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SPOTTED: TaylorMade P-760 Forged irons (via Jason Day’s Instagram Live)

Published

6 years ago

Oct 10, 2018

As reported in our GolfWRX Forums, TaylorMade staffers Rory McIlroy and Jason Day showed off a new TaylorMade P-760 Forged iron on their personal Instagram Live feeds during testing sessions with Tomo Bystedt, Director of Product Creation for TaylorMade.

According to GolfWRX Member jjgsgolf: “Just saw these on Rory’s Instagram Live, supposedly they’re in between the 750 and 770 in thickness and forgiveness, and the 7-3 irons have the same signature speed foam of the 790 and GAPR models…”

See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the photos in our forums.

In TaylorMade’s current stable of irons are the P-750 and P-770 irons, which launched in 2017. They are both forged players irons with Tungsten added into their soles. Additionally, TaylorMade has P-730 blade irons, and Speed-Foam-filled P-790 irons.

Now, it appears that P-760 Forged irons may be on their way.

According to GolfWRX member eedub, Jason Day was less-than-enthusiastic: “Jason Day went live also, didn’t exactly seem excited about them. Blatantly said he’s ‘concerned’ about the leading edge, all while being filmed by Tomo from Taylormade who apparently designed the irons. yikes!”

Here is the full transcript from the testing session where Day expresses concern.

It also appears that the P-760 irons have a screw in the toe, which usually tips off the fact it’s a hollow-bodied iron, or in this case, filled with Speed Foam.

GolfWRX Member jjgsgolf continued: “From what I heard in the IG Live these are supposed to be hotter than 750 and 770 but not even close to the 790’s because of the loft. JD and Rory were hitting the 760’s pretty similar distance to their gamers on the videos.”

TaylorMade has not yet commented on the P-760 Forged irons, so we’re currently left to speculate. We will update this story as more information is released.

See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the photos in our forums.

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25 Comments

Cleveland VAS

Oct 26, 2018 at 10:53 pm

You’re ugly.

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Tg

Oct 25, 2018 at 12:22 am

Looks like the infomercial”square strike” club.

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Joe Scarlett

Oct 12, 2018 at 10:16 pm

Oh man, these are dreadfully ugly. Hope they hit the ball in the hole every time to be worth having to look at those things in the bag!

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Terry

Oct 12, 2018 at 1:38 pm

WOW UUUUUGLY

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Nihonsei

Oct 12, 2018 at 12:33 pm

It looks like a plastic badge next to the chrome. Witing to hear the weight relocation stories from the grill marks…

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HDTVMAN

Oct 12, 2018 at 12:26 pm

These won’t win “Best looking” category…wonder what new clubs they will introduce next week.

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fritz

Oct 12, 2018 at 11:59 am

Achtung, gearheads…. **FAKE FORGED***…. (not that it matters to you as long as it’s stamped ‘forged’)…..

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Jack Lam

Oct 11, 2018 at 11:06 pm

Well, if you leave it in the sun long enough, can probably grill any dead animals you kill with your errant golf shots. Just make sure to clean and gut first. Stay civilized.

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Ryan Michael

Oct 11, 2018 at 6:17 pm

Most of my bag is Taylormade outside of my irons 4-PW. Instead of these do yourself a favor and get the JPX 919 tours for half the price and enjoy!

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2putttom

Oct 11, 2018 at 12:20 pm

so if these out perform anything currently in our bag, we’ll jump to purchase.

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Charles

Oct 11, 2018 at 10:43 am

These clubs look terrible. I know the back side doesn’t hit the ball, but these clubs will look ugly sitting in a bag.

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Zac

Oct 11, 2018 at 9:21 am

if you took the badging off it looks like nike to me

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- Jay
  
  Oct 12, 2018 at 4:57 pm
  
  I was thinking the same… reminds me a little of the old Nike Pro Combo OS. Wasn’t the prettiest club to most, but man did they perform… I’m definitely giving these a hit.
  
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dat

Oct 11, 2018 at 9:02 am

Nasty ugly club. Good thing you don’t hit the ball with that part.

