TaylorMade · Irons · 2020
SIM Max
CaddyIndex™ breakdown — what the agentic research found across each of the six performance dimensions, with cited sources.
You're a mid-to-high handicapper who wants serious distance and forgiveness with surprisingly forged-like feel, and a draw bias to fight a slice.
You want the workability and feel of a players' iron, traditional lofts, or you already hit a draw.
Pros
- A cast game-improvement iron that feels and sounds forged - almost indistinguishable from the forged P760
- Top-3 in its game-improvement category for ball-speed retention, carry and forgiveness in robot testing - 3 yards longer than the competition
- Eerily straight - Inverted Cone Technology and a toe-biased sweet spot for a draw bias, with mishits still flying
- Easy to launch and easy to hit long, with the Speed Bridge and ultra-thin face
Cons
- Strong lofts and low spin - a distance iron, not for traditional gapping
- A draw bias - not for golfers who already hit a draw
- A game-improvement distance iron - low on workability
By dimension
Forgiveness
Top-3 in its class - ranked top-3 in game-improvement for ball-speed retention and overall forgiveness, with mishits still producing favourable results, the Inverted Cone Technology and 360 undercut giving a forgiving sweet spot. Class-leading game-improvement forgiveness.
Distance
Top-3 for carry - top-3 in its category for carry, averaging 3 yards longer than the competition, the ultra-thin face and Speed Bridge making it easy to hit long. Class-leading game-improvement distance.
Workability
Built to go straight - a game-improvement distance iron with a deliberate draw bias from the toe-biased sweet spot in the long irons. Minimal workability, by design.
Feel
Forged-like, for a cast iron - it feels closer to the P790 than a game-improvement club, almost indistinguishable from the forged P760, with Echo Damping giving an exceptional feel. Class-leading feel for a game-improvement iron of its era.
Sound
Sounds forged - the impact sound is almost indistinguishable from the forged P760, a cast iron that sounds like a forged model, the Echo Damping System giving a refined note. Class-leading sound for a game-improvement iron of its era.
Looks at address
A clean game-improver - the cap-back, Speed Bridge shape looks clean for a game-improvement iron, with a manageable footprint. Decent looks for the category, if visibly a forgiving distance iron.
Sources
Some of the reviews, lab tests and head-to-head comparisons the agentic research read while grading this club.