| The TaylorMade R9 TP Irons has serious | | | | Velocity Control Chamber (VCC), a fully enclosed |
| performance technology in a classic player's shape | | | | compartment positioned behind the clubface that |
| and size. The High MOI (Moment of Inertia) and | | | | allows a large area of the 2.0 mm face to exist |
| Inverted Cone clubface technology in every iron | | | | unsupported, increasing COR to promote more |
| mean superior distance while the VCC | | | | distance. |
| (Velocity-Control Chamber) offer increased | | | | |
| consistency, ball speed and power. | | | | The open space within the VCC is fully filled with light |
| | | | | yet dense foam that manages vibration energy to |
| The vibration-controlling cavity badge provides a | | | | deliver excellent feel and sound at impact. The VCC |
| satisfying feel and sound and the Tour-beveled sole | | | | allows the re-distribution of mass within the clubhead |
| reduces resistance to react "thinner" with the turf. | | | | to give the R9 TP long-irons an exceptionally low CG |
| The grooves conform to new USGA and R&A | | | | and high MOI, which combines with the fast clubface |
| rules and the KBS Tour Series steel shafts are | | | | to make them easier to launch high and long. |
| engineered to promote increased stability and energy | | | | |
| transfer. | | | | Progressive face thickness is incorporated throughout |
| | | | | the set starting at 2.0 mm in the 2- through 5-iron, |
| VCC (Velocity-Control Chamber) | | | | 2.3 mm in the 6- and 7-iron, and 2.5 mm in the 8-iron |
| Called the Velocity-Control Chamber, it makes it | | | | through pitching wedge. The result is progressively |
| possible for an immense area of the ultra-thin (2.0 | | | | higher COR where you need it in the middle-irons and |
| mm) clubface to exist unsupported. | | | | long-irons, and fantastic feel in the short-irons |
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| Inverted Cone Technology | | | | Compact Shape |
| As the VCC makes it easier to launch the ball with | | | | R9 TP heads are similar to the compact shape of the |
| the long- and middle-irons, TaylorMade engineers | | | | Tour Preferred® irons (which are the most popular |
| have gone to great lengths to ensure that the R9 | | | | and successful irons on the PGA Tour today), yet |
| irons deliver controlled power by incorporating | | | | the R9 TPs offer a larger hittable face area due in |
| Inverted Cone Technology on the inner side of the | | | | part to differences in the way the head blends into |
| clubface. In addition to promoting higher ball speed on | | | | the hosel. |
| off-center hits, the Inverted Cone has been carefully | | | | |
| calibrated to eliminate "hot spots" so that ball speed | | | | The top-line is beveled along the back edge to give it |
| is consistent across the clubface, resulting in keen | | | | a thin and elegant appearance, and the sole is |
| and consistent distance control in all of the R9 irons. | | | | beveled to reduce resistance so it can perform |
| | | | | "thinner" when it meets the turf. Each R9 TP head is |
| TaylorMade R9 TP Iron Set | | | | perimeter-weighted and equipped with a |
| As part of TaylorMade's revered Tour Preferred® | | | | vibration-controlling cavity badge. |
| product line, R9 TP irons are engineered to, above all, | | | | |
| deliver an exceptional degree of distance control and | | | | The 6-iron through pitching wedge feature an |
| consistency, which is critical to any player who | | | | undercut cavity that's visible because the cavity |
| competes at a high level or wants to. | | | | badge is smaller than that used in the R9 irons. The |
| The R9 TP iron's classic shape and size are | | | | undercut cavity allows us to push more weight to |
| characterized by a compact head featuring a | | | | the perimeter of the head in order to increase MOI |
| semi-straight leading edge, semi-square toe, thin | | | | and distance-control |
| topline and thin, cambered, beveled, multi-functional | | | | |
| sole. | | | | New and Conforming Grooves for 2010 |
| | | | | The R9 TP irons incorporate a new groove design |
| New Technology | | | | that conforms to the USGA and R&A ruling that |
| In terms of technology, the R9 TP irons offer plenty. | | | | goes into affect in 2010 for high-level competition. |
| The 2- through 5-iron incorporate TaylorMade's | | | | |