| TaylorMade is known for releasing many models of | | | | the Limited accomplishes this with only three weights |
| clubs in rapid succession, which is why we have the r7 | | | | (a 16-gram weight and two 1-gram weights). This |
| Limited TP review after the R9 driver's release (which | | | | three-weight system is also used in the R9, by the |
| will be reviewed, itself, shortly). Every time a new | | | | way. TaylorMade claims that this three-weight system |
| model comes out it tends to lower the retail price and | | | | can actually create more horizontal variation in ball flight |
| resale value of the previous models. This can be | | | | than the four-weight system. While that may be true, |
| frustrating to TaylorMade owners who want to | | | | the stock weights offer just three combinations. Fine |
| upgrade and find that their old model has lost resale or | | | | tuning may require the purchase of additional |
| trade-in value. On the other hand, virtually any golfer | | | | weights.Making adjustments on the r7 Limited is |
| can find a recent model of TaylorMade driver that fits | | | | extremely easy. To favor a fade, use the 16-gram |
| their game for a relative bargain. | | | | weight in the toe. For a draw, use the 16-gram weight |
| | | | in the heel. For no draw or fade bias, use the 16-gram |
| TaylorMade R7 Limited Driver on | | | | weight in the middle port.There's more to the |
| Features: | | | | technology - thin walls and crowns, the placement of |
| 1.Movable Weight TechnologyTM (MWT)?with three | | | | material in the clubface to expand the sweet spot - |
| ports promotes changes in trajectory up to 35 yards | | | | and more, but it's all fairly standard fare in the r7 line, |
| from right-to-left or left-to-right for optimized shot | | | | and you can read about it here if you'd like. |
| shape and distance. | | | | Esthetics |
| 2.Fast and powerful head shape permits a deeper and | | | | TaylorMade seems to have embraced the triangle as |
| lower CG location to promote better launch conditions | | | | their shape of choice for drivers, fairway woods, and |
| for increased distance. | | | | to some extent, hybrids. The r7 Limited clubhead is a |
| 3.Inverted Cone Technology expands the part of the | | | | softened triangle with rounded angles. The new R9 |
| clubface that delivers fast ball speed to promote | | | | features an even more softened triangle, though the |
| increased distance on off-center hits. | | | | shape is still recognizable, and the r7 Limited head from |
| 4.Equipped with the Matrix OZIK XCON 5.5 MOI | | | | front to back is deeper than the R9. At first look, I |
| graphite shaft, co-developed by TaylorMade and | | | | would place the r7 Limited into the geometric, |
| Matrix to work specifically with high-MOI drivers to | | | | game-improvement school of drivers, but first looks |
| reduce clubhead twisting on off-center hits. | | | | can be deceiving.Though there is more going on behind |
| | | | the face and on the bottom of the clubhead than I am |
| Design and TechnologyAccording to TaylorMade, by | | | | used to, I had no trouble adjusting to looking down at |
| moving the weights around you can promote as much | | | | the clubhead. It doesn't feel as large as some of the |
| as a 35-yard change in left-right tendency in the r7 | | | | geometric drivers with square or u-shaped heads that |
| Limited. That's more than the r7 Quad promised, and | | | | are currently on the market. |