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Question by Joe H: Are the Taylormade 2009 Burner golf Irons forged or cast?
Can’t find the answer online, thanks.
I need a 2-3 degree up bend in my irons and was wondering whether I could bend these irons or not.
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Answer by John G
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They are cast, and you can bend Taylor Made irons. But be sure that you know the exact angle you are moving to, because Taylor Made’s lie angle may be more or less upright than “standard”, since every manufacturer has their own standard. I wouldn’t go more than 2 degrees on them in any case.
The TM Burners are cast. TM has strayed away from forgings with their last few iron lines – only the TP MB in their ’09 offerings.
You can have the Burner irons bent, but I wouldn’t go more than about 2 degrees on any iron, stainless or carbon. Some club fitters or manufacturers won’t say this, but once you get more than 1.5 or 2 degrees of bend it can start to effect the strength of the metal. You may not notice it initially, but you will over time.
If you need a 3-up lie, most manufacturers will produce a 1 or 2 degree upright clubhead, and you just have it bent 1 additional degree. At least one major manufacturer offers this for no additional charge.
Good luck!
CG+1 is right; virtually all of the game improvement irons are cast. Casting is the only way to achieve the necessary perimeter weighting required for providing the forgiveness essential to game improvement clubs. Forged irons are mostly for better players; single digit handicappers who need to be able to hit a variety of shot shapes and work the ball. People who have problems with slices and hooks ought not try to hit forged clubs.
These clubs can be bent a little, but as CG+1 stated, have them put you on a loft/lie monitor and check out the clubs before you bend them. Often in mass produced equipment, each club in a set of irons will have a variation of one or two degrees in loft and lie from ‘standard’. I once had a set where I hit the 6 and 7 iron roughly the same distance; when I took them to the shop, I discovered they were almost the identical loft. They were supposed to be 4* different, but one was 1.5* too much and the other 1* too little, so they were only 1.5* apart. This sort of thing is very common in off-the-shelf clubs.
The other posters are also correct about limiting the amount of bending to one or two degrees and once they are bent, do not try to have them bent back to original shape. That is why it is important to ensure you check the clubs’ lie before bending them.