NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
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NEW TAYLORMADE M3 & M4 DRIVERS PGA golf Pro Rick Shiels checks out the NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER in this first look and first hit video! Full indepth review will be arriving in 2 weeks! ►Become a FREE SUBSCRIBER to RICK SHIELS now http://bit.ly/SubRickShielsGolf ► Official Apparel and footwear partner: Nike Golf http://www.nike.com/golf ►Official Resort Partner: Lumine http://www.Lumine.com/ ►GolfWRX Featured writer http://www.golfwrx.com/ ►Golf Monthly Top 25 Golf Coach http://www.golf-monthly.co.uk/news/notice-board/new-golf-monthly-top-25-uk-coaches-list-revealed-89709 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ►My Links: Facebook ► http://bit.ly/RickShielsFB Twitter ► http://bit.ly/RickShielsTwitter Instagram ► http://bit.ly/RickShielsIG Vine ► http://bit.ly/GolfProVine Web ► http://www.rickshielsgolf.co.uk/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10. comment for NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
20. comment for NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
Nothing ever changes.
This year's driver doesn't go any further than last years despite the 'tech' and fancy design.
This year's driver costs a hideous amount of money for the zero improvement it is going to give to anyone's game.
Rick still can't hit driver because he appears to never work on his dispersion control.
Good stuff.
Afterall M3 & M4 selling point is accuracy, so can you see if that is the case?
You touched on the miss shot to right, where if hit with open face and high toe,
it should go further right than regular face. This deserves a closer look. Thanks!
30. comment for NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
I'm a huge fan of yours. I actually work at a golf store and watch all of your reviews to learn about the technologies and performance of new clubs that come out.
During your testing, I wouldn't mind seeing what would happen if the two weights in the M3 were set all the way back to draw and fade. Just from eyeballing it, it looks like the track for the weights extends slightly more towards the toe which would lead me to believe that if both weights are all the way back their would be a slight fade bias. I would definitely be interested to see that if you have time during your testing period.
wish you can do a review on the M3 and M4 with a higher handicap player
My miss with the M2 driver tends to send the ball to the right. I think this relates to an early extension which is a fault in my swing which l am looking to address this year. I am curious to see if this new driver will correct or reduce the degree of my miss and encourage more consistency ie more shots down the middle or in play instead of OB or in the rough/woods.
Thanks,
James
I've been watching your content for years now. Looks like Taylormade pulled all the m3 woods off of the TM website and keeping m4 line on. Thoughts?
Rick “ok here’s what the marketing team is selling now. It’s the same thing as the last 5 years but says more forgiveness and distance. Until the pga changes rules we will never see true great technology changes”
Absolutely love the videos!!!!!!!!! When you get the Callaway Rogue Driver do a head to head comparison to the m3 and m4. I loved the Epic last year and to be honest think Callaway is way ahead of Taylormade when it comes to drivers. But thats my own opinion. By the way if you don't mind me asking what handicap do you play off of because I've always wondered.
All the Best,
Nolan Hesko :)
50. comment for NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
Laughing mine off. Why not just knock a few shots off his handicap, COST LESS!
Cobra did a tilt before that addressed the high toe/low heel situation but it wasn't a bulge/roll it was tilting the cavity/face thinning so that it went from low heel to high toe rather than along the groove...so the face was hotter when you missed.
What I don't want is even louder. And I love the BMW M branding...but that is what I drive. I wonder if BMW will come after them though or if they will develop a relation since BMW does have a golf connection. I also like the silver but I have a SLDR S now so this is certainly up for the fitting protocol this year.
Did BMW M division buy Taylormade???
Thanks,
Andy
If you watch the Golf Channel interview at the end of the Sentry Champions in Maui, he did the most racing like sales pitch for the M4 driver you could imagine, crediting his great driving to the new face technology which he had arrived a week early in Hawaii to test.
looking forward to seeing a 20 + handicap, maybe a senior test this club.
100. comment for NEW TAYLORMADE M3 DRIVER & M4 DRIVER
Nice video.
