TaylorMade Review: rac HT Irons

Manufacturer: TaylorMade Golf


Details: Steel shaft, Regular flex

Purchase: Paid $349 at Dick's Sporting Goods.

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Pros: The lightweight steel shafts are all .250 longer than standard on the HTs and the OS models, and this seems to fit the clubs perfectly. Very nice feel when swinging. Clubs can still dig in if you're not stable at setup, but generally they seem to sweep more without fatties. The long irons are AWESOME, and the mids and shorts don't balloon as one might expect. Just a nice high trajectory that will sit right down on the fastest of greens. Clubs are noticeably longer, too, despite the high trajectory. Longer than my Top Flite XLs or even my beloved Tommy Armour 855s. Long and straight. I can still, however, bend the 5, 4, and 3 irons left or right. Getting a draw out of them is pretty easy, and a fade is possible but you have to work a little for it to not let it get away from you. I compared these to the other wide-sole irons that are out now: Cleveland Launcher, Cobra 3400, Big Bertha 2006, etc. and the TaylorMades pretty much smoked all of them. The cartridges in the heads absorb the sting of bad mis-hits, as well, much like a graphite shaft. That the rac HTs can be found cheaply now that the new OS2 is out was just icing on the cake.

Cons: The grips are not very good. They are tacky if kept scrubbed, but not even close to new Velvet tour wraps, Avaon Chamis, or the old TM bubble grips (the best!). I'll be replacing these pretty quickly.

rac HT Quality: Excellent build quality all around. The shafts are most likely True Temper Dynalite steel R-300s and are perfect for me. Very clean hosel (no glue) and straight grips.

Summary: Wonderful feel, long, straight, but still workable, amazingly enough ... they're perfect for mid and low handicappers.

TaylorMade rac HT Rating: 4

Author: Philippe

Game: Playing off and on for ten years. Just started back after a layoff.

Average Round: 90's

Submitted: 2006-03-02
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