Taylormade Sldr Irons Review

For the purpose of this review i received a 4 aw set of the taylormade sldr irons.

Taylormade sldr irons review. The new taylormade sldr irons come hot on the heels of the tour preferred mc and cb irons and the speedblades in featuring a 2mm slot behind the thin face known as a speed pocket. The taylormade sldr driver succeeds the taylormade r1 driver and there are a lot of significant changes from the previous model. From irons to drivers learn the history and evolution of taylormade models over the years. Taylormade sldr irons review.

About a month ago we received an invite to take part in a new product line launch for taylormade golf to test and review the new sldr irons. But unlike its predecessors the new thruslot is cut all the way through the sole so that it s open from the bottom to the top of the cavity it s filled. The new thruslot helps product higher ballflight longer carry and arguably most importantly more consistent distances better gapping throughout the set gapping issues have plagued taylormade s speed pocket family of irons so there is some hope that the new design can mitigate or eliminate the need to have. I tested the sldr irons on a flightscope launch monitor at the nike golf 360 fitting center in acworth ga.

In case you haven t noticed taylormade has been sldr ing most things in their range so it was only a matter of time before the irons came in for the treatment. These are usually top not events and taylormade did not disappoint as they hosted the event at the aviara golf club for this event. The clubs came equipped with the new kbs tour c taper 90 shafts in stiff flex and the stock taylormade grip. Based on taylormade s claims about the sldr irons i was interested to see how ball speeds were affected on mishits if the launch angle and trajectory was indeed higher and i was also hoping to see a consistent gap in distances between clubs.

Check out detailed product specs for each golf club set by year. We liked the r1 and thought it was one of the better adjustable taylormade drivers but for most of the golfing population the additional fitting elements made it fractionally too heavy to get going. Now with the sldr driver the moveable weights in the heel and. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users.

While the grips are solid they are essentially the golfpride tour velvet i prefer wrap grips and will eventually switch them to a pure wrap.