiels senior pga golf coach at trafford golf centre using flightscope data. The distance golfers were able to hit them compared to their old fairway woods. Taylormade has used an eyecatching design with a white crown and distinctive black face. While the r11s family seems to receive most of the tmag driver buzz, we are looking towards the rocketballz driver to be the 2012 darkhorse of the year. Learn more about the topsellers in our taylormade driver line. Taylormade s drivers have changed radically in the timeframe were looking at. R11r11s tip adapter compatibility club makingfitting.
As these four shafts are the stock shafts in the r11s tp and the rbz tour tp, they will be. Taylormade revives the rbz brand with the new rbz black. Tour much heavier and low spin, regular lighter more spinforgiveness. Longest drive comp nike covert driver vs taylormade rbz stage 2 duration.
Here are the standard specifications for the taylormade rbz driver. Rather than r the logical step from predecessors r7, r9 and r11 taylormade went back to r1. These were followed the next year by the rbz stage 2, driver, fairway metal and hybird. Taylormade has notably been the leader in drivers out on tour and in retail shops. They found that this repositioning of the cg would produce faster ball speeds with less spin, compared to a lower and back cg. The rbz stage 2 has a more understated color scheme compared to that of the original rocketballz. The rbz stage 2 driver also allows you to choose a more upright lie setting where the loft can also be changed in the same fashion. Like the r1, the rbz stage 2 features loft sleeve technology, however. View gumtree free online classified ads for taylormade rbz and more in south africa. Its in the top 3 bestselling golf club drivers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as tour edge hot launch 2 or mazel titanium 460cc. If youre having a taylormade r11s vs rocketballz debate, the rocketballz provides a full range of high performance clubs, including fairways and hybridsrescue clubs in addition to the driver. Im wondering how my driver compares to current drivers on the market such as m1 or m2.
An expansive clubface results in a confidencebuilding club that you know you can bomb off the tee. Apart from a different stock shaft matrix 6q3 or 7q3 tp, the primary difference is the placement of weight. Taylormade rbz stage 2 and stage 2 tour fairway wood. There are a lot of newer golf club drivers on the market.
Taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver 2nd swing golf. Longest drive comp nike covert driver vs taylormade rbz stage 2. Taylormade sldr mini driver and sldr dark silver crowns. The rbz has a 460cc head and uses a graphite shaft. From the rbz stage 2, with its white crown, to the silver sldr and the carboncrowned m2 and m4, each one has revealed new tech that promised more distance and extra forgiveness but which ones actually delivered. I played in college and average probably 280 yards off the tee.
Taylormade 2017 irons m1 or m2, shape it or bomb it. If youre browsing ebay searching for a driver to help improve your golf game, the taylormade rbz driver should be on your list of potential choices. I hit them all with my talamonti pd70 x so that there would be an established baseline and comparison of apples versus apples. The r1 with its many adjustable ports and screws or the taylormade rbz stage 2 driver with its white,yellow and grey colour scheme.
Taylormade updated the original r11s and rocketballz line with the trendier r1 and stage 2 rocketballz products. This paint is for the black accent on these white crown clubs. The new taylormade r1 driver offers more adjustability than any other driver to date. It has that metallic thwack with just a slightly higher pitch than the r11. That suggests that between sldr, jetspeed, sldr s, sldr c, r15, aeroburner, m1, and now m2, the company has given golfers an additional 3. The taylormade rocketballz stage 2 driver is built for golfers who want the high forgiveness of the original rocketballz driver coupled with faster swing speeds, more distance and more adjustability. It offers plenty of power and lift, with additional levels of speed and reduced amounts of spin when compared to a typical driver, to help make your shots really go the distance. It also has 12 different loft options vs the 8 on the r11s. Three golf monthly readers become the first amateur golfers to be fitted for the taylormade r11 driver and fairway wood and the rocketballz. Longest drive comp taylormade r1 vs rbz stage 2 youtube. The rbz stage 2 driver was one of the first drivers where taylormade moved the cg lower and closer to the clubface. Taylormade also had the first titanium golf driver in the winners circle of a golf major mark omeara, 1998 masters, ti bubble 2 tour. Taylormade introduced the first steelheaded woods in golf, and they have been on the leading edge of technological innovation in the golf industry ever since. Tour edge exotics cb pro limited edition 3wood taylormade rbz stage 2 3 wood.
