I’ve spent the last several days banging away at my keyboard trying to tell you the story of the SLDR driver. Frankly, I’m not entirely sure what to make of it. It’s one thing to release a larger head, a smaller head, a head with upgraded adjustability, a head with a glued hosel, a head with a new paint job…TaylorMade has done that sort of stuff in the past, but a mid-season, new line replacement for their flagship model? The TaylorMade SLDR is the direct replacement for the TaylorMade R1 (released 6 months ago)…and by extension the R1 Black (released 2 months ago). In case any of this is the least bit unclear to you, let me spell it out. SLDR is TaylorMade setting sail with a new flagship driver right in the middle of the damn golf season. SLDR isn’t like when Callaway released an ultra-lightweight, semi-niche driver where they can argue they’re not flooding the market they’re just trying to round out the lineup. Overall the TaylorMade RBZ RocketBallz Driver is a very good club and one we would recommend.TaylorMade SLDR – Order Now ($399) A New Flagship Driverīefore I talk about what SLDR is, I have to tell you what SLDR isn’t. The standard Matrix X-Con 5 shaft is better than recent stock shafts on TaylorMade's standard models but still not as good as the TP version so make sure you get fitted for the correct one for your swing. However using the adjustable hosel on the RBZ driver we were able to take some loft off to reduce the height, although this did change the lie angle of the club, but that was OK. On the course the RocketBallz Driver felt and sounded very good and the ball flight was a little on the high side. The lie is also down a degree and a half and combined with the shorter shaft length you feel much more comofrtable over the ball. It also means less weight and the combination of a light head, shaft and grip makes this is a light club at under 300 grams. Thankfully TaylorMade have reduced the length of the shaft by half an inch to 46 inches so even though it feels long, it is much more manageable and that will mean more accuracy. At address it has a more rounded head and it sits behind the ball very nicely and the white head/black face colour scheme makes it very easy to align. The TaylorMade RBZ RocketBallz Driver succeeds the Burner Superfast 2.0 driver and the standard version is a lot better.

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