TaylorMade SIM Max OS Irons

Stronger lofts get the headlines, but offset is the more useful number. The OS 4 iron carries 6.7mm against the standard head's 5.8mm, and that extra help squaring the face does more for a struggling golfer than the loft change does on its own. Loft still moves: a 27 degree 7 iron here against 28.5 in the standard set, with the whole deck 1.5 degrees stronger through the 9.

Construction is shared with its sibling: a cast stainless cavity back, a Speed Bridge spanning the rear, and damping polymer tucked in behind the strike. Stock sets run eight clubs from the 4 iron through a gap wedge, with heads available as far as a lob wedge, which comes right-handed only. KBS MAX 85 steel and Fujikura Ventus Blue graphite cover senior to stiff between them. Tighter gapping points you back to the standard set.