MOST GOLFERS DON'T KNOW THIS & It Can Be Harming Your Golf!!
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In this video I explain how the TaylorMade driver adapter neck sleeve works and how it alters loft, face angle & lie angle and how that can affect the golf ball flight and shot direction as well as golf ball curve. A great tool for custom fitting. Can you turn your slice into a draw and hit more fairways and longer tee shots with the driver.....this could help you.
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I’m playing the sim2 8° head turned down to 6° an I absolutely love it! At first I had hard time controlling at the lower setting but quickly found the benefits when I got it dialed in
Warm with nice and quiet !! Thank you !!
Good video. Selecting a driver with a proper standard loft is essential especially if you are going to go up or down in loft.
Thanks, incredibly useful to have the numbers for all the settings. I've been wondering that about my BRNR.
Went to a fitting, got the 9.0 TM Stealth Plus paired with a KBS ES 70 shaft. Was fitted to use the Upright Lie with the bottom weight just short of the fade side. Was hitting over 300yds straight, even my miss hits favored just barely to the right, they were still good shots. Did not have the expectations of getting a Stealth but it was best suited for me along with said options.
Very well explained, certainly need to go to the driving range and try each loft setting, HAPPY NEWYEAR....
Thanks mike and Happy new Year!
Really helpful information, thank you Michael.
I've never been fitted, I've purchased this driver last summer and I was blocking the ball a tad, not a Legit block but my ball was immediately traveling well to the right of my target then last second wanted to draw back like five yards, It was fighting and resisting my draw, i have an 8 degree with a 6.0 shaft. So I tweeked the setting to a 4 degree upright shaft angle and it helped me big time now my ball has more of a draw by about ten yards and is starting out much more straight towards the target. Amazing how such a small adjustment can impact such a severe difference. quick fix! I added loft to see what would happen but it only snap hooked for me. Great video thanks to you I know my lie is 60 degrees!! Trial and error is for me, I am a scratch golfer but I can hardly afford to play, so everything I do is through DIY & TH-cam is my teacher
This is super useful. I have a Cobra King Speedzone Driver with 10.5 Deg Standard Loft....and I had reduced the loft to 9 Deg and immediately started slicing the ball like...crazy! I have a left to right ball flight and now that I have seen your video...I am shifting back to 10.5 Deg loft. Thanks MNG!
I think Cobra adapters also has a D (Draw) setting so if you use 9.0 D, it should offset the open face that normally comes with de-lofting a driver.
Very good explanation of the TM .335 shaft sleeve. 👍🏼
I am 6’4” and have my SIM Max (std 9 deg) tuned to one click away from max upright. 9.75 degrees, 59.5 lie with the face closed just a little. I hit a mid to high flying fade. So important to get fitted!! Thx Michael.
Getting fitted this week. Typically need a 9° head with a mid-low spin stiff shaft for optimal launch. With that said I miss everything to the right at standard. Gonna try 8° heads in the sm2 and tsi3 and loft up to 8.75° with upright setting to get good launch but straighter flight
Thanks for this video, very well explained. Just bought the M4 and will take any assistance to reduce a nasty slice.
Thank you this really answered my question perfectly. I just bought a sim 2 max 9.0 but I wanted the 10.5 now I know how to make it an 11 and it will help my slice! Thank you!
Perfect!
Thanks for this reminder! I actually know how the settings work on my TS3 & TM mini driver but suddenly realised, mid video, I had stupidly put my mini driver back to standard lie, -0.75 deg NOT upright! D’oh! NOT paying proper attention! 👍🏼👍🏼
Thank you. Sim 2 max 9* here. I have a better than average knowledge of golf clubs but never got my brain around this. I went 2 clicks more loft and started getting to much draw Now I know how to fine tune my driver. Thanks again you are one of the very few I follow
What did you finally decide on?
Playing a SIM 9.0 in Std setting, sliding weight neutral with about 4gr of lead tape toe side of the fin. Found the setting and shaft (Aerotech Claymore MX48) by myself. Had a similar setup in my old Titleist driver. I moved the shaft over and made a similar setup. Have been trying to go lower but found that it launched too low at the time. Might try lower again if my speed comes back up a bit. I am playing my TM Ti 3w & 5w 2 clicks lower.
A godsend video - thanks Michael.
Great explaination Micheal..It can get comfusing, But I play Cobra and they take all the guess work out of it....less expensive then a Taylor ...Thanks...
Very informative thanks!
