The ST-X driver is a draw-biased driver with heel focused weight location aimed at players with moderate swing speeds who need help producing a more extended ball flight.
The new driver features a gram heel biased back weight that creates a deeper center of gravity in design for more efficient, longer drives. A highly resilient forged SAT Beta Ti face and multi-thickness CorTech design are also designed to produce increased ball speeds and the driver also includes an optimized Wave Sole, while 4 degrees of loft adjustability allows for fine-tuning of launch and trajectory.
Mizuno Golf has today unveiled its new ST-X fairway woods and hybrids, which will arrive at retail on February 3rd. Engineered to produce a higher, draw-biased flight, the ST-X fairway woods feature deep internal weighting and are designed for those with moderate swing speeds who need elevated launch to achieve their optimal distance and controlled landing angles.
Per Mizuno, the combination has helped its engineers to create a 3-wood that produces the highest ever ball speeds from a Mizuno fairway wood. With Maraging MAS1C steel face, the 5 and 7 wood are significantly more compact than the 3 wood for optimal use from the fairways. In addition, the Optimized Wave Sole is a fairway-specific design to help create higher ball speeds from low on the face — suited to strikes directly from the turf. Size and footprint is only one part of the equation — most of us need a little more spin and elevation to carry the ball to our full capability.
The ST-X is designed to solve that issue. Engineered to produce a higher, draw-biased flight, the ST-X hybrids are aimed at moderate swing speed players. In addition, as with the fairway woods, Harmonic Impact Research has built sound into the design while an Optimized Wave Sole is featured in a hybrid-specific design that helps create higher ball speeds from low on the face — suited to strikes directly from the turf.
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Your Reaction? Related Topics: drivers TaylorMade. Traditional drivers were either done in a grey metallic color or in black. TaylorMade went all in with white. Now with the R1 TaylorMade has even gone a step farther by not only going with white but now putting graphics onto the clubhead. When photos first started surfacing of this new clubhead design the reviews where somewhat mixed. TaylorMade has always pushed the limit with colors and graphics and the top of this clubhead is no different.
When you pick up the club and lay it at address you can clearly see the black, red, and grey graphics in the clubhead. The graphics are done in a triangle shape on the back half of the clubhead with an R1 logo in the right hand corner. The first couple of times I used the driver I certainly noticed the graphics but after a while I felt they were not a distraction. The face of the driver is done in black which is a nice contrast to the white crown of the club.
The face has a five grooves which start from the center in the shape of a ball signifying the sweetspot and then five more done on the toe and heel. The grooves look to be more for show that actual utility but still it is a nice design. Now we can turn the driver over and the bottom of the clubhead has a great deal going on.
The first thing you will notice is the newly designed face angle sole plate. Many comments that I saw were that the design reminded them of a compass or a wristwatch. I could easily agree with either of these descriptions. The outer edge of the sole place is done in orange and the inner ring which has the information about how the face angle will be utilized is done in black. One thing I can agree with TaylorMade on is that this sole plate design definitely has better wear.
The R11 sole plates I have seen, much of the red paint that is put on the plate has worn off from play. This design has the information under a layer of plastic which should help the dial to be read easier after the club has been played for a while. The face angle sole plate screws into a design of four outstretched legs of a star with one of the legs being much shorter and with the letters face angle and an orange pointer letting you know this is the angle for the clubface.
The bottom of the club nearest to the face is raised up from this area and is about an inch thick, on either side of this is the weight ports and the whole bottom of the clubhead is black like the face of the club. On the heel of the club the indicator of which loft the clubhead is set at is there as well as the ferrel which has the actual loft of the club painted into the ferrel. The stock shaft which I used for this review is the Aldila RIP Phenom and the main part of the shaft is done in matte black, but about five to six inches from the grip the color switches to orange.
The color scheme of the club is bright, but still the colors are done subtly as not to be overdone. One unique aspect of the R1 is the how the clubhead is shipped to customers. Our very own Michael McLoughlin took some photos when the box arrived at his house in this thread here. The box used to ship the R1 is about double the width of a traditional box and the clubhead and wrench as in a separate box.
The strategy of boxing up clubs seems to be following in the footsteps of iPhone packaging. Still it is a nice touch of class that TaylorMade is adding. The driver used for the review did not have a cover and I have yet to see any pictures of the cover. I would imagine it is done in the color scheme of the clubhead as with most TaylorMade clubs. Playability and Feel Of course the most important factor in determining if this club is a good driver is how it performs. The R1 one driver does quite well in this department.
The "V" shape on the crown is designed to provide a frame at address to help alignment and heighten focus. TaylorMade did research and found that players benefit from the linear reference cues, hence the new crown graphics. In May an all black version was introduced for those who prefer a darker head. The lightweight, gram shaft is tip-stiff, designed to produce faster clubhead speed, yet deliver the feel of a heavier, gram shaft.
Sign in or Register with Golfalot. A new golfer can sometimes be overwhelmed with this kind of adjustment capabilities leaving the clubface close or open. The sound that the clubhead produces is a little louder, and higher-pitched instead of a more muted sound which many might find unpalatable. CONS: A couple of the testers have the opinion that the crown graphics are too busy instead of innovative. Not every person appreciates a relatively high-pitched sound and a feel that is too firm on impact.
Taylormade took a different direction when designing the R1. The team decided to put some graphics on the clubhead. Previously, it was rare to find such graphics as many believed that could distract a golfer. Even so, the changes are small enough to allow a player to use the driver comfortably. The adjustability of the driver is more than most of the clubs around the market. Evidence also shows that this driver performs highly on the fairway when the drives are done consistently.
When TaylorMade decided to produce white drivers , many people found it crazy, but now it is almost rare not to find a white driver in a group of golfers. Taylormade has a substantial representation on the PGA Tour which allows you to see the performance of the drivers.
R1 driver gives a golfer much flexibility of adjustment and therefore most golfers especially the mid-handicappers can enjoy when using this club. Clubs Blog.
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