Dec 6th, 2016 Article
TaylorMade M1 2017 Driver
The TaylorMade M1 driver has been a massive hit on tour. The 2017 model is even better apparently.
The TaylorMade M1 driver has been a massive hit on tour. The 2017 model is even better apparently.
In the middle of deepest darkest Connecticut – The Forest Moon of Endor, at the Foxwoods Resort – (Stop making me look up Star Wars references, grandad! – Ed), we’ve been privy to TaylorMade’s exclusive new driver launch. The M1 is coming, and we’ve got the scoop.
We flew around the world to try the new TaylorMade M1 driver. And the carbon and titanium big stick is one of the best feeling longest and definitely most adjustable drivers we have hit in a long time. Yet it was the three wood we were most impressed with.
Is this the next TaylorMade M1 driver? PLUS: Pics of the fairway and hybrid!
So we’ve hit it. The new TaylorMade M1 Driver. A monochrome bomber. TaylorMade are sure this will be the number one driver on tour at the BMW Championship in its first week out there. After hitting it we know why they're so confident. We got to hit the 430, and the 460 heads, and they are both belters.
So we’ve hit the M1 driver, raved about the fairway wood, and now we get to the hybrid. TaylorMade invented the Rescue/Hybrid category but the last few years have seen Callaway, Ping, and Titleist hybrids become much more popular, while TaylorMade’s sister company Adams has dominated in tour use.
So we've all seen the TaylorMade M1 Driver now. We've hit it, it looks great, and Jason Day crushed it in winning the BMW Championship. But how does it work? We got under the bonnet of the new M1 driver when we caught up with Benoit Vincent, head of TaylorMade's R&D department.
We were lucky enough to try the TaylorMade M1 back in September. In short, It looks great and goes like stink. But what did the professionals think?
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