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TaylorMade P730 irons

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First cited here by Dustin Johnson, August 2017

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  • Overnight, I’d thought about what Collin had described, and started to think about the sole geometry differences between his P730 (muscleback) 7, 8, 9-irons and PW, compared to his usual P7MC 5 and 6-iron.
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  • Moving to the irons, where we find three different TaylorMade models in-play for the two-time Major winner, who uses a PDHY 4-iron, P7CB 5-and-6-iron, as well as P730s in 7-iron to pitching wedge.
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  • But when I do find something that's good, like these [TaylorMade P730] irons, I don't want to waiver too far away from them.
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  • TaylorMade's irons are most popular in terms of Major wins over the last decade of men's Major golf and Morikawa actually used three different models in his victorious 2020 PGA Championship - P770 4-iron, P7MC 5-9 irons and a P730 pitching wedge.
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  • Chief among them was switching his TaylorMade P730 7-iron through 9-iron to the company’s P7MC model. The change was made specifically because the soles of the P7MC short irons produced better turf interaction on the firm links fairways.
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  • The world No. 1 was testing the P730s this week ahead of the 2017 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational, where he's defending champion and looking to capture a third-consecutive World Golf Championships event played this calendar year.
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  • From the 7-iron down to the pitching wedge, Morikawa transitions into the older P730 blades. These scoring clubs are built around a traditional 37-degree 7-iron blueprint, progressing down to a 45.5-degree pitching wedge.
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  • The changes included returning to his old TaylorMade P760 (3-4)/P730 (5-PW) iron and Project X shaft setup and inserting a Spider X Hydro Blast putter with a SuperStroke Traxion PistolGT Tour grip.
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  • Dustin Johnson has new irons in his bag for the first time in 3 years, moving into TaylorMade's P730 muscleback irons for the WGC-HSBC Champions in China, where he has the lead after 36 holes.
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  • Normally, he uses a P730 iron in his 7-iron through to pitching wedge, but this week he switched out his 7, 8 and 9 irons into the P7MCs to allow for more forgiveness from the bladed P730s.
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  • his iron setup has consisted of long irons (P750 or P760) that pack forgiveness and consistency with blades (P730) offering the workability and control he needs to go flag-hunting.
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  • “What I noticed when I hit them at home was I was able to hit different windows, so when I flighted it down, I could pitch it lower than I could the P730,” he said in 2022.
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  • Working his way through Morikawa’s bag, Rietveld landed on the break point in the combo set where the 2020 PGA winner transitions from a P7MC 6-iron into a P730 7-iron.
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  • Morikawa uses a combination of TaylorMade P-730 irons (7-PW), P-7MC irons (5 and 6) and a P-770 4-iron to take advantage of greater forgiveness where he needs it.
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  • Prior to this week's change in the bag, the American had been using TaylorMade P730 irons in his 8-PW, P7MC in his 5-7 irons, and the Taylormade P770 in a 4-iron.
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  • His iron set starts with the company’s hollow-construction P790 in the 4-iron, before moving to the muscleback blade “Rose Proto” P730 for the 5- through 9-irons.
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  • Instead of requesting another set with the Proto badging, McIlroy received irons with P730 stamped on the head that looks identical to the retail offering.
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  • Scheffler was playing TaylorMade’s P730 irons in 2020 when he was paired with the P7TW’s namesake, Tiger Woods, in the final round of the 2020 Masters.
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  • That continued at The Players Championship, where the 2013 US Open champion had gone back to his TaylorMade P730 irons and TaylorMade wedges.
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  • Although McIlroy’s custom TaylorMade “Rors Proto” P730 blade irons are far from a game-improvement iron, they do have a semblance of offset.
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  • His irons have recently changed a he had been using a set of TaylorMae P7MBs, and also a set of P730s before going back to the Rors Protos.
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  • McIlroy has employed a split set of irons, including a P750 model in his long iron to go along with his muscleback blade P730 irons
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  • with Morikawa having a true split set of TaylorMade P7CBs and then P730 blades in addition to a P-DHY utility iron
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  • The club Day used was a TaylorMade P730 muscleback blade 7-iron. Day put the new irons in play at the Masters.
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  • The 4- and 5-iron are the P750, a forged cavity back, while the meat of the set is the pure muscleback P730.
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  • He then uses TaylorMade P7CB's in 5 and 6-iron before moving into P730's from 7-iron to pitching wedge.
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  • Irons: TaylorMade PDHY (4), P7CB (5-6), P730 (7-PW) Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
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  • Morikawa changed out his previous TaylorMade P730 short irons (7-9) for the company’s P-7MC irons.
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  • his old TaylorMade P730 irons (4-PW) and two TaylorMade Milled Grind 2.0 wedges (52, 56 degrees)
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  • But it was his work with his TaylorMade P730 blade irons that produced the greatest results.
