Taylormade R1 Driver Setup

16-04-2021

Taylormade R1 Driver Setup

Tl;dr for $180, the taylormade r1 is a fantastic driver. Very forgiving, good distance, nice launch conditions for a slower swinger with a pretty negative angle of attack. Now, wall of text: let's get this straight: i'm a terrible driver of the golf ball. Are you trying to figure out how to adjust your TaylorMade R15 driver? There’s a lot of adjustability options with the R15, but don’t feel overwhelmed. There’s a serious amount of tech on this stick. Once you know what you’re doing, it only takes seconds to modify the club to meet your specifications.

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At a glance
TG Rating5 out of 5
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RRP£479.00

Fresh off a memorable win at the US Open, as well as the launch of their new Black R1 driver, TaylorMade have released images of a new driver, the TaylorMade SLDR driver. The prototype driver is only available on Tour for now, and is being tested and viewed for the first time at this week's PGA Tour and European Tour events. Taylormade R1 Driver Settings Chart While the TaylorMade R1 driver is a beautiful piece of technology, it’s not for the faint of heart. With 168 possible settings, you could spend the rest of your life trying to set it up. You can arm yourself with a little bit of knowledge.

What we say...

TaylorMade M1 Driver Tech:

This years TaylorMade M1 driver has 43% more carbon fiber, and 64% more front-to-back center of gravity adjustability, which means more choices for the golfer.

The weight savings come from reducing crown thickness, introducing a new finishing process and a new streamlined skeletal titanium body. A pushed in-toe section means that extra volume has been freed up so forgiveness is the same as last years impressive TaylorMade M2.

TaylorMade M1 Driver Video Review

In each of our gear tests for 2017, we've produced a video review to give golfers the pro's and con's of each golf club. With the TaylorMade M1, Chris Ryan explains the differences between the 2016 and 2017 TaylorMade M1 drivers - and why this version both looks fantastic and can help your game.

TaylorMade M1 Driver: Our verdict

We been asked a million and one times before why we use three Top Gear testers and why we’ve picked the players we have. In our opinion, the 2017 TaylorMade M1 driver's test performance explains our decision perfectly.

For our test pro Chris Ryan, the M1 was his longest driver of 2017. His consistent repeatable swing delivered an average 171mph of ball speed and a 300 yard average carry distance, which was 5mph quicker and 14 yards longer than his test average.

Yet for the two amateur testers, they saw greater improvements using TaylorMade’s M2 over the M1 thanks to the extra forgiveness and ball speed protection. Quite noticeably the TaylorMade M1 driver's head size wasn't quite as wide, which our test pro felt better suited his eye. Conversely, our amateur testers - like lots of club golfers out there will - felt the M2's extra size breeds both extra confidence and ultimate forgiveness.

TaylorMade M1: Bottom line

By using three very different testers we get three different outlooks, which gives a sound overall opinion to the tests. Remember, 2017’s TaylorMade M1 driver has the same level of forgiveness as last years M2, which was a seriously hot and forgiving driver.