r7 Irons HELP!

[blkhawk23]

Im about an 18 handicap and looking for a nice set of irons with some forgiveness and playability. I was recommended the taylormade r7 irons. Are these what im looking for? and is their a difference between the 07 irons and the 08 irons? They look the same!

[clubchamp]

I would say go hit both and then decide

[Cussin hacker]

07 and 08 should be the same. Love my 08 R7 draws!

[jaragon126]

I recently bought new irons ... I had been playing beginner - no name sets that my dad got for me from the beginning. I had always liked the look of the Callaway X-18/X-20 irons but I too didn't know what kind of irons to get.

I went into Golfsmith to look at irons and the guy told me that Callaway & TaylorMade are 2 of the really good clubs out, so I took a couple of irons from each & hit them in the indoor mat they had. I really liked the solid feel of the Callaways, so I decided on those. The guy told me that he also thought the Callaways were a better club.

At that time, the X-20 had just come out, and they were $900. Golfsmith still had a bunch of the previous year's X-18 as well, for 1/2 the price. The guy told me there wasn't much change in the X-18 & X-20 so I saved myself several hundred bucks & bought the X-18.

Long story short, I would say that you should definitely go somewhere that you can get fitted for the clubs; you should definitely hit the clubs a bit to see if you like the feel; and if you buy somewhere that has a return policy (like Golfsmith), they you can return the clubs within 90 days and get 90% of your money back to buy something else.

Now, I do not work for Golfsmith, and it's possible the guy selling me the clubs was full of crap & either just wanted to sell me something or didn't have a clue what he was talking about. But I've had the irons for probably a year or so and I love them! I'm sure there are MANY other great golf stores out there, it just happens that I went there because they were the closest golf store to me.

[Greg]

Go to a local dicks sporting goods or some golf store and try out some demo irons and see what you like. My irons are very similar to the r7's, basically look just like them and cost a lot less. I like them though, they're pretty forgiving and thats what I need, definitely a step up from the walmart irons I was using before. Id look at the callaway X-22's as well, ive hit those and they felt pretty good too.

[DJDuran]

bang for the buck go with R-7's, a lot of places have them for 399 right now (golfsmith, dicks, tgw, rogerdunn) if your willing to spend another 300 id recommend the 09 Burners, they're DESIGNED for game improvement and "intermediate shot shaping"

callaways x18-r are same price as the r-7's but to be honest youll get much forgiveness with the r7s and even more with the 09 burners (i hit shots off the toe and heel and still got amazing distance with the burners.)

[Golfaway]

I wouldn't recommend TM irons. I just don't like them. But that's just me.

[Doynish]

One of my friends has the r7 tp's, and the other has the regular r7 irons. They both love them, but I'm with Golfaway, I never had good feel with Taylormade irons.

[sp33d]

I also agree their a good club. But I personaly would buy them (even though I did and returned them) They lack feel, but their a decent enough club.

I really dont like the feel of TM, or Calloway's Irons (cavity back) Look at a set of Adams their cheap, great clubs that will give you hybrids and irons.