January 22, 2012 – Along with the RocketBallz drivers and fairway woods, the RocketBallz Rescues of TaylorMade -which are the longest, most innovative high performance rescues ever created by the company- will be in your golf shop from the 3^rd of February 2012.

After years making the new RocketBallz metalwoods, a byproduct of extensive research and development to find breakthrough performance in fairway woods and rescues, most specifically increased ball speed.

“The RocketBallz fairway woods and rescues represent a game-changing breakthrough in performance comparable to few products in the history of our industry,” said Sean Toulon, Executive Vice President of TaylorMade. “To hold a RocketBallz metalwood in your hands is to possess confidence, power, speed and distance potential that will regularly and quite literally redefine the long game for golfers.”

Major challenges had to be surmounted to develop RocketBallz technology, including the need to create a durable yet flexible sole/face structure with a deep sole pocket. Additionally, it needed a deeper face design and low CG to maintain excellent playability off turf. Lastly, the products needed a front-low CG without sacrificing playability and control.

To achieve these qualities, the RocketBallz rescues were developed with a high-strength 455 steel face plate welded to a cast body. They incorporate improved sole geometry and a “Speed Pocket” to improve overall head and face flexibility and a slightly deeper face with a further-forward CG location than traditional designs.

RocketBallz Rescues

Much like in the fairway wood category, hybrids have yet to benefit from a technology that adds significant speed to the face – until now.

Two models of RocketBallz Rescue are being offered, standard and Tour. The standard model incorporates a lightweight shaft and lightweight grip to promote increased swing speed. The clubface is large and deep, yet the CG is located low and forward, a combination that’s desirable yet difficult to achieve, made possible employing both the Ultra-Thin Wall casting process and our Thick-Thin crown design of TaylorMade. The resulting combination of the afore-mentioned attributes promotes faster ball speed, a higher launch angle and lower spin-rates for significantly greater distance.

The RocketBallz Tour Rescue has a comparatively smaller address appearance, a slightly open face angle, a toe-weighted CG, and is equipped with a heavier, stiffer, Tour-grade shaft.

The overall weight of the standard RocketBallz Rescue is less than 350 grams, making it exceptionally light. As with the RocketBallz fairway woods, TaylorMade has rebalanced the Rescues to a highly higher swingweight to help players generate more swing speed, and we redesigned the head’s mass properties and the shaft to promote playability.

This length, combined with the lightweight shaft and grip and the effect of RocketBallz technology on the COR, makes it one of the longest hybrids in company history.

Both the standard RocketBallz Rescue and the Tour version will feature a flat white crown colour and black PVD face provides optimum contrast to make it easy to align the face accurately at address. The white crown colour also eliminates the glare and “hot spots” that are a common issue with gloss-finish metalwoods.

RocketBallz Rescues

Lofts RH: 3-19°, 4-21°, 5-24°, 6-27°

Standard shaft: 65-gram graphite

Flexes: S, R, M, L

RocketBallz Tour Rescues

Lofts RH: 2-16.5°, 3-18.5°, 4-21.5°

Standard shaft: 85-gram graphite (additionally, a selection of 5 custom TP shafts will be available for purchase)

Flexes: X, S, R

RRP: Both £139, 179€, 1.699SEK, 1.495NOK, 1.399DKK and 249CHF
. With TP shaft upgrade: £179, 229€, 1.999SEK, 1.795NOK, 1.699DKK and 319CHF

Available: Both on 3^rd February, 2012

Pictures: TaylorMade Golf

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