Equipment
First Look: TaylorMade PSi and PSi Tour irons
PSi irons
Let’s start with the obvious; face slots are back. TaylorMade debuted face slots in last year’s RSi 1, RSi 2 and RSi TP irons. According to TaylorMade, the new irons are designed to combine increased ball speed and distance with better looks, sound and feel than their predecessors.
To achieve this with the PSi irons, the company integrated a “Distance Feel System” (DFS), which includes a hybrar blend compression damper. The rubber/hybrar dampener is wedged between the face and cavity of each iron, and works with a multi-material cavity badge to reduce unwanted vibrations at impact.
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Compared to the RSi 2 irons, the PSI irons have a more progressive design. The long irons (3-5) are about the same size as the RSi 2 irons, and have a 10-gram tungsten weight in their toe to improve forgiveness and launch conditions. The short irons (8-PW) are considerably smaller than the RSi 2 short irons, and use a two-piece construction that merges a forged hosel/club face with a 431 stainless steel backing. The set also is available with a GW and SW, which are fully forged from 1025 carbon steel.
PSi 6 iron
TaylorMade PSi 6-iron
PSi PW
As the irons increase in number, the blade lengths, top line thicknesses and offset gradually increase.
The PSi irons also have TaylorMade’s new Speed Pocket, which is cut closer to the face of the irons than previous models. It now cuts through the sole and into the undercut of each iron, creating a larger high-speed area on the face that adds consistency to mishits.
The faces of the irons themselves are very thin, measuring less than 2 millimeters, and they have face slots on the perimeter of the grooves on the heel and toe to further preserve ball speeds on off-center strikes.
Specs, pricing and availability
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TaylorMade’s PSi irons (3-PW) will hit retail on Nov. 6 for $1,099 (steel) and $1,199 (graphite), Stock shaft options include KBS Tour C-Taper 105 (X, S and R-Flex) steel shafts or Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage (80/R, 90/S or 100/X) iron graphite shafts. Additional custom shafts will be available.
See what GolfWRX are saying about the PSi irons in the forums.
TaylorMade PSi Tour irons
TaylorMade’s PSi Tour irons are fully forged from 1025 Carbon Steel and have a more compact head shape that better players prefer. Compared to the RSi TP irons, they are significantly more compact at address, more closely resembling TaylorMade’s Tour Preferred MB irons.
Unlike traditional forged blade irons, however, the PSi Forged irons use two types of milled, polymer-filled slots to give the clubs slightly more distance and forgiveness
- Speed Pockets on their soles (3-7)
- Face Slots on the club faces (3-7)
The PSi Tour irons have thinner top lines, less offset and narrower soles than the PSi irons, adding to their workability and trajectory control.
Pricing and shafts
TaylorMade’s PSi Tour irons (3-PW) will be available on Dec. 20 for $1,299, and will come with True Temper Dynamic Gold S300 shafts, as well as other custom shaft options.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about the PSi Tour irons.
Comparison pics: PSi vs. PSi Tour irons
TaylorMade PSi (left) vs. PSi Tour
PSI Tour (left) vs. PSi
See what GolfWRX members are saying about TaylorMade’s new PSi iron line.
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- Kevin Streelman what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
5-wood: Ping G (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 10 X
Irons: Wilson Staff Model CB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Wilson Staff Model (48-08, 54-08), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (48), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (54, 58)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType SSS TG6
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Streelman’s clubs here.
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The year was 2012. Gangnam Style ruled supreme, its infectious beats and ludicrous horse-riding dance moves hypnotizing us with their stupidity. Everyone was talking about the Mayan calendar, convinced that the end of days was near. Superheroes soared on the silver screen, with the Avengers assembling in epic fashion. Katniss Everdeen survived The Hunger Games. And the memes! The memes abounded. Grumpy Cat triumphed. We kept calm and carried on.
In much the same way that automotive enthusiasts love classic cars, we at GolfWRX love taking a backward glance at some of the iconic designs of years past. Heck, we love taking iconic designs to the tee box in the present!
In that spirit, GolfWRX has been running a series inspired by arguably the greatest fighting game franchise of all time: Mortal Kombat. It’s not “choose your fighter” but rather “choose your driver.”
