TaylorMade R9 Review

Start your golfing season off right with the most adjustable, customizable driver ever. The most advanced and best performing driver in the history of golf club design per TaylorMade  Adidas Golf, which brought out adjustability in innovative golf clubs with the r7 quad driver in 2004, is unveiling its cutting-edge generation of adjustable technology. TaylorMade has announced the launch of its revolutionary new driver, the TaylorMade R9 driver. The R9 (proposed retail price $399 (R9 TP will be $499).

The TaylorMade R9 applies Flight Control Technology, Movable Weight Technology, classic clubhead shape, and a superior graphite shaft. Therefore what is the TaylorMade Flight Control Technology? Briefly, this is what allows for the golfer to alter the face angle, lie, and loft of the driver. This technology applies a metallic sleeve that is positioned over the tip of the shaft which can be turned into multiple positions. By rotating the sleeve, the golfer is then capable to alter the loft, lie, and face angle of the club acquiring a more custom driver.

The R9 blends modern and classic lines to produce a New Classic head shape that ought to satisfy players of all types. The club has a large address, and is identified as a combination of the r7 SuperQuad and r7 Limited (a triangular shape with contoured corners) head shape design.

The R9 driver offers 8 positions, and changing from one position to another is easy and takes only a matter of seconds, said doctor. Benoit Vincent, TaylorMade's chief technical officer. While changing, it's significant to distinguish that as the face angle closes, the loft increases; and as the face angle opens, the loft decreases. Therefore the R9 driver is engineered to promote trajectories that are 1) progressively higher, long-carrying and which move from right-to-left; 2) increasingly lower, more controllable and which move from left-to-right; or 3) which are neutral, with comparatively straight flight and at mid-level height.

To get equipped for an R9 or R9 TP driver, TaylorMade advises you first attempt hitting an R9 with the loft you generally play, then use the adjustable-face system to find the address position that appears best to you. (Each will be for sale in 8.5°, 9.5° and 10.5° lofts.) Ultimately, using the adjustable-weight system, hit a lot of balls until your desired ball flight is reached. In order to refine the ball flight further, a few players might want to then try an R9 with a different loft in order hit their drives slightly higher or lower.

PGA Tour players have already experienced success utilizing the R9. With the state-of-the art driver in his bag for the first time. Yes the r9 is conforming to all regulations. the changes that can be made to the driver CANNOT be changed during regulation play. adjusting the lie or face angle during play will result in penalty if playing under USGA rulings. all conditions must be set prior to teeing off to avoid penalty.