Save some time and frustration when selffitting the r1 to your swing. This time taylormade painted striped graphics on the the white crown. No longer do golfers have to worry about buying the wrong loft. Heres our golfbidder demonstration video we made at the r1 launch with taylormade product marketing manager brian. I have been using the taylormade burner superfast 2. Taylormade launched the r1 by telling golfers that this was their most adjustable driver they had ever made. Its first semitransformable driver, the r7, had movable back weights and debuted in 2004. When you first see the taylormade r1 driver you are probably going to do a double take.
Taylormade m2 is a top selling option at the top of the price range. The best way to get to a more ideal launch angle of 12 degrees or even higher is increasing the loft. This club is all about adjustability and with 168 different settings, youll have plenty of options to try. How to adjust a taylormade r1 driver, for loft, lie angle, and fade or draw bias. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest. The r1 from taylormade is one of the best adjustable drivers around you can try to strike some golf balls using this club and see if you are doubtful. The taylormade r15 driver is for best suited for golfers looking to reduce their over spin rates of the driver for increased distance. Because todays drivers launch with much less spin, even players who swing fast use more loft. How do i choose taylormade r1 loft settings 3balls blog.
All that adjustability is probably also the biggest downfall of the r1 it can be confusing and cumbersome in the wrong hands. With the r1 driver taylormade again raises the bar on adjustability. I did have some success with the m1 when it was launched last year as i was able to control the spin a bit better than with the m2. With a total of 168 possible setting combinations 12 loft settings, 7 face angle settings and 2 weight adjustments. Find golf club tradein and resales values for over 4,000 models of used golf clubs at the pga value guide, from leading manufacturers such as callaway, taylormade, taylor made, titleist, ping, odyssey, nike, cleveland, mizuno, cobra, adams, wilson. This is darcy schmidt at golf stuff in welland ontario, 540 niagara street. The taylormade r1 driver also allows loft and face angle to be adjusted independently of each other a critical benefit. The taylormade r1 driver is the longest, most adjustable driver taylormade has brought to market for the 20 season, an excellent option for golfers from a wide range of skill levels. My argument would be it would take you ages to try and figure out what is best for you.
Taylormades argument would be the adjustability aspect of the club. Many club experts say that the best way to set up your r1 is to first adjust the loft then work on the other settings. I came within a tapin of a hole in one with the burner 2. By recognizing this problem, taylormade has developed a driver that gives golfers from tour pros to amateurs more options to help them achieve optimal performance.
Jason day, who has a swing speed of 120 miles per hour, uses a 10. The limited edition taylormade r1 black driver is identical the original white taylormade r1, but with a new black finish. It would be a miracle if a golfer bought a stock standard r1 driver and it was perfectly suited for them. Taylormade have unveiled their new r1 driver, the followup product to the massivelysuccessful r11s. If you want to counteract your slice, set the club closed using the tweak setting that will allow you to hit the ball straight via swing mechanics. The recently launched taylormade r1 driver offers golfers a fourdegree range of adjustability. We have been paying attention to the golfers out there, and theyve been screaming for a black version, so were going to go ahead and make it, said tom kroll, taylormades metal woods global product marketing manager. The hosel is still the best way to open and close the head to allow for the miss left or right. We liked the r1 and thought it was one of the better adjustable taylormade drivers, but for most of the golfing population the additional fitting elements made it fractionally too heavy to get going.
The r1s three adjustability technologies allow it to be tuned 168 different ways to specifically fit a players swing to optimize distance and accuracy. Feels solid in your hand, easy to work the ball, able to adjust for an upright swing, paired with a low torque shaft works for me. Now the latest model combines the best bits of all those that have gone before. Featuring the first interchangeable hosel system, golfers could remove the driver head completely and customize between three different shaft offerings. And taylormade barely even threatened to sue us this year. The r9, with true adjustability in the form of a twistable loft sleeve, came out in late 2008, and the r11, with a choice of eight loft settings and adjustable face angle, in early 2011.
Besides being able to customize the golf club to your requirements, the head has an incredibly nice feeling on impact, and the shaft is the ideal engine. The same positive and negative comments have ensued. R1 the taylormade r1 driver is the most adjustable driver to ever be released by taylormade. The taylormade r1 has mwt, face angle adjustability and an adjustable loft hosel. Well the r1 has a much wider range of adjustable options so taylormade say that this is one driver for everyone.
