TAYLORMADE M6 DRIVER

[@TheBradleyp63]

Love Dan in the course vlogs. Bring him back, please!

[@josephdubiel7129]

I bought mine today in the D type. What a driver. Hit over two hundred yards pretty easily. Very forgiving and controllable. Great driver Mark!!! Frankly I was pretty surprised it was so powerful. Spider Dubiel

[@sveinnorrisnland6653]

I just tested my M4 against the M6 with my own shaft and I prefer the sound and look of the M6. But it sits closed, and my max ball speed came with the M4. But M6 felt more consistent and more forgiving. But no need to switch from the M4. I still would like to just get a free ping G410.

[@tommyvvirs1731]

I Just picked mine up from the Post Office, drove directly to the driving range, hit two large buckets, and I agree the straighter more distance balls were hit to the heel side. I started lining up the driver head at set up almost at the Hosel and those were my best drives. Just have to force myself to do that now that I own it. Although I bought it with Mastercard Points.

[@briantusin]

Love your honest reviews Mark! Can't wait for some more course vlogs.

[@mitchmorris8973]

I've watched every review you have done in the past few years and always enjoy hearing you say where you hit it on the face before you look at the reading on the machine and you and Dan not sure what spot you hit is a bit of a first for me to see, not to keen on the new Taylor made drivers last few years, good video guys 👍

[@MarkCrossfield]

Cheers bruh

[@StevenAlwine]

One thing I'll say about TaylorMade, they've done a great job of making their drivers look and sound the same, regardless of whether you end up fitting better into the M5 or M6. It's a pretty great piece of engineering to get such similarity, and helps a player get over the idea that one is a more "for the masses" driver than the other.

[@Struieboy]

Speed foam, hammerhead, twist face, turbulators, speed slots? All probably pointless but we expect or even demand the manufacturers to sell us the magic “tech” that will straighten out our 185 yard fade. The manufacturers can’t win, they’re are dammed if they do and dammed if they don’t.

[@ricksimpson7219]

Just brought home new M-6. I agree with you. The top graphics and the face graphics are lined up dead in the heel. Took some measurements, The crown and face are misaligned by 3/8 to I/2 inch off center towards the heel. 500 bucks for this? Am returning it tomorrow!

[@jondoe6618]

Poor coach sitting there. Throw him a callaway driver bone!

[@CairanMw3]

Loving the reviews!!! Can’t wait until the next course vlogs 🏌🏼‍♂️ Keep it up 🙌🏻

[@davidabrial5328]

SlowResin is basically a way to tune heads and reduce cost of scraping some faces ? Changes nothing for the consumer if the tolerances are already maxed-out as you said👍 But it's a great marketing idea👍

[@mctayto1]

Had an M6 to test and it is the best looking club I can recall ever seeing available.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Does look good

[@scottdegeer5780]

Love Lockey Longballs consumed on his phone sitting in the background. Interesting results on high heel strikes.....has to be a result of the off-center back weight.

[@nigelcooke8590]

We need more of coach lockey testing clubs like that... he was awesome... keep up the good work Brah..

[@SSW8682]

Coaches input on this driver review was obviously vital 😆 to a very thorough and informative review thanks coach keep up the good work lol

[@MarkCrossfield]

😂😂👍👍

[@WilliamFrogge]

I agree that this is one of the best looking drivers at address on the market today. Since its just as good as anything else out today then the inspiring looks might sway a lot of golfers to this club and I can't blame them. Personally for me this year it came down between the Srixon 785, M5, and and the Titleist TS3 and I ended up going with the Titleist. All were great but I just liked the sound better with the TS3..... You can't go wrong with most of this years driver releases as they are all great products.

[@chriskirby70]

Nice little opening disclaimer about opinion.But in the end are not all reviews (for golf gear and anything else) just opinions that help give us starting points and food for thought when buying new toys 😀

[@MarkCrossfield]

Yes but I get nasty letters from TM so need to just make sure they are clear. 👍😂

[@paulwills3774]

Put the tensei shaft in the M6, that’s what I had put in mine and the flight is much better than the atmos shaft, in my opinion

[@stephenbeach1933]

If the 2016 Great Big Bertha Driver which you hit 269 carry is now 3 years old, have the manufacturer's gone backwards since then?

