Forgiveness, Unlimitied Workability, Longer drives (at least me)

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I pined over 5-6 drivers before purchasing the R9 460. At first glance, I thought it would be one of those "done after this year" drivers, but after using it, I knew it would be golden. I got it for a heck of a price and am looking at upgrading to the TP shaft down the road. With my swing, I tended to draw the ball to the point being accurate but losing yardage with my Titleist. With the ability to change the clubhead's angle, I was given the chance to work the ball straighter and gain approximately 10-15 yards. Great work TM, I'll be playing the 460 for awhile.

Good looking club

SPIN MACHINE!!!

9.5*, stiff stock Aldila RE/AX shaft.  Neutral Setting.

This club looks fantastic, no crazy graphics, no ugly colors.  However, thats all it has going for it.  Very forgiving driver but it spins WAY too much.  The ball would just start with a decent trajectory and then just sky rockets up and lands.  I saw a couple of times that my ball actually spun back on a couple of drives, which is something I usually never do.

This was a great try by TM and they have a good history of putting out great drivers (sometimes a little too many models all at once) but I think they should either put a better stock shaft or make the club face a little less spin.  If you need help puttiing spin on the ball, this might be a the driver for you.  If you need lower spin, steer CLEAR!!!  You will lose distance.

Good sound, feel, looks and distance.

Shaft to long. I cut 1.5" off and feels much better. Stock grip was a joke.

I have always been a Titleist fan but felt it was worth checking out. I am glad I did. I am short (5'6") and did not like the shaft length, cut inch and a half off and found my new gamer. I played 18 today on NU and will try it open and see how the FCT effects my ball flight. 

Long, more forgiving then regular R9, adjustable

Hook biased even at the open setting

This club was just ok for me.  It was long like most new offerings but for some reason, Taylor Made clubs tend to be hook biased for me.  It's more forgiving then the 420cc R9 and hits higher.  it is pretty long but so are all the other new offerings.  Goes left even at 2* open.  Not so w/ the L5V which favors a fade.  I think the TM offerings may be on the upright side.

Great sound and fell at impact.  Very forgiving

Stock shaft is way too long and too light. 

It's not hard to find a forgiving driver these days with all the 460cc models out there and this driver is of course very forgiving.  What I really like about it that makes it different in my opinion is the sound and feel at impact.  It's hard to describe feel but I would say that this head feels heavy/dense/solid at impact and makes a beautiful thuddy sort of sound.  This is in contrast to a lot of drivers out there right now that feel somewhat hollow at impact and make a very tingy or pingy high-pitched sound which I am not a fan of. 

I didn't really care all that much for the stock stiff shaft that comes in the R9 460.  I felt it was way too light and too long to control.  It does allow for some very very long drives though if that's what you're after but you lose a lot of control and to me it's not worth it.  I reshafted with a shorter, heavier shaft and it is now very controllable, fogiving, long and sounds great.  Great stick!

Forgiving, Long

Not a fan of adjustability

Tried the regular R9 and then went to the R9 460 for the forgiveness factor. Driver is definitely more forgiving and just as long, if not longer. I am not one  who likes all the new adjustability out there now, so the driver just wasn't for me. At least this one doesn't have as many options as the regular R9! lol. Nice driver though for the right person.

Adjustability, somewhat straight, felt pretty good.

Poor launch and spin numbers. Most likely the shaft for me.

Even though there were some good things about this driver, it fell short of the mark. This driver was about 15 yards shorter than the ft-9 for me. The dispersion was not very good and I was getting 20 degrees of launch with about 5000 spin with the stock stiff. A better shaft would improve those numbers and maybe bring this closer to the FT-9. That said, the FT-9 was with the stock shaft so comparing stock to stock the R9460 loses. It does look pretty nice which I liked about it. The adjustability is cool but not something i would really mess around with personally. I also value "cool" factor for golf clubs and this driver is so common and popular it lessens the "cool" provided by the adjustability features. If they had a TP in left handed I think that would be a much better fit for someone like me with a 115+ SS. Overall not my favorite driver.

Nice feel and sound. Forgiving when it needs to be.

No MWT!

This driver was in my bag for most of the 2009 season. I started with the 9.5* head and moved to the 10.5* head. Both were equal in length, but the 10.5 * gave me just a little more carry and in Michigan where the ground can be soft, that is a good thing.

The appearance is very pleasing to the eye. Not too triangular in shape and just traditional enough that I did not need to "get used" to the look.

The Face Control Technology is where this club shines. I like the look of an open face at address. No need to look at 50 different heads to get the right look. Pull out the wrench and open till it looks good and performs just right.

I currently have the Mitsubishi Fubuki 73 in x-stiff in the driver. I really enjoy this shaft, one of the best shafts for my swing ever.

Overall this driver is as close to perfect as I can find. Until I find a driver that gives me the same amount of confidence, the R9 460 will be in my bag for a while.

Long, straight, easy shaft experimentation

Maybe less forgiving than other 460cc drivers. Not the absolute longest or absolute straightest.

Within the first four months of the 2010 golf season I was the only person in my weekly foursome not playing an R9. I thought my Cobra L4V, and its premium on straightness trumped what the R9 could offer. Eventually my curiosity got the best of me and after a couple swings with the R9 it was all over. Not the longest or straightest driver I've ever hit, but near the top in both categories. The 460 disguises the triangle shape nicely and gives me confidence at setup.

The non-460 R9 definitely gives a lower ballflight, and there are certainly straighter drivers out there... but the R9 is an amazing package of trajectory, distance and straightness.