unclekent Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 I am 17 hcp, with a sweepers swing, & a 42 m/s driver head speed. I play in the north east of the states so the ground is usually firm. Between the Taylor Made R7 Forged (which has received accolades on this forum over the past year) and the new Fourteen TC-550 Forged Irons, can anyone compare the following characteristics: Forgiveness, head size, offset, width of sole, top line, etc. I love the pure look of the Fourteen, but the R7 is at such a great price currently. Any advise would be apreciated...expecially side by side pictures of face, sole, top line. Kent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Hi Kent, it's gonna be a tough comparison to make right away as the 550's were only released last week. So side by sides and stuff will be hard to do. Initial reports out of Japan though give me the impression that it is not nearly as forgiving as I had initially thought and that they are probably in the same range as the R7 Forged. Magazines that have begun reviewing them are classifying them as an Athlete model so 5-15 handicap and good ball strikers. The lowest rating it received was distance. The tester had a 46 m/s swing speed hit the 5 iron 185 yards which scored the TC-550 a 4 out of 5 on distance. It received 5 out of 5 on feel, and 4.5 out of 5 on all other ratings including setup, control/playbility, trajectory. This outscored other irons in the test like the R7 XR Forged, TC-1000 Forged, Ping i10, PRGR is3 500BL and Honma Athport. It was a close call between the TC-550's and the new 2008 X-Blade (which received highest mark for control/playability and feel), and Srixon's ZR-700 which also received top marks for feel and control. The R7 forged was not in the test as it was only for new irons. Both I think would be great irons but aesthically will be hard to judge until we get them side by side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinkwan Posted October 25, 2007 Report Share Posted October 25, 2007 Slightly off topic.. hope you guys don't mind.. How about TC770 and TC550.. both are forged?? How do they compare?? Curious on the TC550.. but R7 Forged can be had quite cheaply nowadays on the site.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breal Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Go 550 there great looking and they have to be easier to hit then the r7 irons but its all to everybodies eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginrin Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 Never played the 550's but thr r7's are a solid iron.Quite playable for most and great feel.Not as forgiving as the Tourstage ViQ's,which is a fantastic set of irons.I would seriously give those a look based on your game Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landshark Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 slightly off the subject, but comparing the 2007 tourstage viq to the 2008 x blade, what difference will i see? are the x blades to be a bit better or softer feeling but still have sim. forgiveness. i too am somewhat interested in the tc550's. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gocchin Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 slightly off the subject, but comparing the 2007 tourstage viq to the 2008 x blade, what difference will i see? are the x blades to be a bit better or softer feeling but still have sim. forgiveness. i too am somewhat interested in the tc550's. thanks The strong point of the 2008 X-Blades is NOT forgiveness, they are soft, playable and great irons but they are for a different type of player compared to the ViQ Forged. They are for the low handicapper to pro level player, while the ViQ Forged are for the mid handicapper as you know. The X-Blade is far more compact and has very minimal offset. The 550's would probably land inbetween the X-Blade and ViQ Forged... a little more towards the ViQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landshark Posted October 26, 2007 Report Share Posted October 26, 2007 thanks. helps a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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