Check out some of the standout combatants of 2012 below.
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Nike VRS
Often harshly critiqued during its years releasing golf equipment (right, Phil Mickelson?), Nike’s tenure in the club-and-ball business gets a gloss of nostalgic varnish, with many of its iron and putter designs continuing to attract admirers. Among the company’s driver offerings, the 2012 VRS — or VR_S, if you will — drew high marks for its shaping and toned-down appearance. The multi-thickness, NexCOR face was no joke either.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Callaway RAZR Fit
Callaway’s first foray into moveable weight technology (married with its OptiFit hosel) did not disappoint. With a carbon fiber crown, aerodynamic attention to detail, and variable and hyperbolic face technologies, this club foreshadowed the tech-loaded, “story in every surface” Callaway drivers of the present, AI-informed design age.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Cleveland Classic 310
Truly a design that came out of left field. Cleveland said, “Give me a persimmon driver, but make it titanium…in 460cc.” Our 2012 reviewer, JokerUsn wrote, “I don’t need to elaborate on all the aesthetics of this club. You’ve seen tons of pics. You’ve all probably seen a bunch in the store and held them up close and gotten drool on them. From a playing perspective, the color is not distracting. It’s dark enough to stay unobtrusive in bright sunlight…Even my playing partners, who aren’t into clubs at all…commented on it saying it looks cool.” Long live!
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Titleist 910
While there’s no disputing Titleist’s “Titleist Speed” era of drivers perform better than its 2010s offerings, sentimentality abounds, and there was something classically Titleist about these clubs, right down to the alignment aid, and the look is somewhere between 983 times and the present TS age. Representing a resurgence after a disappointing stretch of offerings (907, 909), The 910D2 was a fairly broadly appealing driver with its classic look at address and classic Titleist face shape.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
TaylorMade RocketBallz
The white crown. The name. You either loved ‘em or you hated ‘em. TaylorMade’s 2012 offering from its RocketBallz Period boasted speed-enhancing aerodynamics and an Inverted Cone Technology in the club’s titanium face. Technology aside, it’s impossible to overstate what a departure from the norm a white-headed driver was in the world of golf equipment.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Ping i20
Long a quietly assertive player in the driver space, Ping’s i20 was more broadly appealing than the G20, despite being a lower-launch, lower-spin club. Ping drivers didn’t always have looks that golfer’s considered traditional or classic, but the i20 driver bucked that trend. Combining the classic look with Ping’s engineering created a driver that better players really gravitated toward. The i20 offered players lower launch and lower spin for more penetrating ball flight while the rear 20g tungsten weights kept the head stable. Sound and feel were great also, being one of the more muted driver sounds Ping had created up to that time.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
GolfWRXers, let us know in the comments who “your fighter” is and why!
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Equipment
Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (4/29/24): Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
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 Krank Formula fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft.
From the seller: (@well01): “Krank formula fire 10.5 degree with AUtoflex SF505. $560 shipped.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Krank Formula Fire driver with AutoFlex SF505 shaft
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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Elliot
Feb 20, 2016 at 12:19 am
I was like my enough to pick up a set brand new for 550… Can’t wait to try them out
Thus
Nov 8, 2015 at 1:04 am
They are real sweet.never games tm irons and possible never will but I’ll be demoing them for sure! They arrive at work next week, can’t wait to test them out!
Bobby Selby
Oct 15, 2015 at 10:29 am
I like the ps1 tour irons but in in between them and the titleist 714 ap2 irons. Any thoughts on both of them?
Killer
Sep 26, 2015 at 10:16 pm
Taylor Made actually had an RBZ Hockey Stick. It was white. Pretty sissy colour for a hockey stick.
And yes I spelled colour correctly!
Chip
Oct 5, 2015 at 11:56 pm
Go back to Canada
Mat
Sep 21, 2015 at 12:19 pm
This might be the first time I’ve liked what TM has done. I won’t be trading in my current irons, believe me, but this is actually more practical than I’ve seen out of them.
