item paid for 24 mar.07 but yet to be received. during phone call seller stated that item was shipped 9 apr 07. tried to contact e bay but time ran out before i could send resolution message. SELLER NOT VERY RESPONSIVE
e bay can you help?

I finally decided to go out and get a BIG driver, but I don’t have the funds for one of those $500-$600 “square” things or even $200 for a pro shop deal. So when I got this club for under $50 (including shipping) I was thrilled. In my first round I found myself absolutly hitting the ball further, and to my surprise, straighter than I ever have before. I am absolutly, totally satisfied with this club.

After 3+ years heavy use, developed face crack, now in TM’s hands under manuf. warranty, awaiting response. Meanwhile, not wanting to wait, bought the r7 425 (w/movable wts.)… more erratic, no longer with it, and the head is too high/big for my eye, (ibid the 580xd) so I found another identical 540xd, 10.5º orig. 55/S soft tip shaft, in exc. condition and paid up to get it quick. In interim, range-tried a 460 Cobra, didn’t suit me at all. I also have/happy with the 540xd steel 5 w and the 580 (titanium)3 wood. (TM Rescue was too hooky/closed face for me.) The 540xd is hot-faced and workable, and I prefer its orig. TM shaft to the newer Fujikura in the r7 425,(too soft/whippy for me tho labeled Stiff). Haven’t hit the new TM Burner yet, but that’s the only one I can possibly imagine MIGHT be as satisfying as the good ol’, or great ol’, 540xd.

I present to you the 540xd. To my eye the head is shaped a tad awkward in design and yet, it delivers a good moving trajectory. I have the 9.5* w/a YS6 Stiff shaft. Im not a big fan of the high-gloss black, producing every star-bright reflection on my woods…but it does get the job done. THE FEEL AT IMPACT-a medium to hard impact feel followed by a sound of “POP!” not a ting, ping or crack is my best description of sound. The initial flight of trajectory is pretty impressive on the way up to its peak, then for me, it dies out and drops. This may be due to the lack of velocity of my own swingspeed. The loft is pretty much what it is…you play a 9.5* your gonna get that flight, unless of course, you have a crisp snap at impact then your ball flight is gonna climb with authority. If you can find a unmolested driver with the original shaft in it, and you want to be wise is the cost factor, I would recommend this driver with 70% confidence. Better than above average if you can look past the appearance of the driver. Yes, you will need to tee it up some…using the typical 2.5″ tees will not serve you well. Hitting below the equator fo the face will shorten the distance, still going striaght, but nevertheless short. While at your stance, your looking at a the ball, the thought comes to mind “dang…no way that I can miss the sweetspot” and for most part its true…but, any closing of the face at impact will be reflected as the short left hook (for the right handers). If you want to overplay the open face, yes it works very well for a degree or two but, that is it. Its a good transistion from the older line of TaylorMades if your climbing the TM ladder.

This is among the best of the best. Distance and carry is great. Very forgiving. Great launch angle and unbelievable ball flight. Easy to shape shots off the tee. I have made a move from a Ping G2 driver to Taylormade R540 xd. This transition was a breeze. I enjoy this driver more than any other I have used. Good luck hope this helps.

I always felt I needed a more upright iron, and to actually use a club for a number of days instead of an hour on “DEMO” day seemed to be a much better test. Of course PING has always been one of the premier irons and their quality control is second to none so I bought the DEMO club for a true test. The five degrees upright for my tall frame ( 6′4″ ) and shorter arms is just what the Doctor ordered as the iron fit me perfectly. I am a lower HDC, (2.4) and I found that hitting this club was easier than my older set of irons and that there were more solid shots than I expected. Golf became more fun again, and if you are a golfer you know what I mean when you hit it more solid more often…..it was more like play instead of work. I’m sure you have felt, sometimes golf can just be tough and to fight your irons while you are trying to have fun, well it’s just NOT that fun. The outcome was this, I liked the set-up so well that I bought a set of PING IRONS on ebay that had these specs and have played with them and have been more than pleased. Ping has a fitting chart at many golf stores that would give you a good indication what “LIE” you mjay need ( color coded dots ) and length. I’d then recommend to go back to ebay find that same demo club ( they have a lot of different ones ) get it for your self, pound some balls on a few different days and see if that is the club for you…..then go forth and have fun again with a full set of irons. Good golfing