Try the M4 with the Atmos shaft. Use some different weight settings in the M3. Play a few holes with both drivers.
I'd like to see you test these clubheads with the same shaft you have installed in your current gamer and check the numbers against your gamer, if that's possible. That seems like a good way to see if these are better for you or not.
Take a 22, 16 and 8 handicap and have them hit some balls because you are in a very small minority of players who if truth be told are very good if not exceptional golfers, you ripped a Ping Eye wood!!
The majority of customers are mid to high handicap (fact) so let’s really test the kit and not just sell it.
We won't realize the true advancements until the next "M" something comes out. ; )
i still dont buy the idea of TM's twist face. It feels like you're gonna make more errors everytime you hit these drivers
We need AI in the club head to adjust the face prior to impact :-)
im a mid-high handycap golfer and the R15 helped huge. ty david from Toronto Canada.
Thanks,
Rick
I can see you weren't impressed, and quite frankly neither am I. Thanks for he review Rick - I always look forward to your demos.
Rick proceeds to hit the ball all over the damn range.
Classic.....
Guess a slice is a slice no matter the face but the way this face is designed, think it would be horrible off the toe.
Thanks,
Rick
Still love your reviews though Rick!
Check the Track with weights in different location.
Will it be easier or harder to draw or fade with the new face?
Only one test needed, hit 20 shots with both these versus the 2016 M2, show the comparison and cheer the 2016 winning :)
I could just get sent the new clubs, tell you nothing about it and hit them, but I don't think that would really give you much info?
Thanks for watching
Rick
Do the new m3 and m4 have the option for the 430cc heads?
Thank you man
Could you please compare the previous M2 drivers with the new M4 driver to see if there is any significant difference. I use the original M2 and will change driver this year but is £400 going to give me enough improvement to justify yet another big outlay.
Keep up the good work. John
Ps, are the sleeves the same as the old models?
Seems an odd move by TM as I reckon a lot of amateur golfers slice the ball and strike it out of the toe-certainly a big chunk of the target market they are ruling out, or is it just that the marketing department have totally overhyped the tech and actually it makes very little difference so won’t rule any players out?
I'd like to see the distance, difference and forgiveness all those have against each other. which year was the best drivers
With the understanding that strike is king and that golf has so many variables you could shake a stick at, when looking at swing path and club face direction, wouldn't the off center hits on the toe and heel have more variables and therefore more mishits? Because of the difference in twist face tech on the clubs compared to older models?
BMW M1, M2, M3, M4 and those M-colours on covers and clubs
I would like to see a comparison between the M1/M3 and M2/M4.
Test if the twist face actually works and test this between different handicaps.
Test the effects of weight shifting, also for different handicaps.
TM have copied every brand tech. Now have moved to car names lol
ball super straight, super safe set. On the course testing is going to give you so many new and interesting stuff to do - but still part of the course vlogs we love.
Here's my would like to see list. Smallest dispersion set you can put together. 27 deg and 23 degree replacements to 5 4 3 irons. A pair of low loft hybrids that replace your 3 and 5 woods. the old question - to use the set PW or replace with a purpose design wedge like a Vokey 46. Half a set - do beginners or experienced players actually need a full set - so Putter, 56 50 9I 7i 27HB 23HB Driver. Like I said so many more great stuff you can do in 2018. BFN.
I'm not convince that this tech will help the normal amateur golfer.
good fair review thanks for that
Hy Rick, always a fan here. I would greatly appreciate for you to recognise that you're British based (If I'm correct) and name the price of a product in British pounds sterling, and then perhaps in US dollars (i.e. there are Australian, Canadian etc. dollars). I truly understand that you are adressing a global public, but I find that American stuff is already too hyped and over the pond they think too much that the world ceases to exist byond their borders. Since I live in The Netherlands I would greatly appreciate prices in Euro, but there, I layed my egg. This is meant to be positive criticism, not at all to throw a dumpload of shit at you, I respect you very much!!!! Very good video!!!!!! And........... in answering a previous video, my goal is to get to handicap 54 or perhaps 36 this year, so now everybody knows my playing level (=absolute beginner).
