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Do you know whether buying the new TaylorMade R1 driver is worth the price over last year's R11s model?
The new TaylorMade R1 driver offers more adjustability than any other driver to date. It has 7 face angle options vs it’s predecessor the Taylormade R11S driver with 5. It also has 12 different loft options vs the 8 on the R11S. The heel and toe weights remain the same and come stock with a 10 gram and a 1 gram.
Why don’t they have equal heel and toe weights that come factory with the drivers? The reason is that all mass production drivers have been slightly heel weighted ever since titanium has been used in the construction of 360cc+ drivers. This is an attempt to make a 460cc driver release (or square up at impact) with the same ease of a 320cc driver.
As far as the design on top of the R1, I did find the graphic to be distracting at first, however after about 10 swings, I didn’t even notice it was there. I had this same feeling the first time I swung a white driver from Taylormade after only ever using a black painted driver.
Although the numbers were not drastically different, I did prefer the TaylorMade R1 driver over the R11S (golf clubs for sale). The added adjustability might not be needed by all but having the options to further fine tune your driver is always a plus, especially for the more accomplished golfers. Although the R1 has more options to fine tune the driver, TaylorMade has also made the process simpler with the use of actual lofts in place of “higher” and “lower” indications.
As you can see by the numbers, the R1 did hit the ball a little further than the R11S (total distance), but I don’t believe that had much to do with the head or shaft. The shaft on the R1 (even though both clubs were marked “Stiff” flex) was noticeably softer which in return resulted in a longer “total drive.”
This is also why you can see the swing speed went up on the R1, the carry distance down, and the roll up. This is because the softer shaft was kicking harder and creating more club head speed. In return, it was also coming through slightly more closed at impact creating a harder left to right ball flight.
I have praise for the R11S driver as well as the R1 driver, from a performance, feel and aesthetics level. They both did excellent. Overall, I would recommend both drivers. Source from: http://www.augolfequipment.com/article-320-Great-Review%3A-TaylorMade-R1-vs-R11s-driver.html
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