TaylorMade r7 TP Fairway Wood (#3)
This club is NUCLEAR!
I’ve been using this club for about a year and I’m still amazed at how something so small can produce such powerful results.
This is the TP version which means, “Tour Preferred”, so the club head isn’t as large as some of the other fairway metals these days. If you’re not a good ball striker, this is definitely not the club for you!
Like most of the r7 line, this club features TaylorMade’s “MWT” (Movable Weight Technology). I have the weights configured with a draw bias (4g, 10g). The weight set up really does make a difference.
The classic top line of the club head disguises all of the technology built into this club. The club is made of titanium and produces a nice high ball trajectory. However, it’s workability allows for low liners as well. The workability of this club is simply amazing. It’s design allows me to tee it up and crush it, hit it from a tight fairway lie or even from some hairy rough. I could probably even hit it from a bunker…but I’ve never tried.
Many “fairway” metals on today’s market are really more designed for players who can’t hit drivers. Thus, their 3-wood is going to be the substitute. That makes these clubs hard to hit from the turf. Not the r7 TP! And that’s another thing that makes this club so great. I don’t use it from the tee very often as I have an r7 460 TP driver (also nuclear) which is very easy to control. The r7 TP driver/fairway metal combo is a Par-5 killer! Getting home in two has never been so easy. Unfortunately, you still have to make the putts…
My r7 TP fairway has a Fujikura Vista Pro 80 weight 82 grams with an R flex. It’s also available with a steel shaft.
You can get this club for around $300 new….and it’s worth every cent in my opinion