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Taylormade always offers quite a nice balance of irons between the athlete golfer and the average golfer segments. In the summer TM Japan announced their new R9 Supermax lineup, clubs that focused on max performance and distance. (taylormade r9 forged irons) The R9 Supermax is for the average golfer looking for ease of use and distance performance. The R9 Supermax Iron features long and mid irons with a 2 piece undercut cavity design and shorter irons in a 1 piece design with no undercut. The long irons feature a 17-4 body and a custom 455 face while the 8 to wedges are all 17-4 SS. The irons do have some offset especially in the longer irons which becomes progressively less as the irons get shorter. The lofts are ultra strong with a 23* 5 iron again showing a big focus on distance. This is not a tradition undercut in that it has an open pocket cavity. (taylormade burner 2.0 irons) It is in fact a hollow cavity and face filled with foam and a plug behind the sweet area of the face. These features are used to create vibration dampening and soften the feel at impact. The back cavity is pretty good looking and does feature TM's inverted cone technology. The R9 Supermax is an automatic iron made to go straight and far. Attempts from me to draw the ball sometimes resulted in pulls, but that's probably just me. (taylormade r9 irons) This iron is best with an easy swing as it simply wants to go straight. Lately, manufacturers have been sending me both steel and graphite demos to test. This iron excels with the Motore Supermax graphite. It's a small upgrade over steel but you get a considerably lighter iron(-45g) and you don't lose much in stability but you do gain feel and distance. The graphite shafts launched even higher and carried even more than the standard NS Pro 950GH. I'd recommend this iron to Taylormade fans who are still improving at golfing or those who want automatic style distance. (taylormade r9 max irons) It's reasonably good looking and provides enough confidence at address without looking huge. Far and straight, isn't that what we all want?