I have been suprised recently at a lot of people not actually knowing about Taylormade’s upright lie setting even though they have had one of their drivers for a number of years.. . I think part of this could be because it isn’t labelled on the outside of the adaptor like the higher and lower loft settings . Perhaps they new it was there but didn’t know what it was for . Or maybe they just didn’t look into it enough to realise . Whatever the reason was, they were actually missing out on something potentially helping them to hit straighter drives . That’s because an upright lie does in fact promote more of a draw shape helping to stop as much of a slice . You may have seen a ‘D’ setting on other brands adaptors and ultimately this upright lie is doing the same thing only taylormade have actually marked it as for what it is . There is also confusion that the ‘D’ setting will turn the face in to help with a draw but as I mentioned it actually just points the toe up in the air more . If you put the loft up then this will actually close the face and help to hit a draw . So if you are able to put the loft up with a ‘D’ setting then this is going to be the most draw biased setting you can get from a shaft . Which is to say if your optimal flight is 10.5 degree but you want to stop fading it as much, going for a 9 degree and knocking it up to 11° will help to get a bit more draw and should keep it at a similar height . (Obviously it’s always best to get a fitting to find out for sure) but it is something that can definitely help and shows why fittings can make a big difference . But yeah if you own a taylormade driver and you have a slice that you’re trying to get rid of then it’s worth giving it a shot on the upright lie setting . If you also go in the notches between it will change the loft as well slightly for whichever it is closest to where it’s labeled on the adaptor
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