This is by far the best fairway wood that i have ever hit. it is the longest and most satisfying also. Im really not the best but have been told by many that i have a lot of potential. On a good day i shoot low 80s, Now to the product i am going to buy this club i hit it about 250 yards of the tee with ease and it is the 16.5 * model aka 4 wood. i borrowed this club from a friend and really dont want to give it back. i naturalluy fade the ball so the fact that the weights can be moved to configure a draw is awesome. i highly encourage anyone to buy this club also the price tag isnt as steep any more which is unusuall for taylormade.

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i have tried everything the titleist 904 f the tileist 906f the nikes the clevelands and also cobras and callaways nothing competes with the taylormade except maybe the titleist 906 f with the v2 shaft

I just recently got this club after struggling for a long time to find a 3-wood to replace my long lost, trusty Ping Eye2. Neither a Callaway nor the Ping G2 could help me with my hook, and I'm convinced that it was because the clubhead in both of these was too light and I couldn't feel where it was. The R7 is a nice alternative. Not too heavy but substantial enough that I felt like I was swinging something. That being said, I still hit the occasional wicked snap hook with the standard weight configuration. Now that I have put the 14 gram weight in the toe, I'm hitting this nice gentle draw about 230 yards, long for me. With the weights in standard configuration, this is probably a slicer's delight. If you fight a pull/hook like me, you may need to switch the weights around. Overall, it's a great club - sets up well to the eye, works well from tee, fairway, and rough. Like a previous reviewer said, it's not a club for newbies, but for a mid handicapper like me trying to get to the next level, it's a club I can improve with and then still continue to use...

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Callaway Big Bertha, Ping G2, Ping Eye 2 (persimmon!)

Went looking for a 3 wood to replace my Callaway X and tried everything out there -the new Cobra, the Adams Insight, Ping, etc.

Picked up the TM R7 steel and from the first swing, it was money. This club gets it up off the deckm and from the teen it's almost as long as my Nike SQ Sumo.

If you're looking for a player's three wood, look no further. The ball leaps off the face. Another great metal from TM (no surprise there).

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Zero Tolerance Crown Jewel; Callaway Fairway X w/ Fujikura R flex.

Purchased the R7 3 & 5 mainly because the woods I had were old and not very forgiving. I am by no means a great golfer. Barely in the range of good, but enjoy the game. When I am able to hit the ball correctly with the R7's, it flys away far and straight. But it would seem that is on averager of once out of 10 to 20 trys. Not a club for a beginner. I will continue to work on these at the range. Can't get any worse. I would suggest that these clubs come with the warning "Not for use by newbies".

"I can't believe it's not butter"

This is the first Taylormade product I have purchased. This baby hit's like butter. Very easy club to control. Mis hits seem to work there way to my liking also. A little skeptical at first to the weighting system, but it does work very well. Expensive if you buy it at a golf shop,but i never do cause Ebay exist.Paid $99.99. Highly recommended.

Easy to get airborne. Great off tee or off deck. Distance is good, but not great. (210 yards carry. Very accurate!

excellent club. very hit-able off the deck and from the tee. shallow face means you need to tee it low, but 240+ off the tee still easily reachable. similar distance off the deck due to better trajectory; performs well in moderate rough. not the longest 3w i've hit, but enough. i use the g2 driver and find the fairway most of the time with that, so primary duty for this is from the deck or in instances where a 270y drive is too much or too risky. would perhaps benefit from a different shaft, but overall no complaints

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no experience. though they were quick to respond to questions during my purchase process.

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cleveland hibore, callaway x, callaway steelhead plus, cobra ss, adams redline, nike sasquatch, ping g5

Demoed an r7 3 wood for 3 rounds. Not a bad club but got hold of a sonartec 16* 4 wood with an alidila nv 65 stiff shaft and there is no comparison. On tight holes I use the sonartec off the tee and I hit it 250-265 generally straight.

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Just demoed R7 Steel with stiff reax shaft for two weeks & returned back to my Sonartec. Since I play the R7 460 driver wanted to try both 3 & 5 woods. Great off the tee but not as good from fairways as courses here are all tight lies. Shaft kept good trajectory but only filled 50% of my needs and at that price $229, that's not enough.

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TM V-steel, TM-200 & Sonartec SS-2.5

I just recently traded in my TM 580s (3,5) for the R7 st 3-wood.

Not that the 580s weren't any good, in fact, they were actually very easy to hit and you could attain a high ball flight as long as you made good and square contact w/ the ball.

But I decided to go w/ a new fairway wood b/c of the technology and desire for more distance off the tee.

A 5-wood wasn't necessary, b/c I started to see improvements in ball flight and distance w/ my 3-iron. So, I just went w/ the TM R7 st 3-wood.

At first, as w/ any other new club, it took some time to get used to. I found that w/ my 580s I was able to take more of a sweeping swing through the ball. But now w/ the R7 st, I realized that this club required much more a descending blow.

At first the results were a bit frustrating, seeing how well I hit w/ the 580s, but as I began to tweek my inside approach through the ball and began hitting more down on the ball, I found the results very satisfying.

The ball flight is mid-trajectory, so it isn't as high as the 580s, but I'm getting at least 15-25yrds more depending on whether on hitting of the tee or fairway.

All in all, this is a great club. It takes some getting used to if you haven't been using a steel fairway wood prior to this one, but as you get used to the "style" of swing it requires, the results are great.

If you even take a look at the recent on-line instruction on GolfDigest.com by Jim McLean on finding "The Slot" in your down-swing, this article will help you to create more of a descending blow that allows you hit a more crisp shot and pinch the ball off the fairway.