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TaylorMade R15 460 SLDR Driver

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TaylorMade R15 460 SLDR Driver reviewed and tested by Mark Crossfield AskGolfGuru. mark hits the R15 Taylormade driver up against the SLDR and talks about which one he would game and why with the help of launch monitor data from GC2.

23 thoughts on “TaylorMade R15 460 SLDR Driver

  1. I think the most underrated aspect of club performance is history. Tour
    Pros dont underestimate it, getting a club in Tiger’s bag is like pulling
    teeth. Why would you throw away a good summer’s experience with a good club
    just to buy the latest model even if a robot can show you its better. It is
    madness. You will always get the best out of a well used and loved club and
    it will always take time to understand the little ways of a new one. Once I
    buy a club, unless I am just not getting on with it, its in the bag till
    it gets tatty (O.o points at the new Nike pro combos in my bag – hmmmm –
    well OK fair cop but my old ones were very cheap and over a year old
    anyway, girl has to move onwards and upwards hmph) ;-)

  2. so pretty much my money is better spent on a 250 dollar sldr and a custom
    fitting session rather than a 700 dollar purchase for an r15 and a custom
    fitting session?

  3. I think the SLDR was a great driver for anybody with a swing speed over 100
    mph who regularly finds the middle of the face. However it was to low spin
    that in general players with slower swing speeds struggled to keep the ball
    in the air. It seems to me that Taylormade have addressed this issue by
    making the 460 with a higher spin model more suited to slower swing speeds,
    which is why faster swing speed players have had to drop the loft a degree
    compared to sldr. The R15 430 is the real progression of the SLDR. The R15
    will be a commercial success as the 460 and 430 will combine to cover a
    larger range of players.

  4. Really like your reviews Mark. Unlike other youtubers who buy into the
    marketing bs, your reviews and numbers show pretty much how close all
    drivers are, which is obvious because the manufacturers are working under
    the same regulations and must have everything maxed out already. 

  5. Great review as always! During all your driver testing, with driver do you
    consider as the most forgiving? As it is pretty obvious that it’s the
    strike that make you spin the ball to much. Will a low strike with a 460cc
    driver lose less distance then a equivalent strike with a 430/40cc head?
    Luv the vids and your thoughts around what really matters in golf, both
    technical and social! 

  6. Hi Mark,
    You are such a good and consistent driver of the ball. When you do these
    tests, can you also get some test results from higher handicapper, that has
    less consistency. Will the R15 with the weights spread out to their
    maximum give better results than the SLDR for someone that doesn’t strike
    the driver as good as yourself? 

  7. Good vid as always Mark. Could you and the Buzzman do a video on driver
    loft (low vs mid vs high) for fade and draw shots with the driver. I am
    interested to see how much the loft of the driver effects the spin, ball
    speed and distance numbers when playing fades or draw shots. It seems that
    whenever I have a 10.5 or higher driver loft, I lose considerable distance
    when playing fades compared to draws, and the opposite being true for when
    hitting draws with higher lofts vs lower lofts. Cheers Mark.

  8. Love how honest you are in testing so thanks for that Mark. I am using SLDR
    S and never for one minute thought that the R15 would surpass it and your
    test confirms it. To anyone buying a new ‘loft up’ driver I would save
    yourself £100 and just get the SLDR. 

  9. Gday mark. Firstly im from australia and love your videos. Im a 27
    handicapper, just started playing at a club. Ive had lessons but first
    round after im still hitting same score. Ive adjusted my swing and when
    hitting properly its coming of alot better. When should i see results.
    Otherwise practice ptractice and more practice right ?? 

  10. Hi Mark, at what length do you play your SLDR S? I’ve just put one in the
    bag but am going to cut down to 44 or 44.5″. Distance is not a concern so I
    am happy to lose 10 yards distance for improved accuracy. Thanks

  11. hey mark great review as usual- amazing to see that there was such marginal
    differences between the two clubs.

    by any chance will you be reviewing the nike vapor hybrid?

  12. I really don’t like the way the white on R15 comes down onto the top of the
    face, makes it look shallow. Actually, I really just don’t like the white.

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