Happy New Year all. Yes I do Know. I don't find it confusing. I don't touch mine though as it works fine.😀 My driver was fitted 1 inch shorter for more control an extra 4g in head and neutral loft and stiff Hazrdus shaft as I have a draw most of the time.
First video of the new year and it's a good one. I also saw an older video a while back by the Mobile Club Maker who shows the relation to the shaft and club head that makes it even more clear for those nerds who want to know more. I like the more simple explanation though - makes perfect sense and good to know.
mobile club maker vid was really good.
@@djones1304 I know right. He has a lot of interesting videos from a club maker's perspective. I now put my grips on just using masking tape and an air compressor because of one video he did, and I love it. Can try new grips without having to wreck the old ones. Works great.
Well explained and useful 👌
I play a SIM2 and have the neck setting at 1.5 degrees lower loft but in the upright setting (58.75*). I have it in this setting for 2 major reasons. I hate a miss on the left and my bad shot does tend to be a hook.
But the biggest reason is that I like to look down at an open face on my metalwoods and play my driver, 3 wood and hybrid all set in open settings. Just prefer the look at address. Putting it a little upright then helps me maintain a little draw which is my preferred shape off the tee despite the face being open.
I play the driver at 7.5* because I do have a very high ball flight even with a Ventus Blue 6X shaft that has been tipped 1.2 inches. I may switch to a Ventus Black or RDX Smoke Black in the future.
Happy New Year mate. Presently using a Taylormade SLDR 10.5* head at 9.5*. Just messed around with it till it stop going left and goes straight or slight fade though my stock shot is a draw to hook
Excellent explanation. Only wish you had shown what an upright vs standard hits like
Wow that's very adjustable. I play a 9.5 degree Cobra F9 with it in the standard draw setting. I am a strong fader of the ball defo not quite a slice. I was always worried highering my loft would open the face more?!?
Great info for everyone to keep in mind! TM are generally "fade biased" at stated "standard" lofts -- so affecting lie angle is an important way to overcome this -- lie angle is so important to ball flight and very misunderstood in general - great stuff!
Mike one thing to note. If you adjust the hosel to higher or lower, face angle is only changed. The loft does not change unless the golfer squares the face back up at address. So for example if you set it to higher it only closes the face. To get the extra loft benefit you have to square the face back up. Great videos by Tom Wishon out there where he goes through all the hosel settings and how they impact face angle, loft and lie.
So if I adjust to “higher”, and I square the club at address, I have now increased the loft but negated the Draw bias?? If yes, then does that mean for a draw bias I adjust setting to higher but “don’t” square the face?
@@ashish.chauhan Don’t you hate when people don’t respond to your question?
From what I understand, your true draw bias comes from a weight on the bottom of your club. depending on the manufacturer, you might see an off-centered weight toward the hosel or an adjustable one at the rear of the head and that is where you’ll get your draw bias.
I went to the PGA store and they adjusted my driver to one notch above the standard to help with a left shot I had. Ultimately I wasn’t hitting it well. I started playing with it myself and saw this upright lie setting so I tried it and almost instantly I started to draw the ball and gained yardage. I still have it that way and went from hitting 40% fairways to 65% fairways. I’ve missed to the left now because I am still learning to line up more straight or slightly to the right of target where before I had to aim left of target. I don’t know why the stores or other fitters didn’t have me try this before.
Great. Great for reference.
8 degree set usually between 6.5 and 7.25 depending on launch/spin delivery
Got fitted for the sim 2 earlier in the year and I was expecting to be fitted into the sim max but that was spinning too much, so with my delight I was fitted into the standard sim 9° and the fitter put it in the upright setting, at address it sat perfect to the eye and it also helped with my bad shot to the left (I’m left handed) and with that my confidence went through the roof
I got the SIM Max and simply turned it down to 8°. That took a lot of spin out and smoothed out my fade. At 57, I can mash it out over 300 yards, now.
So you hit it occasionally (1 out of 10) 300 yards with the wind behind you with the ball hitting a firm downhill fairway. The rest slice 3 fairways over.
Might have to try this. Been just shy of higher 1 or 2 clicks making my head 10.5 (9 degree head) seem to be hitting well. But may try normal setting in front 9 and upright on back 9 when I play and see how it feels/ goes further
Great information. Would love to see something similar for Ping G425 Max, , thanks.
Excellent thanks
My jetspeed driver is set at 12 degrees from 10.5 I like the slightly closed face.
Greta vid, my typical miss would be a high spinning fade to the right, I play a 9 degree head 1 notch down towards lower. So might try go back to standard, or 1 notch towards higher, or standard on upright setting. thanks!
