New Royal Collection
Royal Collection the parent company of the long gone U.S Sonartec label has still been moving along in Japan with new releases each year. This week RC announced some pretty good looking clubs at a Tokyo driving range where they held their press confrence about their new Qtr. 4 2009 products.
BBD TRC Hybrid
The first that caught our eye was a new Royal Collection BBD TRC hybrid wood that features a fariway wood like round shape but it’s utility presence gives it some oval faced features. A very interesting thing to point out about this new RC TRC is that it’s hosel size is 8.5 millimeters ( .335 tip ) Yup this doesnt happen very often in a hybrid for consumer use but it gives the customer the ability to install most of today’s non hybrid shafts in it. Compared to the previous model our testers reported it looking more traditional and being somewhat easier to hit.
2nd Generation S.F.I Forged Irons
Another product highlighted at the Royal Collection 2009 golf club release event was a new forged iron which is basically shares the same name as a model released almost 5 years ago called the S.F.I Forged. The S.F.I forged 2009 is of course forged but features a large undercut. Usually forged irons with such an undercut tend to feel almost cast but they are forgiving and easily bendable for customization. I’m going to have to call this the 2nd Generation SFI Forged. This head is compact yet forgiving and features a semi gooseneck… Lastly a new Forged Wedge was announced taking the same script logo from the SFI iron and unfortunately in our eyes also having a semi gooseneck.
When will the Hybrids be available?