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  • His irons are a split set of TaylorMade’s relatively new P7MC and venerable P730 blades.
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  • I noticed I was able to do some things with these irons I couldn’t with my P730s.
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  • So when I flighted it down, I could pitch it lower than I could the P730.
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  • Up until that point, Scheffler had been playing TaylorMade’s P730 blades.
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  • Finally, he uses a TaylorMade P730 iron in his 8-iron to pitching wedge.
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  • Scottie’s Old 7-iron spec : P730 Loft 33 Lie 60 Length 38 EOG SW D6
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  • Rose wound up missing the cut at Bay Hill with an equipment setup consisting of TaylorMade's SIM driver, SIM Max 3-wood, Cobra SpeedZone Tour 5-wood, TaylorMade P730 irons (4-PW) irons, TaylorMade Milled Grind 2 (52 and 56) and Titleist Vokey Design Prototype K-Grind (60 degrees) wedges, Axis1 Rose putter and TaylorMade 2019 TP5 golf ball.
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  • Irons: TaylorMade P750 (4-5 iron; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts), TaylorMade P730 (6-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts)
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  • Johnson’s irons are TaylorMade’s P730 muscleback blade irons with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts and Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet grips.
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  • IRONS: TaylorMade PDHy (4), TaylorMade P·7CB (5, 6), TaylorMade P·730 (7-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
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  • Irons (2): TaylorMade P790 UDI; (3-4): TaylorMade P750; (5-9): TaylorMade P730; (PW): TaylorMade Milled Grind
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  • Irons: TaylorMade P-7MC (4-6 irons), TaylorMade P-730 (7-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts)
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  • Irons (4): TaylorMade P750; (5-9): TaylorMade P730; (PW): TaylorMade Milled Grind
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  • TaylorMade P730 (PW), all with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
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  • Irons (4): TaylorMade P·DHY; (5-6): TaylorMade P·7CB; (7-PW): TaylorMade P·730
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  • Irons (4): TaylorMade P·770, (5-6): TaylorMade P·7MC; (7-PW): TaylorMade P·730
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  • Irons: TaylorMade P730 (3-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts)
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  • Irons (4): TaylorMade P770; (5-9): TaylorMade P7MC; (PW): TaylorMade P730
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  • Irons: TaylorMade P-760 (3 and 4 irons), TaylorMade P-730 (5-PW)
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  • Irons (3-9): TaylorMade P730; (PW): TaylorMade Milled Grind 3
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  • P730 (6-PW; True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts)
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  • The DJ Protos were part of the custom series of irons made for a number of prominent TaylorMade staff players, including Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood . They all featured slightly altered profiles of the TaylorMade P730 iron, featuring either a unique grind or blade length profile.
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  • The DJ Protos were part of the custom series of irons made for a number of prominent TaylorMade staff players, including Rory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood . They all featured slightly altered profiles of the TaylorMade P730 iron, featuring either a unique grind or blade length profile.
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  • TaylorMade P730s were bumped from the bag by a combination of P770 (4-iron) and P7MC (5-9) — Morikawa retained the P730 pitching wedge — that offered a fractionally better ball strike with enhanced turf interaction.
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  • Morikawa opted for the P7MC, which had lost favor in his bag since 2023, replaced by a combination set of P7CB and P730, including appearances in 2024 and 2025 at Troon and Royal Portrush.
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  • Day's iron situation consisted of TaylorMade's P750 and P730 — he started using P730 at the Masters — as he sought to find a solution to lower ball flight and eliminate a left miss.
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  • His P730 irons were a prototype ‘Rose proto' set built just for him – surely a product of much back and forth with club designers until they got it right.
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  • The main difference between the P7TW's and the bladed P730's that players like Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy have used in the past is the milled grind sole.
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  • The main difference between the P7TW's and the bladed P730's that players like Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy have used in the past is the milled grind sole.
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  • The main difference between the P7TW's and the P730's that players like Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy have used in the past is the milled grind sole.
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  • The main difference between the P7TW's and the P730's that players like Dustin Johnson and Rory McIlroy have used in the past is the milled grind sole.
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  • which take inspiration from the TaylorMade P730, a muscleback iron that had been used by the likes of Major winners Dustin Johnson and Sergio Garcia
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  • As a result, Morikawa is playing a full set of P7MCs this week, 5-PW, in place of his normal P7CB/P730 combo while his PDHY 4-iron remains.
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  • a variation of the P730 blade irons that McIlroy first started using when he signed with the company back in 2017
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  • In the case of P7MC, the iron features a sharper leading edge than the P730, with marginally less bounce.
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  • Jon tested the P730, but he just gets slightly better performance out of these.
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  • Irons: Srixon Z785 (4), TaylorMade P730 (5-PW)
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  • Dustin Johnson with the TaylorMade P730's
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