The P·790 is a players distance iron, which is TaylorMade's own category for a club that looks compact behind the ball but is built to go further than it looks. TaylorMade rate it mid-high for forgiveness and mid for workability, sitting between the game-improvement Qi and the more compact P·770. In practice that suits low to mid handicap golfers who want distance without a chunky head, and better players who want a little help in the long irons.

For most mid handicappers, yes. The 2025 model's 4340M face is 20% stronger than the previous generation, which let TaylorMade thin it out and grow the sweet spot by up to 24% against the 2023 P·790 seven iron. It is still a players distance iron rather than a game-improvement one, so if you regularly miss well outside the centre, a Qi or Qi HL will hold its distance better on those strikes.

Four things. An all-new 4340M forged face material that is 20% stronger, unlocking a thinner face and up to a 24% larger sweet spot. SpeedFoam Air with each head individually optimised for sound and feel. FLTD CG, which now sits even lower in the long irons for launch and higher through the scoring irons for control. And a reshaped head with a thinner topline, more sole radius and a progressive leading edge.

Choose the P·790 for more distance and more forgiveness; choose the P·770 for a more compact head you can move around. TaylorMade rate the P·790 mid-high for forgiveness and long for distance, against mid and mid-long for the P·770, while the P·770 scores higher for workability. If you are between the two, a combo set is common — P·790 in the long irons, P·770 in the scoring clubs.

Yes. The face is forged 4340M carbon steel and the body is forged carbon steel too, but the head is hollow rather than solid, and it is filled with SpeedFoam Air. That combination is what confuses people: it is a genuinely forged iron that behaves like a distance iron, which is the whole point of the category.

4 iron 20°, 5 iron 23°, 6 iron 26.5°, 7 iron 30°, 8 iron 34°, 9 iron 39°, pitching wedge 44° and approach wedge 49°. Lies run from 61° in the 4 iron to 64° in the wedges, and standard men's lengths from 38.5 inches down to 35.5 inches.

Further than the number on the sole suggests, because the lofts are strong: the P·790 seven iron is 30°, where a traditional seven iron was nearer 34°. Any honest yardage depends on your clubhead speed and strike, so the useful comparison is against your current seven iron's loft rather than against someone else's carry number. TaylorMade specify mid-high launch with mid-low spin and a neutral flight bias.

It is a cured urethane injected into a sealed hollow head, not a soft filler that can be knocked loose, and TaylorMade have now built four generations of P·790 on the same principle since 2017. SpeedFoam Air is the lighter, more permeable version, which frees up mass to be positioned elsewhere in the head and is a large part of why the 2025 model sounds and feels the way it does.

Stock steel is the Nippon N.S. Pro Modus³ 105 in X, S and R. Stock graphite is the Mitsubishi MMT in 75S, 65R and 55A, which flights the ball a little higher. The stock grip is a Golf Pride Z-Grip, 52g in the 0.580 size. At GolfOnline you can also build the set on more than twenty other shafts across seven flexes at no extra cost on most options.

Most golfers are better served by 5–PW. The 4 iron is 20°, which is close to a hybrid or driving iron loft, and unless you carry the ball a long way it is easier to get that yardage airborne with something else. Take the 4–PW if you already hit a long iron confidently, or if you want the set to run all the way up without a gap.

Yes to both. Single irons are available from the 4 iron through to the approach wedge, starting at £179, which is the sensible route if you are replacing one club or extending a set you already own. Every club from 4 to AW is made in both right and left hand.

The forged carbon steel body can be bent for loft and lie within the usual tolerances, and your fitter will confirm what is sensible for your set. GolfOnline build custom orders in 14 working days, and you can book a fitting first so the lie, length, shaft and grip are decided on evidence rather than a guess.