Taylormade R9 Driver

Taylormade R9 driver. The driver will be officially launched in 20 March 09 but many pros are already using it in the Malaysian Open.


Below is the description of the driver written in golf-monthly.co.uk

TaylorMade has announced the launch of its revolutionary new driver, the TaylorMade R9. By giving players the ability to manually change the face angle as well as the centre of gravity, the TaylorMade R9 represents a new dawn in golf club adjustability.

A specially engineered wrench allows players to change the face angle, lie and loft into one of eight different positions. Importantly, when the face angle closes the loft increases to ensure optimum carry. As the face angle opens the loft decreases to deliver a controlled, penetrating ball flight.

There are also three weight ports in the head (positioned in the heel, centre and toe) and it comes with one 16 gram and two one gram weights. Players can use the same wrench to change the position of the weights promoting different flight shapes.

By combining the adjustability of the face with moveable weight technology, the TaylorMade R9 has 24 different options so that every player should find a set-up that feels comfortable at address and delivers a consistent shape and trajectory.

The triangular shaped head of the R9 is just 420cc which TaylorMade describes as ‘modern and traditional’.

The TaylorMade R9 driver will be available with a new Fujikura Motore stock shaft. This features a High Inertia Tip that should generate more speed through impact for greater distance. However, there will also be a TP version of the R9 head that will be available in nine different custom shafts including the following: Aldila Voodoo, Mitsubishi Fubuki, Matrix XCON 5 and Matrix HD6.



I always like to use Taylormade driver. I used R580 and R7 and found the drivers to be very good and suit my swing very well. I have just bought a new 09 Burner Driver and I love it very much. The ball is straight and the distance is getting longer every time I use it. When you hit the ball straight every time, you will start to be more confident and swing the club faster to create longer drive. This is a fantastic driver and I recommend it to everyone.

For R9 there are so many things to adjust and I don’t think it is necessary. When I use R7, I only made the weight adjustment once and used it of a few years. So if we can buy a drive that suit you like the Burner I am using why bother to adjust it again.