TAYLORMADE R1 DRIVER NEW SERIES
Written by: Tony Covey ( – Unless you’ve 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. So do keep an eye out for that follow up blog! The following is an action shot collage a Twitter follower, and fellow lefty, Adam LaCapra pulled from the final shot and sent me.And Taylormade Barely Even Threatened To Sue Us This Year I intend to go into me detail once I can get back on the grass range and tee the ball as I would if I were playing and actual round, instead of machine-gunning balls off the mats. I also had my camcorder with me and took the following video…īy the last shot in the video I had a few things figured out, or at least the result of the strike suggested as much. The other day, I went back out to the range armed with both clubs determined to figure out why I seem so unable to have success with the R1. Mind you, I wan’t going to give up, you ought to know this about me by now, despite an occasional gripe and moan.
I also have some philosophical issues with any adjustable golf club, but I will leave that for a future blog.Īfter that first range session my various reservations seemed to be confirmed, or it really was golf gremlins! Either way, I was seriously disappointed.
TAYLORMADE R1 DRIVER NEW DRIVERS
I was reluctant to purchase the new TaylorMade R1 since I have had a poor history with adjustable drivers (albeit a short history). The sound, the feel, I could even hit a power fade contrary to my natural draw if I wanted. I still own that club, I might be buried with it in fact! This Burner SuperFast 2.0 just fit me from the moment I first hit it. My first “name brand” was the TaylorMade R5 Neutral bias.
And guess what? That’s right, I could not hit that well either! I have always liked just a “regular” driver. Of all the Drivers I have owned throughout my years swatting and chasing this little white ball, only one has been an adjustable driver, the TaylorMade R9. Not only did this frustrate me, but it perplexed me as well! Without fail, I would leak the R1 left and it would come up at least 40 yards short of the Burner 2.0’s distances. The numbers that the R1 was yielding compared to my Burner 2.0 were enough to convince me to actually purchase the R1 that night.įast forward to April after things in my area began to thaw to the point I could hit the R1 on the range, and it was as though golf gremlins swapped the R1 I bought in February with a counterfeit from China! It sounded awful when I struck the ball, the ball felt like a rock coming off the face, I literally was hitting my 6 iron farther than this new R1! I then took three shots with each of my two drivers, three with the Burner 2.0 and three with the R1. I went to the TaylorMade Launch Event at my local Golf Galaxy on February 3rd to check out their new offerings. You can guess that it will take an amazing new driver to get me to switch.
I came within a tap-in of a hole in one with the Burner 2.0. I have been using the TaylorMade Burner SuperFast 2.0 driver for some time now with great success. 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.
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