You can loosen, slide and tighten the screw in less than 10 seconds. The sliding weight of the SLDR represents a complete reinvention of the movable weights of previous technology (MWT), replacing the two interchangeable screws fitted to the two ports on heel and toe, and is now more effective and easier to use. And it does it by placing the centre of gravity lower and further forward, largely thanks to the sliding blue weight of 20g in the sole, which is what promotes a dramatic leap in distance.
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The robot tester claims that it is the longest in TaylorMade’s history, based on tests with drivers with 9.5°, in neutral settings, and a ball speed of some 240 km/h. The SLDR driver is designed to hit longer and straighter drives, with a high launch angle, lower spin-rate and faster ball speed. The shape looks modern but classic, the charcoal-grey crown and chrome button-back makes it handsome and reliable at address. No, it isn’t white, but it is aesthetically very attractive thanks to its shape, colour and visual details. The golf club itself is elegant, with an excellently manufactured mechanism, clean and well finished, (you can’t expect anything else coming from TaylorMade Golf) and has not been retouched between its launching and its arrival at the golf stores, despite the rush to get it into the market as soon as possible to avoid imitation from other brands.
What happened after that to make the Swedish golfer, who was on a good run playing superbly and with total concentration, change his driver in a question of a week and win again, no less than the Tour Championship and the FedExCup? Yes, he is the best on the Green in Regulation stats, but this time he won with the TaylorMade SLDR driver (10.5 °, Grafalloy Blue X shaft) in his golf bag.Īt last, two SLDR models have fallen into our hands, one standard and one TP, with which our prejudices have faded. Almost, but not quite! The player who won that tournament was Henrik Stenson, wielding a TaylorMade R1 (9th, Grafalloy Blue X shaft). Introduced in late July and active on Tour since August, we saw the SLDR in the hands of Sergio Garcia and thought the Spanish player was going to be the first to give it its first victory when he was about to win the Deutsche Bank Championship in early September. Well, that said, considering the catchphrase claiming “longest TaylorMade driver ever”, and coming from the world #1 driver brand in the market, we just have to give it the red carpet up to the 1st tee. On top of that, with the launching of the R1 and RBZ Stage 2 drivers earlier this year, isn’t it a bit soon to present yet another one? Having got used to the discretion of the Speed Pocket in the fairway woods and hybrids, which gets to be minim alist in the new SpeedBlade irons, the rail of the sole of the new star of TaylorMade Golf, the SLDR driver, looks rather disproportionate. Octo– The first time I saw pictures of it on the Internet I thought it looked somewhat unrefined.
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