There are two adjustable features on the SLDR, the first being the namesake for the club. In real terms this means a perfect recipe for more distance.

Finally, they discovered that most golfers benefit from increased loft (up to 2 or 3 degrees) so they made the loft more adjustable than most other drivers to allow for a more optimal loft than you might believe. Additionally, they moved the CG forward to reduce the spin. In the case of the SLDR, Taylormade chose to move the Center of Gravity or the “CG” lower on the face to promote higher ball speed. How to actually build a club that best accomplishes this is at the heart of the “driver wars”. It is no secret that the key to more distance comes from the combination of increased ball speed, high launch angle and low spin rate. However, after getting the SLDR dialed in correctly at the range and then taking it to the course, I doubt very much the RBZ will ever see the inside of my bag again. Well, let them poke fun because I am more than happy to to see what the latest technology could do for my game.Īs a point of reference, my current driver is the TaylorMade RBZ, so the switch to the SLDR should not have been a huge change if the nay-sayers were correct.

Frankly, most of the negativity is not directed at the club but rather the supposed audacity of TaylorMade to release what seems like their 8th driver of 2013.

Interestingly, the buzz surrounding the SLDR Driver has come with plenty of heckles from the peanut gallery. So, when it came time to review the new Taylormade SLDR driver, suffice it to say, I was pretty jacked to see what she could do. Soon after I also added a few of their longer clubs to my bag, including their Rocketballz woods. My switch to TaylorMade clubs happened a few years ago after I attended a demo day and became completely infatuated with the Burner 2.0 irons.

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