But does the new range of r15 drivers live up to the hype. You have your sweet r15 driver but havent a clue how to adjust it. The driver comes with two 2 g and two 10 g weights that are removable with a. If you have a neutral set up on a driver, adding 15 grams to the outside to promote a draw. Are you looking for information on how to adjust the taylormade r15 fairway. Dec 25, 2015 the r15 is a celebration of all taylormade driver technology. Move the weights toward the heel and they work to offset your slice by imparting a. Front track system is the 2 movable weights at the bottom. Its packed with technology, and most of it is fixated on maximizing the length of your best drives. Its packed with technology, and most of it is fixated on maximizing the length of. Adhere the tape to the base of the back of the club to hit the ball higher. Even so, like with an adjustable driver, setting up an adjustable fairway can be frustrating and takes a lot of time to get just right. Weve taken feedback from our customers who have the club in play and conducted. How to add weight to a golf club with tape golfweek.
You can also try adding the tape to the outside of the toe. All up, for me, it was worth the money and i am super appreciative tm kept the same adapter system. Since our original post about the taylor made r15 our view on custom fitting this club has evolved. With its new front track system in r15, adjusting a taylormade driver has never been quicker or easier. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you isnt it always on your mind that, maybe, if i pay more, i might get a better produced, more structured, and. I had a practice round wednesday at the proam with the new taylormade m1 driver and put it into play just to kind of see how it wentto be honest, im hitting it longer than my r15, which is fantastic.
Taylormade has long been the name in adjustable golf drivers, but the new r15 fairways may be the first solid attempt in golf at an adjustable club that belongs outside the tee box. The r15 430 will prove too demanding for all but the best amateurs. Like the 2017 m1 460 and m1 440 drivers, the new m2 driver uses a sunken sole curvature, which allowed the driver head to be made larger. We take an in depth look at the full range so that you can fully understand the technology involved and you can also see the difference from previous models. The r15 driver is the end result of what taylormade has learned about low and forward cg, sliding weights, adjustability and speed pockets in the form of the front track system. R15 driver weight kit for taylormade r15 golf driver. I know they make different weights for them and being a slower swinger mid 80s would i benefit in replacing the 10g weight with say a 6g or a 4g weight. The added weight on the outside of the clubhead prevents it from moving too. Using the low, forward center of gravity cg introduced in the sldr line, along with the sliding weight track that adds speed pocketlike functionality, the r15 is a lowspin driver, with a bigger sweet spot. Let us take you through a brief tutorial on how to make your new driver fit your swing. Hello everybody i have a taylormade r1 and i was wondering about the interchangeable weights for the driver. Youll still need to loft up, but not as much as prior drivers. As a comparison, the sldr has only one 20g weight, while the r15 driver has two 12. Add weight to the heel area of the club to enhance a draw or to reduce fading.
These weights allow you to make a wider range of adjustments and create a more forgiving driver. Taylormade r15 driver now has 2 weights in the front track system to. To reduce a slice, heavier weights are placed by the clubheads heel, while the clubs lighter weights are set by the toe. The taylormade r7 driver has four weights in the heel that are intended to help you straighten out a bad slice or draw. The taylormade r15 driver has a new front track weight system that performs like a speed pocket to reduce spin and add forgiveness. Move the 16gram weight to the heel cavity on the r9 driver and place the singlegram weights in both the center and toe cavities to correct a slice. Whenever taylormade release a new driver they can certain create some hype. The problem is that doing so also delofted the club, so i was losing a lot of distance. Taylormade compatible driverwoods shaft adapter fits r15. I know mgs did the r15 with weights in different places but. The adjustable fairway woods feature the same sole opening but with one sliding 25gram weight to effect. Install the 10 g weights to the two outside positions toward the toe. The new m3 features a sweet of ground breaking technology and revolutionary club design.
The screw and 2 gram aluminum lock slider are included. Yes, i would like to receive email updates from taylormade about r15. It had a solid feeling i liked, call away felt very springy pretty good too. Taylormadeadidas golf is one of the largest golf club manufacturers in the world. The taylormade r15 driver is taylormades most technologically advanced driver ever. The taylormade r15 head weights are easy to install and can reduce or increase the swingweight of your r15 driver.