[@adamrodway8311]

Can you do a compare the m6 with the original m2 please. Look like the same club but different colours to me. Would be interesting to see if it is actually any better. #twistmyscrewface

[@MarkCrossfield]

I have a M2 will do

[@nickhanif5460]

I agree. Both seem to be great drivers and I game the M2. Interesting to see if this is worth an upgrade or not.

[@stuartmacphee3362]

Is that M2 from when you were friends with the good people at TM???🙈🙈 it's a shame that a product you like has created questions and there isn't anyone that will give you the answer from tm

[@mjarvis8610]

Also tested and found it performed well out of the heel (generally my miss) but didn’t love the feel of it at all. Feels very difficult to tell the difference between a clean strike and a poor one. Bought Cobra Speedback which outperformed everything and gave me great numbers and consistency.

[@ajcgolf69]

I bet Dustin Johnston likes that heel bias with his little power fade he plays off the tee

[@ktorres972]

Nice Review, I appreciate your OPINION.

[@chasilicious]

Why would the geometric center of the club necessarily be the sweet spot? Didn't MyGolfSpy prove that isn't always the case? If so, then it stands to reason that the weight pad could be offset.

[@leeshrubsole9676]

could the foam be doing something to the strike? could it be moving the weight around the club (different amount from one side to the other)? if you where to test another M6 would you get the same feel? the only reason why I ask is due to all them being injected uniquely

[@dannyc91a]

Maybe the slowing resin is in the high toe of that specific club? Each one is injected differently apparently so in theory you get fit for the club then the one made for you will have the resin in different parts of the club. Not selling it to me I’m afraid

[@TufftykeGundogs]

I’m currently struggling with low heel strike...!!! OMG where’s my wallet..?

[@MarkCrossfield]

Defo go and test

[@ramonmoreno1658]

Hi Mark. First I would like to apologize for my comment on your recreating the Tiger bunker shot. I feel I was out of line and I do appreciate your view. I honestly do enjoy your videos and will continue to follow you. Thank you and I am sorry. Keep up the great work.

[@seanmccabe3523]

Do you think the bigger hits from the heel are maybe to do with the injected slow speed foam resin maybe moving CG slightly?

[@milesr12]

Hey Mark, I struggle with finding the toe side of the driver face. I pretty consistently heel strike, and have a heel-ly cut that I'm trying to fix. Do you think that this club may be a good fit for me, given that I heel strike?

[@domhancox4451]

If you think the m5/6 seem to do best from a more heely strike could you not move the weights on the 5 to slightly move the CG toward the toe and your preferred strike area and see the numbers then?

[@ricksimpson7219]

Exact same problem with alignment. The alignment aids on the face and the crown set you up on the heel of the club. Also does not line up with weight in the back. seems like it would make it fade bias,

[@billryan8707]

See your point Mark. Would love to see that area tested for its legality’s 🤷🏼‍♂️⛳️🏌🏼‍♂️🇨🇦

[@NDGolfer]

As soon as Mark hooked one at 9:00 I was worried what was going to come out of your mouth next!! 😅

[@MarkCrossfield]

Such a strange shot

[@shaneducholke364]

I wonder if a different driver would fell better on the hits. Maybe different amounts of injected foam affect that differently?

[@richardmains5366]

Is it performing like a P790 because of the resin? so higher face hits don't go as far and fall out the air? Yet a sweet spot on an iron is supposed to be slightly heel biased through weighting? Just a thought bruh.

[@thebigeasy8609]

So do enjoy your reviews on golf clubs. I just find it hard to believe that since the maximum COR allowed by the USGA and R&A is .830 and has been for years that any manufacturer isn't and hasn't been right at .830 tolerance. So what is this slow it down resin all about? Did TM try to pass off an illegal club and get busted so this is they're quick fix? WTH Keep up the hard work Mark. Play persimmon!

