TaylorMade irons 2024: Which is right for your game?
TaylorMade signed his endorsement deal with Tiger Woods in 2017, and that season, the 14-time major winner started using the company's woods and some prototype irons. The following season, more prototypes appeared in Tiger's bag, and then in 2019, he switched to a set of P·7TW irons that were developed to meet his exact specifications. After winning the 2019 Masters, Tiger's 15th major, TaylorMade released the P·7TW to the public. Ironically, current world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has used Tiger's P·7TW irons for several seasons, as has Tommy Fleetwood.
While TaylorMade designs irons for the game's best players like Woods, Scheffler, Fleetwood, Rory McIlroy, Nelly Korda, Brooke Henderson and Collin Morikawa, the Carlsbad, California, brand also makes better-player distance irons, game-improvement clubs and irons that could be used by golfers who routinely shoot in the 90s and 100s.
The best advice on which irons are right for you will come from a custom fitter who has access to a launch monitor. The list of irons below is designed to provide you with information about each of TaylorMade's current irons and act as a starting point to help you discover which might be right for your needs and your game.
P·770 irons (2024)
Price: $1,399.99 (seven clubs) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Mid 115 steel shafts and Golf Pride Z grips.Specs: Hollow-bodied design with a forged stainless steel body with a forged 4041 stainless steel face, internal tungsten weight and polymer.Available: July 31 (pre-order), September 6 (in stores)
Who’s it For: The P·770 is a better-player’s distance iron. It is for low-handicap golfers who want a compact head shape but who also desire more ball speed and some forgiveness.
What you should know: An updated internal weighting system helps make the new P·770 long irons easier to hit and the scoring clubs more accurate, while retaining looks and a size that low-handicap players like.
Excerpt: "Designers also strategically positioned tungsten weights inside each head, with the precise location and amount of tungsten varying by club. This allows TaylorMade to lower and elevate the center of gravity (CG) location based on what the club is designed to do. TaylorMade refers to this as FLTD CG, with the long irons having the most tungsten and lowest CG, so they produce a higher launch angle." Read the full review.
P·790 (2023)
Price:$1,399 (seven clubs) with True Temper Dynamic Gold steel shafts and Golf Pride Z grips. $1,499 with Mitsubishi MMT graphite shaftsSpecs: Hollow-body construction with a forged 4140 stainless steel face, internal tungsten weights (3-7 irons), vibration-dampening foam and polymer-covered sole slot.
Who It’s For: Golfers who want an iron that looks like a better-player’s club, but packs the distance and forgiveness of a game-improvement iron.
What you should know: TaylorMade redesigned the inner chamber and the weight system in the P·790 to make the long irons easier to hit and provide more feel and consistency in the short irons without sacrificing the ball speed and distance.
The Deep Dive: "In 2017," among the features found in the new P·790 is the addition of a Thick-Thin back wall. Instead of being smooth, the inner-facing side of the back of the club is covered with thin areas that give it a snakeskin-style appearance. Before the adoption of carbon fiber crowns, TaylorMade used this technology to take the weight out of titanium crowns in drivers. It does the same job in the P·790, reducing weight in an area that does not enhance performance and allowing designers to repurpose it somewhere else." Read the full review.
Qi, Qi HL irons
Price:$1,099 with KBS Max 85 steel shafts and Lamkin Crossline 360 grips; $1,199 with Fujikura Ventus Blue TR graphite shaftsSpecs: Hollow-body heads with multi-material back badge
Who It's For: Golfers with a handicap between 10 and 20 who want more consistency from shot to shot and enhanced ball-speed protection on mis-hits.
What you should know: By modifying the thickness of each iron face and managing how the hitting area flexes, TaylorMade aims to improve accuracy and consistency for mid- and higher-handicap golfers.
Excerpt: "TaylorMade made the low-toe portion of the face thicker so it flexes less, and the area close to the heel is thinned so it bends more easily at impact. In addition to making the hitting area flex more uniformly, which should help golfers hit straighter shots, by adding mass low in the hitting area and stiffening the metal around the Speed Pocket slot in the sole, the Qi and Qi HL long irons can help golfers get long-iron shots up more quickly." Read the full review.
P·7CB
Price: $1,399.99 (seven clubs) with True Temper Dynamic Gold Mid 115 steel shafts and Golf Price Z grips.Specs: Forged 1025 carbon steel with tungsten weight and metal matrix composite (MMC) insert
Who It's For: The TaylorMade P·7CB irons are designed for consistent ballstrikers and elite golfers who want a touch of forgiveness to go along with a compact, control-oriented iron.
What you should know: The new P·7CB is a better-player's cavity-back iron that will take the place of the P·7MC. Its multi-material design makes the long irons more playable without making them larger, so they remain visually appealing to accomplished players.
Excerpt: "By removing the 1025 carbon steel and replacing it with a lighter metal, then concentrating extra weight in the toe, TaylorMade designers can counteract the weight of the hosel, pull the ideal hitting area into the center of the face and in the long irons, lower the center of gravity (CG) location. You can not see either of the pockets because TaylorMade adds a co-forged steel sole plate over both areas before the whole head is re-forged." Read the full review.
P·7TW
Price:$1,999 with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet gripsSpecs: Forged 1020 carbon steel with tungsten inserts. Right-hand only
Who It's For: Professionals, college players and accomplished golfers with powerful, repeatable swings who want more control.
What you should know: The P·7TW was made for Tiger Woods and to his precise specifications, including the sole design, blade length, topline thickness and overall shape. Scottie Scheffler, Tommy Fleetwood and a handful of other pros also use the P·7TW.
Excerpt: "The topline of Tiger’s P·7TWs is thinner than the P730 irons and the sole is slightly flatter, but they have slightly more bounce. Like many pros, Woods is very particular about the soles of his irons, so to consistently achieve the ideal sole geometry, TaylorMade mills the bottom of each head. The process involves a computer-controlled bit that passes back and forth over the sole, precisely shaving off ribbons of metal until the predetermined shape is obtained." Read the full review.
P·7MB
Price: $1,399 (3-PW) with KBS Tour steel shafts and Golf Pride Z-Grip gripsSpecs: Forged 1025 carbon steel with machined face
Who It's For: Elite golfers and low-single-digit handicappers who want control and feel.
What you should know: This iron has the shortest blade length of any iron in TaylorMade's stable, along with a thin topline, narrow sole and almost no offset.
Excerpt: "While the clubs are forged from 1020 carbon steel, a material that has been used before, TaylorMade is forging the P-7MB in a new way. The process is referred to as Compact Grain Forging, and it involves five steps and a 2,000-ton press. TaylorMade said the resulting grain structure in the steel is tighter, which enhances feel." Read the full review.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: TaylorMade irons 2024: Which is right for your game?
