Taylormade R1 Driver Face Angle

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The TaylorMade R1 driver is the most adjustable driver to ever be released by TaylorMade. With a total of 168 possible setting combinations (12 Loft settings, 7 Face Angle settings and 2 Weight Adjustments). All of these adjustments can be made with a variety of combinations through the Loft Sleeve, Face Angle Sole Plate, and the adjustable. The Taylormade R1 has MWT, Face angle adjustability and an adjustable loft hosel. The combinations are endless in this one driver. Taylormade wants you to make it #Your1. The new R1 continues TaylorMade’s line of adjustable drivers by offering the greatest range of adjustability of any driver in the brand’s history. R1 gives the golfer 12 loft-sleeve settings and 7 face-angle positions, as well as two movable shot-shape weights.

Amateurs

TaylorMade Golf – New R1 Driver Raises the Bar on Adjustability

  • Provides a wide range of loft settings for the 80% of golfers playing the wrong loft.

January 5, 2013 – The new R1 continues TaylorMade’s mastery of adjustable drivers by offering the greatest range of adjustability of any driver in the brand’s history. R1 gives the golfer 12 loft-sleeve settings and 7 face-angle positions, as well as two movable shot-shape weights. R1 also allows loft and face angle to be adjusted independently of each other – a critical benefit. The R1’s three adjustability technologies allow it to be tuned 168 different ways to specifically fit a player’s swing to optimise distance and accuracy.

Unlike most drivers, R1 lacks a loft number stamped on the head, because its Loft-Sleeve Technology offers a 12-loft sleeve settings to deliver a 4°-range of lofts, meaning the golfer can play anywhere from a 8° to 12° driver.

“Offering a wide range of loft settings is imperative, because our research indicates that 80 percent of golfers are playing the wrong loft, which costs them distance,” said Dr. Benoit Vincent, Chief Technical Officer of TaylorMade Golf. “The R1 offers 12 positions to help golfers find the loft that delivers the launch conditions that deliver maximum distance.”

Taylormade r1 driver face angle adjustment

Are so many golfers there playing the wrong loft? TaylorMade Golf explains us why:

Taylormade R1 Driver Face Angle Adjustment

  1. Golfers typically choose the wrong loft when they buy off the shelf, usually opting for too little loft because of a long-held belief that a lower-lofted driver will promote long distance. In fact, a low-lofted driver typically costs the average player carry and distance by promoting a too-low launch angle.
  2. Changes to driver design during in recent years to promote lower spin (such as moving the CG location lower and forward) has made it possible for many players to switch to a higher loft that promotes more carry and distance by achieving a better combination of high launch/low spin launch conditions.

R1’s wide range of lofts and face angles, along with its movable shot-shape weights, allow this single driver model to be tuned to fit the widest range of players, from Tour pros to high handicaps.

The R1 features TaylorMade’s famous white, glare-reducing crown colour, and also has an eye-catching new orange, black and grey crown graphic that offers two important performance advantages:

Taylormade R1 Driver Settings

  1. R1’s crown graphic design helps the golfer to square the face to the ball accurately at address. That’s important because golfers can still use the contrast of white crown and black face to align the clubface, but TaylorMade studies indicate that golfers benefit from the linear reference cues of the new crown graphic to help align the face accurately.
  2. The “V” shape of the preserved white space behind the leading edge provides a frame to position the ball against, helping to heighten focus.

Taylormade R1 Driver Specs

R1 is equipped with Aldila RIP Phenom 55-gram shaft, which is ultra-light to promote faster clubhead speed, yet strategically weighted to deliver the feel of a heavier, 65-gram shaft. The shaft also features Aldila’s Hyberbolic Flex Technology to promote optimal launch conditions, ball speed and feel.

Used Taylormade R1 Driver

  • Availability: At retail 1st February 2013.
  • RRP R1 Driver: £349, 499€, 3.999SEK, 3.495NOK, 3.495DKK and 649CHF.
  • RRP R1 TP Driver: £399, 599€, 4.999SEK, 4.395NOK, 4.399DKK and 779CHF.

Taylormade R1 Driver Face Angle

More information at www.taylormadegolf.com.

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