The adjustability of the m1 covers this issue and allows you to tweak the driver design to allow for the miss from the lower spin. The graphics on the crown can be distracting, stock grip was the. Taylormade s argument would be the adjustability aspect of the club. Howto guide to adjusting the taylormade m1 driver foregolf. Tony covey unless youve been in a coma for the last couple of months, the announcement of new woods from taylormade, specifically the r1 driver and rbz stage 2 series woods came as anything but a surprise. Using the low, forward center of gravity cg introduced in the sldr line, along with the sliding weight track that adds speed pocketlike functionality, the r15 is a lowspin driver, with a bigger sweet spot. The r1 has been designed with 12 loft options and seven face angle settings, as well as the brands famous movable weight technology but despite the high level of adjustability, its an intuitive bit of kit that is straight forward to use. But like always taylormade put more into this driver than just paint, it is their most adjustable driver ever. The new taylormade r1 driver offers more adjustability than any other driver to date. If youre the kind of guy that likes to fiddle with things, the r1 is your driver. The taylormade sldr driver succeeds the taylormade r1 driver and there are a lot of significant changes from the previous model. Engineered for pure distance and adjustability, the taylormade r1 driver is already a success globally with four worldwide tour victories.
Now, golfers who choose to play the latest taylormade driver have no excuse for not playing the right loft and improving their game. Thus youre going to have to set the r1 up to suit you. Taylormade has been pretty good at making drivers for the last 15 years. The taylormade r15 driver is for best suited for golfers looking to reduce theirs over spin rates of the driver for increased distance. There are a percentage of golfers who do not need all of. The r1 tuning app can help golfers to get the most out of their r1 driver to create a shot shape or fix a shot shape. A golfer can adjust the loft, the face angle, and the shot shape all with a single wrench. The r1 driver with its adjustable head will be a popular golf. Taylormade golf free r1 driver tuning app february 18, 20 taylormade golf has released the new r1 tuning app, the best way to tune the r1 driver, and make it your1. This meant long hours at the range and dozens of buckets of balls. The new taylormade r1 driver comes in a one club suits all format with loft interchangeable between 8 and 12 degrees. The headline tech in the allnew r15 driver is a track behind the face that features two 12. Taylormade is offering the boldest graphics of any oem with its r1 driver, but it is also the most battletested design, offering slight improvements over the extremely popular r11 and r11s models.
Before even hitting the market, people already had hints via various tv ads that the next generation driver would come from the flagship r series. R1 gives the golfer 12 loftsleeve settings and 7 faceangle positions, as well as two movable shotshape weights. Unfollow taylormade r1 driver to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. But the fact of the matter is that the loft of this driver affects the face angle. This means a golfer can go into their local pro shop and have a clubfitter tune the driver to their swing without having to switch drivers. How to adjust settings on your taylormade r1 driver. This entry is not so much about the adjustability of the r1 driver from taylormade as it is my adjustability to the new r1 driver. The new r1 continues taylormades line of adjustable drivers by offering the greatest range of adjustability of any driver in the brands history. According to taylormades researchers, 80% of golfers are playing the wrong loft and 24% are playing a loft thats off by 2 degrees or more. The release of the r1 driver from taylormade is exciting because of how much customization the driver provides to both the golfer and the club fitter. But once set, the r1 delivers what we all want from a driver. The graphics on the crown may dissuade some but if this is the case, then put this thought to one side and try the r1 driver as you will forget about the looks once you hit it.
One driver model that can be tuned to fit tour pros and amateurs alike. They now have a driver that has as much if not more adjustability than any club on the market today. The science of adjustability is about minimizing your swing flaws, and its designed to benefit average golfers most of all. Brian bazzel from taylormade takes us through adjusting the new taylormade r1 driver while on the range at the 20 pga show demo day. But theres no doubt the m2 was more forgiving in terms of offcentre hits which is. The taylormade r15 driver is designed for golfers who want full adjustability and control over the performance of their clubs. It has 7 face angle options vs its predecessor the r11s with 5. The taylormade r1 improves on the companys premium driver from a year ago, the r11s, offering slightly more ball speed and less spin. The taylormade r1 driver is the most adjustable driver to ever be released by taylormade.