TaylorMade Tour Burner (Irons)

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TaylorMade Tour Burner

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Tour Burner irons feature a variety of technologies that allow them to live up to the Burner family reputation for speed and distance, starting with an ultra-thin, 2.2 millimeter clubface that delivers high COR for increased ball speed and distance.

Distinct heel and toe weighting is visible on the back of Tour Burner irons, which increases MOI for greater stability and performance on off-center hits. The large “multi-functional” sole is beveled at the back to make it perform like a much thinner sole, which increases playability from a variety of lies.

The Tour Burner irons’ substantial technology is packed into an extremely appealing, tour-inspired clubhead shape. At address, the Tour Burner iron’s medium-thin top-line looks clean, substantial and inviting – a look intended to please all levels of players. The moderate offset is finely contoured to look less substantial than it actually is. The new chrome-plated satin-buff finish looks clean and classy while also increasing durability.

The Tour Burner is equipped with the TaylorMade Tour Velvet grip by Golf Pride and is available in a choice of two shafts: Burner 105 steel made by True Temper , which offers a similar flight and dispersion pattern to the Dynamic Gold but at 105 grams is lighter, helping to promote added clubhead speed. The second shaft option is the graphite Burner REAX 65 (65-grams, S, R and M flex only).

Tour Burner irons are available in 2-iron through 9-iron, plus 46-degree pitching wedge, 55- degree sand wedge, 50-degree attack wedge and 60-degree lob wedge. Availability begins at TaylorMade’s retail partners in April 2008 for at a manufacturer’s suggested retail price of US$840 per set (3- to PW) in steel; US$1,040 in graphite. Individual clubs carry an MSRP of US$105 in steel and US$135 in graphite.