Edit; perhaps name price in USD, and put in captions pounds and euro and rubles?
New review format is looking promising. Great start!
Thanks
Rick
It would be really interesting to see a test with the M3; 10 shots on the most draw biased settings compared with 10 on the most fade bias to see how much effect the sliding weights have. Then, compare the results with an M1 test to see the effect of the twist face.
Going further, it would be interesting to see what the data looked like after many more shots (30 or so) where center strikes were removed (just focusing on off center strikes) to further test the theory of the twist face tech.
Just my thoughts. Thanks for your great content!
I want to see it.
The y slot should change head roll moment of inertia at the same time it adjusts the spin rate. Wonder if it really does?
The Hammerhead just looks like an adaption of speed slot tech which Taylormade initially stole from Adams golf (before they bought them eliminating the infringement lawsuit) You see that tech used on the woods, hybrids and irons.
Personally I agree with you it looks like they have given the clubs a BMW flavor, not sure I like it, looks less aimed a Pro, am more at the general player market. I do bet that here in Southern California it will be a hit with the BMW owners of whom there are many. They have the money, and many golf.
Look forward to more data on the results of toe and heel testing. Bring on the mid and high handicapper.
Lessons would be the better investment. $400+ buys a lot of lessons after all.
1. They release a new version of the same club every 28 minutes
2. Too gimmicky (Hammerhead and Twist Face Technology!!!...do they really think we're that gullible lol!!!)
3. Almost each club claims to add "yards" on the last one (if that were the case we'd all be hammering it 400 yards by now.
Great review though lol!
BMW Lol .........
But not going to try and purchase on these cause Drivers are not the most important equipment in my Golf bag
They are good Drivers made by TM
The website comments on more fitting choices with he y rack on the m3.
Could you do an in depth video on that?
Cheers from Canada.
Edit: made it halfway through the video and learned that you already said that. Disregard, carry on.
Take those drivers to the eighteenth tee at Augusta. If they can't be hit down a corridor hole then twist face is a bust with me.
I would love you to test it on the golf course with the irons. This would help to see it in a real life scenario.
With Peter Finch and Me and My Golf
Also, your reviews with M2 series along with getting fitted helped to get some new clubs in the bag!
Looking forward to the more in depth review. Good luck for 2018 Rick.
As always review is great, not a fan of TM drivers over the last few years. Used to have a Burner 2.0 and tried the Aeroburner and last year tried the M2 against the Epic and I went with the Epic... I'm still not sold on TM drivers.
With regards to Cobra drivers the original AMP driver had the Dual Roll face which gave a 20% larger sweetspot, one of the best drivers I ever had! They had the same in their woods as well.
Again great review and keep up the new format
TM says the face is the result of hundreds of thousands of shots that AVERAGE 8 yards left and 6 yards right. Really? You gotta fix 14 yards of dispersion for the average golfer???
Most people I know would kill for 14 yards left AND right of the centre line as their dispersion pattern. Anyone out there playing 28 yard wide fairways on recreational courses? Don't think so.
I do recall them talking about high toe/low heel tech many moons ago but i stand to be corrected.
Very expensive drivers though and i can hit high heel low toe so not sure these will suit me.lol
Which was the last club that got a poor review or a club that blew your expectations out of the water
I know mark was getting good numbers with the epic driver, one of the few reviews which shows a club that stood out from the pack
Marks message has always been the same, modern equipment from big manufacturers is good but it’s up to you to get fit and hit it properly
When was the last time a club review surprised you, you can basically tell what it’s going to do before reviewers even hit it
I had the same initial reaction on branding thinking it is very reminiscent of the BMW M logo.
The twist face really confuses me. I would have expected the average golfer to hit high toe with an open face a lot more than closed. This feature would make this condition worse. I am interested in all the conditions you have talked about and will look forward to the in depth review
Great vid as always Rick