The irons will come in a standard set as well as the TP version, for the player who hits it out the middle more often than not. They have a classic look, which is great for those of you who prefer the traditional look when setting up over the ball.

TaylorMade has also introduced a Velocity-Control Chamber (VCC, another of TaylorMade’s slightly irritating three-letter abbreviations...) on the back of the face of the longer irons, which provides a significant increase in area of optimum Coefficient of Restitution (COR, the spring effect of the face of the club face); basically, helping the ball fly consistent distances, even with off-centre hits.

Inverted cone technology is still present like in the R9’s predecessor, the R7 irons. They look pretty good too; keep an eye out in your local store – coming soon.