Taylormade Tour Preferred irons review
Review Date: 25th February 2008
Taylormade Tour Preferred irons review
Price: £599.00
Aswell as their forgiving iron sets, they are also very competitive in the professional type iron sets, this is demonstrated perfectly here with this marvelous new TaylorMade Tour Preferred irons, providing a powerful, penetrating ball flight and great feel.
>> Gallery: TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons pictures
>> On Test: TaylorMade Tour Burner Driver
Design and Tech Benefits
A thin topline and shorter head from heel to toe help to create a classic look . The shallow cavity helps distribute weight to the perimeter of the head to increase the moment of inertia (MOI) for extra forgiveness. The sole has softer edges to discourage digging.
Golf Monthly Verdict
These TaylorMade Tour Preferred (TP) irons sit at the opposite end of the scale to the TaylorMade Burner Plus. The flight is far more penetrating and what you loose in forgiveness you make up for in feedback and looks. We found we could shape approach shots with these irons with relative ease.
Where next?
More On Test:
- TaylorMade Tour Burner driver review
- TaylorMade r7 Limited driver review
- TaylorMade Z TP Wedge review
- TaylorMade r7 Steel review
Galleries:
- TaylorMade Tour Preferred Irons pictures
- TaylorMade Burner Plus Irons pictures
Blogs:
- Sergio Garcia wins with new TaylorMade r7 Limited driver
Reviewer: Tom Dagwell
User reviews
Add your reviewNovember 28 12:28
steve shepherd
As my small family grows my golf time diminishes, so i thought i would look at some more forgiving irons. Having user forged irons for last 10 or more years i didn't want to loose that feel of a well stuck golf shot.
A local shop said try the Titleist AP2 irons, I found these irons a little hard on the face and the head felt light,
Then i moved onto to taylormade, i wanted to try the R7 TP but was told they were discontinued but the Tour Preferred were the new irons.
I tried these along side my current Ben Hogan FTX irons and the Titleist AP2 irons, I was pleasantly surprised by the Taylormade irons, they were very powerfull even with the heavy true Temper DGS300 shaft and when i hit one off the toe i still got a good distance in the shot, the feel is not far off forged irons either.. they look good as well with the thin top line and the dull steel looks ....Very nice....So much so that i have ordered a set but with lighter shafts. I cant wait.
July 03 19:05
Jerry Reece
I've played Titleist 990-B's for the last 8-9 years. I found that these were difficult to stay on top of unless I practiced regularly. Because I don't want to work as hard at golf, I tried most higher-end players type clubs and settled on the Taylormade Tour Preferred (thanks to a sales guy at Edwin Watts Golf).
They look like a blade at set-up, but do have just enough forgiveness for me. While they are a bit easier to hit, they are also longer in distance. They are at least 1/2 club longer than my previous blades. Some of the pros are playing these now, but the general public has not caught on yet.....but they will.