Help with tuning original R11

[Chris Shades]

I got my R11 last year and have since been using it with the factory settings un-tampered with (10.5 loft, neutral face). I am now trying to achieve a lower ball flight so I have turned the loft down by 1* degree making it a 9.5* degree loft. The only problem is now I am starting have a bad slice and shortened distance by about 20 yards. I like to hit a subtle fade but this is crazy? My question is, In turning down the loft should the face set to "Close" or should I get a lesson? When I had it set to a 10.5 loft I was consistently hitting straight 245-250 yard drives and once in a while I would get a little fade but the trajectory was pretty high and not ideal for windy days on the course.

[NBGolfer]

Have you tried to adjust the heal and toe weights that may help the slice.  If you already are hitting a fade the drop of a degree could increase that a bit.  If you adjust the weights it might offset it some.

[Jakester23]

I also have an R11 and had the same problem with hitting it high I adjusted everything and seemed to hit it the ball the best at its original setting.  What I was told to keep the ball lower was to put the ball back in your stance like your hitting a 4 or 5 iron so its off your lead foot 6-9 inces.  It makes a huge difference and as long as Im not to far away from the ball I can hit it straight or with a little draw.

[delav]

Decreasing the loft opens the face.  Rotate the ASP to "C" for closed, and make sure the heavier weight is in the heel.

[Chris Shades]

Thanks for the input guys. I've determined that it is true in turning down the loft that the face sits open a bit hence the slicing. When I messed with the virtual tuning on taylormades website it shows how the trajectory is effected by tuning and turning down loft promotes more fade. The weights are already setup draw biased. I also hit the new RBZ tp driver at golfsmith on their new launch monitor (So cool like virtual golf) just to see for myself how I can handle the 9* loft. I was hitting a consistant subtle fade (oh yeah, just how I like it!) 270-278 yards. If I can achieve those results with my old R11 with proper tuning, I would be very happy, if not you may see my driver for sale on ebay and a new RBZ driver in my bag.

[saevel25]

Loft on the driver doesn't affect the height of the ball as much as the shaft in the club. 1 degree wont change that much to were you will notice. What will change is you will take about 250-500 rpm of backspin off the driver, this could change the height more. But really its the golf shaft that affects the height, because that changes how the club is coming into the ball, which affects the loft of the club at impact.

If you changed the loft down, then you are going to increase side spin as well, if its a really nasty slice, then its probably your swing. The driver might just look different enough to throw off your swing.