TaylorMade’s latest players’ iron has been built from the ground up with the single-figure golfer in mind. So, have TaylorMade cracked it with these new irons? Find out in our TaylorMade P7CB iron review.
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What’s new? How much does it cost? And how does it perform? Hannah Holden brings you the low down on the TaylorMade P7CB irons
TaylorMade’s latest players’ iron has been built from the ground up with the single-figure golfer in mind. So, have TaylorMade cracked it with these new irons? Find out in our TaylorMade P7CB iron review.
TaylorMade have quite possibly made the perfect players’ iron with the P7CB. This model is great on the eye with a great sized club head with minimal offset. Despite its small size, it offers additional forgiveness and speed compared to a traditional CB offering.
The feel from these irons is unbelievably soft for a club with some tungsten weight in the club head.
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I love the style of these and like how TaylorMade has given them a different look from the previous P7MC irons. The sizing is perfect, with minimal top line and offset. I feel like TaylorMade has nailed offering something slightly bigger and more confidence-inspiring than the P7MB, but that still has a really compact player profile.
Last season, I got fitted into a combo set of the TaylorMade P7MC and P770 irons at The Kingdom at TaylorMade’s headquarters in Carlsbad. The irons were one of my favourite sets I’ve ever owned. I loved the precision and flight control of the MCs and the added height and ball speed of the 770s, but I had one problem. There was a huge distance gap in the middle of my set when I moved from the P7MC 7 iron to the 770 6-iron due to the difference in head size and launch. I would also argue the 7 iron was slightly too unforgiving for me on days when my ball striking wasn’t quite up to scratch.
So when TaylorMade told me they were tweaking the offerings in the P Series line-up, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on them. So what is different?
The new P7CB replaces the previous P7MC offering in the P Series line-up. Rather than being a direct replacement, this is a new iron offering with a different target market and design memo. The P7MC was designed for tour players. It is a very compact club for the best ball strikers in the game, which means it wasn’t necessarily suitable for club golfers. The P7CB attempts to address this problem. The iron development team designed this iron from scratch with the target consumer in mind: low-handicap amateur golfers.
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This means it is a neat, compact iron with a minimal offset that delivers some added distance and forgiveness but still has a beautifully soft feel. It feels like TaylorMade went straight into my brain when they designed these. I love the way they look, from the unique back bar design down to the shaping over the ball and the minimal offset.
I tested these on the range at Vidago Palace in Portugal and on the course at Alwoodley Golf Club, and it didn’t take me long to fall in love with them.
Personally, I find these come out with a perfect, consistent launch window, which makes them really controllable on the golf course. They give me a little bit of help in terms of extra height and ball speed, but without compromising on any control or workability.
You need to hit these to believe how soft the face feels. This is remarkable, given the tech in the club head. The club head is forged four times before tungsten weighting is added low and on the perimeter to add a touch of ball speed and forgiveness. The iron is then forged again for a fifth time with 2000 tons of pressure to deliver the purest, softest feel.
This method certainly works. These feel like a super-soft blade off the face; they are incredible.
These just give me the extra touch of everything I need from the MC: a few more yards, a little boost of height, and some more forgiveness. This means they perform perfectly even on days when I’m not swinging my best. Yet they are still small and workable enough to allow me to hit all the shots I want to.
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The biggest difference between these and the new P770 is the centre of gravity (CG). In the P7CB, the CG is constant throughout the set to provide consistent launch and spin through the set for players who want their irons to set off in the same launch window shot after shot. The P770 has flighted CG, meaning it is lower in the long irons and higher in the short irons. This helps golfers hit their longer irons higher and their short irons lower. If you are someone who needs added height in the long clubs, this is a great option. I definitely put myself in this category, so will be using the P770 in my 5 and 4-iron.
So, how do the numbers compare to the P7MCs?
Let’s look at the data for the middle of the bag. The 7-iron was the longest club I used in the P7MCs. After this, my height and ball speed dropped too much, so I moved to the P770.
Typical data for my 7 iron is below, 145 yards of carry is what I would expect due to the small nature of the club heads, 72 feet of height but pretty high spin up at 6315 rpm.
The new P7CB provided an extra 9 yards of carry up at 153.9 yards, they also flew 10 feet higher and only sacrificed 200 rpm of spin.
The sole camber has been updated to make sure these irons provide clean turf interaction. The sole is 2mm wider than the P7MC, but the bounce and leading edge geometry is tighter, so it gets into the turf well. I love this out on the golf course, I felt like I could strike through the turf really easily.
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Collin Morikawa, Rory McIlroy and Nelly Korda already have these in play on tour for a reason. These are an unbelievable set of irons, and I can’t wait to get out on the golf course more with them soon.
Available: Pre-Order Now in stores September 6th
RRP: £179 per iron
Stock shaft: Dynamic Golf Mid 115
Grip: Golf Pride Z-Grip
Lofts: 7i – 33°
More information: TaylorMade Website
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