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SPOTTED: Srixon ZX7 Mk II irons

Published

1 year ago

Oct 10, 2022

Srixon’s ZX7 irons have been immensely popular with GolfWRXers and fitters alike. The fastest Srixon irons to be put into play by Srixon staffers following their release in January of 2021, the compact, single-piece forged ZX7 irons replaced the iconic Z745.

Now, there looks to be a successor to (or a line extension of) the ZX7: Srixon ZX7 Mk II irons, which GolfWRX spotted on Tour at the Shriners Children’s Open. While Srixon is presently closed-lipped regarding any technical details or potential release date, GolfWRX was allowed to take in-hand photos of the clubs.

Naturally, there has been plenty of speculative chatter in the GolfWRX forums.

apsp_1 says: “Looks to have less offset in the lower clubs, a little bit more rounding of the top line, and slight movement of the toe weighting look to be the main takeaways in this version. Not expecting much difference between this and the OG Zx7’s but i’m curious how the mainframe factors into this version.”

cw1209 says: “These look good. Obvious differences are the increase in mass behind the sweet spot and some etching on the face between the grooves for spin management. Maybe less offset too? This set could be bent weak. Was hoping for a less square/thinner top line, but it must be what their pros like to see. Looking forward to testing these.”

WristySwing says: “These are probably my perfect irons. Pre-worn leading edge + a squarer, longer blade shape. If they did the same with the ZX5 MkII that will be perfect. I could easily see myself in a ZX5 5-7, ZX7 8-P combo. Hell, if the ZX5 looks as good as this does (slimmed down, less offset) I could see myself going all 5. Forgiveness FTW.”

Check out photos of the Srixon ZX7 MK II 7-iron below and hit the forums for shots of the 4 and 9-irons as well.

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Rory McIlroy spotted testing a new TaylorMade “PROTO” 4-iron at the 2024 Valero Texas Open

Published

9 hours ago

Apr 3, 2024

Andrew Tursky

Update, 5:30 p.m.: Regarding his prototype iron, McIlroy offered this in his pre-tournament press conference:

“Yeah, I went out, spent a couple of days with the TaylorMade guys at the Kingdom. Yeah, they just produced these couple of proto, I guess like are they the MC replacements maybe…

“They performed really well. It’s just as fast as the 760 that I was using. Launch is a little higher actually, which was surprising, and it’s just sometimes I felt like when I hit my 5-iron in the blade and then the 4-iron in the 760 it was such a different feel. To go from a 5-iron now to that 4-iron, it feels a little closer to what I feel in the 5-iron. So just a little bit more responsive, but didn’t lose any performance from it, which is great. Yeah, it will be in the bag this week.”
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Now just what do we have here?

On Wednesday at the 2024 Valero Texas Open, GolfWRX.com spotted Rory McIlroy testing a new, mysterious TaylorMade “PROTO” 4-iron.

Clearly, the 4-iron is a prototype, but since it doesn’t say “Rors Proto” or “RM” on it, then maybe it’s a prototype for an upcoming iron release from TaylorMade. Or, maybe it’s an upgrade for a previous or existing iron model from the company.

For reference, the photo below shows what McIlroy’s previous P760 4-iron looks like…

If the new prototype was an upgrade on the former P760 design, that would certainly be a large design departure, aesthetically speaking. It’s not impossible, but the new proto definitely looks significantly different.

McIlroy’s new proto – aesthetically, at least – looks more similar to TaylorMade’s P7MC irons, a model that Collin Morikawa uses for his 5 and 6-irons, as pictured below.

The new proto is also reminiscent of TaylorMade’s old P750 and P770 irons:

So what could McIlroy’s new TaylorMade “Proto” be? Is it a one-off prototype for McIlroy? Is it a re-design of an older model? Is it a harbinger of a bigger release in the future?

What is it?!

Unfortunately, TaylorMade hasn’t yet commented publicly on the prototype iron, so for now, we wait. And enjoy the photos of McIlroy testing it on Wednesday in San Antonio.

Here’s what it looks like from address…

And here’s what McIlroy’s numbers looked like while testing it on the range…

Uhh, yeah. Those are pretty good 4-iron numbers.

Will McIlroy make the switch into the new prototype 4-iron this week? That remains to be seen, but it should be noted that it was the only 4-iron in his bag on Wednesday.

*We’ll update this post as further information becomes available

See what GolfWRX members are saying about the TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron here, plus more photos!

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