Golfers who bought TaylorMade's M1 driver before M2 may have experienced a scrap of buyers remorse.

Don't misunderstand our point. M1 is a terrific commuter. It's highly configurable. It offers a robust platform for fitters, and plenty of movable parts for DIYers and those of us who similar to tinker. The only existent knock on the M1 commuter is that it's non as forgiving equally some of its competitors, and its non nearly equally forgiving equally the TaylorMade M2, which was released several months after the M1.

If you're one of those guys who loves his M1, but wishes it was more forgiving, nosotros've got good news? Your M1 absolutely can be more than forgiving. Better news still, information technology won't cost you a dime. The commuter ships with everything you lot'll demand to heave MOI and increase forgiveness.

Here'due south what you demand to exercise.

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Stride 1

First, remove both the front and and back weights from their corresponding tracks. For maximum forgiveness, both weights take to come out.

To remove the Rear Track weight:

  • Remove the cherry-red weight cap, and slide the weight to the LOWposition
  • Hold the head directly in forepart of you lot such that LOW and HIGH announced upside downwardly and the hosel is pointing straight abroad from yous
  • Slowly flip the head such that the hosel is moving towards you and the sole towards the ground
  • The weight should fall out on its own (give information technology a jiggle if necessary)

The procedure is the same for the forepart weights. Note the exit position is closest to Depict and text should be right side up prior to flipping.

Note that the both the weights and weight covers are labeled. FT for Front Runway and BT for Back Track. The front weight (15 grams) is 5 grams heavier than the rear weight (which bones math tells us must be 10 grams).

We want that heavier weight all the manner back.

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Step 2

Starting with 15 gram weight from the front track, place both weights into the back channel. Slide them all the way to the rear of the club, and secure past screwing the black and ruddy caps back on.

While nosotros used the more compact and workable M1 430 for our example, for the M1 460 this should bring MOI closer to that of M2.

Bonus Tip – a Lower & More than Forrad CG M1

Some golfers may elect to trade MOI for the greater efficiency that comes from a lower and more forward Heart of Gravity. This can be an especially effective setup for higher swing speed golfers with negative angles of attack (guys who hit down on the commuter). Generally speaking, these are the type of players who may benefit from the M1 430.

To configure your M1 for depression forward CG just place both weights into the front rails. Order is less important here as you can position the weight to achieve the desired depict or fade bias. Notation that if the weights are centered, bias will always-so-slightly favor the side with the 15 gram weight.

Own an M1?

Keep in mind, these tips apply to both the M1 460 and the M1 430 (on a relative basis) Give the alternative configurations shown above a endeavor and let us know how it goes.