Taylormade RSi1 Taylormade SLDR Irons

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Taylormade RSi1 Taylormade SLDR Irons reviewed and tested by Mark Crossfield PGA professional AskGolfGuru. See which iron might come out on top from these two TaylorMade golf irons. The RSi1 and they SLDR both feature some similar ideas and are aimed at similar golfers. Play your best golf with the best equipment your can.

22 thoughts on “Taylormade RSi1 Taylormade SLDR Irons

  1. Shaft lengths are interesting. Just went to Cleveland 588TT. I run with 1
    inch over standard being quite tall. Pro fitting said yes 1 inch over
    standard. Got the clubs and found them to be 2 inches over standard …
    yes, you guessed it. Not only do they tweak the lofts but have lengthened
    the shafts. Really feels like they just take a 5 iron and brand it as a 6.
    Don’t get me wrong .. love the clubs but maybe manufacturers should discard
    club numbering and just disclose the lofts as they do on Wedges. End of the
    day, it appears that there’s no such thing as standard.

  2. Mark I am new to golf. I know very little about these numbers that you talk
    about in the videos. I was hoping that you can explain a bit about these
    numbers and how they affect your club chose during purchasing a new club. I
    just want to make sure that I am not buying a sales pitch. Thanks for your
    time and videos.

  3. Great stuff as usual. Could be interesting to see a comparision between
    RSi1 and Rocketbladez as their specs look quite identical (loft & length)

  4. So the 5i and 6i they provided you with are the same length? That tells me
    they’re trying to sell longer clubs to make high handicappers feel better.
    Same shaft in both clubs? If not that would be a big difference.

  5. What I look for in a review of a club is that the club is doing what it is
    advertising. For RSi1 more consistent across the face. If you watch TM
    video with the robot testing you are led to believe that the club delivers
    the same distance across the face. Left-centre-right

  6. Have the SLDR irons.. Love them… Like the feel, look, length and the
    lighter shaft suits me perfectly… I have been transferred over from a
    Mizuno nut to Taylormade fanboy as you put it Marky mark… Try them guys

  7. Mark, could you try and use more than three shots per club, 6 or 7 would
    make for far more reliable data and eradicate the error in your so called
    “textbook” swing.

  8. Best comment: “Let’s see how confused you can be…” It’s like TaylorMade
    went from 8 million drivers to 8 millions iron sets.

  9. Interesting. I am in the market for a new set of clubs. I am presently
    waiting to have a look at the bladed RSi tp set ( slots o’clock ). Any idea
    when you can get your hands on one Mark ? I have tried other manufacturers
    clubs but nothing so far ‘feels’ as good as my old RAC tp combo’s with
    dynamic gold s300 shafts. I haven’t checked the loft & lie on them in a few
    years because I can’t find the original spec anywhere !

  10. It is all about spin and ball speed. The ball speed on the RSi 6 iron is
    only 1-2mph slower. So if everything else was the same rsi would be
    slightly shorter. BUT the spin of RSi is substantially reduced. If Mark hit
    a 6I sldr the spin would probably be 6300-64000 rpm. Rsi spin is only 4600
    (4400 most of the time) That’s nearly 2000 rpm less! So similar ball speed
    similar height for the 2 clubs (even though one is 6 , the other 7 iron),
    but a bit more penetration from the RSi means very similar distances.

  11. If I want a 180 club, I would probably rather a 5I sldr with 5300rpm than a
    6I RSi with 4600 rpm. I can control the ball on the green better.

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