Hope it helps 👍
Michael great video
Really well detailed, Mike. Historically, I have not taken advantage of and explored the settings of my TSi3. I play a draw and had it on draw setting which definitely promoted a pull hook. Combine this with lower loft (8 degrees) presents a recipe for disaster. Recently, I have adjusted the adapter to a fade setting and benefited from a much more stable ball flight. Cheers and Happy 2022! 🙏🙌👍✊💪
So good 🤙
Hi Michael, great video. I've looked for this same info for the Callaway optifit sleeve (I game the Epic Flash 10.5° head)... found your video on the Callaway sleeve but you don't discuss it in any detail regarding the face/lie angle. Could you please 🙏
I have my sim 2 max set one notch above the lowest degree. The standard setting is 9 degrees. It’s not at 7 degree loft but idk if it’s 8.5 etc since there is a few more notches. I hit at that setting the most consistently.
Hi Paul here I have a white head COBRA KING F6 10.5 AJUSTABLE DRIVER bought for £60 about 18 months ago maybe longer as I play 4 times a week . Since covid I have been on the range and tried various settings as I fade the ball nicely. tried it at 12% %11.5 %10.5 % 9.5% 9% 10.5 D% 9 D % 9.5 D % Result was I still faded the ball . So as I am a senior I have settled on 9.5 %. This Resulted in me hitting fairway after fairway . On Tuesday I hit my LONGEST EVER DRIVE 262 YARDS with this 2nd hand driver . And playing our game of winner drops a shot losers go up one shot I was playing off 20,19,18,17,16 and each time scoring 37 or more points . but WHS is rubbish it puts me at 19 . So like you say try it if not fitted on the range .PAUL
I have a 9° stealth and I more so hook it like 80 percent of my shots so I turned it down to 7° so it opens the face a bit more. Hope it works out otherwise I might have to trade in the 9 degree head and buy a 10.5 if this works.
My biggest issue with my sim driver is I don't like looking at a open face at address. I just keep at standard 9 but do get better spin numbers be lowering the loft.
Wow. I played a power fade for years and then straightened it out but still pushed it often. Now I know my face was set to VERY OPEN
The best description/breakdown of the TaylorMade hosel settings.
TM and Titleist have the 2 best adjustable hosel sleeves.
Currently gaming a 2016 M2 driver 10.5 deg. which has given me the best performance compared to Sim2 Max in my last shaft custom fit just 6 months ago. My hosel setting is one notch low so playing 9.75 degrees.
Upgraded to a Small Batch Evenflow Riptide CB 6.0 over my Hzdrs Smoke yellow counter balanced 5.5 shaft and gained 5 yards in carry and total.
Happy New Year Mike !! Looking forward to more videos in the 2022 !!
Love this! Very informative and helpful.. I was led to believe the world would end if you interfered the settings 😬 thanks 🙏
You either get your loft change or face angle change, not both. Happy new year!
I personally use the sleeve a lot when practicing - and I would highly encourage others to do so. What I will do to work on my Draw is set the driver 1-click open (slight fade setting) and then practice my draw - it really forces you to control path and face to path when you do this. Conversely, I also do the opposite, close the face 1-click (slight draw setting) and then work on fades. The more you do this practice, the better driver you will become. Then, back to square and you will find it much EASIER to hit soft draws or fades
Your good arnt you
Correct me if I'm wrong.. but if it just applies different degrees by turning the shaft inside the club head, can't you get the same effect by gripping the club grip in different rotational positions with your hands ?
With the greatest of respect, the stated loft on the club comes with manufacturers' tolerances that you'll have to dig deep to find. So if a club says 9, it could easily be 11 or as low as 8 unless you've got the ability to measure the loft yourself. On top of that, once the client decides on loft or face angle, it needs to be further explained how the majority of golf shafts have only one consistent position and that is why youll never see a touring pro changing adapter settings at the practice range during a tour event
Lefty here, I had my SIM 2 one notch closed, switched to a TSI3 and I'm lost on how to get it to the same settings...
Can i bring my existing driver to you Mike and fit it to my current delivery ?
I'm not allowed to hit driver.
Only bad things happen.
Left and right hand adapters for TM are identical but the functionality of the positions is reversed. For example, full LOWER setting is HIGHER. If you are a left handed golfer and swap shafts to one that has a RH sleeve, you don’t need to switch it.