[@marclayman8799]

Love my M6. It's a bomber for me and very forgiving

[@chgoalie31]

man do they ever have a strong powerful sound, love it

[@MarkCrossfield]

They do sound good

[@rogerzorzan9577]

i'm confused.. Ball Speed is now a factor of driver and iron face construction with any kind of foam/cream? The nuances must be in the nano fractions of volume and mass... Still going to score mid to high 80ies on weekends with my R11 and have a good time..

[@TheChaddavis1996]

Great review! Question for you guys. Do you think since many amateurs miss in the heel more, the design will help them have a better “feeling” strike? You two typically hit closer to “center” and therefore it doesn’t feel good but so many of my friends almost always hit more low heel and lose distance. And as a disclaimer, I don’t game the TM or any of the newer clubs, I still have a Callaway XR16, so I don’t really have a bias.

[@MarkCrossfield]

I do t see a heel strike as a common miss over a toe with my lessons. 👍

[@TheChaddavis1996]

Mark Crossfield interesting! Maybe it is a coincidence or maybe I am not seeing their misses correctly. I am not a coach or anything like that so I certainly don’t have the ability to see the same things coaches like you and Dan would see. Most of my “weekend hacker “ friends hit a slice/fade and it looked to me like the strikes are out of the heel. For those that do strike more out of the heel, do you think this club may feel better to them?

[@stacyzapshalla7688]

267?!?!..... I guess Taylor Made is not the only one who has been working out!!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Haha 💥 balls

[@Devlins10]

What is your opinion with this compared to the M3? . I just bought on m3 online for a great deal.

[@alexcarter5944]

I love these on the spot rule makings.

[@snchadwick]

Were you saying that the heel strike which produced a decent carry was better than the centre or toe strikes? Or if the heel strike was good, does that not mean your centre strikes would be even better? If that's the case is that not a good thing?

[@MarkCrossfield]

No what I am saying is the heel strike was what you would call the centre. 👍👍👍

[@lync3012]

The problem is the marketing over hyping what the engineers are saying. All the resin is doing is trying to improve tolerances for the drivers to make it tighter although a vast majority of people will never notice a change. I do wonder if the heel preference over toe has to do with the fact that Tiger is now a big part of the testing and he prefers missing in the heel instead of the toe.

[@ahastar1141]

Yes, but I think taylormade is smart enough and has the resources to make him a special heel centric driver and make a more “ general public” version with a more traditional sweet spot. There is no reason for the heel sweet spot other than if they found a majority of people have a tendency to hit the ball out of the heel with the driver. One pros preference would not determine the clubs sweetspot for the entire market

[@leejordan7252]

if these drivers are injected with resin. are they all the same? would it not affect where the sweet spot on the face? would it not be better to do all the injection of the resin on a. custom fit?

[@eastbournegirlsfc3962]

Buy a new driver versus spend that amount on lessons . Which will improve your handicap? Lessons for me

[@MarkCrossfield]

I agree

[@davidhulbert6777]

Mark, have you seen any robot testing where all the oem's recent releases are compared to each other? Would be interesting to see how they all perform on different strike patterns.

[@gdouglass10]

Looking at the face-on pics from TM's site it looks like the graphics dont match up with the geometric centre. if the measurements are taken using the graphics as centre (and it's not) could that be why the numbers look a bit odd compared to the strikes?

[@kimhannemann]

263! Must be the absolute best driver on the market - MUCH better than all those weak 262 yard drivers.

[@jayharris7015]

I know that I am not very smart but I'll never understand why Mark only mentions "marketing" in a negative way when speaking about Taylormade. When Titleist came out with the new TS drivers they talked about "tour speed" and creating faster balls speeds than ever for their drivers with everyone holding up signs of "gains" in ball speed and distances. Yet, I have not seen a review testing these claims from Mr. Crossfield for the new TS drivers. I might have missed them.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Watch the TS reviews done a few now. TS is faster than 917????? Remember the boards might mean better fit rather than faster only club also you have no idea what they are faster than. Also try TM s revolutionary claims or speed form ideas. Then let me know about marketing 😉

[@jayharris7015]

Mark Crossfield sorry, I’m having trouble following what you are saying here. I’ll look for the TS reviews where you question their speed claims.

