When it comes to launch monitors I was a bit weary as well. About three weeks ago I went to the Taylor made fitting center at the PGA superstore in delray beach, FL. I was playing an old Cleveland launcher 9.0 with pro launch red x with a high kick point. I generally hit it about 270, but straight. And I decided I wanted something with newer tech. Dan put me on the monitor with both my driver and the new r11s. I was hitting the r11s about 20 yes further. Well, I did not believe the numbers, but decided to make a real appointment for a full driver fitting.
This morning using my old driver I was hitting 268 with 3900 back spin. Dan had me test out about 6 to 8 different shafts in the r11s and we finally dialed in the right set up from the shaft to the head adjustments. I ended up with a back spin rate of 2350 and 298 yd drives.
The way I look at launch monitors is its a controlled environment, no wind, humidity, it's perfect. However, matching up the monitor to real play outdoors are about the same with my old driver. Now I want to see what's happens with the new driver - fitted shaft, new head tech, and full adjustability should make up for the difference.
Stay tuned, I will add to this forum in 10 days when the new r11s arrives....
