Three Ways to Optimize Your New Qi35 Driver
Have you ever wanted to be able to build and optimize your driver on the TaylorMade Tour Truck? I’m going to assume the answer is yes! Well… what if I told you that you can?
Your very own digital truck exists right here. It is a one stop shop to schedule a fitting, build your customized driver and fine-tune that driver with custom weight configurations and loft sleeve settings.
Whether you’ve already ordered your Qi35 driver or are considering making a purchase, this article will help you understand how to unlock another level of performance by optimizing your new driver.
Getting fit is the number one rule to optimize any golf club (and ball) in your bag. If you’ve already purchased your Qi35 driver, hopefully you went to a TaylorMade fitting day or visited one of our trusted retail partners and were able to see firsthand the benefits of custom fitting .
If you haven’t ordered your Qi35 driver yet…prepare to lock in!
Knowing you are playing the right head and shaft is imperative to maximizing your performance on the golf course. It’s why the best players in the world work week in and week out with our TaylorMade Tour Reps to make sure every club in the bag is fully optimized for the golf course they are playing.
As we told you in this article, there are three main reasons you should get fit:
- More Data and Unparalleled Accuracy: Qi35 drivers are the industry’s first launch monitor enabled drivers featuring fitting markers that are built directly into the face. These built-in fitting markers provide the most accurate face delivery and impact information possible. They allow fitters to fully optimize the technology of Qi35 drivers exactly to your specific needs.
- Finding the Right Head and Shaft Combo: With our MyFittingExperience (MFE) software, finding the right head and shaft combo is easy! During a Qi35 fitting, your TaylorMade Experiential Rep will utilize MFE software to track all your shots. Based on the data they collect, the software will make shaft, head and weighting recommendations.
- Maximum Efficiency: Qi35 SelectFit driver fittings are structured for maximum efficiency by critically analyzing each shot you hit – there’s no such thing as a wasted swing. Within the first three to five swings, your Experiential Rep will have baseline data that will allow them to start formulating your shaft, head and weighting profile in as little as 25 minutes.
Once you receive the results from your fitting, you or your fitter can head to our Custom Shop to order your driver to the exact specs you were fit for.
2. FIND THE FCT LOFT SLEEVE SETTING THAT PRODUCES YOUR DESIRED SHOT SHAPE
Being able to adjust loft and face angle on your driver is perhaps one of the most underrated pieces of technology we offer. However, if you don’t know exactly how the Flight Control Sleeve works, you’re likely missing out on performance. Let’s walk through it together.
- Qi35 drivers feature a 4° loft sleeve that increases or decreases loft in 0.5-0.75° increments either stronger or weaker.
- Lie angle is increased or decreased by 0.5-0.75° with each click.
- Moving the loft sleeve towards the LOWER position enhances a fade bias and lowers launch and spin. This is perfect for golfers that play on firm and quick fairways that will benefit from lower spin and a flatter descent angle.
- If you struggle to get the ball in the air, moving the loft sleeve towards HIGHER shows more loft on the face visually and enhances draw bias. This is a perfect setting if you slice the ball off the tee.
- If you flip the loft sleeve over to the UPRIGHT side, the toe of the driver rises up and creates a start line that moves slightly left. This is an additional advantage for someone looking to draw the golf ball.
- Combining Qi35 Max driver with the UPRIGHT setting and a HIGHER loft setting is the most optimal position for a slicer.
Remember, you need a TaylorMade FCT torque wrench to make changes to the loft sleeve which can be purchased here. When you make any of these adjustments, be sure to turn the wrench until you hear a click!
Unlock another level of adjustability with the Trajectory Adjustment System (TAS) weights in Qi35 and Qi35 LS drivers to fully optimize launch, spin and ball flight. Qi35 drivers come stock with a three-gram weight in the front and a 13-gram weight in the back, while Qi35 LS drivers come stock with two three-gram weights in the front and a 13-gram weight in the back.
To maximize weighting configurations, TaylorMade offers 10 different individual weights: 3g,4g,5g,7g,8g,10g,11g,13g, and 15g. We also offer an 8-Piece TAS Weight Kit includes two 5g, three 8g, two 11g and one 15g weight.
Here are the general rules of thumb for weight placement for Qi35 driver:
- More weight forward in the head = less forgiveness and lowers launch/spin
- More weight back in the head = more forgiveness and increased launch/spin compared to weight forward in the head
Those same rules apply for Qi35 LS, but you can further customize your ball flight by modifying weight in the heel and toe positions:
- Adding weight in the heel = maximum draw bias
- Adding weight in the toe = maximum fade bias
But, by purchasing our weight kit or individual weights, there are even more possibilities in both Qi35 and Qi35 LS.
Qi35 LS:
- Placing the 13g weight in the back promotes a straight and mid-low ball flight.
- With balanced weighting of eight grams in the toe and heel with a 3g in the back, a lower spinning and lower launching straight shot is created.
- 8g in the heel and back positions with 3g in the toe promotes a slight draw 8g in the toe and back positions with 3g in the heel promotes a slight fade
Qi35:
- The highest MOI setting for Qi35 drivers is in the stock position with the 13-gram weight in the back and three-gram weight in the front.
- If you flip that setting and put the heavier weight in the front, it produces a lower spinning and lower launching ball flight.
- With neutral weighting of 8-grams in the front and the back, you get the best of both worlds.
Now that you know how to completely optimize your driver, go get fit, order your Qi35 and get out onto the driving range and start your path to unlocking another level of performance!
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