“You’re getting substantial growth in sweet spot size in SIM Max compared to M6.”Īnother distance lever TaylorMade is pulling is – for lack of a better term – a progressive Inverted Cone. “We define sweet spot as the area of the face at 800 COR points or higher,” says Bovee. SIM Max features a 20% thinner face to further boost ball speed and make the sweet spot bigger.
Like everyone else, TaylorMade is pushing the limits on face thickness or, more appropriately, face thinness. The Speed Bridge/Speed Slot combo was first introduced in M5 and M6, which TaylorMade says showed significant ball speed gains compared to M3 and M4.
That means you’ll get better energy transfer and more ball speed.” “That puts it more in line with impact position. “When that happens, you get more flexibility in the face, and you’ve moved the maximum deflection point of the face down lower,” says Bovee. The Speed Bridge/Speed Pocket combo helps SIM’s face work more like a springboard and less like a trampoline at impact. That’s been a common theme in GI irons for several years now, and low face deflection even more so this year. Let’s settle on similar-looking and move on to what it does.Īhh, the old face deflection trick. But looks like isn’t same as or even copy of. Yeah, Speed Bridge looks funky, and it is somewhat reminiscent – somewhat – of the old Nike Slingshot insomuch as a bar connects one part of the club to the other. Two of those levers were introduced last year: the polarizing Speed Bridge and its partner, the mouthful that is the Thru Slot Speed Pocket. TaylorMade, of course, is unapologetic about distance and is pulling several additional levers – some old, some new – to pack more yards into SIM. There’s more to distance than merely stamping a 7 on a 5-iron and calling it a day. Sure, loft-jacking is one lever they can pull, but without the right CG, launch, spin, and descent angle, all you’re getting is a low bullet. Since that target demographic is really, really large, OEMs continue their annual quest for every yard possible. Game Improvement irons are distance-geared for an obvious reason: most golfers in the GI demographic don’t, for a variety of reasons, hit the ball as far as a better player. The changes – as you’d expect from TaylorMade – focus on more distance and – as maybe you wouldn’t expect from TaylorMade – on sound and feel. “From a performance perspective, blade length, the sole width interacting with the ground, offset – (SIM Max) is the same as M6,” says Bovee. There’s a reason for that, as we’ll soon learn. Instead, we have SIM Max OS, an obvious Super Game Improvement stick. You’d expect TaylorMade to also offer a slightly smaller profile, slightly less forgiving, more player-focused model of SIM Max to replace M5, but that’s not happening this year.
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SIM Max is the direct replacement/obligatory upgrade to M6. You really can’t optimize aerodynamics with an iron, but branding is branding, so SIM it is. SIM, as we learned last week, stands for Shape In Motion – TaylorMade’s efforts to reach new levels in metalwood aerodynamics. Can the SIM Twins turn the tides? Let’s take a look. Our own Most Wanted Testing, however, showed SIM predecessors M5 and M6 with rather un-TaylorMade like meh performance.
TaylorMade’s new-for-2020 SIM Max and SIM Max OS irons replace last year’s M5/M6 and – according to TaylorMade – are designed for launch monitor meltdowns and to kick the snot out the competition in the hitting bay. OEMs know this, and to them, the Holy Grail is victory in the 7-iron launch monitor war. You don’t stand a chance when it comes to competing in the launch monitor.” “If you don’t have them, thanks for playing. “Every decent game improvement iron today has those two features to some degree,” TaylorMade Senior Irons Manager Matt Bovee tells MyGolfSpy. But without really low, if not damn near subterranean CG and low spin, jacked lofts alone won’t git ‘er done.
The most obvious lever is stronger lofts – or loft-jacking if you prefer. OEMs pull lots of different levers – and keep developing new ones – all in the name of helping you hit the ball farther, higher, and straighter. Game Improvement irons do two things – provide raw, naked distance and mega-forgiveness for the less than perfect ball striker.
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