Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

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FITTERANALYSIS
JasonwasusingaTaylorMadeM1
driverandlikedthewayitperformed,
butformeitwasspinningquitehigh.I
felt,giventhehighclubheadspeedhe
has,knockingsomespinoffwouldhelp
gethimmoredistance.Also,withthe
SpeedInjectedTwistFaceontheM5,
accuracyonmishitswouldn’t be
affectedasmuch.
TheM1shotshehitclimbedalittle
bitthroughtheairandoftendriftedto
theright.WiththeM5driverwe
increasedtheballspeedby3mphand
withthesamelaunchandlowerspin

• theballwascarryingfurtherand
  hittingthegroundwithmoreenergyso
  itwasrunningoutfurtherintotal.We
  changedtheshaftslightly–itwasthe
  sameweightashisM1butjustahair
  stifferandithelpedcontrolthe start
  lineaswellasaddyards.

JASON’SFEEDBACK
Ididhavesomeexpectations,although
Iwasdubiousaboutthenew
technologyinthelatestkitfrom
TaylorMade.I’vegottheTaylorMade
M1indriver,3-woodand5-woodand
allthreeofthemwerefittedforme.I
thinkI wasskepticalastowhetherthe
newrangeofwoodswouldbeableto
offerthatmuchofadifferenceto
warrantthinkingaboutupgrading.But
theresultswereveryinteresting and
certainlyfoodforthought.
I thinkthebigtakeawayformewas
thereductioninthedispersionwithmy
badshots.It’snotnecessarilythe
addeddistance(althoughtherewasa
gainofmaybetenyards),it’smore
aboutreducingtheeffectofthemiss
andmakingthebadshotsbetter.
Thefittingprocessisgood,butfor
methebestthingitoffersisthe
confidenceyougetfromknowingwhat
youhaveinyourhandisright – that’s
worththemoneyinitself.

JASON’SFITTEDDRIVER
TaylorMadeM5,9°,MitsubishiRayon
TenseiCKProOrangeshaft,stifffl ex,
split weights across the track.

Before ■ After

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Jasonachieveda

stronger ball flight

SamandJason

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