As several of our readers have already pointed out, taylormade has previously claimed that rbz stage 2 is 10 yards longer than the original rbz. For additional swing speed enhancement, the rbz stage 2 driver comes standard with a fujikura rocketfuel 50 graphite shaft. The heel and toe weights remain the same and come stock with a 10 gram and a 1 gram. I hit a regular stage 2 and a tour side by side and they are really like different drivers. Find great deals on ebay for taylormade rbz stage 2 driver and taylormade rbz stage 2 driver 10. I think just about every tm tour player switched over to the r11s, and i can see why. Taylormade introduces new r1, rocketballz stage 2 golfweek. Finally, the taylormade rbz stage 2 driver is completed with a fujikura rocketfuel shaft and lightweight grip. The rocketballz stage 2 driver does exactly what you would expect from its name. Im starting to think im missing out on distance andor forgiveness with what taylormade now has available.
The rbz stage 2 drivers have larger faces and different center of gravity positions than taylormade s pricer, more adjustable r1 driver. Taylormade rbz stage 2 is a very popular and one of the less expensive options. Taylormade rbz in south africa gumtree classifieds in. Which driver is better, taylormade r11s, or the taylormade rocketballz. Spring 2012 shaft options flex weight torquetip size trajectory tip profile swing tempo.
Not the stage 2, the original, also the r 9 tip will work, make sure that you get the correct hand, they make lh and rh tips, it will be printed n the tip, and yes you can use the rh tip in a lh club, in case that matters, the settings are just opposite except for. Taylormade did this with the rocketballz stage 2 driver. In late 2011, taylormade introduced the 1st generation rocketballz woods. Taylormade r1 taylormade rbz stage 2 driver youtube. For some testers, this meant that one or both of the stage 2 drivers performed better than the r1. Taylormade is an undisputed industry leader in golf equipment, offering a complete product line with innovative design and technologybased product for golfers of all skill levels. Last year it was the r11s line and the extremely popular rocketballz line. Im looking to buy a new driver this weekend, and im stuck between the r11s and the rocketballz. It says the shafts are the same meanwhile i thoughtthe tour 9 degree came with a matrix 6q3 and the tour 10. The rbz stage 2 driver will also be available in a tour model.
Testing the 2012 taylormade rocketballz and r11s drivers duration. The taylormade rbz stage 2 driver is a proven upgrade from the prior rocketballz driver. Rbz stage2 vs rbz stage2 tour i was on the tmag website and comparing the tour vs the standard and i dont see much difference. With the release of the stage 2 rbz line taylormade is looking to continue upon. Golf pom pom head covers driver fairway hybrid 3 pcs club headcovers cover set. When i saw the first r11s commercials talking about how various pga pros picked up yardage with their r11s vs. Its in the top 3 bestselling golf club drivers and has dozens of popular alternatives in the same price range, such as tour edge hot launch 2 or callaway mens xr pro 16. Adam scott rocked up to the recent players championship in florida with an eightyearold driver. Sldr, sldr s, sldr s mini, jetspeed vs rbz stage 2, speedblade vs rocketbladez, sldr vs speedblade, jetspeed vs sldr, you decide. Taylormade r11 tp vs r11s vs rbz i just had the chance to hit, side by side, the r11s rbz and my r11 tp. Which driver is better, taylormade r11s, or the taylormade. The small changes that taylormade introduced with this driver has made for super results. Also clips of the new taylormade r1 driver are included. In my opinion, results were typically more consistent and felt better than the more expensive r1 driver.
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