TaylorMade Qi10 Tour Rescue

Leaving carbon out of the crown was a decision, not an oversight. Every other Qi10 rescue gets a carbon top; this one keeps steel up there on purpose, sitting the centre of gravity higher so the head behaves the way an iron behaves. The face is forged maraging steel and the deepest in the family, which suits a club expected to be found out of the middle.

The ladder is short: 17 degrees at the bottom, 22 at the top, with a 19.5 between them. The sleeve shifts loft 1.5 degrees each way, the only adjustability in any Qi10 rescue. The shaft is a Tensei AV Limited Blue, 85 and 75 gram builds spanning regular, stiff and X-stiff, heavy for the category and telling. Only right-handers get the 17. Call it a driving iron with a friendlier footprint.