Ping you pretty much have to order it from ping wrx or they may not honor the warranty on the driver if someone else installed a shaft. As noted above, the loft can be adjusted as much as one degree in either direction to raise or lower ball flight and adjust spin up to rpms. To prove just how much an adjustable driver can change your game, we collected new drivers from callaway, cobra, nike, ping and taylormade. So ive been playing with my 910 driver and r9 fairways settings a little bit and this is what ive came up with.
Find the best settings for your adjustable driver, with mike. Tune the center of gravity toward the heel or toe with movable weight technology mwt. The main reason i feel that r1 is going to hit the ball further than the r11s would be the ability to fine tune it more than optimize your launch angle and spin rates resulting in longer drives. Taylormade r11s users question on adjusting driver loft. Set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face. What are the optimum taylormade r11s driver settings. Altogether, the company says the taylormade r11s driver has 80 different useradjustable settings, which is a whopping 32 more settings than the original taylormade r11 driver.
I have not played with it yet, but i have hit balls at the range. R11s driver tuning overview taylormade driver r11 technology full version i am happy and. They also claim it is the most adjustable on the market today, with an adjustable sleeve, adjustable sole plate, and moveable weight technology that allows the user to set up 80 different launch settings. Id prob never get thru all of r11s settings anyway. Taylormade also had the first titanium golf driver in the winners circle of a golf major mark omeara, 1998 masters, ti. Titleist drivers, ping drivers, taylormade drivers. But the fact of the matter is that the loft of this driver affects the face angle. I recently purchased the taylormade rbz driver and while it advertises 8 settings for lie, loft, and face angle with the shaft, only 4 of them are labeled. For starters, ping has reduced the size of the g400 driver from 460cc to 445cc, which is interesting because ping has always been a company that is known for producing a forgiving golf club, and reducing the size of a driver will generally make that club less forgiving. Taylormade introduced the first steelheaded woods in golf, and they have been on the leading edge of technological innovation in the golf industry ever since. Consider booking a custom driver fitting at your local golf galaxy store. Find the best settings for your adjustable driver, with.
Im one of our master fitters here at our pxg headquarters located in scottsdale arizona. Im here to talk to you today about the drivers and fairway and hybrid shaft adapters. Dec, 2011 the taylormade r11s driver is a refined version of the previous r11 driver. Upon first inspection of the club, the slider technology seemed very. If these enhancements werent enough, the r11s also features a lightweight aldila rip phenom shaft and taylormades own performance lightweight tm 360 grip.
This means that there will only be one model and then you change the loft to suit. How adjusting your driver loft changes your ball flight. Aug 06, 2017 how to find the best settings on your adjustable driver. Not sure how to use this information as there are no 1 settings on the r11s.
To me its just a lightweight aluminum cap with a screw, its not weight balanced in any particular direction and the club sits up the same whatever position its set, the face is not hinged as such so how in the name of larry holmes can this lightweight shiny little. When i had my r11s last year, it was cranked to full loft so 10. With the driver adjusted to 11 degrees of loft, my shot had 3415 rpm of spin. The best way to get to a more ideal launch angle of 12 degrees or even higher is increasing the loft. Features and benefits of the taylormade r11 s driver. I traded my rbz driver in for the r11s and i hit the r11s so much straighter and about 810 yards further than my rbz. Check out this index for easy access to all of our coverage of golf news, instruction, equipment and courses. Dragonfly technology creates an ultrathin crown and skirt for weight savings to optimize the cg location and dramatically increase moi for greater forgiveness and accuracy. Set it to the lowest loft and the face will be open.
Yea, youre probably right, i should have specified. That may be ok for some players but a good number will lack the club head speed to generate enough spin to lift the ball and optimize distance at that launch angle. Following a great couple of seasons with many massive wins, it was hard to imagine taylormade could do much more to improve their driver. Fcts eight options and mwts three options meant twentyfour potential settings on your driver and the first fully.
The more a driver is tuned to you, the farther youll hit. Im tired just thinking about all the possible combinations. So what we have is we have a shaft adapter that actually has eight settings for every one of our clubs. This setting is 180 degrees from the neutral setting. A 6 degree range allows you to independently open or close the face of the r11s drive by 3 degree, without affecting loft. Okay, and im here to tell you a little bit about what. Taylormade golf has unveiled the r11s driver, what the company calls their most advanced driver to date. The additional loft makes the club much more forgiving and far more accurate. Lie angle is an average of the five adjustable positions. Increased launch angle also means youll get more carry on your drives for more distance. Ive loosened the screw, and have even taken it completely off but i cannot get the shaft separated from the club head. Taylormade r11s usersquestion on adjusting driver loft.
