Sldr owners - how much did you loft-up?
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HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Yeah, I sat in the TM european HQ with a few other forummers last year and was told it by one of their product guys. Straight from the horses mouth you might say.
hovis
Tour Winner
I went from a 9.5 ping anser to 12 degree 430 sldr. I hit the new double diamond alpha 10.5 degree yesterday and it launched 1 degree higher than my sldr
DanFST
Head Pro
Awesome! You can't argue with the numbers from the SLDR, whoever made that mistake at TM is the jammiest S*d ever!
And29
Head Pro
Same thing happened with champagne thats gone down quite well too
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
The whole loft up malarkey isn't just born out of a low spin head and needing loft to get it into the air. Yes that is part of it but it also stems from people not delivering enough dynamic loft at impact through mostly negative angles of attack.
If folks teed the ball higher and hit up on it then you wouldn't need so much loft to find an optimal launch angle.
If folks teed the ball higher and hit up on it then you wouldn't need so much loft to find an optimal launch angle.
swasterix
Medal Winner
and how does that explain those who have lofted down?
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
These people already have good or even too high launch numbers.
yep, the prev drivers ive had have always been tee's pretty low, when i got the SLDR, i started teeing it up higher and got way better results, even into the wind.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
What you are doing is high launch low spin. You will never find a long drive guy with a 12 degree head and the ball teed low.
They all tee it as high as they can, hit way up on it with drivers with the loft of some putters to reduce spin.
Granted sometimes accuracy is left at the door but we all crave that booming distance.
MadAdey
Money List Winner
I think you have missed the idea behind this. Due to the lack of spin you need to add the loft to get the ball flying on a good trajectory. But it is the reduction in spin that is giving such good results regarding consistency, because less backspin also means less side spin so the ball is staying straighter when hit with an open or closed face.
garyinderry
Ryder Cup Winner
Not at all. I completely understand.
My brother was fitted for a 12 degree ping g20. Not because it was low spin but because it increased his launch angle as he wasn't hitting up enough.
Pros average 1.5 down. Alot lofted up a degree or two to get back to their ideal launch numbers.
They are not all like us. The sacrifice some distance to hit fairways where as alot of us sacrifice distance by having much too negative angles of attack if they know it or not.
My brother was fitted for a 12 degree ping g20. Not because it was low spin but because it increased his launch angle as he wasn't hitting up enough.
Pros average 1.5 down. Alot lofted up a degree or two to get back to their ideal launch numbers.
They are not all like us. The sacrifice some distance to hit fairways where as alot of us sacrifice distance by having much too negative angles of attack if they know it or not.
HawkeyeMS
Ryder Cup Winner
Don't ask me, it was a TM product guru who said it. However, there are always exceptions to every rule.
MadAdey
Money List Winner
i think that has more to do with your swing. I could go down to a 7* if I wanted and just swing down onto it to create more backspin to get it airborne. I think what TM are saying is that if you hit the driver correctly then you should need to loft up due to the loss of backspin.
Thats just my opinion and not a slur on how anyone swings a driver that hasn't needed to loft up.
