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How the TaylorMade P7CB and P770 blend together for combo sets

By: Jack Hirsh

October 16, 2024

If there’s one thing amateur golfers can learn from Tour players, it’s that you shouldn’t be afraid to go with a little bit more help and forgiveness in your irons, especially the long irons.

This past season, Rory McIlroy, a noted blade player throughout his career, was one of the early adopters of the prototype that became the TaylorMade P7CB iron, adding a 4-iron to his bag at the Valero Texas Open. Collin Morikawa also added the proto version of the forged cavity-back iron at the RBC Heritage.

On this week’s episode of GOLF’s Fully Equipped, co-host Kris McCormack explained how he loved testing the P7CB irons on a recent trip to TaylorMade’s Kingdom headquarters in Carlsbad, California, but they might not be perfect for him for the entire set.

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“I’m a low-launch, low-spin player, left miss, and so CB really suits my eye,” McCormack said. “But I’ve always been a little hesitant to put something like that in the bag just because of the forgiveness factor. I’m not the most solid ball striker in the world, but in testing these out at the Kingdom, I was like, ‘You know? I could play these.’

“I had an opportunity to hit them from the wedge all the way up to the 4-iron.  And while I’m probably still more of a 770 guy in that 4- or 5-iron, 6-iron was surprisingly easy to hit. The 4-iron was OK for me, I’m just not a good enough player to maybe build that full set all the way through.”

That’s when co-host Wadeh Maroun, explained that if McCormack doesn’t feel comfortable enough with the 4- or 5-iron in the P7CB set, he can seamlessly blend in the 4- or 5-iron from the more forgiving P770.

TaylorMade P7CB Custom Irons

$185.71

FORGED HOLLOW BODY CONSTRUCTION The forged hollow body construction gives golfers the best of both worlds; beautyand performance. A soft 8620 carbon steel body is paired with an incredibly thinforged 4140 steel face and Thru-Slot Speed Pocket™ for a design that is fast,flexible and forgiving even in a compact head shape. FLTD CG FLTD CG strategically positions the center of gravity (CG) the lowest in the long ironsand progressively shifts higher throughout the set. Using up to 46g of tungsten, FLTDCG is designed to provide players with improved launch and playability in long irons and increase spin in the scoring irons. SPEEDFOAM AIR All new SpeedFoam Air is 69% less dense than its predecessor, creating mass savingsthat is redistributed to improve performance. SpeedFoam Air dampens vibrations forexquisite sound and feel while delivering a fast, flexible face. TOUR-INSPIRED SHAPING Featuring elegant refinements, including less offset in the long irons, the new P•770is designed to fit the eye of a more discerning player with visual cues including a thintopline, less offset, and shorter blade length when compared to the P•790. THRU-SLOT SPEED POCKET The Thru-Slot Speed Pocket™ provides increased face flexibility while preserving ballspeed and distance on low face strikes.

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“They’ve been made to blend with each other perfectly,” Maroun said. “The same lot, the same lie, everything exactly the same, right? If you do want to do a blended set, you can go to whatever you want and get it done.”

Maroun himself has a full set of the P770s because, while he prefers the look of a blade iron, closer to the P7CB, he wants something with a little more forgiveness.

TaylorMade P770 Custom Irons

$175

“Pure” can be a subjective term, unless you’re talking about TaylorMade P770 Irons. An advanced forging process produces pure shaping and soft yet solid feel at impact, with precision-milled grooves optimizing spin control, while Tour-validated contours provide that clean look that appeals to the better player. Tungsten weighting affords low, centered CG and increased MOI, resulting in a combination of forgiveness and workability the best in the world can’t argue with. TUNGSTEN WEIGHTING What does it do? It results in advanced workability and forgiveness for a players iron set. How does it do that? The tungsten back bar in 3 through 7 affords low, centered CG placement and increased MOI. DETAILS Advanced forging process yields pure, simple shaping, precision-milled faces and grooves, and soft, solid feel at impact Precision-milled grooves produce optimal spin and control 1025 carbon steel further enhances feel and durability Tour-validated contours, progressive offsets, and thin toplines inspire confidence in the better player Flatter, medium-cambered soles improve turf interaction from any lie

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“I’m nearly 42 years old,” he added. “You know, what’s going to give me a little bit of love because my swing speed might be slowing down because I’ve got a nine-year-old and a seven-year-old I chase them around.

“So my back gets sore, my knees get sore, my elbows are screwed from being a junior tennis player growing up and so I need something that’s going to help me out a little bit.”

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