Too much spin can be a distance killer, by lowering the spin the driver can be built to provide improved performance. Taylormade has another driver on the market, the jetspeed. Hit the ball consistently straight with around 510% more distance. Those who gained speed showed an average increase of 1. Low and forward cg position promotes lower spin rate for more. Speed pocket engineered driver promotes more distance on hits lower on the club face. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. Club loft hand lie volume length m sw length w sw jetspeed driver 9. Shaft adapter sleeve for taylormade m2m1r15sldrjet.
Buy ferrule for taylormade m1r15 jet speed sldr shaft adapter sleeve fits both 0. Clarification on left handed club head on right ha. For me, the added length to the shaft made the shaft feel weaker than usual. Read this before you buy your next driver practical golf. So, if you would normally use a regular shaft, i would recommend switching to a stiff in this particular model. Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking. Yardage for a 95 mph swing speed instruction and playing. Impressive distance for a driver with this level of forgiveness. Starting in the 1980s, all the golf equipment companies began to increase the. Director product creation swing speed head speed ball. Ideally, with a driver, a pro will aspire to reach a 1. Ive gone from a titlest 905 to this club and its so much easier to hit. The sound difference is noticeable, not harsh, just different. The first taylormade driver to fully utilize speed pocket soleslot technology, jetspeed has enlarged the faces sweet spot by 25 percent, mostly in the lower portion of the face.
Select from regular, firm, stiff, ladies or seniors flex constructed from graphite or steel. With the jetspeed driver, my average drive jumped to 200220. If you dont have one, the rule of thumb is that if you hit your driver less than 200. Taylormades signature speed pocket metalwood technology just continues to get better, while advanced cg placement is taking performance to new heights with each new product. I was lucky enough to receive the jetspeed driver,fairway and rescue for free. M6 driver, m5 driverfairway, m4, driver, m3 driverfairway, m2 driver, m1 driverfairway, r15 driverfairway, sldr driverfairway, jet. In creating the name for the jetspeed driver taylormade considered the main strength of the club. Then fill in how long you hit with a driver 7iron depending on if youre purchasing iron or wood clubs and which ball trajectory you expect from the shaft. Hifrom golf wrench tool kit for rbz weights rescue cobra sldr jetspeed driver fw. Yea, we know, they have released about 14 new drivers this year but the fact is they are not so much.
The shaft on the jetspeed driver is the matrix velox t. The 46 inch matrix velox t49 shaft is longer than standard for some extra ball speed. Use the shaft guide to find out which shafts suit you the best. Hopefully by seeing my results you will think twice about just assuming an offtheshelf driver is the right one for you. What i do like is that the jet speed goes straighter than my ping, and of course the jet. The sweet spot is up to twice as large as previous models thanks to an improved speed pocket and thruslot technology, according to taylormade, and instead of trying to gain clubhead speed with a longer. Speed pocketthe cutthrough speed pocket in the sole has been rounded and made more efficient, translating into faster ball speed and more distance. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. Of course, choosing the right head, loft, clubface angle and grip is important too, but how the shaft. Only one coupon code is valid per customer per order. The new and more efficient speed pocket design and ultrahighstrength jet steel face that are found in the taylormade jet speed fairway wood promote fast ball speeds for long distances. The first taylormade driver to fully utilize speed pocket soleslot technology, jetspeed has enlarged the faces sweet spot by 25. One of the biggest eye openers for me is how much distance can be gained or lost by the combination of shaft and driver head a golfer chooses. According to taylormade officials, jetspeed, which is set to replace the existing rbz.
The driver head has a shallow profile and streamlined shape which promotes a higher launch and faster swing speeds. The 2014 taylormade jetspeed driver is a monster in the distance and forgiveness categories, outperforming the rocketballz stage 2 driver even as it breaks the mold of how a gameimprovement driver is designed. The main variable in our testing was the loft and type of driver head. Anyone ever shorten their driver shaft for more control. I was particularly surprised by this given the relatively light matrix shaft. Due to manufacturer restrictions, all new not including closeouts. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. Taylormades first driver with a speed pocket, making the sweetspot 25 per cent lower on the face.
I had my driver shaft professionally shortened to either 44 or 43. Weight is another key factor these days and at just under 300 grams, the jetspeed driver felt very light. Rick shiels senior pga golf coach at trafford golf centre tests the latest taylormade jet speed driver on gc2 launch monitor. This shaft, while long and very light, is built for increasing speed and. With all of the much deserved hype surrounding the sldr drivers, the taylormade jetspeed is flying a little below the radar plane joke, haha. The higher the swing speed, the stiffer the shaft flex should be. Nowadays, with seemingly never ending race to claim longer drives, driver. Taylormade introduced the first steelheaded woods in golf, and they have been on the leading edge of technological innovation in the golf. Lowandforward cg promotes faster ball speed and lower spinrate for more distance long and light 46inch299 grams promotes faster swing speed for more distance and confidence streamlined head. I upgraded my callaway razr x black driver to the taylormade jetspeed driver 9. The standard length of a mens driver is roughly 43. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. The driver shaft length will be 46 inches and weigh 49 grams. Taylormade used mens left handed jetspeed driver regular.