TaylorMade P790, P770 and P7CB irons: Full reviews, player testing, photos and more
HIGHLIGHTS
1025 carbon steel
Out of the shadow
AI weighting and SpeedFoam Club Comparison
PLAYER TESTING TAKEAWAYS
“Looks great. the finish and offset is appealing. Very soft feel. Would buy this. Looked clean and felt great.” – John Henninger (4.2-handicap) on the TaylorMade P790 irons
“Clean rich look. Solid good smooth feel. Very forgiving. I’m buying it.” – Chris Storbeck (13.3-handicap) on the TaylorMade P790 irons
“Like satin finish. Felt responsive without being harsh. Forgiving across the fae. Look and feel fits my game well.” – Jeff Smith (12-handicap) on the TaylorMade P770 irons
TaylorMade P790 Irons
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Go through TaylorMade’s notes on P7CB and you’ll notice each 1025 carbon steel head goes through a five-step forging process that includes taking on 2,000 tons of pressure to produce a controlled microstructure. This is a fancy way of saying the irons look, sound and feel like a better-player cavity-back iron.
But don’t assume this is simply TaylorMade reheating the previous P7MC. Following the fourth step in the forging process, a pocket is machined out from the sole to accommodate a tungsten toe weight and low-density metal composite that fills up the remaining space in the void. Roughly seven times lighter than steel, the metal composite frees up 20 grams of discretionary mass to enhance stability.
From there, a sole plate is forged to the head to make one solid body. Yes, the iron is technically a multi-material design, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at the head.
While a lot is going on underneath the P7CB hood, TaylorMade’s latest better-player offering isn’t another P770 or P790. It’s geared for 5-handicaps and better who want something different in the compact head category.
When the P770 was originally released back in August 2020, TaylorMade cleared out its entire inventory of irons in a matter of days — but even that wasn’t enough to slow down demand. After the P770’s initial launch, TaylorMade spent the rest of the season playing catch-up, pumping out their hot new irons to consumers as fast as they could make them.
The slimmed-down little brother to the popular P790 has always been a popular choice for golfers — even if it never quite escaped P790’s shadow. However, things are changing in a big way with the third iteration of P770.
To get P770 out of the P790 shadow, designers removed the high-polish finish and went with a consistent brushed finish throughout. The topline was thinned out to differentiate it even more from P790 — a request Bovee confirmed came straight from the retail marketplace.
