Taylormade P790 vs M CGB

[Rsuslow]

I currently play the Taylormade M2 2017 model Irons.  I love them.

Unfortunately the face slots have broke and fell out of my longer irons.

I contacted Taylormade today and they were very helpful.  They explained they found the defect and corrected the manufacturing of the club, so the recently manufactured irons do not have this issue.  Sadly, this was only corrected on the right-handed models.  I am a left-handed player.

The rep was outstanding.  He understood my concern getting more M2's.  Because they can not correct the problem for a lefty, they are offering to upgrade me to the P790's coming out this Friday or the M CGB's coming out later this month.

I went to my local Dicks, and they only had the right handed P790's.  They look slick.  I love that they are thinner as I've always felt most game improvement irons are too thick.  Sadly, I'm a 20 handicap and fear I will be doing myself a dis-service by purchasing the P790's, yet I feel I should just get them and learn to hit them.  The M CGB's are supposed to be a true game improvement iron set similar to the M2's. 

There is limited information on the M CGB's, but I fear they will be have a larger top-line which I am not a fan of, yet I'm not sure I'm skilled enough to hit the P790's with all my off-center shots.

Any advice would be much appreciated!

 

[Denny Bang Bang]

@Rsuslow  Are they upgrading you for free?  If so, they probably just earned themselves a customer for life haha

As far as your decision, will they allow you to hold out until the MCGB irons are available for you to check out in person?  If so, I'd hold out a couple weeks and make the decision after seeing them both.

Keep us posted which you go with, and what you think of them!

[allenc]

I don't believe that slightly smaller clubs are all of a sudden crazy difficult to hit.  The P790s are marketed as having lots of game improvement features as well.  If it turns out to be true that you hit the CGBs better than the P790s, it will be to the tune of maybe 1 stroke per round at most.  So I say if you think you'll enjoy the look of one in your bag better, or the feel of the hit, definately just get it. 

[iacas]

See if you can wait, and then decide after you check both out.

I'm sure they'll probably let you do that.

[Rsuslow]

25 minutes ago, Denny Bang Bang said:

@Rsuslow  Are they upgrading you for free?  If so, they probably just earned themselves a customer for life haha

As far as your decision, will they allow you to hold out until the MCGB irons are available for you to check out in person?  If so, I'd hold out a couple weeks and make the decision after seeing them both.

Keep us posted which you go with, and what you think of them!

Yessir.  Free.  Which is amazing because it's like a $600 upgrade for the P790s.

I think they will let me.  I'm not exactly sure.  It wasn't really clear, but I think I'll have to ask so I can see if I can get my hands on a set before hand.

22 minutes ago, allenc said:

I don't believe that slightly smaller clubs are all of a sudden crazy difficult to hit.  The P790s are marketed as having lots of game improvement features as well.  If it turns out to be true that you hit the CGBs better than the P790s, it will be to the tune of maybe 1 stroke per round at most.  So I say if you think you'll enjoy the look of one in your bag better, or the feel of the hit, definately just get it. 

I love the look of the P790s and think I'd enjoy them if I learn to hit them well.  I read somewhere that sometimes it's good to step into a blade style and learn to hit those.  And as you mentioned, these have a lot of the GI features.

8 minutes ago, iacas said:

See if you can wait, and then decide after you check both out.

I'm sure they'll probably let you do that.

Thanks, I'm going to call a few of my local golf stores and a local course to see if they have them or when they expect them.  Then email the guy at TM and ask for a bit more time to get my hands on the CGBs.  I'd just hate to get a set I'm not happy with and a set I can learn to play well with.