My Quick Review of the TM P770

[jgpl]

Quick background on me - now in my early 50's, but played a lot of competitive golf in university, etc., lowest index was 5.6, strong iron player, nearly always played Titleist or Mizuno blade or muscle back iron, but I did have good success also with Cally x-prototypes, the 2005 RAC TP forged and most recently the TM P750

I have also tried various models of the AP2 and the T100, but never really liked the feel of any of these

 

In the past 2 years I have been struggling to play a lot due to health issues and decided recently to "move" to a more "sensible" iron which is a lot more playable

After much debate and internet reviews (which were excellent) it was between the 921 JPX Tour, Srixon ZX7 or the TM P770, so I went for the P770, stock KBS 120S off the shelf..

 

For me the most important iron characteristics are:

 

1. Feel

2. Workability

3. Forgiveness

4. Distance

 

After 5 rounds here is my take on the P770's

 

Feel - Not as good as I hoped for, its feels a little clicky with a slightly hollow feeling. It's ok on solid strikes, but it never felt soft. It's difficult to accept the feel of a non-forged iron when you have played this type of club for years. I got this same type of feeling from a few Ping irons I tried over the years and could never accept any Ping iron (though Ping DO make very good clubs)

 

Workability - not easy, little fades are difficult, the ball wants to go straight. This is not a bad thing once you get use to and confident to point and shoot. I did not find knock down shots easy at all with the P770's

 

Forgiveness - very good, less than perfect strikes kept on line and I hit many greens where the shot did not deserve to

 

Distance - Good, about half a club more than normal for me. They were consistent on distance, I did not get any fliers from any lie

 

Around the greens they were ok for chip and runs, especially from grassy lies, but off bare lies the sole was a little bouncy for me. Again, I found it a little difficult to pick it cleanly off tight fairways, but they were very good out of the first cut of rough

Iron spin was fine, the ball (TP5 and ProV1) dropped and stopped, no issues, however, iron spin is noticeably lower than a Titleist or Mizuno blade/MB

Ball flight was a little lower than I expected, especially the 4 and 5 irons which went well into the wind, no balloning

 

Would I recommend them:

 

Yes - if you are looking to improve, or you are improving and dropping HCP they are a great set to graduate toward the so called players type iron category

 

No? - if you are dropping away from the glory days...the negatives for me were Feel, Feel and Feel, and the sole is a tad wide and easy to bounce.

 

Will they stay in the bag - Undecided, I need to try the 921 Tour and ZX7 for a round or two to properly compare them, and the Cally TCB has also caught my eye..

 

The search continues....the ho in you never dies...

[Theweekday]

Curious to see your review of these up against irons like Zx7 and TCB. Somewhat different iron categories as far as todays standards go. The TCB does look like love at first sight though!!

[Kale_m]

4 hours ago, Theweekday said:

Curious to see your review of these up against irons like Zx7 and TCB. Somewhat different iron categories as far as todays standards go. The TCB does look like love at first sight though!!

TCB will be similar to the p750 he just moved away From. They are basically a blade 

 

zx7 might be the ticket. Larger, longer profile. Top line is not paper thin. Stronger lofts to gain some distance. And, they are forged and feel great!