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I am surprised no one review this club yet, so here goes mine.

I have been playing since April have taken a series of 19 lessons. I do not have a handicap yet, unless you count my swing. I shoot in the 90-105 range. So take this review for whatever it is worth.

I recently broke my TaylorMade R7 425 clone, it has been the second driver I have used my first being a TM SuperSteel 250. I have been fighting a fade to weak slice since I started playing. I went to the local golf store and hit just about every driver they had under $400 dollars, avoiding the R7s because I wanted to try something that was not so gimicky. Finally I picked up the R7 draw to try just for the heck of it, boy am I glad I did.

It is regular flex in a stock shaft, I have been swinging stiff shafts in my last two drivers. But this is the first time I have had my speed swing measured and the guys at the shop recommended the regular flex. Of course my swing is not too repeatable yet so I was swinging as fast as 107 and as slow as 92.

From the first tee on today as I used the club for the first time, I was hitting the ball straight or with a slight draw. I hit 11 out of the 14 fairways I drove with this club, with an average yardage around 280. My longest was around 315. The only reason I missed the 3 fairways, was I was still aiming to far left as I have been in the past to compensate for my fading tendencies. I would just repeat mentally with myself that, I am not hitting a fade anymore, don't aim left.

Overall this is a great club, it has taken the whole right side of the fairway out of play. I am sure that with some practice, I will get surgical with the R7 Draw driver. The only knock I have on the club and mine is a 10.5 loft so that is partially to blame, is that it hits the ball a mile high. I am concerned that on a windy day, it could cause some real problems. I am considering having it re-sahfted with an Aldilla NV, in hope of lowering my drive height.

For the first time ever I had no fear off the tees, after the first 9 holes in was in a Tee Box Nirvana. If you fear the right side of the course, this is the driver for you. I am still psyched and can't wait to take it out again.

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also looking for comparasion to the r5 dual draw.

After trying the Ping G5 and Titleist 905R, I purchased a R7 Draw. I don't think the ball goes farther than the others, but my chronic banana ball is gone, and my drives are (mostly) straight or have a slight draw.

I just picked up a r7 Draw, 10.5 with the REAX 55 shaft to try out and goof around with. I've never been a huge TaylorMade fan, and I always thought of their weighting system as being gimmicky. After 2 range sessions with the r7 Draw, I'm starting to change my mind. I have never been able to work the ball, or hit a draw. I have over the years been able to get away from slicing the ball, but my typical shot is often a slight fade(with woods, my irons are pretty straight). Something about the r7 Draw is working as advertised however. I consistantly hit a draw with this club. I've found it very difficult to slice a shot, even when trying to. I've actually found it tough to even fade the thing. I have however found that I can hook the out of this puppy if I don't focus on what I'm doing.

I like this club, but I don't think its going to become a fixture in my bag. I think my swing has progressed to the point that the draw weighting combined with the 2 degree closed face is going to be too much "left-bias" for me. It has been good enough to have me looking seriously at the r7 460 and r7 SuperQuad models. They have moveable weights, but more importantly the faces on those models aren't closed as much. If I can find a good deal on one of those with the right shaft, I expect I'll try it.

I picked up a new one from Carl's Golfland on sale and I'm glad I did. I've been fighting a fade but worse that cursed spin on the ball that makes it bounce right. The R7 (and a small but significant change to my swing) has gotten rid of that and now I'm actually bouncing down the fairway repeatably. With the extra confidence I can now take bigger swings off the tee and have picked up some more yards. Best $139 spent this year.