R11 which loft

The sole is a two-tone design with the main part being a frosted matte metallic color and the rest a shiny metallic color. The iron face is a traditional face without any features to mention.

The topline of the clubhead is traditional in size for a game improvement iron and might appear a bit thick to the traditionalist. I traditionally play very thin muscle-back designs but I did not find the R11 iron topline to be overly thick. There are some decals with the R11 identifiers in the back cavity of the iron which are a nice design feature but do not add much in the way of performance to the irons. The 4-, 5-, and 6-irons had some noticeable offset, but in the shorter irons the offset was not as noticeable.

The iron head is finished off with a traditional black ferrule and TaylorMade is etched into the hosel. The grip on my demo set was a Tour Velvet grip with a TaylorMade logo.

I believe they went with this as the standard shaft option to offer the player a faster ball speed due to the lighter shaft. TaylorMade offers a number of the most popular shaft options, so finding what you like should not be very difficult.

The irons come in both steel shafted and graphite shafted options. Playability and Feel Prior to playing the R11 irons I have almost exclusively used muscleback irons. This was my first try at a cavity back iron which is targeted as a mild game-improvement iron. I have to say that I was blown away at how easy these irons were to hit. Mis-hits traveled almost the same distance as well struck shots and all of the irons where very easy to hit.

My set was a 4-A specs are included below and I found that the clubs where about a half club longer than my current set. This is likely due to the reduced loft of the irons but the length of the irons are not all that different from my current set.

It was very noticeable that the launch of the longer irons was higher than I am traditionally used too. This was a very pleasant surprise as it allowed the ball to sit on the green whereas before I had trouble stopping the longer irons on the green. The ball lands on the green with plenty of spin, I found them to spin even more than my current irons. The longer irons also have a noticeably thin face and give the club a tingy feel that you can sometimes get with fairway woods.

I believe this is due to the ultra thin face but the performance of the iron, in terms ball flight, was not in anyway reduced.

The long irons in this set are truly a pleasure to hit, they really put my muscle-back irons to shame. I was not able to try the 3-iron, but I believe it would be easy to hit as well. Middle irons again where about a half club longer and felt wonderful on both well struck shots as well as mishits.

Middle irons have a very nice boring trajectory and do not balloon up in the air as many cavity back middle irons can do.

By moving around the weight in the head of the iron they are able to better control the trajectory, which is an added bonus to the player.

In many of my rounds I actually felt I could lay up on a few holes where before I felt I had to hit driver because I felt so confident over the 6 and 7 iron. With an upright setting, they encounter more chances of hooking the golf ball and triggering a slice.

The different loft adjustments of the TaylorMade R11 driver for both the 9. The TaylorMade R11 driver features a Movable Weight Technology MWT that allows you to fine-tune the center of gravity of your driver for either a neutral flight or a draw.

The R11 driver comes with a red colored 10g weight in its toe and a yellow colored 1g weight in its heel. The position of these weights can be interchanged to change the center of gravity and implement the weight settings based on your playing preference.

You will have to use the accompanying TaylorMade wrench to help with the weight settings. The steps mentioned below provide a walkthrough of the weight settings of the TaylorMade R11 driver. The way the two weights on the TaylorMade R11 driver are positioned plays a key role in determining how much distance players are able to achieve with it. With the draw setting, the distance tends to come down considerably when compared to the neutral flight setting. There are two ways you can choose to set the TaylorMade R11 driver for a draw.

One way to do this is to increase the loft of the driver. The other option is to do a weight setting adjustment. You can also choose to do both settings together. The clubface closes marginally at the time of impact with a draw setting. The backspin as well as launch increases while the distance decreases.

The ball also gets directed from right to left for right-handed players and vice versa for left-handed players. Friend has one but he is clueless on the settings etc. Maybe we'd all be better like him haha!! Last edited: Nov 21, Attached photo is what I mean. Can anybody tell me what loft is set on that driver?

Joined Feb 4, Messages 9, Location north yorks. I can't open close up of pic on my phone will try later. But a The r11 only have 1 degree of change rather than 1. Rooter Money List Winner Nov 21, Joined Jan 30, Messages 10, Location Newbury. In the pic with it on that setting, its on 12deg.