TaylorMade Irons: The Full Range from Blades to Game Improvement

Two ranges, then a ladder within one of them

Before anything else: TaylorMade splits its irons into Qi Max / Qi Max HL for game improvement, and the P-Series for better players. They are not points on one continuous scale — they are two different products aimed at different golfers, and most of the interesting decisions happen within the P-Series.

The P-Series ladder

P790. A hollow-body players-distance iron. Fast, forgiving for a compact-looking club, and by a wide margin the best-seller of the five. Suits mid-to-low handicap golfers who want speed and a bit of margin in a good-looking package.

P770. A more compact hollow-body iron. Less forgiving than the P790, more workable, aimed at better players who still want some speed assistance.

P7CB. A cavity back. Tour-preferred shaping with a modest cavity for stability. Suits strong players who want blade looks with a little more margin.

P7MC. A muscle cavity, sitting between the CB and the MB. Slightly more forgiving than a true blade, slightly less forgiving than a cavity back.

P7MB. A genuine muscle-back blade. One-piece construction, minimal offset, thin topline, tiny margin for error. The feedback is exceptional — you know precisely where you struck it. Aimed at elite ball strikers.

The game-improvement side

Qi Max — the standard game-improvement build: bigger head, wider sole, more forgiveness on mishits, easier launch.

Qi Max HL — the same intent taken further, with higher launch built in for golfers who struggle to get the ball airborne at all.

What actually changes as you move down the P-Series

Four things shift together, from P790 toward P7MB:

1. Head size and forgiveness margin shrink. Less mass behind the ball, less room for error.
2. The centre of gravity moves higher and more central. Lower launch, less forgiveness, more workability.
3. Lofts get weaker. A P7MB 7-iron carries less distance than a P790 7-iron at the same number, because the P790 is built with a stronger loft to add speed.
4. Feel becomes more direct. Less hollow-body speed assistance, more raw feedback.

The loft trap

Be careful comparing distance between models. A P790 flying further than a P7MB at the same iron number is not “a better club” — it is a stronger loft with more launch help. What matters is whether your set as a whole covers your distances with even gaps and lands softly enough to hold greens.

Why a P-Series demo day needs a notebook

Hit a P790, a P770 and a P7CB back to back in the same session and by the fifth club they start merging into a single memory of “the demo day”, with no clear sense of which one actually behaved differently.

FocusGolf keeps each model separate. It logs club performance shot by shot as you switch heads, so the P770 numbers stay distinct from the P7CB’s instead of blurring into one impression of the day. Pull up the video review afterwards and you can line up your swing through each one, which usually explains far more about the differences than the flight you remember.

Coach’s tip: Choose your irons around your 7-iron strike pattern, not your best 7-iron shot. Look at where the wear marks land on impact tape across ten balls.

Model names current as of September 2026.