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[gmangolf]

AP2 712, on 01 February 2013 - 09:11 PM, said:

I apologize if I offend anyone but I find this promotion pathetic...then again I work for a technology company and I laugh at people who line up for the latest and greatest gadget as well....to each his/her own

Let me get this straight... You are laughing at TM's massive advertising campaign (it works by the way) or the people who will gladly demo a club in exchange for a free $50 box of golf balls?

[SHIVAN]

Let me just say, that even though I joked about sandbagging it, I would never do it.  If that story is true about the father son duo doing it.  How shameful.  They should have been heckled, mercilessly.

[Boogaloo_Jones]

SHIVAN, on 01 February 2013 - 10:01 PM, said:

Let me just say, that even though I joked about sandbagging it, I would never do it.  If that story is true about the father son duo doing it.  How shameful.  They should have been heckled, mercilessly.

Last year with the RBZ fairway release, if anyone saw a huge increase in swing speed, they werent giving out any balls or they would make them rehit cause they knew they were sandbagging.

I brought my Nike SQ2 and hit that further than the RBZ, but that was mainly cause I had the right shaft in the nike and hated the stock RBZ shaft.

Edited by Boogaloo_Jones, 01 February 2013 - 10:18 PM.

[SHIVAN]

For the original RBZ launch, fourth swing with my R11TP I put up something like 272yds carry.  This was with my X shaft, 0.5" short, etc.  The noodle they had in the standard demo RBZ, no Tour heads or TP shafts in X available, and I could not time the thing well enough to get used to it in five swings.

Then a side wager sprung up for extra balls if you could pop one over 300yds on their simulator.  I had already been messing with it some more and got the feel down of the whippy shaft.  I know their monitor was BS because it gave me what amounted to a 1.51 smash or something, but the carry was ~327yds on a 113mph swing -- 349yds total.

We all knew it was juiced but what mattered was I still walked out with the max allowable golfballs from TMAG.  I guess the other thing that mattered was no one else matched the swingspeed that night, or the distance.  LOL.

[Boogaloo_Jones]

SHIVAN, on 01 February 2013 - 10:42 PM, said:

For the original RBZ launch, fourth swing with my R11TP I put up something like 272yds carry.  This was with my X shaft, 0.5" short, etc.  The noodle they had in the standard demo RBZ, no Tour heads or TP shafts in X available, and I could not time the thing well enough to get used to it in five swings.

Then a side wager sprung up for extra balls if you could pop one over 300yds on their simulator.  I had already been messing with it some more and got the feel down of the whippy shaft.  I know their monitor was BS because it gave me what amounted to a 1.51 smash or something, but the carry was ~327yds on a 113mph swing -- 349yds total.

We all knew it was juiced but what mattered was I still walked out with the max allowable golfballs from TMAG.  I guess the other thing that mattered was no one else matched the swingspeed that night, or the distance.  LOL.

The stock shaft on the RBZ was horrible.  The Phenom on the R11s was better imo.

It's always fun to see little side wagers especially when the entire staff and the crowd is into it.

With those distances, I guess you walked out as the silverback gorilla that night lol.

[SHIVAN]

Boogaloo_Jones, on 01 February 2013 - 10:53 PM, said:

With those distances, I guess you walked out as the silverback gorilla that night lol.

We all knew it was cooked up and juiced.  I mean I can move it out, but yeah...not like that.

[NickPhillips]

AP2 712, on 01 February 2013 - 09:11 PM, said:

I apologize if I offend anyone but I find this promotion pathetic...then again I work for a technology company and I laugh at people who line up for the latest and greatest gadget as well....to each his/her own

How is it pathetic when it took me around 15 minutes of my life and i ended up winning $45 worth of the new lethal balls?

[Boogaloo_Jones]

SHIVAN, on 01 February 2013 - 11:01 PM, said:

Boogaloo_Jones, on 01 February 2013 - 10:53 PM, said:

With those distances, I guess you walked out as the silverback gorilla that night lol.

We all knew it was cooked up and juiced.  I mean I can move it out, but yeah...not like that.

Lol...all launch monitors are juiced/amped...but still...no one came out to challenge you lol.

[gmangolf]

I went this afternoon.  My swing was horrible and I hit both drivers terrible but I gave it a legit run with both drivers and walked about with 7 golf balls.  Looking forward to trying the lethal.  

R1 looks better than I thought it would, but prefer the look of my R11 or RBZ drivers instead.

[prorobo]

I managed to get in today for the R1 challenge. I think my store might be one of the few that doesn't juice the sim since my numbers were even worse than what they usually are (compared to Skycaddie numbers). Only gained about 6 yards with the R1 over my 910 but since I knew the manager walked out with a dozen Lethals. Can't wait to try them out on the course in 3 months! And I still have the dozen I got from the Rocketbladez challenge. Good stuff, Taylormade and GG!

[SHIVAN]

Is the Lethal ball just a re-badged TP5?

[ProBowler]

SHIVAN, on 03 February 2013 - 10:41 AM, said:

Is the Lethal ball just a re-badged TP5?

No ...... Much different ball ....... Totally different dimple pattern ....... No seam anymore ........  Much better in the wind !!!

[blblco02]

Went last night and hit the R1 against my R11.  Before I hit it the guy said try not to sandbag, people were coming in and trying to top and pop up their drivers just so they could get more free balls.

Was it longer?  Eh I couldn't tell, wasn't swinging well but I hit a nice long high draw on one drive and they guy said you just earned your 12 balls.

I liked the headshape on the RBZ 2 better.  Also saw the Covert Tour and was kinda shocked at how small the head size is.