[@tomyoung9202]

Would a different 1 give different numbers then? Maybe different amounts of resin in heel or toes make different drivers?

[@jessiecaples5425]

Mark how does the titleist ts2 driver compare to the ping g400max. As forgiving? Longer ? Please answer. Thanks

[@MarkCrossfield]

Very close to each other. Go test them and let me know 👍👍

[@SolomonLi]

LOL!!! Slow gel... brilliant!!! I spy a coach there lounging and engaging the army. I personally like feeling out where and how I strike on the face...so I know where to look. LOL

[@antd684]

could the resin be affecting the CG hence the better strike from the heel?

[@oldfoggie123]

It's got a coffin on the bottom!......"The Taylormade M6 Coffinbottom"...I like the name!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Catchy

[@icecmu]

Lockey just chilling on his phone....lol. Probably looking at pictures of the Epic Flash!!!!

[@MarkCrossfield]

Haha 😂

[@JimboSRP]

Hacksaw and/or small sledgehammer should get you in there Dan. I'm prepared to contribute to a crowd-sourced "Show me the resin!" M6 driver fund.

[@JimboSRP]

If Dan can get in there without destroying the head, he should try to remove the slow-down speed foam from the inserts, put the screws back in and hit a few. #272?

[@davidfletcher6836]

Funny you mention the sole weight not being central , the regional m2 was the same slightly off set.

[@Kerila07]

Wonder if there is a difference in the amount of resin in each port which could explain why one side is hotter than the other???

[@josephscherer729]

Do you guys have theories on why it reacts better to heel shots? that seems really odd and Mark i'm like you I prefer my drives a little closer to the toe.

[@CorekBleedingHollow]

I think the speed injection is a total gimmick. If you want faster clubspeed, YOU have you get faster! You are the X factor.

[@transformyourtraining6981]

I would imagine ball speed from different parts of the face wouldn't be caused by twist face ....I guess they didn't mention moving the CG at all? It's almost like it is slightly heel biased with its weighting

[@curtisobier6968]

Is this potentially why tour players specifically Rory are placing weight in the heal?

[@mattmilford8761]

My path is 3* into out but more slightly heel strikes. This would fit perfectly if that’s giving best numbers from that strike location, same as my R15 which is strange. High toe really doesn’t work for me at all

[@jaybyrne4562]

Your comments about the heel strikes vexes me. You've mentioned on more than 10 occasions on loads of reviews how you're a CG tracker, so why aren't you doing it now? Or maybe you are? CG maybe slightly heely, hence the 267!

[@MarkCrossfield]

I am guessing it’s in the heel but it doesn’t “look” like that kink of club. 👍👍 but it must be.

[@jaybyrne4562]

@@MarkCrossfield they "state" each club is individually tested and injected, maybe that one needed more speed foam reducing resin towards the heel? 😂😂😂

[@Shifty995]

Wild results with the heel strike. TM moving COG to help am's hitting on the heel?

[@matthewhall2320]

If TM had deliberately moved CG to help on heel strikes they’d be claiming it as some revolutionary technology, just like they do with everything else they stole or bought from someone else.

[@Shifty995]

@@matthewhall2320 Feel like that would scare away all the better players

[@stuarthazard3162]

Is there any chance that your confusion over the effect of hitting low on the heel has with this club is due to the twist face technology?

[@MarkCrossfield]

Yes I think it is

[@stuarthazard3162]

@@MarkCrossfield So, does that mean it may actually do what they claim it should?

[@philmcloughlin255]

Interested which you would game out of the m 5/6 if you had to choose? Is there £50 difference?