In fact day was just one of 16 players to put the m1 driver into play at the bmw championship, its debute on tour. Golftecs vp of club fitting and merchandise, mike helfrich, talks about the adjustability within the moveable weights found in the head of a driver and what moving those weights can do for your. The driver comes with two 2 g and two 10 g weights that are removable with a special tool. The new taylormade r15 black driver is the most technologically advanced driver ever created with full adjustability, speed pocket technology, and new sliding split weights. With the weight towards the front of the driver, it produces the lowest and most forward center of gravity cg found in any driver. The r15 is a celebration of all taylormade driver technology. Again the wrench that is provided along with the club can be used to move these weights around to help the golfer adjust the ball flight to their preference. Oct 28, 2015 taylormade has long been the name in adjustable golf drivers, but the new r15 fairways may be the first solid attempt in golf at an adjustable club that belongs outside the tee box. Nov 14, 2014 r15 produced 12 launch 14001500 back spin, carry 288 total 306yds 20lweights moved apart.
If you are looking for the best value club aka the best bang for your buck, then the taylormade r15 driver is going to be hard to beat. After an extended hiatus thats sarcasm, folks, its been a year, taylormade has brought back the r series of metalwoods. May 31, 2016 2 i wonder how heavy the rear weight of the m2 driver is, since the head weight is lighter than the m1 driver. If you have the tp, put the heavier weight in the heel port and the lighter weight in the toe port. Taylor made r15 driver, fairway, rescue information on. But until i can get to a better simulator or i can hit it outside i cant comment on if its more forgiving or not. Clubs with movable weights typically have ports into which weights are screwed. The ability to split the r15s sliding weights for more consistency is a nice touch. May 01, 2015 with this design the r15 driver produces golf shots that launch higher with very low spin. The r15 club head has 5g more discretionary mass to. But having both 10 gram weights maxed out to the fade and draw setting the driver felt slightly better. The tm r15 weights are available in 3 options 6g, 8g and 15g. But until i can get to a better simulator or i can hit it outside i cant comment on if. A tool, included with the driver, loosens the weights so they can be positioned as you wish.
Now the latest model combines the best bits of all those that have gone before. If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. More weight can be added if desired by adding a 1, 2 or 3inch strip of lead tape. I did get more forgiveness out of removing the weights but at a big cost.
Also the weights only really help people out if they have high swing speeds. By removing the front weights, you effectively moved the cg towards the rear, like the m2, but not as much. Place a strip or two of lead tape beneath your driver s toe the outer portion of the clubhead, opposite of the clubface if you have a tendency to hook the ball from right to left for righthanded golfers. After the extremely successful release of the callaway epic flash in 2019, they unveiled the callaway mavrik max in.
Moving the weights to the outside of the track gives you the greatest amount of desirable forgiveness. The ultimate guide for the new taylormade r15 driver. Discussion in general golf talk started by rustyl, sep 22. The sliding weight looks a lot like the sldr but now splits in half so you can better. Taylormade has been pretty good at making drivers for the last 15 years.
The smaller size of the m1 440 allowed taylormade to increase the weight in the frontback weight track of the driver to 15 grams, making each of its ttrack weights 15 grams. I gave it 3 stars instead of 4 is because the weight is actually only 14. You can set the weight for a neutral, draw, or fade bias depending on your. The front track weight system contains two sliding 12. Right from when i arrived at foregolf i felt welcomed by a nice little touch of having my name outside in a car space to the last conversation. The weight is just a bit duller than the oem taylormade weights. The taylormade r15 driver, their latest sliding weight driver, is very low spin, but its still relatively unforgiving. Taylormade also went outside the box in putting the graphics onto the. Besides completely reengineering the driver, the most noticeable change is to the slide adjustability on the sole of the club. But having them around the 2 click towards fade hot spot also felt better. New sliding split weights heel for draw toe for fade 12 point 5 grams each and 4 degree loft sleeve to dial in your launch conditions ladies driver built with fujikura evolution 47 and the tm 360 w 40g grip have a question. The gear effect with the driver is more pronounced at higher clubhead speeds. You can also open or close the clubface by 2 degrees. Jun 14, 2015 the r15 driver is the end result of what taylormade has learned about low and forward cg, sliding weights, adjustability and speed pockets in the form of the front track system.
