"Tour pros have their metal woods tweaked often to change the club head's performance & appearance at address," said Sean Toulon, to this TaylorMade's executive vice president of innovation said "FCT allows every golfer to make similar changes in seconds."
Eight club head positions are offered in R9 fairway wood. It takes only a matter of seconds changing from one position to another. It's important to recognise that as the face angle closes, the loft increases; and as the face angle opens, the loft decreases. Thus R9 fairway woods are engineered to promote trajectories that are 1) increasingly higher, long-carrying & which move from right-to-left; 2) increasingly lower, more controllable & which move from left-to-right; or 3) neutral, relatively straight ball flight of a mid-level height.
"New Classic" Club head Shape
TaylorMade's "new classic" shape is featured in R9 fairway wood's club head, which beautifully combines traditional & contemporary lines to create a club head that's particularly easy to aim & which sets up cleanly & beautifully behind the ball at address. The CG location, meanwhile, is more than 50 percent lower than the similarly sized r7 fairway woods. That's a dramatic difference that helps make R9 fairways incredibly easy to launch. The new classic shape also delivers high MOI for great stability on off-centre hits, which also contributes to the R9 fairways' ease of use. On the underside of the head an advanced sole design, more rounded & beveled than in previous TaylorMade metal woods, reduces the amount of sole area that comes into contact with the turf.
R9 fairways are equipped with a 70-gram Fujikura Motore graphite shaft. Loft options include: Tour 3-wood (stronger lofted at 13°), 3-wood (15°), 4-wood (17°) and 5-wood (19°); X, S and R shafts; both right- and left-handed.
