Taylor Made Giving Away 20,000 Free 6 Irons!

[RCF]

It's advertised in the March issue of Golf Magazine. The ad says go to: www.taylormadegolf.com/ProjectBurner to register.

[Shanks A Million]

It's advertised in the March issue of Golf Magazine. The ad says go to: www.taylormadegolf.com/ProjectBurner to register.

Funny, they advertise how much farther their burner iron goes compared to their competitors. This is why I would never buy a TaylorMade club. Irons are not made to hit the ball far, they're made to gap distances, and anyone stupid enough to buy into an iron that hits the ball farther is probably also the reason companies like Amway stay in business.

So, let's look at their "amazing" 6 iron compared to the other competitors.

TM's 6 iron hits it 172.9 yards... Wow... Amazing.

Now lets look at a few other clubs:

AP2 - 162
G10 - 164
VR Cavity - 165


AP2 - 31°, 37.5"
G10 - 30.5°, 37.25"
VR Cavity - 30°, 37.5"

The Burner 6 iron is 27°, and 37.625" That's 3° stronger than any other club on the market... That's equal to a 5 iron in any other brand.

Any more questions as to why it hits the ball farther? It's stronger! It's longer! Brilliant!

Now, why people fall for this bulls%&t, I'll never know.

[Boyder]

True .... But I'd still take the free club if they send me one!!

[Farm_kid]

Funny stuff. Sad, but true. Maybe next year they can invent a 6iron that goes as far as a normal 4 iron. Then they will really be on to something.

[WUTiger]

The Burner 6 iron is 27°, and 37.625" That's 3° stronger than any other club on the market... That's equal to a 5 iron in any other brand....

A poster earlier this week had a 5-iron that was 23°... Can't remember which forum.

History on this: Early cavity backs with perimeter weighting popped the ball up higher than musclebacks, and lost a little distance. Ping guys made lofts a degree or two stronger to keep distances same. Then, marketing guys decided to make lofts even stronger so that they trumpet, for example, a six iron that...

It's stronger! It's longer! Brilliant!

A good idea that got out of hand.

[spitz20]

not a fan of TM irons, however i would like a free iron :D

[spitz20]

Funny, they advertise how much farther their burner iron goes compared to their competitors. This is why I would never buy a TaylorMade club. Irons are not made to hit the ball far, they're made to gap distances, and anyone stupid enough to buy into an iron that hits the ball farther is probably also the reason companies like Amway stay in business.

So, let's look at their "amazing" 6 iron compared to the other competitors.

TM's 6 iron hits it 172.9 yards... Wow... Amazing.

Now lets look at a few other clubs:

AP2 - 162
G10 - 164
VR Cavity - 165


AP2 - 31°, 37.5"
G10 - 30.5°, 37.25"
VR Cavity - 30°, 37.5"

The Burner 6 iron is 27°, and 37.625" That's 3° stronger than any other club on the market... That's equal to a 5 iron in any other brand.

Any more questions as to why it hits the ball farther? It's stronger! It's longer! Brilliant!

Now, why people fall for this bulls%&t, I'll never know.

great info, wasnt aware of this

[Shanks A Million]

History on this: Early cavity backs with perimeter weighting popped the ball up higher than musclebacks, and lost a little distance. Ping guys made lofts a degree or two stronger to keep distances same. Then, marketing guys decided to make lofts even stronger so that they trumpet, for example, a six iron that...

Of course, classic story. All GI style clubs are a bit stronger than blades. I don't see a problem with this. The problem is, they start to make these insane claims, like "we engineered eight individual irons..." No, you delofted them. All they did was make a set where the longer irons were made even stronger. In a game where most people can't even hit their long irons, they made them longer, and stronger, and delofted the whole set to begin with. The pitching wedge is 45°! That's insane.

They need to make a standard loft for clubs, or print the lofts on each club. My old Tommy Armours had the lofts printed on every club. Heck, your drivers and wedges all have lofts printed on them, as do most of your FW woods, and some of your hybrids, why not your irons?

I would like to see a standard loft of 50° pitching wedges for blades, and 48° for cavities. 4° increments, and all delofted clubs have a label that says X iron +2°, etc. So, the Burners would be called PW + 2°, 9 Iron + 2°, etc. I actually go out of my way to buy weaker lofted clubs. I had some modern GI irons, and I hit the pitching wedge 140 yards. How the hell can you really gap distances when you have a 30 yard gap from pitching wedge to sand wedge?

If we had 50° PWs, the standard professional sand wedge would be just 4° less. The standard amateur sand wedge would be 6° less. The TM Burner has an incredible 11° gap from the PW to the standard SW. They don't make 3 irons anymore, because the 4 iron is now the 3 iron, which was then the same as an old 2 iron, which was the same as the old 1 iron. What's next? Will our grandkids have a 46 iron - XXAGPW? Just cut the problem off at the head, and refuse to buy delofted clubs.

Information is the best way to fight this constant delofting. Spread the word.

[Bflynn23]

They did this last year for people to demo their new burner irons also. It's also the closest I'll get to owning a set of their irons. It felt terrible.