Equipment
Welcome Black: TaylorMade extends AeroBurner and R15 offerings
Since their release in January, golfers have been able to buy TaylorMade’s most popular driver, the R15 460, in either black or white, depending on their preference. But the company took the Henry Ford approach with its other metal woods — you could have any color you wanted, as long as it was white.
Today, TaylorMade announced the addition of black models of its AeroBurner driver, R15 and R15 TP fairway woods, and R15 and R15 TP hybrids, which will ship on May 22.
While bright-colored heads are no longer as taboo as they once were, there is still a group of golfers who hesitate to play clubs that are anything but the traditional hues of black, gray and silver. Kudos to TaylorMade for supporting that segment of players.
Black TaylorMade AeroBurner Driver ($299)
Black TaylorMade R15 Fairway Wood ($279)
Black TaylorMade R15 Hybrid ($219)
Related
- Our review of TaylorMade’s R15 460 and R15 430 drivers
- Our review of TaylorMade’s R15 and AeroBurner fairway woods
- Our review of TaylorMade’s R15 and AeroBurner hybrids
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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Titleist TSi3 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 70 X
Hybrid: Titleist 818 H2 (19 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 95 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (4) Buy here, Titleist T150 (5) Buy here, Titleist T100 (6-9) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper AMT Tour White S400
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-08M, 60-04T @62) Buy here.
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType Special Select Masterful Tour Prototype Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Yellow Buy here.
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- Taylor Montgomery what’s in the bag accurate as of the Cognizant Classic. Check out more photos from the event here.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 7 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 8 TX
Hybrid: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (19.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi MMT HY 100 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P7TW (4-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (52-09SB, 56-12SB), Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Ghost S
Grip: Elite
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
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At the 2019 Valspar Championship, Englishman Paul Casey took the trophy at the Copperhead Course for the second year in a row. On a difficult Sunday, Casey’s 1-over 72 was good enough for a one-stroke victory over Louis Oosthuizen and Jason Kokrak as Dustin Johnson faltered.
Check out Casey’s clubs from five years ago below.
Driver: TaylorMade M4 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX (tipped 1 inch)
3-wood: TaylorMade M1 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX Limited (tipped 1.75 inches)
Irons: Mizuno MP-25 (3), Mizuno JPX 919 Hot Metal Pro (4), Mizuno MP-5 (5-PW)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 TX
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM7 (52-08F, 56-10S), Vokey Proto (60)
Shaft: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Scotty Cameron Circle T 350-SSS
Grip: Scotty Cameron Matador
Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord Midsize
Golf Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Mizuno’s Senior Club Engineer, Chris Voshall told us Casey’s somewhat surprising setup in his long irons is simply the product of Casey hitting the windows he wants to with the particular clubs in question.
“It’s all based on the height of the ball flight,” Voshall said. The MP-25 3-iron was more penetrating and better for him off the tee, so he kept it in there.”
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James
May 19, 2015 at 11:01 pm
No TP or Aeroburner woods? Booooo!
gwillis7
May 19, 2015 at 8:28 pm
The black Aeroburner looks WAY better than the white, I actually really like the look.
BUT…won’t be buying it, love my (horrible selling, but awesome performing) Jetspeed too much
Matt
Aug 25, 2015 at 1:32 pm
The Jetspeed was so highly underappreciated. While I don’t play it, I would definitely go buy it right now if I was in the market for a new driver. It’s so cheap right now that I’ve referred 4 friends to it in the past few months and they’ve all picked it up from globalgolf for under $100 (used) and couldn’t be happier. If you wanted the driver, 3wood and hybrid, you could get all 3 of them used from globalgolf for under $200…..and that’s one hell of a deal! Even if you bought them new, they are pretty cheap online at like RBG. It baffles me how any golf manufacturer can make a profit when they bring out new drivers every year for $400-$600 that only offer a little improvement over the previous couple of models. The newest stuff might be better than 2013 stuff, but is it $300 worth better??
soreno
May 19, 2015 at 6:00 pm
Well the white Aero’s did not sell at my shop soooo maybe the black well. Hopefully they got rid of the nasty ugly Aero Burner decal on the shaft. Oh well Keep trying TM!
LorenRobertsFan
May 19, 2015 at 1:55 pm
Was really hoping the AB TP would have been included!
PROTOTYPE
May 18, 2015 at 11:11 pm
Paint a SLDR black; problem solved. BAM
Rich
May 18, 2015 at 9:22 pm
Oh nooooooooo. The only thing stopping me from getting an R15 HL 3 wood was that it only came in White. DAMN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rich
May 20, 2015 at 10:25 pm
Don’t have to worry now. TMAG Australia won’t be bringing the black ones out here. The line I got from the guy on the phone was, “they won’t be coming out to the pacific region anytime soon and no you can’t custom order” and when I asked why he said “it’s not something that he could discuss with the general public”. Guess I won’t be buying an R15 fairway after all. Will look at something from Titleist or Ping I guess, maybe even tour edge exotics. How stupid is that, they will do the black driver here but not the fairway and hybrid. That is dumb with a capital D!
Curt
May 18, 2015 at 1:10 pm
Thank goodness, I just can’t play white heads and I spend a couple a grand every year on clubs!! Good move TM, been wanting the AB fairways but just was not going to play white!
Dave
May 18, 2015 at 11:55 am
Why does TM insist in making it impossible for small shop owners 🙁 Too many damn models and options. In order to display every option the shop will be full before you know it! And whats even worse is that in 2 months time everything is old because the new one is waiting. Same goes for Callaway :/ (long live Ping and Titleist for that matter)
Mike
May 18, 2015 at 3:01 pm
Next year will be interesting for Titleist once they become a public company. They will have the same pressures as TM and will face the same stock pressures which will force out more products and faster life cycles.
Matt
May 19, 2015 at 12:40 pm
+1 to Mike for that comment, Hopefully they try and stick with the traditional release cycle.
Jang Hyung-sun
May 18, 2015 at 10:40 am
I don’t like TM but this black new style driver looks good, can’t never go wrong with classic black. I hate that white driver….it look like it’s made for guys that might have feeling for other guy I think?
Robert
May 18, 2015 at 10:31 am
they just can’t help themselves.