TaylorMade M6 Rescue

Steel everywhere, crown included, with no carbon panel anywhere on it, which is the opposite call to the one made on the fairway woods wearing the same badge. Instead the weight sits low in the body. The ladder runs long: five heads, opening at 19 degrees and topping out at 31, with a 25 sitting in the middle for the golfer who has given up on a 5 iron.

Atmos Orange handles all three flexes, 78 grams at stiff, 68 at regular and 57 at senior, so the more loft you need the lighter the club arrives. Above that, a Dual Feel reminder grip weighing 47 grams puts the hands in the same place every swing, which matters on a club that lives in rough. Nothing turns and nothing slides. The top two lofts never came in a left-handed build, so the ladder is shorter on that side.