The newest club for the 2009 season from TaylorMade-Adidas Golf Company is the Taylor Made R9 Driver. This driver truly is a new revolution in the golf driver category. The R9 utilizes Taylor Made’s legendary "Movable Weight Technology (MWT)" that was 1st introduced with the r7 metalwood product line. That technology allows players to change the clubs center of gravity by moving weight in different places, therefore promoting different launch conditions. Along with MWT, the R9 introduces a brand new feature, named Flight Control Technology (FCT). FCT gives the player the ability to adjust the loft, lie, and face angle of the club. This added technology with MWT makes the R9 driver virtually 24 drivers in 1. Being able to change and utilize these features truly makes the R9 driver suitable for all types of players, from touring professionals to high-handicappers.

Along with the new advancements in design, the R9 will feature the new Fujikura "Motore" shaft with High Inertia Tip (H.I.T.) Technology. This shaft will help players produce faster ball speeds and more stability on mis-hits. All of these combinations of technological advancements truly make this driver the most advanced in the history of TaylorMade-Adidas Golf. The Taylor Made R9 has already won a PGA event in its 1st week out on tour. That is something that has never been done by any other Taylor Made Driver model ever.

TP shafts will be offered at a $100 upgrade. Shafts available will be from Fujikura, Matrix, Aldila.and Mitsubishi.

There is NO difference in the head between the TP and non TP versions. The driver will not have any TP graphics on the head. Only the shaft upgrade makes up the difference.

The R9 combines modern and classic lines to create a "New Classic" head shape that should satisfy players of all types. The club has a large address, and is described as a combination of the r7 SuperQuad and r7 Limited (a triangular shape with contoured corners) head shape design.

As mentioned above, the R9 will feature full adjustability in that it will combine three moveable weights (MWT) with Flight Control Technology (FCT). FCT gives the golfer the ability to adjust the club head to affect loft, lie, and face angle. The result to the golfer will be a large amount of influence over their trajectory. For example, the ability to have an open club face while still promoting a draw. MWT and FCT give 75 yards of left to right adjustability, three degrees of launch angle adjustability, and up to 1800 rpm of spin adjustability. The club head can be rotated into one of 8 positions, giving the ability to adjust from two degrees closed to two degrees open (actual measured face angle will be square to four open, though visually, four open looks two open to the golfer).