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How many yards did you gain from a 9.5-degree SLDR driver? by jessica delia
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How many yards did you gain from a 9.5-degree SLDR driver? |
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The the Taylormade SLDR is engineered with a remarkable low and forward centre of gravity placement making it the lowest spinning driver in company. The button-back is a great move from TaylorMade in my book. It will make it clear to the television viewer that the Tour player, TaylorMade sponsored or not, is using the SLDR.
Turning clubhead over into palm of glove and there's a simple sliding 20g weight on display, positioned towards the front of the driver. I was informed this allows you to move the club's centre of gravity low and forward to promote that desired high launch, faster ball speed and lower spin, which yes you guessed it, creates what TaylorMade claims to be its longest-driver-to-date.
Lofting me up to 9.5-degree and with the touch of a wrench, playing around with several of the hundreds of different shafts available in the TaylorMade Performance Lab, on top of having already seen my rapid hockey-style golf swing, Tom worked his magic and fitted my new Taylormade SLDR driver to a Mitsubishi Diamana Kai'li 60 S shaft.
After an hour custom-fitting session for the SLDR at TaylorMade's superb Wentworth Fitting Centre alongside TaylorMade Performance Lab Manager Tom Godwin, I quickly understood why TaylorMade was so keen to get the SLDR out on the shelves so soon after the Taylormade R1 driver. I also feel like the switch to a slightly heavier stiff shaft, certainly 5g stronger than what I'm normally used to, now allows me to go after the ball much more, and the stable tip-section produces lower launch and spin characteristics for desirable swing data.
The golfer is able to increase or reduce loft of the SLDR up to 1.5-degree increments with a 12-position loft-sleeve for optimal trajectory. Tom decided to loft me up half a degree on my current spec to 10.5-degree after seeing me strike what I thought were three solid drives out to 230 yards carry and 255 yards distance using the SLDR's standard Fujikura Speeder 57 shaft.
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