[@MarkCrossfield]

Hard one that. Maybe M6

[@philmcloughlin255]

Mark Crossfield will give them both a good try out thanks again for a great review.

[@MarkCrossfield]

Let me know how you go 👍👍

[@garethbarker23]

Can you hit the m5 the same distance as m6 ? Then what’s the point in 2 drivers ? I don’t get it

[@williag1970]

Heel shots from me in the M3 performing the same at the M6 for you guys

[@joeperez3520]

I've had a 30 year problem hitting driver a bit (to a LOT) towards the heel. Where can I get one of these??? 😂

[@matsetizar65]

For me this is like watching a supercar review. I’d watch it just to what’s good out there that I can never afford.

[@notmenotme614]

One year on, you can now pick up these second hand for half the retail price.

[@robjelley1138]

As both drivers seem to perform identically I’m not sure I see the point of the m6 why have a driver with the same performance and less fitting options ??

[@superduperawesome6858]

Was there any evidence of more ball speed wrt same club head speed/strike in comparison with any other of the new drivers? 😋

[@MikeDoba]

Stats show that strokes gained off tee dont necessarily hit fairways so for your game the long ball shouldnt have to hit fairway.

[@derekharding7841]

Looking forward to the M25 driver review, must be the slowest driver they have made.

[@MikeDoba]

That "pin prick" lol as Dan called it at 5:40 is in my 2017 M1

[@brianharris22]

Here's a thing...PXG, are they still quite vexed at TM in the legal system ?

[@xena1dog]

Great to see coach watching with interest!

[@jasonprice9823]

I wonder how those face screws would hold up to a bad strike?

[@Stephenpettitt198]

Are you aware of the bad golf channel? Comedians John Robbins and Alex Horne have set up a golf KZbin channel, it’s fun and they look like they could do with a few lessons...

[@thomasjones3045]

So this is effectively them admitting that after this driver it's impossible to increase ball speed right? Since they've gone past the legal limit and had to engineer back to the legal limit....

[@MXJEFF94]

GET UP DAN!!!!!!

[@muffin0079]

It’s called slow foam in the driver

[@G.M.Wilding]

232 miles long the M6, what a monster of a driver!

[@robmartindale5479]

is coach not allowed to test these clubs is he allergic to anything other than callaway haha great stuff as always mark and dan

[@mcfly2727]

A really great review 'in my opinion'...👍👍😃

[@MarkCrossfield]

Cheer bruh

[@jamelukeholloway]

You should get x3 M5 heads and see what the collated results are

[@njaysee]

isnt this the new cobra f9 ? with the similar heel?

[@petteremberson]

What's the hole in the face for?.

[@atwillenjoyment9107]

Couldn't the face graphics be off because when the player looks down at the address position, he/she isn't looking straight down from above? It's not like a putter where your eyes should be directly above the ball. Meaning, the "sweet spot" really shouldn't be on the graphics but on a line between the graphics and the player's eyes at address? Otherwise players would put the ball in the wrong place at address. At least, that's what I immediately thought when watching the M5 review.

[@jameswill7097]

Something to do with DJ, Tiger and co who like to hit it out of the heel have something to do with it?

[@InwonKim1982]

10 mm heel is producing best result should be good thing for me at least. haha.

[@joeperez3520]

Same here. 😂

[@bigdaddylongnut]

Dan looks like Norm from there's something about Mary..

[@freakerdk]

I wanna see a comparison between SLDR and these 2 new clubs in a longdrive contest ... i dont think these new TM clubs are any longer then 5-6 year old SLDR..

[@matthewhall2320]

SLSR is a different type of club. Massively low spinning. Produces big drives when struck right. Very damaging on bad strikes. Not a like for like comparison.

[@cobra1995xx]

Great vid!! Send that m6 to me in Pennsylvania please.. I hit out of the heal like nobody's business!! Lol. My high toe shots end up being a worm crushing snap hook !! Haha

[@paulstanando1975]

Might work well for me, I general hit out the heel with the driver, not international just struggle fo find centre.