Taylor made cgb irons

Has anyone tried these? Interested in opinions as to playability and value for the high price?

Do yourself a favour and get a set of Snake Eyes instead. My Dad has just had a set made by one of the clubmakers from Golfsmith and the quality is amazing.

The shafts will also be top grade and they will save you money.

Snake eyes 350 per set and cgb 1,100 per set, guess which is best?
Your dad is probably a 30 handicapper and doesn't know what the heck he is doing so it doesn't matter what he plays. I'm talking a player's iron here not some hacker that chops wood.

Your guess is as good as anyones, but don't assume the cgb's are better just because they are more expensive if you by better mean "makes your scores lower" and/or "feels better to hit with".

OK smart ass tell me what makes the CGB irons such top notch compared to other irons....

Then please explain where your justification and logic comes in that says my dad does not know what he is doing by using a different brand to TM.

Your ignorance and attitude shows how little you actually know and its idiots like you that brands like TM thrive off because you buy their overpriced stuff thinking its worth the extra money.

My guess is that for the scratch handicapper it is going to be about more individual prefrences and having them custom made to fit their swing and game. So a particular club maybe better for one player but not necessarily better for another. Pro's seem to be very specefic as to the specefications of their clubs and those specefications are diferent from pro to pro.

The Taylormades are probably going to be good clubs, I believe a number of tour players have used them. The big question is if you purchase them, will someone adjust them to fit your game, (assuming you need them adjusted ie wether you need them more upright or flat, or the length, type of shaft etc.) if so do you like the look and feel of them (cavity back v. blades, forged etc, swing weight...)

Now I believe what Phil is alluding to is that with the Snakeeyes (which also makes a wide range of clubs from the low handicapper to the high handicapper, and I believe even a couple tour players play them, I have never tried them though) is that you can work with a clubmaker to meet your specefications rather then just have something off the rack which may or may not be close to what you want or need. Now some may depend upon how good the clubmaker is and how much individual attention he is willing to give you.

But it might not hurt to talk with them, if you are unsure of the shaft type, lie, length of shaft etc. I believe it was Azzinger who said when he is testing a new club he will swing it 3 times to see if it will work, anymore and he believes the tendencey is for the player to change their natural swing to fit the club. I think that is what a lot of us have had to do with off the rack clubs. Change our swings to fit them rather then vice versa.

Now the Snakeeyes that Phil's father has bought may or may not be a high end product, it may or may not be as good as a design as the TM's but at least for him having them custom built is an improvement over more expensive off the rack clubs.

Bob