Over the years, TaylorMade has brought golf’s most innovative drivers to market. Let’s see how their technology has evolved.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 1979: 1 Metal/Pittsburgh Persimmon Driver

TaylorMade’s debut driver introduced Metalwood to the world. At first he was called 1Metal, but in 1980 he became Pittsburgh Persimmon, becoming the first driver to move away from the classic wooden construction.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 1983: Taylormade Burner Driver

Since the 1980s, TaylorMade has been looking for ways to increase clubhead speed. The dimples on the sides of the burner were advertised to allow the clubhead to move faster.

Taylormade Year Driver: 1988: Taylormade Burner Plus Driver

Taylormade Year Driver: 1991: Taylormade System 2 Midsize Driver

This club head is foam filled for improved weight and sound. TaylorMade has also added new, superior quality shafts that have helped many golfers hit more distance.

Taylormade Driver Year: 1995: Taylormade Titanium Bubbleshaft Driver

TaylorMade’s first titanium driver features a wider shaft from bubble to tip, providing a balance that greatly increases clubhead stability at impact and increases clubhead speed.

Taylormade Driver Year: 1997: Taylormade Titanium Bubbleshaft 2 Driver

The second Bubble Driver featured a K-shaped sole design. This lowered the center of gravity, making it easier to fire shots higher.

Taylormade Drivers of the Year: 1999: Taylormade Firesoul Driver

The Firesole driver features a tungsten soleplate for improved weight distribution and increased launch angle.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2001: Taylormade 300 Series Drivers

The R300 series featured three separate drivers: 300 Ti, 320 Ti and 360 Ti. These were the first TaylorMade drivers to meet or exceed USGA COR limits. Each of the three models was designed with a unique head size, shape, weight distribution, lie angle, and shaft length to optimize a particular player’s unique firing conditions. These were the first TaylorMade drivers to meet or exceed USGA COR limits.

Taylormade Year Driver: 2002: Taylormade Burner 420 Driver

The Burner 420 introduced titanium construction and performance to the market. It had a larger 405cc head and a larger, more expansive clubface that helped increase the sweet spot.

Taylormade Driver Year: 2002: Taylormade R5 Series Driver

The R5 introduces a variable thickness inverted cone technology in a circular pattern on the back of the club face. This significantly increased the sweet spot for better ball speed and distance on off-center strikes.

Taylormade Driver Year: 2003: Taylormade R510 Series Drivers

There were 5 driver models in the R510 driver series. R510TP, R510, R540, R580.of Taylormade R510 TP The driver is one of TaylorMade’s most iconic driver head shapes. The larger head provides more moment of inertia and forgiveness than other models.

TaylorMade Driver of the Year: 2004: R7 Quad Driver

This marked the introduction of movable weight technology. Golfers can now reposition club head weights to optimize launch conditions.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2005: Taylormade R7 425 Driver

Named after the 425cc head size. 40 grams of weight has been redistributed to the clubhead to allow for a heavier moving weight cartridge, allowing the golfer to adjust the shape of his shot by 30% more than the original R7 his quad.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2006: Taylormade R7 460 Driver

First 460cc driver head with moveable weight technology. His two moveable weights on the clubhead allowed the consumer to move the center of gravity to create a draw-his bias ball flight.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2007: Taylormade R7 Superquad Driver

The Superquad takes moving weight technology to another level with 4 moving weights that provide 28 yards of shot shape compensation.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2008: Taylormade R7 CGB Max Driver

The R7 CGB Max’s interchangeable hosel system creates a whole new level of adjustability and customizability. Golfers can customize their drivers with one of three different shaft offerings.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2009: Taylormade R9 Driver

Flight control technology allowed golfers to change the face angle, lie angle and loft of the club via the hosel. On the R9 hosel he had eight different positions, making him one of the most adaptable and practical clubs of the time.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2010: Taylormade R9 SuperTri Driver

For the first time TaylorMade has combined flight control technology with movable weight technology in a 460cc head. As a result, he has 24 combinations of face angles and CG positions. This results in up to 75 yards of side-to-side trajectory change, all in a more forgiving head.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2011: Taylormade R11 Driver

The White Crown changed vision technology forever, providing a very high level of contrast at alignment address. By August, TaylorMade had sold over one million of his White Metal woods. The adjustable sole plate is also an industry first, combining adjustable lofted sleeves with moveable weight technology to give golfers up to 100 yards of shot shape correction.

Taylormade Year Driver: 2012: Taylormade R11S

The R11S had all the tech of the previous R11, but with a larger 460cc head.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2013: Taylormade R1

The TaylorMade R1 driver was all about promoting optimal launch conditions with its hosel’s 12 loft and lie settings.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2013: Taylormade RBZ Stage 2 Drivers

The TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 driver features a new larger clubface that gives golfers a larger contact area.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2014: Taylormade SLDR Drivers

TaylorMade introduced three new SLDR models to the market in 2014. SLDR460 driver There was a sliding weight rail on the front of the sole near the clubface. This creates a more forward CG for a good combination of high launch and low spin.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2015: Taylormade Aeroburner Drivers

The improved geometry helped reduce drag. The Aeroburner featured a more rounded toe, a raised center crown, reduced crown-to-skirt drop and new hosel fins.

Taylormade Drivers by Year: 2016: Taylormade M1 & M2 Drivers

A throwback to the original 1Metal. The M stands for Multi-Material and is the key to unlocking the M1’s performance.

Taylormade Drivers of the Year: 2017: Taylormade M1 & M2 Drivers

This was the first TaylorMade driver with a multi-material combination of titanium, carbon toe panel and 6-layer carbon composite crown.

Taylormade Drivers of the Year: 2018: Taylormade M3 & M4 Drivers

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Taylormade Drivers of the Year: 2019: Taylormade M5 & M6 Drivers

The 2019 story was about speeding to the limits of legal limits. The clubhead is speed-injected with tuning resin to maximize ball speed and distance for performance at or near legal limits.

TaylorMade Drivers of the Year: 2020: TaylorMade SIM & SIM Max Drivers

As the name suggests, SIM drivers are all about reshaping. Asymmetrical sole design and inertia generator for improved aerodynamics, increased speed and increased forgiveness.

Taylormade Drivers of the Year: 2021: Taylormade SIM2 & SIM2 Max Drivers

The focus of TaylorMade for 2021 was construction. Starting with the “forged ring construction” that forms the chassis of the driver, individual parts of the clubhead have been upgraded for improved performance.

TaylorMade Drivers by Year: 2022: TaylorMade Stealth Drivers

The industry’s first carbon wood in the driver category. A larger red and black club face provides higher speed, higher COR and precise face geometry. Composed of 60 layers of overlapping carbon and a nanotextured cover, it creates a strong, flexible striking surface that optimizes distance by improving launch in dry and wet conditions.

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