Yes you are correct but I’ve come across many golfers who have purchased second hand TM drivers in right hand with Lh adapters & not released! Generally when pro shops sell off their demos they whack shafts in heads and don’t check. That’s why I mentioned it in the video 👍
to be fair, the loft changes only exist when you square the club face from its position the neck changes it to. if you add loft with the sleeve, the face closes, the loft is not increased in this position, it only increases when you rotate it back to square. so no, you cannot have a closed face AND more loft. you can have one or the other.
Yes you can
But don’t some adapters have sleeves that make it so that even if you change the loft or lie of the club it doesn’t close or open the face ?
Hi I've bought this years new ping max . But was told in the fitting my awing speed is 80mph equates to 200yds SO how ws it I hit mavrik sub zero at times 293 to 298 yd . So I tried myself changed weight to left went up from 9 to 10° and have hit a 252yd drive once average is 230 yd . What do I do in settings for more distance. paul
Is what you say opposite if it's a lefthanded head?
Thanks for the video@MichaelNewtonGolf.
I'm a LH gofler I've been playing a TM driver for the longest time and it's really difficult to come by a LH sleeve. So I've been using the RH sleeve in my driver (Stealth Plus 9Deg) but can never seem to get a reliable answer on the topic. When I use the RH sleeve, does this mean that the settings are opposite to the fitting chart or will the RH sleeve simply not work for a LH gofler? Hope you can clarify, thank you so much.
Yes, opposite
Man how cold was it in there, I can see your breath at 3:42 lol
Hi Mike, I want to decrease my spin but without the club face opening. Can I take the shaft completely out, put the sleeve on the head in lower then put the shaft back in when the face is square will that work? Effectively just be a standard 7 degree driver then (square face)?
No sorry, if your wanting to reduce loft to reduce spin then it will open the face, no way around it.
I bought used Sim with a stiff shaft and had a devil of a time hitting it. Then changed to a regular shaft and it was much better. I just found out the Stiff shaft is Left-handed. and my head is Right handed. So no wonder I was getting strange results when I fiddled with the lower and higher settings.
So it is just opposite right Lower actually means higher correct?
Correct
Can someone please help me out. I recently picked up a second hand M4 9.5 driver with a stiff shaft. before that I had a cheap brosnan 10.5 with a standard flex shaft that I sliced like a champion. The M4 was setup by the previous owner at the higher setting and my slice was all but gone. I'll either hit it straight or with a slight fade. If was to adjust the head to the upright lie, could I in theory keep hitting the ball straight but with added distance since the loft will be 9.5°?
I have a Paradym x in standard settings 10.5 degree. I can only seem to draw the ball which is not a bad thing but sometimes I need a straight shot. Any settings I could do that would give me a square face rather than a draw bias, many thanks
Only option is to drop the loft to -1 and have the other setting in either S or N - this would help slightly
Thanks for the video, question. My sim titanium 3 wood looks closed to me at address. It’s set at STD (15degree). What setting opens the face but keeping same loft?
You can’t, opening the face will lower the loft. Try it 1 notch towards lower and that should make it sit squarer and you’ll only lose a touch of loft. Refer to the video and the chart that I displayed. Will show you exactly what happens 👍
As Michael stated, you cannot open the face without changing the loft. You have to decrease the lift to open the face angle. You can also install the LH sleeve and make it upright (It actually flattens the lie angle). The flatter lie can mitigate the ball from going left but it will not change the face angle…
it does sound like a lost language spoken for the first time in a thousand year's and we're left scratching our heads. all i saw was various parts of the shaft, twisted and turn at different angles shove back into a club head where it still seems the same. i was expecting the club head would be hinged to get that desired effect.
What is the RPM #?
Michael, this information is great, but I am confused. If I have a 12 degree but want the clubface closed so that it helps my slice without raising the loft, what should my setting be? Thanks for the help.
You can increase loft which will close the face, the more loft you add the closed the face becomes. Or if you don’t want to add more loft then position in upright setting (UPRT) 👍
Thank you so much. Will give the UPRT setting a try. Love your youtube channel. You are the best!
what happens when y go up on loft but .75 flat what does that do.... titleist tsi2(lh)
I need to change from stiffto regular. Can I do that?
Yes
Can a leftyI use a RH shaft and set it to draw?
Yes you need to reverse it
is it bad if i have an RH sleeve on my left handed driver? i know its not idea but couldnt i just apply when im putting it +2 more loft I would just need to -2 as the setting to achieve it?
I believe this is correct. Standard and upright stay the same. Delofting or adding loft is reversed. +=- and vice versa
Pls help, I need to know this particular sleeve is compatible to which TM driver?? R15 M1 M2 M3 M4 M5 M6?
