Taylormade Burner XD 2008 Irons ReviewCourtesy Of R. Green
Golf is a sport of averages, a lot of luck, a little bit of skill and probably most important; equipment. Outside of auto sports there are not that many sports that rely as heavily on equipment like the sport of golf. Baseball has bats but other than weight they are the same. Curling stones weigh all the same as well, but in golf the more money that you spend on a club – on something state of the art – is money well spent as the technology of the club makes the amount of skill you actually have less important. If you are one of those golfers who hits the ball all over the face, yet want that edge above others in your group but with a club that is less than theirs? If so then read on. TaylorMade is a company every golfer knows. They have been around a long time and are arguably the hottest thing in golf other than Tiger. The last several years have seen many R7 Drivers, woods and irons into the bags and clubhouses of amateurs and professionals alike. Regardless of ability the clubs still performed and performed well. Right now the new bad boy from the family of TaylorMade products is the aptly named: Burner line. This series was released a year ago and have already found their bag spots in such professional players like Kenny Perry, Sean O’Hare and Sergio Garcia. The golf players as a whole have been embracing and accepting the Burner line from TaylorMade. The R7 series of products from TaylorMade were based on movable weights. The Burner line has other plans though. TaylorMade has created the Burner line to show off the top of the line and hottest club faces for the sole purpose of creating speed in the clubhead. The Burner line has recently brought the same pride and technology found in their other clubs to their line of drivers. 
The club is a godsend to golfers because TaylorMade put a whole lot of technology into the Taylormade Burner XD iron. TaylorMade calls this club the only iron that has burner speed, power and distance. And as a golfer what is there to not like abut any of those things? Granted, distance in an iron can be over-rated. It’s a great feeling to nail the green on a 155-yard par 3 then rubbing it into your golfing buddies by doing a little jog while you ask for your pitching wedge. Distance is great but it only works well if you can keep repeating it. The challenge of any golf company is to give the golfer an edge against this and to make striking the ball consistent. Well – that is usually the tough part – usually. The Burner line, like the phoenix rising from the ashes, was resurrected and exists for distance. This is the main thing that TaylorMade had in mind when deciding to recreate this old workhorse. The Burner XD line is the first iron to come out of the grouping. They are designed to hit the ball and to hit it far. My Conclusion Well, distance is something that this club doesn't really show me. For what I was led to believe by the guys at Taylormade, this club would give me gargantuan distance. To be honest the distance wasn't any different to what I get from the R7 series, I'm still hitting 150 with a 7 Iron. Now one thing I have to say with these irons is that the accuracy and consistentcy I got from them was near perfect. I would say that compared to my usual 85% accuracy and consistency, my shots have improved. I was hitting at about 90% accuracy all day long. So if you want consistency and accuracy in your iron play then the Taylormade Burner XD Irons are something you should definitely check out. But with a price tag of around $700 you will be forgiven to settle for something a little cheaper. |
