How TaylorMade Tiers Its Range and Who Each Family Is Built For

Tiering is about miss patterns, not ego

Manufacturers rarely say it plainly, so here it is: TaylorMade’s tiers are sorted by how much help you need when you miss the centre of the face. They are not a ranking of quality, and a P7MB is not a better-made club than a Qi Max — it is a club that assumes you will strike it in a small area most of the time.

Get honest about where your strikes actually land and the whole range becomes easy to navigate.

The three broad bands

Tour and players’ clubs. P7MB, P7MC and the Qi4D LS metalwoods. Compact heads, low spin, minimal forgiveness margin. These reward centre strikes with control and workability, and punish misses with real distance and direction loss. Sensible for golfers who find the middle most of the time.

Players’ distance and mid-range. P790, P770, P7CB, and the standard Qi4D metalwoods. Still reasonably compact, but with hollow bodies, faster faces and more mass pushed toward the perimeter. This band suits the large group of golfers who strike it well enough to care about looks but not so well that they can give up all forgiveness.

Game improvement and beyond. Qi Max, Qi Max HL, and the Qi4D Max and Max Lite metalwoods. Wider soles, more forgiveness, stronger launch characteristics. Built to keep mishits playable and the ball airborne.

How the suffixes map across categories

The useful part is that the same word means roughly the same thing wherever it appears.

• Max in a metalwood means “forgiving and stable”. It is the sensible starting point in most fittings, not a beginner club.
• LS means low spin. Genuinely demanding, and only worth it once your strike is consistent.
• Max Lite means lightweight — built for moderate swing speeds rather than for beginners specifically.
• P-Series numbers rise as workability rises and forgiveness falls. P790 is the most forgiving of the five; P7MB is the least.

Placing yourself honestly

Three questions do most of the work:

1. Where do your strikes land? If you regularly find the toe or low on the face, forgiveness is worth more to you than looks.
2. Is your problem height or curve? Too little height points toward more loft and a higher-launching head. Too much curve points toward a higher-MOI head or a fitting change rather than a new model.
3. Do you actually shape shots on purpose? If not, the workability of an LS or P7MB is a feature you are paying for and never using.

Coach’s tip: Plenty of single-figure golfers play a P790 or P7CB in the long irons and a P7MC in the short irons. Mixing tiers within the P-Series is normal and often the smartest fit.

Model names current as of September 2026.