When the TaylorMade R7 Quad mini driver was launched, it struck a chord with me and my 12-year-old self, taking me back to when I got my first ever ‘adults’ driver – the R7 SuperQuad.
The remake came with the same logo and looks, and even had the same red/yellow/black shaft accents I remember very fondly. I knew I had to have it, and I thought it would work well for my game, too.
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I am a golf club member so tend the play the same course every week, and I now use the mini from the tee more often than the big stick. It works well on many of the holes at my club, particularly the 1st.
My strike rate of hitting the fairway on the opening hole has significantly increased with the mini driver. I would usually push slice it into the right trees or occasionally pull it left and out of bounds.
It’s so much nicer hitting the mini driver with my first swing of the day, when I’m usually pretty rusty, vs the big driver. And because of how far it goes, it puts me in a perfectly fine position to find the green and get off to a good start.
Moving on to accuracy and this is where my view has slightly changed.
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