When the club was about to launch a Japanese website created the picture below which (as the Japanese would do) simplifies the process.Ī simple diagram to show the loft up process (More loft = more accuracy and lower spin rate = longer drives)
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The SLDR driver and now the R15 can reduce the spin rate by pushing the weight towards the front of the club and this would create a lower shot and because the ball will go lower you can choose a more lofted driver or choose a more lofted position with the adjustable sleeve. So if you were a player who has a launch angle of 12 degrees and a spin rate of 5000 you would hit the ball straighter and further if you managed to tune your driver to a 13 degree launch and 4500 spin rate (not 17/1700 but this would give you a definite added benefit of longer drives and straighter shots Now is this achievable with the R15 driver? Well probably if you have a machine hitting the ball but for any golfer this is virtually impossible but what TM are saying is that if you can increase you launch angle a little and reduce your spin rate you should see longer and straighter drives. (for years we have tried to get golfers to loft up anyway and this campaign has taken the ego out of having a low loft)įrom a huge amount of testing it has been calculated that if you have a 17 degree launch angle with 1700 spin rate this would be recognised as the holy grail of launch conditions. Yes TaylorMade are still promoting the loft up campaign and they are certain that this will benefit the majority of golfers.
SLDR was Loft Up – Do they still stand by this? It has certainly started well for the R15 as mentioned previously it was the only driver to get 20 out of 20 in the Golf Digest Driver category and it was also named as the most likely best selling driver in MyGolfSpys Poll with a 36.1% which was nearly 20% higher than it’s nearest rival and in the early season tour results it has been the most played driver on the Tour. R9, then R11 and finally the R1 (The SLDR was a premium driver but was not named in the “R” range. R500 range which included R510, R540 and R580
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The first in the “R” Series was the R300 range and was followed by these