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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.
By David N. Simms
The most beautiful thing about this driver is that it conforms to YOU. You do not have to conform to the driver. Of course, you will need several buckets of balls on the range and some patience and free time to adjust the specifics of the club. Additionally, I would recommend buying some additional TaylorMade weights to match the club to your needs.
I was playing a Callaway Diablo, great driver, 250 yards, nice and straight (when my swing was correct). I am hitting the R11 270-280 straight after about 5 buckets of range balls and some personal frustration getting it set up.
Thoughts on loft - don't think you're a professional and go setting the loft to 8*. Try it with everything set to neutral first. Get the loft set before moving on to anything else.
Next adjust the sole plate. I leave mine in Neutral. The professionals have their sole plates set to open. Remember, they are taking the left half of the fairway out of play. It's just how they play - they only play from the right side of the course. Unless you are deadly accurate with a driver, I'd leave it neutral. Leaving it open can induce slice in a duffer. Closed of course will induce a snap hook.
Weights - this is where I believe the true beauty of the club is. Stock it comes with 10g in the heel and 1g in the toe. That is a fine setting. I put the 10g in the toe and 1g in the heel and the ball sliced nasty. I went and bought a full set of TaylorMade weights (not knock offs, real ones) and I'm now playing with 14g in the heel and 4g in the toe. It's evened out the club face for me, and the added mass of the club head is getting me more distance.
Pros:
1. adjustability - If you have the time and patience, you're going to have a perfectly set up club
2. Feel - club feels great, looks great.
3. length - it's a little longer than most drivers=more leverage=more distance
4. Price - honestly, it costs the same as any new model driver from any manufacturer.
5. White head - I like the look. Your irons aren't black, why should the driver?
Cons:
1. Grip - stock grip is just horrible, I've replaced it with a Golf Pride New Decade multi-compound. The stock grip was slick and moved around in my hands too much.
2. Accessories - it comes with the tool and manual, but some additional weights would be nice, or even the complete weight set, even if it adds to the cost.
3. Shaft - I don't have a problem, but a lot of people do not like the stock shaft on this thing.
4. Counterfeiting - There are lots of fake of this club out there already! Ensure you're buying from an authorized TaylorMade retailer. Fakes are even being found at real golf shops because they are that high quality fake!
5. Adjustability - if you don't know what you're doing, you can really mess yourself up and possibly damage a $400 club.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful.
By AverageGuy
I have never written a review on any product before. But I just bought this driver after going to a demo day at the nearby golf course. The last driver I purchased was 15 years ago so thats maybe why I was so amazed by this driver. I had no idea I could hit balls like I did after picking up this club.
It felt like the ball just jumped off the face of the club. I tried the closed face setting but felt like the ball just didn't have the same pop off the club head so I went back to the neutral setting. I didn't want to put the club down but it was demo day so I went to try the Ping G15. And hands down for me the R11 was better than the ping. Some websites claim that the ping is more forgiving for high handicapped golfers but not for me and it didn't take me long to realize that.
But like any golf club, you should try it before you buy it to make sure it will work for you.
Someone asked if it comes with the wrench to adjust it yourself and the answer is yes. It is pretty easy to adjust actually and its not like it has a lot of different settings that you would need a professional to adjust it for you. And it comes with a little pamphlet that helps you with adjusting it yourself.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful.
By Anthony DiCenso
This new R11 driver is a beast! I was carrying my 08 Tour Burner 250-260, in my very first round with the R11 I was bombing my drives over 270 carry. The sound this club makes with great contact is just second to none. You will turn a lot of heads with this bad boy and make all of your buddies jealous and walking away from the tee box with their tails between their legs. Plus the adjust-ability is top notch. I switched the weights around so it was neutral and it allowed me to play my baby cut all day long. I bought the 9 degree and was teeing it up pretty low and I got very good trajectory. It's very accurate too, even the misses are going relatively long and straight. This is gonna help my game quite a bit and it has given me a ton of confidence in my drives. The white crown was a zero factor for me but the sharp contrast between crown and club face is very nice for aiming.