This in combination with 40grams of weight being moved 12mm closer to the. What you really probably need to do is get it shortened as well. The taylormade r15 driver is designed for golfers who want full adjustability and control over the performance of their clubs. The new m3 features a sweet of ground breaking technology and revolutionary. Dec 25, 2014 the taylormade r15 driver, their latest sliding weight driver, is very low spin, but its still relatively unforgiving. Lets take a look at five awesome slicefighting clubs on the market in 2020. Are you thinking about buying the taylormade r15 driver. Some of the worlds best drivers of the golf ball will be playing the all new taylormade m3 driver and for good reason. Use the taylormade r9 wrench to tighten the weights. Note the r15 comes stock with 2 10 gram head weights.
If you need something less extreme, move the weight more toward the. I thought that some weight on the outside edge may help the club to close. Mar, 20 the last piece of adjustable technology is the weights that can be screwed into the head of the driver. Slide them toward the toe and say goodbye to that duckhook. With this design the r15 driver produces golf shots that launch higher with very low spin. May 20, 2015 with the weight towards the front of the driver, it produces the lowest and most forward center of gravity cg found in any driver. Taylormade r15 black driver on sale carls golfland. Taylormade went in a slightly different direction naming this driver the r1.
Weights in driver head instruction and playing tips the. The r15 club head has 5g more discretionary mass to maneuver and is 4g lighter than the popular sldr. How to adjust the taylormade r15 driver settings foregolf. You can further dial in the spin of the r15 driver with the multiple adjustable weights that move back and forth pictured above. Two sliding weights on the back of the club move to a variety of positions and promote a draw or fade. Both weights on the heel side to move cg closer to heel to help head turnover.
These clubs may not literally add weight, but the principle is the same as adding tape. The taylor made r15 driver and how to get the best from it. So then, i take it that the n designation denotes neutral and the d denotes draw. Taylormades lineup of m drivers and fairway woods have been wildly successful, as evidenced by the everexpanding list of tour pros who carry them in their bags. Due to this lower cg, the initial launch angle is higher with greatly reduced spin.
Also included in this stable of brands is maxfli and rossa, in 1998 taylormade, salomon and adidas joined forces, this event brought together some of the most innovative companies in their fields. What you need to know interchangeable and taylormade compatible shaft adapter fits various taylormade driver models see model table below available in rh 0. Move the weights toward the heel and they work to offset your slice by imparting a draw. The above diagram shows you the features and technology used in the driver. Adjusting the taylormade r15 fairway woods 3balls blog. You have the option to set up the golf club for a more draw.
Place the 16gram weight in the center cavity of the r9 driver if you typically hit a straight shot. We have a clubroom where we put together heads and shafts from all the major. You can set the weight for a neutral, draw, or fade bias depending on your swing. I had a bit of a slice that i was able to alleviate some by closing the club face on my driver. Its a bit complicated in the math, but it would take a pretty good amount of weight. The r15 driver takes last years slding weight and splits it into two. Taylor made r15 driver, fairway, rescue information on japan. The headline tech in the allnew r15 driver is a track behind the face that features two 12. The r15 460 is not as impressive on mishits as other leading drivers.
Usonline911 r15 driver weight kit for taylormade r15 golf driver 681215g. Center the tape as much as possible between the toe and heel of the club. Read the latest expert guide to taylormade r15 driver adjustability. Oct 20, 2015 driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you isnt it always on your mind that, maybe, if i pay more, i might get a better produced, more structured, and worthy product. Keep the sliding weights together but favouring a slight draw setting and adjust the hosel to a 12 click lower position. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you. The r15 comes in either a 430cc or 460cc pearshaped head in. Inside the track system are two sliding split weights that weigh 12.
Weights in driver head instruction and playing tips. Taylormade added a second weight to the slide in the r15 while the sldr only had 1 weight to move. You will find some similarities of the new r15 driver to the sldr driver and jet speed drivers of last season. Taylormade has drastically improved the forgiveness of the r15 driver by transitioning from one adjustable weight in the front track system to two movable weights, each weighing 12.