New for 2013: The TaylorMade SLDR Driver

We’ve had the new SLDR driver here for testing for a month or so now.

It turned up out of the blue in July in a few of the Tour bags at The Open in Muirfield. We knew very little about this new driver other than it wasn’t white. It was actually a shade of quite “normal” looking grey.

That aside the club is actually a great product for the strong ball strikers out there. With a faster head speed we normally struggle to keep the ball flight low with low head spin. The new larger head design of today’s drivers can make it difficult to get the ball down out of the sky by keeping the ball spin low. We normally have to then be very inventive with lower lofts and this can lead to poor control characteristics.

• The new SLDR head has a new sliding weight on the sole and it is now so close to the face that the ball spin numbers are remarkably low.
• This closer weight however means that the draw and fade adjust-ability is not as strong as previous models
• The front loaded position we think has less influence on the gearing effect and shaft torque.
• When this head is matched with the right shaft the high flight with low spin can lead to some unbelievable numbers and distance.
• We also found that even strikes higher and lower in the face still produced the low spin numbers.

So in short this driver is suited to a low spin – high flight style of hit or for a golfer with lots of club-head speed who needs better control.

We believe that it will suit the golfer who struggles to get the ball flight low and penetrating off the tee or if you get very little run on the ball when it hits the fairway.

But remember with very low spin the correct loft and shaft is now vital so getting fitted is important in order to unlock the performance.

The SLDR is available now for fitting and custom building
Phone 045 430660 to book an appointment

Custom Fitting Appointment Q’s

• 30 minute custom fitting analysis: 1 Club (Driver Only) Costs €50
• 1 hour custom fitting analysis: Full Bag (every club) Costs €100
• If you’re a new customer let us show you how custom built clubs can out-perform your standard clubs.
• If you have been to see us before, you will need another session so we can compare the performance of your current built by ForeGolf clubs and allow you make an informed decision

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