November 3, 2012 – Following its recent launching, we explain to you the latest TaylorMade Golf irons, the RocketBladez and RocketBladez Tour: technical features and how they work.

RBZ Speed Pocket


The Speed Pocket flexes and reflexes at impact to add speed to the clubface, which increases ball speed and launch angle. The Speed Pocket is filled with a specially formulated polyurethane developed by 3M that quiets vibration without significantly slowing/inhibiting the flex of the pocket, while also keeping debris out.

In conjunction with the highly sophisticated face design (11% thinner than before), adds up to 10 COR points to the face compared to Burner 2.0 irons, and promotes dramatically less drop-off in ball speed on impacts low on the face—where the majority of iron mis-hits occur. That means the COR low on the face is higher than it’s ever been in a TaylorMade iron, and the benefit is that thin shots carry significantly further.

Ultra-thin clubface with improved Inverted Cone design


The both RocketBladez clubface consists of strong, maraging stainless steel. It’s the most sophisticated clubface designed by TaylorMade yet, made possible by more evolved analysis and testing and increasing mastery of the manufacturing processes. It’s the thinnest iron face TaylorMade has ever created, with the top section now 1.6mm, down from 1.8mm – that’s 11% thinner.

Both new RocketBladez iron models also incorporate their newest and most effective iteration of Inverted Cone Technology. The improved Inverted Cone design delivers two critical benefits. One, it increases the size of the clubface area that delivers high ball speed; Two, it influences how the face flexes and rebounds at impact to control the angle at which the ball leaves the face, promoting straighter shots and a tighter dispersion. This is a critical benefit that promotes significantly greater accuracy compared to previous high COR irons.

Low and centred CG location


Impacting the ball where the center of gravity (CG) is located on the face is critical to achieving maximum ball speed. In both RocketBladez iron models, TaylorMade engineers fine-tuned the CG to a low and absolutely centred location on the face by shortening the hosel to save weight and taking additional weight from the top of the club, then redistributing it all in strategic areas within the head. In the RocketBladez clubhead design, 17.5 grams of redistributed weight has enabled to lower the CG by 2.5 mm compared to the Burner 2.0 iron. Locating the CG lower and in the centre of the face makes it easier to consistently find the sweetspot to achieve maximum energy transfer from club to ball, promoting a higher launch angle and maximum distance.

External and Internal Hosel-bending Notches


Both RocketBladez irons feature a distinct external notch on the outer, rear side of the hosel and an internal notch inside that together make it easy to bend the head to change the lie angle. That’s a distinct advantage to bendability when employing high-strength stainless steel in the head construction.

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