In the previous segment of this blog, we discussed hitting the ball on the sweet spot in order to optimize your smash factor or efficiency. Ping g driver adjustment chart best picture of chart. I used to murder that thing, but about 20% of the time it was a gigantic block about 15 fairways to the right. Taylormade release innovative r11s driver national club. This large driver head has taylormades inverted cone technology to promote more ball speed and consistent distance on mishits. This is probably a dumb question but i figured id give it a shot. I asked our pro to order the m2 with the same shaft specs as my r11s. The heel and toe weights remain the same and come stock with a 10 gram and a 1 gram. Begin transcript good morning, my name is eric johnson. Mainly because more loft meant more backspin and the straighter my shots flew at any configuration. The key changes are the adjustable hosel that now has an extra 0. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest. 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. Adding loft on the r9 same as rbz closes face angle.
Like the r11, the taylormade r11s driver follows taylormades 3 dimensions of distance concept. I have the r11s the driver just before the r1 and i believe the r1 sleeve is similar but with more settings notches. When i put the the 10 gram weight in the toe i was hitting a nice fade with it. When you change the loft you will also be changing the face angle of the club so if you dont like the way it sits at address then you use the new sole plate to. Optimize driver loft for more distance dlance golfd. One of the best features of todays drivers isnt necessarily the. Compared to the r11s the r1 feels more forgiving and the sound at impact is a loud, but strangely likeable, high pitched crash that forcefully announces that you are on the tee and have just pulverised the ball. The reason ping reduced the size of the g400 driver is aerodynamics. It has many of the features of the r11 driver, but with an increase of options on adjustable sole plate asp which allows the club to sit on the ground precisely the way that fits the. If its a 10 degree driver, it will always be 10 degrees, no matter how you twist it. Optimize driver loft for more distance dlance golf. Fortunately, the m4 is a solid club and doesnt need all of those bells and whistles. They are designed to improve the way the air flows around the clubhead.
These innovations allow you to adjust the loft, lie, and control the ball flight. I think the tour model heads or tour spoon are 1 degree open at neutral. There are eight different fct positions that allow you to increase or decrease the loft in. Following on from the original, award winning r11 driver, taylormade have achieved the impossible and improved on perfection. Taylormade r11 adjustments driver and fairway golfwrx. Driver, fairway wood and hybrid shaft adapter settings pxg. Technologyhigh inertia tip the motore f1 and f3 store more energy during your downswing and release that energy before impact, all. I have been looking around online and cannot find anywhere that gives a breakdown on what each setting specifically does. The same positive and negative comments have ensued. The fct on the r11s allows you to adjust the loft of your head by as much as 1. I guess i figured that when i requested it to be digitally lofted to 9 degrees that it would go without saying that it would be in the neutral setting. You can change the loft and the lie as well as the open or closed face setting.
Ping rhapsody ladys driver helps maximize speed and. 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. Taylormade release innovative r11s driver national club golfer. They showed me how to do it at the shop and he made it look easy. 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.
Adjustments on taylormade rbz driver clubs, grips, shafts. Each flaw could be fixed with an adjustment of the loft or face angle, or a. But like always taylormade put more into this driver than just paint, it is their most adjustable driver ever. It also has 12 different loft options vs the 8 on the r11s. My covert is now much, much, much straighter and just as long. R11s, or rbz this is how the adjustments would work.
Generally speaking, stated loft is higher with ping. Does adjusting a rbz driver loft change face angle. Best driver for 90 mph swing speed in 2020 golf sidekick. How to adjust a taylormade r11 driver download my profile my country club. In general, this will be a spot that is slightly towards the toe and just above the center of the clubface. Generally, as loft goes up, so does the spin rate, as you can see in the data. Adjustable sole red plate for taylormade r11s golf driver. The turbulators are a series of angled ridges on the crown of the g30. Aug 25, 2015 set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face. Designed to choose 5 different settings for your r11s driver standard and tp model. Also available, the g series sf tec driver is customengineered with weight closer to the heel to produce a righttoleft shot shape for right. Jun 25, 20 i used the ping wrench to subtract and then add onehalf degree to the 12degree model and saw modest changes in my ballflight tendencies. Apr 16, 2015 april 16, 2015 the latest rhapsody club family by ping is built to get women of all abilities enthused about playing and encourage more ladies to take up the game.