Apparently they really like the Ping i-series…
Joe
Sep 19, 2015 at 10:06 am
Whew December 20th release is a ways out. I’ll have gone through 3 iron sets by then.
tom
Sep 12, 2015 at 7:04 pm
1299.00 over priced…. things better put the ball in the hole for me at that cost taylormade is a joke
dcorun
Sep 11, 2015 at 12:59 am
Nothing against TM since I play the RBZ Stage 2 driver but, I plan on playing my Cleveland 588 MT’s another year. They are one of the best sets I’ve ever played. With the forged face they are smooth feeling and long when hit flush and still give good distance when hit off center. I can still hit my 7 iron 145-150 yds at 63 with them so, why spend $1200 when I can save that money to play more golf.
Teaj
Sep 10, 2015 at 8:39 am
there are going to be a lot of people experiencing sticker shock this year in the great white north due to the CDN$ taking a dive which will most likely push people more so then they already do to pick up a set which is a year or two old rather then buy new.
CDN
Sep 10, 2015 at 4:45 pm
They can go play that silly girly game on ice where they wear all kinds of pads and helmets and bash each other against the glass like they always do
GP
Sep 10, 2015 at 9:08 pm
Go play Ice Hockey
ABgolfer2
Sep 14, 2015 at 2:22 pm
GP – it’s actually just “Hockey”.
Chip
Oct 5, 2015 at 11:58 pm
Zing
Mike
Jan 29, 2016 at 6:25 am
Actually no its Ice Hockey, it came after field hockey which is called Hockey
James
Sep 10, 2015 at 3:29 am
Do the PSI Tour irons have the same lofts as the PSI’s? I would have thought not, but there isn’t a separate page for the tour irons on TM’s site.
marcel
Sep 10, 2015 at 12:16 am
more gimmicks
Joe
Sep 10, 2015 at 12:16 am
I think those Tour Forged models look fantastic.
Matt Wiseley
Sep 9, 2015 at 10:41 pm
Vibration dampening, tungsten weights….is it just me or did cobra start doing these things three sets ago?
I am not ripping on TM, and don’t blame for trying to improve.
uda
Sep 10, 2015 at 3:44 am
AP series from Titleist had tungsten before Cobra
tim
Sep 13, 2015 at 8:54 pm
TaylorMade firesole irons had tugsten a decade and a half ago…
Sm
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:55 pm
So many choices!
But if they are as small and as good as the R7/Tour Preferred series then they should do well
LaBraeGolfer
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:46 pm
They shouldn’t sell that good, why would you pay $1300 bucks for a set of irons, when they are even better forgings available for $300 less and Miura’s just a little more (I know the general public doesn’t know of them). I wonder if Callaway’s new irons will go up in price as well. Taylormade is going to have a tough year unless they cut prices.
Ryan K
Sep 11, 2015 at 12:19 pm
TM ALWAYS cuts prices! I really don’t have anything truly negative to say about TM gear but I feel like every announcementment from them should be from a “but wait…” infomercial.
Philip
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:06 pm
Like all the other OEMs, the best part is that I never need to buy new again because they say this every year “According to “insert OEM”, the new “insert driver/wood/hybrid/irons/wedge/putter” are designed to combine increased ball speed and distance with better looks, sound and feel than their predecessors.” – so why would I ever buy outdated technology as next year will always be better. I’d rather buy used knowing it is outdated, but cheaper rather new which is going outdated before it is released as they always have years already in the pipeline, ready to go.
Apul
Sep 9, 2015 at 8:19 pm
Just play Blade MBs like I do your whole life, and you won’t worry about it so much
Laurence of Arizona
Sep 9, 2015 at 7:04 pm
$1100/1300 for a set of irons!! ridiculous ! Recently bought a set of Adams XTD tour irons for $200. kBS tour stiff shafts, Iomic grips, slots in sole plus great feel! Like the man said on the commercial, “yeah, what else do I need!”
Joe
Sep 19, 2015 at 10:06 am
…Ive hit those Adams XTD. They saw you coming.
Oh My
Sep 9, 2015 at 3:09 pm
I think this year’s models look much nicer than these carbon fiber infused things
Tom
Sep 9, 2015 at 2:59 pm
I’m interested.