new irons - considering taylormade tp or taylormade r9 tp or ??

[rdurbin]

I just bought a new Taylormade Burner Superfast. It is much longer than my R5 that I replaced it with. Now I am on the new club train. If I can buy better irons I will.

I am currently playing Tommy Armour 845 Silver Scotts. The original smaller head.

I do not care about distance gains. I hit my 9 iron 150 yrds and would want to be around the same length with my new irons. I would be looking for more forgiveness for off-center hits and straighter irons overall. For the most part I would be happy to hit my irons dead straight.

I played a round with the Taylormade Tour Preferred. They were nice and felt really similar to my old irons. The new R9 TP's look nice as well. Has anyone hit both and have an opinion/preference?

Any other irons I should hit before I pull the trigger?

Thanks!

[kingface12]

I just bought a new Taylormade Burner Superfast. It is much longer than my R5 that I replaced it with. Now I am on the new club train. If I can buy better irons I will.

I have to ask.....if the TP's feel the same as yours....whay get new sticks? Those 845's are great clubs!! If you want to get something new and want an acurate, great feeling a dn workable club then maybe make the shift to a player cavity forged club. A few choices are:

Mizuno MX300, MP52,57,58 Titleist AP2 Calaway X Forged, Diable Forged Cobra S2 forged These are all great and popular clubs....other than the Cobras but et me tell you....they are almost every bit the club as the WILDLY popular MX300s if you ask me. If I were you i would start with those 2 then try the others.....but that's just me....

[McGolf-Doggie]

I haven't played too many modern irons (i.e. under 5 years old) so when I tried the TM R9s with the graphite shafts I was shocked at how great they felt.

[tim31x]

have not hit the regular tour preferred, but i have hit the r9 tp's several times. the r9 tp's are fantastic in my opinions, great shaft options as well. i preferred the kbs shafts i tried with them. my only warning about taylormade irons is their customization. the metal is very hard(on the rockwell hardness scale), so bending them to suit your lie angles are very, very tough to do. i believe you can order them in standard, 2* flat, and 2* upright. the clubheads come preset to those measurements. other than that, great sticks!

[Shanks A Million]

I just bought a new Taylormade Burner Superfast. It is much longer than my R5 that I replaced it with. Now I am on the new club train. If I can buy better irons I will.

The TP are not going to be extremely forgiving, nor are the R9 TPs. In fact, Maltby rated both of them among the harder to hit clubs. TM has made some great irons in the past though, and their RAC forged CBs and R7s were fairly good. Keep an eye opened for the forged RAC irons.

http://cgi.ebay.com/TAYLORMADE-RAC-F...item27b2386901 http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?_nkw=rac....c0.m270.l1313 http://cgi.ebay.com/TaylorMade-r7-XD...item1c12da172a

have not hit the regular tour preferred, but i have hit the r9 tp's several times. the r9 tp's are fantastic in my opinions, great shaft options as well. i preferred the kbs shafts i tried with them. my only warning about taylormade irons is their customization. the metal is very hard(on the rockwell hardness scale), so bending them to suit your lie angles are very, very tough to do. i believe you can order them in standard, 2* flat, and 2* upright. the clubheads come preset to those measurements. other than that, great sticks!

They're made from the same metal as other OEM's cast clubs. They can be bent just as well. No cast club can be bent that far, so 2° is actually fairly normal.

[rdurbin]

I hit some clubs last week. I am leaning towards the AP2. The biggest reason I am thinking about switching is getting custom fitted. I think I might need a slightly longer shaft.

Do you guys think Golf Galaxy fitting would be good enough? I noticed that Titleist Fittingworks has advanced fitters (sadly though none in my state). Should I wait and hunt down the traveling fitting bus (or demo day) or should I just go with Golf Galaxy?

I am in MN if that means anything to anyone. I wouldn't mind going to a Country Club or local course if anyone had recommendations.

[The Tiger]

I hit some clubs last week. I am leaning towards the AP2. The biggest reason I am thinking about switching is getting custom fitted. I think I might need a slightly longer shaft.

i am also thinking of getting the ap2`s. what do u think of them accuracy wise and are they good for distance? because i never got a proper chance to hit them only in a machine thing!! Thanks

[johny]

I recently purchased a set of new R7 TP with the S300 shaft on them. I got a very good deal on them obviously because TM don't make them anymore. But I'm very happy with my purchase. They feel very solid, and I gained some distance off my old irons. I hit a 5 irons at around 200.

I didn't get a chande to try the R9, and I must say that Taylor Made has kind of lost me when they got to the R9 but still, if they're like the R7, then go ahead, you won't be disappointed. And you could also check for some deals on R7, saving money is always good!

[ajschn06]

I hit some clubs last week. I am leaning towards the AP2. The biggest reason I am thinking about switching is getting custom fitted. I think I might need a slightly longer shaft.

There are golfsmith stores up near minneapolis, roseville I think?

[andef]

Do you guys think Golf Galaxy fitting would be good enough? I noticed that Titleist Fittingworks has advanced fitters (sadly though none in my state). Should I wait and hunt down the traveling fitting bus (or demo day) or should I just go with Golf Galaxy?

I did my fitting using the Titleist Surefit cart which really helped to find the right shaft. Personally, I would try to hit the clubs at an outdoor range to see trajectory and everything else.

i am also thinking of getting the ap2`s. what do u think of them accuracy wise and are they good for distance? because i never got a proper chance to hit them only in a machine thing!! Thanks

I play the 710 AP2s and find them to be great clubs. On a normal day for me, I hit about 8 or 9 GIR compared to the 2 or 3 GIR I used to hit with my old SGI irons. Quite forgiving, easy to work and they feel great on a good strike. I will not consider new irons anytime soon as these have really helped my game.

[Arsenal8807]

As said by some people, just go to a GolfSmith and hit at and outdoor range to see you distance and flight patterns. I am using the TM Tour Burner irons and love them; today I shot my best round, 87 and hit a 4 iron 250 down wind on a par 4, I was very impressed with my play. Anyways, I have hit the R9 and R9 TP's but not the Tour Preferred irons. I like the regular R9's over the R9 TP's because they just felt more forgiving but if you hit shots consistent you should be fine with the R9 TP's. I know the R9's will be my next irons or the just the next installment or two since I just bought my Tour Burners a week ago.