TaylorMade 320Ti Series Drivers
TaylorMade 320Ti Series Drivers
[Feb 07, 2002]
Rodney
Shoots in the 70s
Model Reviewed:
TM 320 9.5 Degrees
This club certainly delivers the results as many of the other reviewers have testified. There''s no doubt that this club hits the ball prodigious distances and almost unnervingly straight! There is one complaint -- I hate that ''hollow'' impact sound. When I hear that I immediatley think I''ve hit a horrible drive only to look-up and see the ball fly a great tracjectory that is long and straight!? Similar Products Used: Titleist 975J, Callaway ERC II |
[Feb 07, 2002]
gary123
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:
TM320
The 320 is great...toe,heel hits are more forgiving than Hawkeye GBB. The reviewer below complains about contacting the face near the top...??? if the tee height is one inch above the ground it''s impossible to do this unless you create a DIVOT. The reviewer (Darren) would get better results by not using the 3 inch tees. I also had the same problem contacting the center in the vertical direction until I started focusing on a blade of grass near the ball on the tee. Depth perception is better when looking at a FIXED height such as the top of the grass. It''s harder to look at the equator of the ball and whether it is half inch or 3/4 inch off the ground. Again great club for off center hits (toe-heel) |
[Feb 06, 2002]
Darren
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:
Taylor Made 320 ti
Played the 320 ti for about 7 months, with the S-90 shaft, after reading many 5 out of 5 reviews. Occasionally, I got the prodigious distances mentioned here, but that is no doubt due to the fact that I''ve been playing only 14 months. The major problem with the 320 is that it is an extremely shallow face. If you have problems hitting heal to toe, this club will be fine for you, but if you hit high on the face, the sky''d shots will kill you. This club is not forgiving vertically on the face, and if like me this is your problem, you should check out deeper faced drivers like the VFT, the Launcher etc. I tended to hit high fades with this club and these results were exacerbated the harder I swung. I cut it down to 44 inches to better control it, but with marginal improvement. The club has an overall "hollow" feel to it, and an empty thunk-type sound, not that this matters to most people. I demoed for a round and purchased, but I recommend spending more time with this prior to purchase. Customer Service None attempted Similar Products Used: Hawkeye VFT, Callaway Steelhead, Cleveland Launcher, 975j, TM 360 ti |
[Feb 03, 2002]
ramtuff
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:
Taylor Made 320TI
Very forgiving. I have a 10.5 with R-80, pro-lite. The best driver I''ve ever used. Similar Products Used: TM Supersteel, Titlest 975d, Titlest 975j,Wilson Deep Red, Callaway Steelhead, TM 360 TI |
[Jan 30, 2002]
ohcello
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:
320 9.5 S-90
Very good club. No bell or whistles, just solid, reliable performance. Very consistent. I don''''t swing fast enough (95mph) to know weather or not this club will reject a quick tempo, "banger" swing, but any reasonable swing I put on it does very well. I''''m also able to work the ball with a moderate amount of effort (certainly not a total players club)...This club likes to go straight (or a little draw) Feel is good..not great...I can tell toe and heel hits without much distance loss, but Perfect center hits do not feel as good as say, Callaway Hawkeye. But I could care less about feel...I want results! And this club has the goods. Prices are coming down a bit and should be around $200 by spring. Similar Products Used: Callaway Hawkeye Ti, Orlimar TriPlus, Wilson DeepRed, McHenry Metals, PingISI |
[Jan 09, 2002]
SpikeS
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:
9.5 Taylor Made 320Ti Series Driver w/ Grafalloy Prolite Shaft, Stiff
Strength:
None Best driver I''ve hit. Very long and very consistent results. Tried the 976J as well...nice club but not nearly as forgiving. Tried the Calloway ERC...what a piece of crap. Heard some negative remarks about the TM320 ballooning shots occasionally, but the ProLite shaft keeps my shots down so I haven''t come across that yet. Bottom line...I''ve never hit my drives further or straighter...can really let loose with this club. Similar Products Used: Titleist 976J, Calloway Big Bertha ERCII |
[Dec 18, 2001]
drf1_1999
Shoots in the 90s
Model Reviewed:
320TI
Strength:
None Fantastic club, great distance and very accurate, I had the 300TI with the S90 tour shaft which did not fit my swing speed at all, so I traded it for a 320TI with a R80 lite shaft what a difference you can feel the club head alot more with the lite shaft. Customer Service fantastic Similar Products Used: 300TI, Calaway GBB, Cleveland QuadPro, TM superSteel. |
[Nov 16, 2001]
zo_962
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:
Taylor Made R320 9.5° S90
Strength:
None
Weakness:
None This is the spring face effect version of the 320. I''ve tested on our 18 hole course the Standard 9.5° lofted with the 45.5" long S90 shaft. Compared to the ERC II, it''s very easy to hit and gives much more confidence with a much better sound. Also alot of forgiveness out of the sweet spot which is not the case of the ERC II. Between the screws, you''ll have about the same performance than the other new spring face titanium : that means a gain of 15 or 20 yards of carry (and a hudge roll after) at my maximum swing speed (105 mph). The maximum total gain (carry and roll) is about 25 or even 30. But it is not the main interest of this club except if you are in a distance drive competition. The real gain is safety. I mean the same distance with usual stainless driver with 10% or even 15% of power less. Which means more control and more fairway accuracy. If you are not frighten by it''s size (it''s hudge) it is THE SCORING DRIVER : Distance without forcing. Similar Products Used: ERC II, PingTiSi |
[Nov 13, 2001]
shooter truax
Shoots in the 80s
Strength:
None
Weakness:
None hate how it looks so i got the 360 and love it. Customer Service titlist callaway orlimar Similar Products Used: None |
[Nov 04, 2001]
billerb
Shoots in the 80s
Model Reviewed:
Taylormade 320 driver 9.5 degree with ProForce 75 reg. flex shaft
Strength:
None
Weakness:
None Have been using an original Steelhead 11 degree driver witha proforce 65 reg flex shaft for the past 3 years. Been very happy with it but wanted to see if golf technology had something to offer me. Found this taylormade 320 9.5 degree with the taylormade stock stiff shaft and reshafted it witha proforce 75 reg. flex.. I''d heard the 320 had a tendency to balloon and I''d found the proforce shaft to be excellent at effecting a lower, more boring trajectory. I''ve had the club for just 2 week but I like the initial impression. The club is probably 10-15 yards longer for me than what I was using but the difference is on the mis-hits. You can get away with some pretty weak stuff and still come away looking good, especially hits higher on the clubface. The ball just carries and carries. I hit a slight fade and I''ve found a harder swing with this club tends to exaggerate the fade. Ball flight with the proforce shaft is medium but i''d be concerned with the stock shaft. Don''t particularly like the sound of the hit. Kind of muffled but as ti drivers go I''ve heard a lot worse. Still learning to use it but so far so good! Customer Service great Similar Products Used: Steelhead |