The TM Tour Burner is exactly the club for an advancing golfer with a swing speed at or below 90 mph. After playing TM RAC OS clubs for a year I decided it was time to move to a more workable club. My age dictated graphite shafts and my swing speed lead me to the Tour Burners. I found them to be not as easy to hit as the RAC OS club. You need to work a little harder on your posture and swing. They will give you immediate feedback when you don't hit the sweet spot. But when you do connect cleanly it is a thing of beauty. In my opinion TM Tour Burners are an excellent choice for a fairly serious golfer with a slower swing speed. If you play a half dozen rounds per year and hit one bucket of balls in preparation for each round, you may find these clubs a little too unforgiving. A good oversize set will probably yield more satisfying performance and lead to far less frustration. But if you are hitting a couple of buckets of balls per week and playing regularly, you will have no trouble adapting to these clubs. They strike the ball cleanly yielding a very reliable straight flight (mine take a natural draw). The swing-wieght is perfect and they look beautiful at address. If you continue to progress you may find a forged club (like the ones the pros play) will allow you to work the ball more, but for a semi-serious weekend duffer these clubs should serve for many years and many enjoyable rounds.Read full review
(Hdcp: 7) I currently own and have played the following irons...Callaway x-14 pro series, cleveland TA-7s, taylormade rac os, taylormade r7s, nike pro-combo, and have demo'd callaway x-20 standard and tour series, there are more but I will stop there. The Taylormade Tour Burners, imo, are the best of the bunch. They have the perfect blend of progressive offset, med. thin top-line head shape, size and they inspire total confidence at address. I installed a set of project-x shafts that add a consistent trajectory and outstanding feel. A little draw, a little fade, is a piece of cake with these babies. I've read that some people think the cavity graphics are a little busy...(i don't totally disagree)...but if that is all you can find not to like about these clubs then get over it. Just enjoy looking at your ball flying towards it's target. As we all know...there's no prettier sight than that!Read full review
I bought these clubs for the purpose of having a 2nd set I could leave at the my folks house. Primary set are Tour Preferreds with Rifle Project X 6.0 shafts. These Tour Burners have factory stiff-steel shafts. Gotta be honest, the Tour Burner is a super fun club. Can't go wrong with these irons - great utility set. * 'Rating' I assume is intended to reflect my opinion of how satisfied I am with the product, not it's condition.
I've been playing golf for a lot of years and a 9 hdcp. I have played a lot of different clubs over the past 20 years and liked many of them. I have to say I don't change clubs very often and after 4 years with my Cleveland TA6's, which I love, I bought these first because of the looks. I hit a few into the net at Edwin Watts and loved the feel. I contacted my son who is a PGA pro and is on the Taylor Made staff and got a price and bought them. Got them home and went to the range the next day and must say I've never hit a club this straight shot after shot. Feel is wonderful and very forgiving. I like these 2008 models better than the 2009 because of the thinner leading edge and sole. Great looking club and with regular flex graphite shafts they work great for me. Buy them and you won't be sorry.Read full review
i was previously using a set of king cobras that had great distance but not very much control. every shot above a nine iron had a terrible hook to it. that would be the reason i tried these irons. i heard the have great distance and even better control. i will agree with the control. every shot goes straight as an arrow. even the ones that should fade or hook. only problem is i have to really try to work the ball to get it to go either direction which really isnt a big deal. however i dont see the distance everyone raves about. they go just as far as my cobras and sometimes not as far. the fact that every shot goes straight makes me overlook the distance thing because they still go far enough. all in all these are good irons and i would suggest to anyone with a nasty hook.