Adjustable golf driver heads do they work loft duration. Reduced loft creates a lower, more piercing flight. The r11s replaces taylormades innovative r11 driver and betters it by offering more adjustability, distance, and forgiveness. The taylormade r11s driver is a refined version of the previous r11 driver. While all of the adjustable drivers feel a bit different between settings the r11s feels truly adjustable. Just like the rbz 3 wood that club is also worth th money and hype love them both. How to find the best settings on your adjustable driver. They have the ahina, the rip and the blur shafts available for the new anser if i remember right and their stock shaft the tfc 700something, which really is a pretty darn good shaft compared to some. Jason day, who has a swing speed of 120 miles per hour, uses a 10.
Replacement adjustable sole plate for taylormade r11s golf driver. Titleist drivers, ping drivers, taylormade drivers, callaway drivers, srixon drivers. Find the best settings for your adjustable driver, with mike sullivan. Of course, the adjustability of the taylormade r11s driver isnt its only design feature. By adjusting the angle of your clubhead ever so slightly, you can get a higher loft that will give your ball more air or tune it down for a lower loft.
Dec 19, 2011 the fct now gives you eight loft and lie combinations that affect spin and launch, while the asp has two additional settings, allowing users to open and close the face angle by up to 6. There are 12 different loft settings over a range of 8 to 12. Because todays drivers launch with much less spin, even players who swing fast use more loft. By adjusting the angle of your clubhead ever so slightly, you can get a higher loft that will give your ball more air or tune it down for a lower loft and a straighter shot.
Adjusting the loft from 8 degrees to 12 degrees is possible. This modal can be closed by pressing the escape key or activating the close button. The taylormade r11s driver is bigger, faster, and more tunable than. Leading the line is the rhapsody driver, with a highly forgiving 460cc head as part of a lighter total system mass that helps maximize speed and distance, especially from slower swing. There are 12 different loft settings over a range of 8 to 12 degrees including 2 upright positions.
The adjustment capabilities basically make the r11s suitable for any player no matter what they want to get out of their driver. Nov 25, 2018 how to adjust a taylormade r11 driver download my profile my country club. This is the only adjustable driver ive played with this year where the adjustability seems to have a noticeable impact between the different settings. Is there a trick to changing the loft with a g30 driver. Taylormade r11s driver the completely redesigned taylormade r11s driver is the most advanced club ever produced by taylormade. The m4 is the replacement for the previous generations m2 woods. To get the most distance from your driver, you must optimize the launch angle and spin rate of the ball by.
On both sleeves there is an option for an upright lie setting, its just one setting and only affects the degree of lie vs. How do i choose taylormade r1 loft settings 3balls blog. Oct 27, 2012 this is the only adjustable driver ive played with this year where the adjustability seems to have a noticeable impact between the different settings. Taylor made r11 s driver taylor made drivers golfbidder. The taylormade sldr driver is the newest taylormade driver and utilizes a sliding adjustable weight on the sole plate of the driver with an adjustable 12position hosel. Only r11 can activate the three dimensions to distance.
And taylormade barely even threatened to sue us this year written by. Ping explains the turbulators on its new g30 driver, and why. These are design specifications that may vary due to manufacturing tolerances. The taylormade m4 driver introduces the new twist face technology aimed at helping golfers hit the ball longer and straighter. The new 460cc mattewhite finish is combined with a new 5sided adjustable sole plate, new flight control technology, and movable weight technology. What is the difference between the upright lofts and the. Mar 05, 2018 you can still make some loft and lie adjustments via the shaft adapter, but there arent a bunch of weights to dial in the cg of the club. Nov 26, 2015 twelve months after taylormade launched the revolutionary r11, the taylormade r11s driver, with its bigger 460cc head, loft adjustability 1. No longer do golfers have to worry about buying the wrong loft. The taylormade r11s driver is the ultimate in driver innovation and optimization now in 460cc. The taylormade r1 has mwt, face angle adjustability and an adjustable loft hosel. The conclusion the ping g25 driver is one of the better drivers of 20. See if the taylormade r11s could help you play some better golf.