TaylorMade R9 SuperTri drivers

Since 2004, TaylorMade Golf has been making drivers with adjustable weights. Then the company introduced the R9 series in 2008, which included movable weights plus “Flight Control Technology” (FCT) – giving the golfer the option to change face angle, loft and lie angle. Later, the R9 460 drivers bumped the clubhead size up to 460cc, but offered only the FCT, not the movable weights.Now the TaylorMade R9 SuperTri and R9 SuperTri TP drivers combine all three elements – movable weights, FCT and a 460cc clubhead size.
TaylorMade says the R9 SuperTri clubhead offers better aerodynamics than previous R9 drivers through a redesigned crown, a deeper face, and center of gravity that is slight more rearward compared to previous generations of R9.

The R9 SuperTri’s stock shaft is the Fujikura Motore 60-gram shaft, which is lighter than shaft in previous R9 drivers. The results are a driver geared to help increase swing speed while promoting better launch conditions and more forgiveness on off-center strikes. The movable weights still offer, TaylorMade says, up to 75 yards in side-to-side trajectory changes (depending on the weight configuration used), and the FCT still gives golfers the ability to change face angle, loft and lie.

The TaylorMade R9 SuperTri driver comes in lofts of 8.5, 9.5, 10.5 and 11.5 degrees, with a street price of $399 at retail beginning Feb. 19, 2010.

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