Equipment
2020 TaylorMade SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons
TaylorMade Golf has launched its new 2020 TaylorMade SIM Max and 2020 TaylorMade SIM Max OS irons featuring Speed Bridge technology and an all-new Echo Damping System to bring forged-like feel to the distance iron category.
All-new Echo Damping System
Beneath the hood on the new Sim Max and Sim Max OS irons, you will find the all-new Echo Damping System. The new for 2020 damping system stretches across the entire face (from heel to toe) using multiple contact points in a design to maximize vibration damping.
Vibration Damping channels drive the new design from TaylorMade, which wrap around the entire structure for optimal compression in a bid to allow the damper to efficiently compress at impact – allowing the material a place to disperse without inhibiting movement in the face
The Echo Damping system also works in conjunction with Speed Bridge technology found in the SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons. According to the company, in testing, the combination helped to produce impact frequencies in line with those of forged-construction irons.
What is Speed Bridge technology?
Speed Bridge technology featured in the company’s M5 and M6 irons, and for their 2020 SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons, TaylorMade has built upon the technology and combined it with a Thru-Slot Speed Pocket to maximize both distance and performance.
The technology works by incorporating a high strength, mass-efficient structural beam spanning across the cavity back of the club to connect the top line with the back bar of the iron in a design to increase distance and forgiveness. The increased rigidity in the top line and upper perimeter of the face is designed to improve both sound and feel.
In the new TaylorMade SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons, a Thru-Slot Speed Pocket has been engineered which stretches from heel to toe and completely disconnects the leading edge from the sole of the club – creating a smooth, free-floating face. Working in conjunction, the technologies allow the face to hinge upon the top line in a design to offer enhanced flexibility, more ball speed and greater forgiveness on shots struck below center.
How is it different than its predecessors?
In the new models, TaylorMade engineers were able to re-work the face in an effort to optimize the relationship between the stiffness in the Speed Bridge and the flexibility in the face. Through the new face re-design, the SIM Max and SIM Max OS now feature a thinner and faster face with a larger sweet spot than the company’s previous models.
Inverted Cone Technology
TaylorMade’s Inverted Cone Technology (ICT) is strategically positioned into each SIM Max and SIM Max OS iron in a bid to increase the sweet spot and minimize mis-hits.
As shots hit on the toe of longer irons typically result in a miss to the right, TaylorMade engineers have positioned the ICT towards the toe in both SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons. Through this move, the brand has created a draw bias in the longer irons to minimize the common miss to the right, with the ICT on the 4-iron positioned most to the right.
The 2020 SIM Max iron features an ultra-thin 1.5 mm face designed to increase flexibility across the entire face, while a lightweight fluted hosel with a 360 undercut shifts mass from high in the club to the bottom of the sole for an extremely low CG.
Featuring all the same technologies as the SIM Max, TaylorMade’s SIM Max OS irons contain a taller face to increase stability. At the same time, a wider sole is designed to provide more forgiving turf interaction.
The chamfered sole design allowed engineers to drive the CG low on the SIM Max OS irons in a bid to increase ball speed and promote easier launch, while stronger lofts aim to protect the trajectory and produce a penetrating ball flight for unmatched distance.
Both the SIM Max and SIM Max OS are offered in 4-PW/AW (8 pc.set with SW and LW also available) and come equipped with KBS Max 85 steel shafts (S, R) or Fujikura’s Ventus Blue graphite shafts (7S, 6R & 5A). For women, the SIM Max irons will come equipped with the Aldila NV Ladies shaft.
2020 TaylorMade SIM Max irons: Pricing/Availability
Pricing: $899 steel/$999 graphite
Availability: Preorder – January 10. Retail – February 7.
2020 TaylorMade SIM Max OS irons: Pricing/Availability
Pricing: $899 steel/$999 graphite
Availability: Preorder – January 10. Retail – February 7.
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/7/24): Mizuno 245 irons
At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Mizuno 245 irons.
From the seller: (@JB_007): “1. Mizuno Pro 245 – $1000 –> 950/obo
- Purchased brand new – they have 36 holes on them, with probably 10 premium range balls. Great set of irons, I just am looking to go another way right now.
- 5-PW –> stock L/L/L
- Project X LS 6.5
- Stock MCC Mizuno Grips.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Mizuno 245 irons
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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Whats in the Bag
Peter Kuest WITB 2024 (May)
- Peter Kuest what’s in the bag accurate as of CJ Cup Byron Nelson.
Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
5-wood: TaylorMade SIM Titanium (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 85 6.5
Irons: Srixon ZX U (2), Srixon Z-Forged II (3-PW)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3
Wedges: Cleveland RTX6 ZipCore Tour Rack (52-MID 10, 56-MID 10, 60-FULL 9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Peter Kuest’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Kelly Kraft WITB 2024 (May)
- Kelly Kraft’s what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Max (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Red 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X Denali White 70 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Synergy Blue
Irons: Srixon ZX U Mk II (23 degrees), Callaway X Forged Star (5-PW)
Shaft: Project X IO 6.0
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-08M, 60-08M)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Versa 2-Ball Prototype
Grip: Odyssey Garsen Quad Tour
Grips: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Kraft’s equipment here.
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solly5
Jan 10, 2020 at 11:29 am
Tired of clubs that look like invading Martian spaceships. Most of us can use game improvement features, but it would be nice if they look like “golf clubs.”
Broomsticker
Jan 10, 2020 at 10:23 am
28.5* 7 iron… are you joking?
Shattebery
Jan 10, 2020 at 7:45 pm
I remember that used to be called a 5 iron. Ridiculous!!!
Adam
Jan 10, 2020 at 9:28 am
Ugliest iron ever? Has my vote
Pelling
Jan 10, 2020 at 10:57 am
Cleveland Vas 792 ish!
Craig
Jan 10, 2020 at 7:15 am
Oh my god.
j
Jan 10, 2020 at 8:06 am
LOL Speed Bridge???…..Stronger loft to “protect” trajectory. Do the marketing people snicker and high five when they think up these shenanigans? Im sure its a fine iron, but with the release schedule these people keep marketing them has to be a nightmare.
allan crowder
Jan 10, 2020 at 11:30 am
Cluckers, and ugly cluckers at that.