January 11, 2012 – TaylorMade Golf has unveiled the longest, most innovative high performance fairway woods ever created by the company with the introduction of RocketBallz. The new RocketBallz metalwoods are years in the making, a by-product of extensive research and development to find breakthrough performance in fairway woods, 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, was 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 fairway woods were developed with a high-strength 455 steel faceplate 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 fairway woods combine RocketBallz technology with increased face size, low CG location, advanced playability features and a lightweight shaft and grip. The combination of these elements promotes a remarkable increase in distance – better players will gain up to 17 yards.*

RocketBallz fairway heads are shaped more traditionally (compared to Burner Superfast fairways) yet are still extremely forgiving. We lowered the CG and pulled it forward to promote a higher launch angle and lower spin-rate – launch conditions that promote greater distance.

Compared to our previous fairway woods, RocketBallz fairways have a larger, deeper face and a large appearance at address. Combining an exceptionally deep face with an exceptionally low CG was a challenge we met thanks to our Ultra-Thin Wall casting process and our Thick-Thin Crown construction.

 

First steel fairway that reaches speed limits

The incorporation of deeper face, low-and-forward CG and RocketBallz technology has allowed us to create the first steel fairway that reaches USGA/R&A speed limits. In addition, employing Pull-Face construction, and a high-strength 455 alloy steel face allowed us to combine high MOI with an exceptionally large face/hitting area, and more area for mis-hits above the centre of the face.

The 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 Tour Fairway Woods

We’re also offering the RocketBallz Tour fairway wood with a similar shape and face size but a slightly smaller address profile, a more open face angle, and toe weighted centre of gravity and come equipped with a Tour-grade shaft that’s heavier and stiffer compared to the stock shaft in the standard RocketBallz fairways.

(*) Better player claim against Burner 11 Fairway, robot testing at 150 mph ball speed, total distance.

 

RocketBallz Fairway Woods

Lofts RH: 3-15°, 3HL-17°, 5-19°, 7-21°, 9-24°

Lofts LH: 3-15°, 5-18°, 7-21°

Overall weight: 315 grams

Standard shaft: Matrix Ozik XCon 5 50-gram graphite

Flexes: S, R, M, L

RocketBallz Tour Fairway Woods

Lofts RH: 13°, 14.5°, 18°

Standard shaft: Matrix Ozik RUL 70 75-gram graphite (additionally, a selection of 25 custom TP shafts will be available for upgrade)

Flexes: X, S, R

RRP: Both £179, 229€, 1.999SEK, 1.795NOK, 1.699DKK and 319CHF
. With TP shaft upgrade: £249, 329€, 2.999SEK, 2.295NOK, 2.299DKK and 429CHF

Available: Both on 3rd February, 2012

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