{"id":2498,"date":"2013-06-17T05:08:39","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T05:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/?p=2498"},"modified":"2013-09-14T16:53:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-14T16:53:01","slug":"taylormade-rbz-stage-2-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/golf\/equipment\/2498\/taylormade-rbz-stage-2-review","title":{"rendered":"TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RBZ Stage 2 Review\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pYTDQYmbR_U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6f0\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-S2-range.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2499\" alt=\"RBZ S2 range\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-S2-range.jpg\" width=\"680\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-S2-range.jpg 680w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-S2-range-300x132.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Driver-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2501\" alt=\"RBZ Stage 2 Driver 300\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Driver-300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Driver-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Driver-300-236x300.jpg 236w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Clubs Tested<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>Driver:<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\nRBZ Stage 2<br \/>\nLoft: 10.5\u00b0<br \/>\nShaft: Rocketfuel<br \/>\nby Fujikura<br \/>\nFlex: Regular<br \/>\nFCT Set up: Standard<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong>Fairway wood:<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\nRBZ Stage 2<br \/>\nLoft: 15\u00b0<br \/>\nShaft: Rocketfuel<br \/>\nby Matrix<br \/>\nFlex: Stiff<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Fairway-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2503\" alt=\"RBZ Stage 2 Fairway 300\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Fairway-300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Fairway-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2-Fairway-300-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Hybrid:<\/strong> <\/span><br \/>\nRBZ Stage 2 Tour<br \/>\nLoft: 18.5\u00b0<br \/>\nShaft: Rocketfuel<br \/>\n80h<br \/>\nFlex: Stiff<br \/>\nFCT Set up: Lower<\/p>\n<p>Straight off I have to say I enjoyed playing with these clubs and just loved the adjustability of the hybrid. And I must admit I didn\u2019t think you could improve on the RBZ 3-wood, but this baby is a hammer of a club and the way it sits behind the ball on the fairway at address is like a work of art.<\/p>\n<p>In fact these beauties are works of art. If you\u2019re looking for a new set of woods I wouldn\u2019t look too far beyond the new RBZ <a href=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2_Tour_Rescue-300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2505\" alt=\"RBZ Stage 2_Tour_Rescue 300\" src=\"http:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2_Tour_Rescue-300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2_Tour_Rescue-300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-Stage-2_Tour_Rescue-300-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Stage 2 set-up. I was impressed by the easy adjustability of both the driver and hybrid and tried it on the lower and higher settings, both working to great effect. But I think the star of the show has to be the 3-wood.<\/p>\n<p>As I said about the first RBZ 3-wood, if you\u2019re someone who leaves the driver out of the bag and are looking for a great 3-wood this is your club. Great ball flight, plenty of forgiveness, and it just sits behind the ball perfectly. This club oozes power and inspires confidence.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6f0\"><strong>Techonology<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The driver uses a similar Inverted Cone Technology to the R1, which is milled into the inner side of the clubface and expands the portion of the face and produces a high ball-speed at impact.<\/p>\n<p>The Thick-Thin crown gives the RBZ Stage 2 driver a more-forward CG location, which promotes a high launch and low spinning ball.<\/p>\n<p>The 9.5 option can be adjusted up to 11\u00b0 or down to 8\u00b0. The 10.5 model can be adjusted up to 12\u00b0 or down to 9\u00b0 and the HL 13 can be adjusted up to 14.5\u00b0 or down to 11.5\u00b0.<\/p>\n<p>The 3-wood has an improved speed pocket design which first appeared on the original RBZ. This improvement helps the pocket flex faster to promote a faster ball speed. Coupled with the lower and more-forward CG location \u2013 which gives a higher launch angle and low spinning ball \u2013 it all adds up to some incredible distances from a 3-wood. The Rescue Tour 3 also utilises the same improved speed pocket as the 3-wood .<\/p>\n<p>TaylorMade also use their Loft-Sleeve technology which has 7 standard and 5 upright loft options to add \u00b11.5\u00b0 to the standard loft. The Rescue 3 loft is 18.5\u00b0 but can be adjusted up to 20\u00b0 or down to 17\u00b0, which gives you plenty of options. The Rescue 3 also has been designed to have a lower and more-forward CG location for faster ball speeds off the face and has a higher launch angle imparting a lower spin rate on the ball.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6f0\"><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m impressed how the RBZ stage 2 has moved on so quickly from the original RBZs, but you can feel the difference and see the results especially in the driver and Rescue 3. The increase in the 3-wood is not so dramatic as the other two, rather incremental. You have to say the original RBZ 3-wood was a massive jump forward in how far a fairway wood can go, so the progress was never going to be so dramatic. But it\u2019s there and I would recommend anyone who is looking to update their woods to take these out for a test. You will be glad you did.<\/p>\n<p>Go and have some fun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clubs Tested Driver: RBZ Stage 2 Loft: 10.5\u00b0 Shaft: Rocketfuel by Fujikura Flex: Regular FCT Set up: Standard Fairway wood:&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/golf\/equipment\/2498\/taylormade-rbz-stage-2-review\" title=\"ReadTaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Review\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":2499,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,112767,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-golf","category-equipment-reviews","category-equipment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2013\/06\/RBZ-S2-range.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2498"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2498\/revisions\/2510"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2499"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theaposition.com\/planetgolfreview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}