All of the above……the only I’m not 100% on is the R15
Just an fyi ...LH adapter means everything is the opposite including Neutral, according to TM help
So I have a RH shaft. Left handed. Would I have to be in upright to make it considered standard loft. I was told higher is lower and lower is higher with the opposite shaft. That all I have went by
Does the same apply with R9-series woods? Are the adapters the same?
Similar yes
I agree with Michael, "It does sound complicated and it can be confusing." But he did leave out one important adjective; distracting.; When you are out on the course hitting balls in all directions and become focused on the mathematics it is easy to forget that you are the one with the Power. And is it true that you are not allowed under the rules to alter a club mid round?
Correct, can’t alter mid round
I am still a little confused as to how when lowering the loft the face opens. Normally with other clubs if i open the face the ball the loft is increased and if closed then decreased. I just seems illogical to me.
In order to get the new adjusted loft you then have to set the face correct/straight at address, should hover the club and NOT let it sit at address. Taylormade (Mizuno/Cobra /Wilson are similar) sleeve adapter only changes the face angle and then when the user set them straight again there will be different lofts. By straight I mean "square"
@@Fufiloofa that could be me screwed then 😅 I like to sit the head on the deck. Gaming Callaway Epic Flash
I'm the same never made sense 2 me
Aitch not haitch Michael.... 🤷♂️Just saying. Great video though. 👍
The sleeve delofts and opens. Nothing illogical about it at all.
Why is there no adjustment video's of adjusting a stealth plus + rescue or anything other than the drivers
The same applies to fairways & rescues 👍
Only thing I don't like when you turn to a different setting ya see the shaft logo I have mine at 9 degree standard so i don't see it 🙂🏌♂️
Roy, you should have bought a Callaway 😉
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I'm even more confused. Got my G430 set. Not Touchin' the wrenches. Wish they weren't there.
You need to maybe say this in more plain English. So if I am right handed and I lower the loft I increase the ability to slice?
Golf is hard enough before adding changeable seettings
I build my clubs and self fit. I also spine align my shafts and align the spine towards the target. Spine changes the way the club plays. So with these adjustable tips, it is quite the process for me to experiment. Fortunately the tips are made of metal. I just have to keep plenty of ferrals in stock. I use TM woods. Sim Ti. Titelist tips dont change the graphics alignment and I wis TM tips had that important feature. I end up liking the notch 1 before Higher. I have a driver that that I find the middle of the face almost every time. I want a little lower trajectory but it throws off my consistency. I occasionally put it to standard but then get a fade. I have to shut it down, strengthen my grip, but then the loft is too low. So I settled on the setting that goes straight and down the middle most of the time. I leaving 15 plus yards on the table but finding the short grass is more important. I use two shafts. One is a Ventus Velocore Blue S. My stable consistent shaft. I also have Fuji Pro that came in My 15' M2. I get a good 20 yards longer distance but it can goe left, right or down the middle. Only find the fairway 1/2 the time but hardly ever too far off the short stuff. The Velocore goes 270ish/ 280. The Pro goes 280 to 300 and once in a while 310. Wish I could get the best of both worlds but am not going to complain. In the cold season with moist slow fairways, those distances come down. But it is cool that the tip has help me find a very reliable consistent Driver. I never had a Driver that finds the fairway most of the time. It makes a huge difference in score.
Please shorten this reply.
@@lm2487 Please stop being so short with me.
Very useful information, but spoiled by very poor sound quality.
Poor sound?? Please explain??
@@MichaelNewtonGolf I have got to the bottom of this. I was streaming to my Smart TV and the sound was being impaired - Norman Collier ?!. By playing back direct on to my MacBook the problem has gone. Your video is very informative, and gives me a much better insight into the changes I can try. I have altered my rating accordingly. Thanks
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I am with Harvey , did not understand a word of it.
STD is stated loft, not standard loft
I called it standard loft to the loft stamped on the head 👍
Yikes!!! Could you please repeat all of that
Just trial and error at the driving range until you’re happy. That is all custom fitters do anyways.
That’s an oversimplification of the process. At a custom fitting changes are made based on the metrics (spin, launch angle, descent angle…).
@@Ardie321 A custom fitters job is to get suckers to spend.. Unless you’re trying to turn pro none of those matter to us
@@jk_atlhletics5865 how?
Titleist is a million times less complicated. lol
This adjustability is worthless. As if you need to adjust the loft you open and close the head, which cause you to push or pull it.
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Talks too fast, slow down please
Class video, just bought a qi10 and was wondering what the gaps where in between the lofts. Class channel, gets us everything proper golf wise! 👍🏌🏼♂️