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The 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons are super fun to play with incredible length and impressive forgiveness. Clean, player-approved looks. Improved, consistent feel.
Introduction
Now in their fifth generation, the TaylorMade P790 irons are well on their way to standing alone in golf equipment history. They’re largely responsible for the creation of a new category – players distance irons – and they’ve been at or near the top of the sales charts since their first release in 2017. That kind of success spawns countless imitators. It also makes it hard to create the next generation for fear of messing with success. I tested the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons to see if TM could make meaningful improvements without losing the things that make this set great.
Looks
A major part of the P790’s success is its clean look, and that’s only been enhanced in the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons. In the bag, the design mimics the P770 irons [review HERE] with “P790” engraved across a mirrored backbar. The Tour Satin Scratch finish looks premium as well as providing more durability. Only the TaylorMade “T” logo on the edge of the toe disrupts machined texture across the rest of the back of the club. The 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons will definitely turn heads on the course.
At address, the new P790 has a thinner top line than the previous version, pushing them even closer to TaylorMade’s other P-Series irons. This set is average in heel-to-toe length with modest, progressive offset. As you can see above, the leading edge is almost perfectly straight in the long irons, transitioning into something slightly more rounded in the scoring irons.
Sound & Feel
TM put a major focus on feel for the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons, noting that they tried to optimize each head using modal analysis. What I noticed is a more consistent feel throughout the set. The 2023 P790 [review HERE] changed from softer and quieter in the short irons to more explosive and louder in the long irons. This latest generation maintains a quieter sound and softer feel throughout the set.
Striking a tour caliber golf ball, I noted a soft feel in the hands with a gentle, crisp “click.” Off center strikes feel firmer, and the sound gets a slightly harder edge. This difference is a little more pronounced in the longer irons due to the faster speed and more violent collision. Overall, these irons provide solid feedback, distinguishing misses from pure strikes and communicating the exact location of the strike through the hands.
Performance
While the P790s have many virtues, the primary driver of their popularity is distance. That has not been overlooked with the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons. This new generation feature a new face material that’s 20% stronger than the 2023 version which allows the face to be thinner. Why should you want a thinner face? It allows for faster ball speeds and a sweet spot that TM claims is up to 24% larger.
In my testing, I saw ball speed that is among the very fastest I’ve ever recorded. On center, the ball rockets off the club face. What’s more impressive, however, is the way that speed is retained on mishits. I hit a near-shank with the 7I that flew 173 yards. That’s thanks not only to the thinner face but to the tungsten toe weight in the 4I-7I which makes the club head more stable through impact.
What TaylorMade continues to fine tune and improve with the 2025 P790 irons is the CG, launch, and spin. Their FLTD CG places the CG higher in the 8I-AW to produce a more controlled ball flight. In the scoring irons, the ball launches high and lands softly, but it doesn’t balloon or get battered by the wind. The longer irons feature a lower CG and the Thru-Slot Speed Pocket to launch the ball higher and more easily. Even the longest 7I shots I was hitting – which were obscene – were landing at 46 degrees, which is plenty steep to hold most greens.
Distance gapping was another focus for the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons. I noticed an improvement in this area, but I will continue to strongly recommend that anyone looking at this set – or any distance iron – think seriously about their set make up. I have above average swing speed, but I did not get a consistent, meaningful distance gap between the 4I and 5I: the launch was simply too low.
While there are fitting questions that need to be considered, they don’t overshadow the joy of hitting the 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons. These irons go forever on pure strikes and produce extremely good results on mishits. Players with the ability can shape the ball or play point-and-shoot golf. You don’t have to spend much time with this set to understand why it’s been such a huge success for the last eight years.
Conclusion
The 2025 TaylorMade P790 irons offer golfers everything they’ve loved about this model while simultaneously making small, meaningful improvements. If you want to hit your 7I longer than ever before and enjoy the confidence of knowing your mishits will turn out ok, this is the iron set for you.
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He founded Plugged In Golf in 2013 with the goal of helping all golfers play better and enjoy the game more.
Matt lives in the northwest suburbs of Chicago with his wife and two daughters.
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14 Comments
Hi Matt and thanks for the review!
How would you rate the P790 compared to the Srixon ZXi5 ?
Thanks!
Jay,
I have a full review of the ZXi5 irons here: /srixon-zxi5-irons-review/
Best,
Matt
Thanks for all the concise and well written reviews. If you had to pick between this set and a set of Srixon ZXi5 s for your bag, which goes into play?
Clive,
Probably the ZXi5, I don’t need to hit my irons any longer than I already do.
Best,
Matt
Hi again Matt! Great review as always! A few questions. I know you are a low spin player ( I am high spin) would you personally bend these 1 degree weak? I have thought about this too with the P790. Do you think the distance gap between the 7 iron and the 8 iron has improved? Lastly, do you think the gap wedge has enough feel for half shots and chips?
Thank you,
Joe
Joe,
If I had to game them, I would definitely consider adding some loft.
Yes, the distance gap from the 7 to 8 is very consistent and reasonable.
I see no issue hitting partial shots or chips with the gap wedge.
Best,
Matt
The 2025 version is entirely different than the 2023. I had the 2021s which were wonderful. I asked them to make me a new version of the 2023‘s. They came in shorter. I extended them that didn’t work we sent them back for a re-shafting that didn’t work. I took my old shafts put them in the new 2023s that didn’t work. The only thing that worked was my 2021 and the new shafts . Finally they made me a set of 2025 shafted to my length and they are incredible. Now if. Can only get the Qi35 driver to stop hanging right!!
Hi Matt, great review, what is the handicap cutoff number to be able to effectively play this club, vs. a game improvement club.
Del,
I don’t like to attach hard and fast handicap ranges to clubs; there’s too much variability in players at the same handicap. That said, I think these are certainly fine up to 20 or so.
Best,
Matt
Hi Matt,
Was looking at the Ventus TR, or MMT shaft option for the no up-charge graphite. Hit both and liked the Ventus. However, most say it is not the real thing and an OEM and better off with the MMT. Was curious about your thoughts.
Rick,
You might enjoy this: /are-aftermarket-shafts-better-than-stock-shafts-golf-myths-unplugged/
To your question, it doesn’t matter if a shaft is “real” or not if it works well for you. While the stock shafts are not the same as aftermarket, they’re designed to work well for the majority of golfers. The OEMs want golfers to play well with their clubs.
Best,
Matt
Hi Matt!
Just curious. Will you be reviewing the Mizuno JPX 925 Hot Metal Forged soon? I am curious to hear your impressions and feedback of it versus the P790 and ZXi5 in terms of performance and forgiveness.
Thanks,
Joe
Joe,
We likely will, but not in the immediate future. Mizuno has decided not to work with us on reviews, so getting the testing in is a bit more time consuming and difficult. If you’d like to see Mizuno reviews appear in a more timely manner, please go to any social network and let them know you value our reviews.
Best,
Matt
I will Matt! Thank you!!