Technology

Flight Control Technology (FCT)

TaylorMade’s Flight Control Technology (FCT) allows the player to easily adjust a metalwood’s loft, lie and face angle
FCT utilizes a metallic sleeve positioned over the tip of the shaft. The sleeve can be rotated into different positions, changing the characteristics of the head, by loosening the bolt that secures the sleeve and shaft into the clubhead.

Movable Weight Technology

Movable Weight TechnologyTM (MWT®), is discretionary clubhead weight that can be easily redistributed by the player to change the characteristics of the club.
By moving differently weighted cartridges, using a proprietary TaylorMade® wrench, into strategically positioned ports, CG location can be optimized per golfer.
Positioning more weight in the heel and less in the toe, speeds club head rotation during the forwardswing, which promotes a draw and/or reduces a slice.

Inverted Cone Technology (ICT)

The Inverted Cone is CNC-milled directly into the inner side of the clubface, resulting in a drastic variation in face thickness. ICT optimizes the way the clubface behaves at impact to create an expanded COR zone.
Inverted Cone Technology has been incorporated into every TaylorMade® driver since the R500 SeriesTM.

Ultra-Thin Wall Technology

Ultra-Thin Wall Technology is a casting process that allows thinner clubhead walls than found in most competitive drivers. The saved weight is critical to making the incorporation of MWT and FCT possible in certain TaylorMade metalwoods.

TaylorMade Mens R9 Drivers feature:
• Lofts: 8.5° • 9.5° • 10.5° • 11.5°
• Graphite shaft available in Senior, Regular, Stiff or X-Stiff flex
• Available in left- and right-hand
• LH available in 9.5° and 10.5° only
• Senior available in 10.5° (RH) and 11.5° only
• Includes 18 grams of movable weight: (1) 16-gram, (1) 1-gram, (1) 1-gram
• Includes MWT torque wrench for weight adjustment

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What they forget, or were not aware of in the first place, is that loft is only part of the distance equation. The three major variables for club distance are loft, length and weight. In the case cited above, the 7 wood is the longest club, and the 3 hybrid and 3 iron are normally the same length. Weight-wise, the 7 wood is the heaviest, 3 hybrid in the middle, and the 3 iron is the lightest.

Golf Digest reported that hybrids averaged about 8 yards longer than same numbered iron.  I am sure this information was based on many OEM hybrids that are built ½” – 1” longer than an iron as well as lofts that are often 1-2 degrees stronger than the corresponding iron.  Remember that hybrids more often than not are assembled with graphite shafts.

You’ll also need to be aware that these clubs may produce varying trajectories. For instance the typical hybrid shaft is less flexible in the tip than a corresponding iron shaft, thus producing a lower trajectory.

The Bottom Line
Concentrate on replacing a club that you are not hitting well or fill any yardage gaps you might have, but don’t necessarily go by the number engraved on the sole. Think about the loft, length and weight.  A lower (stronger) loft will hit the ball farther, but a shorter assembly length will reduce speed and distance. It is possible to carry two clubs with the same or similar lofts, that fly different distances, and at different maximum heights.