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Craig Stanton

Oct 11, 2018 at 5:33 am

Oh my, so happy with my Wilson V6 purchase at this minute………….. to think, I nearly held off…

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DanBlitzerian

Oct 11, 2018 at 3:00 am

Nexxxxxxxxxxxt!!

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- Roy
  
  Oct 11, 2018 at 1:46 pm
  
  Very underrated club
  
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Brad

Oct 11, 2018 at 1:24 am

That is one ugly iron. Kind of like if an RSi and a Simmons Tiger Shark had a baby. A really ugly baby…

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- CrashTestDummy
  
  Oct 11, 2018 at 4:17 am
  
  Great analogy. I was also thinking the Zebra Putter mixed in there as well.
  
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J Zilla

Oct 11, 2018 at 1:00 am

They literally look like toy clubs

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Tom

Oct 10, 2018 at 11:42 pm

Hahaha….this is a joke, right?

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JP

Oct 10, 2018 at 9:58 pm

Fugly

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- Scheiss
  
  Oct 11, 2018 at 2:22 am
  
  Ditto
  
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DJ

Oct 10, 2018 at 9:00 pm

looks like they were 3-D printed. terrible

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- Benny
  
  Oct 11, 2018 at 10:36 am
  
  Hahaha, awesome comments fellas. So FUGLY!!
  
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Michael Block spotted with full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons at Valhalla

Published

5 hours ago

May 14, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.

On Monday at the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club, Block had a full set of TaylorMade “Proto” irons in the bag.

Block is the first player of many on the PGA TOUR to bag a set of the mysterious “Proto” irons. Rory McIlroy first switched into a “Proto” 4-iron at the Valero Texas Open, and Collin Morikawa followed suit at the 2024 RBC Heritage. Block isn’t using just the 4-iron, though, he’s using a full set to go along with a TaylorMade Stealth UDI driving iron.

Speaking with GolfWRX.com on Monday at the PGA Championship, Block revealed the full backstory.

“I hit a couple super “Proto” irons when I was at the Kingdom (TaylorMade’s fitting facility in Southern California) a couple months ago, and it was a 9-iron that didn’t have any badges or anything on it,” Block said. “I had no idea what it was … It was very similar to what I was using back then, you know, my old MCs, and very similar from the top. I hit it and absolutely loved it. For me to even think about switching irons from the last 11-12 years is crazy.

“I got this set about two weeks ago, and I’m working my way into them. I hit them more solid; it comes off the face more solid. Much higher. I think they’re still slightly too upright for me, so they’re being bent a degree flatter, because they’re going a little too high for me and drawing a little too much. When that starts to happen, I start to drop the club under and compensate too much, so I’m getting them flattened slightly, and I’m going to test them on the range again, and hopefully have them in play on Thursday…

“They go further, and they go higher … that combination is kind of a no-brainer. If I can take a 5-iron from 204 rather than a 4-iron, it’s good on me. It’s going to help me out for sure, especially at a major with the pin locations. Having that height coming in, that descent angle is going to be huge.”

With such new irons in the bag, after using the same irons for over a decade, surely you’d think there will be a bit of a learning curve. Block, however, is finding immediate comfort with the new “Proto” irons.

Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.

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WITB Time Machine: Rory McIlroy’s winning WITB, 2014 PGA Championship

Published

7 hours ago

May 14, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Rory McIlroy outlasted Phil Mickelson at the 2014 PGA Championship. It’s even harder to believe McIlroy hasn’t hoisted a major trophy since his 2014 victory at Valhalla.

After a slow start to his final round, McIlroy tallied an eagle and two birdies on the back nine and his fourth major championship. Take a look at the clubs he played a decade ago in Kentucky.

Driver: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (8.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kuro Kage XTS 70X

3-wood: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X

5-wood: Nike VR_S Covert 2.0 Tour (19 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Rombax Pro 95 X

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s clubs from 2014 here.

Irons: Nike VR Pro Blade (4-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0

Wedges: Nike VR Forged (46, 52, 56, 60 degrees) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5

Putter: Nike Method 006 Buy here.

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Nike RZN Black

Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s clubs from 2014 here.

WITB Time Machine is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.

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