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Coming soon to Golfbuyitonline is the New TaylorMade Burner SuperLaunch Irons, available to buy online from April 1st 2010. See below for information regarding the NEW TaylorMade Burner SuperLaunch Irons released from TaylorMade.

The Burner SuperLaunch is an iron specifically designed to be spectacularly forgiving and easy to get in the air, allowing a certain segment of players – mainly slower swingers and low-ball hitter to get more distance than from any other iron we have to offer. In addition, their generous offset helps straighten a slice and promote a draw. All at an appealing price.

Burner SuperLaunch irons are also engineered to deliver tremendous forgiveness from end-to-end (heel to the toe) and top to bottom (topline to leading edge). That makes it a great iron for high-handicappers, who hit the ball all over the clubface. In fact, Burner SuperLaunch irons boast the highest MOI of any TaylorMade iron, ever.

The first thing you notice about Burner SuperLaunch irons is that each features a wide, multifunctional sole, which is key to establishing the low and deep CG location that makes every one of these irons so easy to get high in the air. However, each sole is strategically bevelled to reduce the degree of interaction with the turf. That means you get the low-deep CG-positioning benefits of a large sole, yet it plays like a much smaller, narrower sole.

When you rest a Burner SuperLaunch iron behind the ball you’ll notice the substantial topline, which contributes to the exceptional stability and forgiveness. Testing we’ve conducted indicates that higher handicappers take confidence in seeing a thick topline. TaylorMade cambered its rearward edge to give it a downward slant, resulting in a more dynamic appearance that makes the Burner SuperLaunch look easy to launch the ball with.

Like the Burner irons, the Burner SuperLaunch long-irons, middle-irons and short-irons were designed separately, which is clear when you see the long-irons, which boast a decidedly low-profile shape compared to the rest of the set. This shape, when combined with the wide sole and deep cavity, help make Burner SuperLaunch long-irons so much easier to launch at lower swing speeds. The low-profile shape also makes the long-irons look easy to hit, too. On the opposite end of the set, Burner SuperLaunch short-irons have a traditional face-height and profile, while the middle-irons are of medium-profile, about halfway between the traditional profile of the short-irons and low-profile of the long-irons.
Progressive face thickness throughout the set has the thinnest faces in the long-irons for higher COR, faster ball speed and better weight distribution and thicker faces in the short-irons for better feel. Inverted Cone Technology in every Burner SuperLaunch iron helps expand the area of the clubface that delivers fast ball speed to promote more distance on off-center hits.

Of course, the most important part of the Burner SuperLaunch story is how easily they launch the ball and how high they launch the ball. Slower swingers will find it a breeze to launch these irons on an extremely high flight and with the spin necessary to keep the ball in the air long enough to achieve significant added carry, and when the ball comes down it will land steeply and softly. To recap, that’s high, long flight that lands softly and stops fast – a very attractive combination to the average high handicapper, many whom of have never achieved that kind of result with their irons, ever. Now they can, with our new Burner SuperLaunch.

What kind of numbers do the Burner SuperLaunch irons promote?

At average to fast swing speeds, the 6-iron is about 4 to 5 yards shorter than the Burner, and the 4-iron is about 8 to 9 yards shorter. But remember, Burner SuperLaunch irons aren’t for that player, they’re for slower swingers who can’t launch the ball high enough or long enough with the Burner, and for erratic swingers who need maximum forgiveness. Those players are generally more likely to net more distance from Burner SuperLaunch irons than from Burner irons. Compared to our most recent super-game-improvement iron at this price point, the Burner Plus irons, Burner SuperLaunch delivers similar distance but at a higher ball speed and higher trajectory.

Regarding grooves, Burner SuperLaunch irons incorporate our new groove design, which conforms to the USGA’s new ruling on grooves that goes into effect in 2010.

Before we close here we want to make it make it clear that Burner SuperLaunch is not a replacement for the Burner, instead it will live alongside Burner, and whereas Burner is a game-improvement iron, Burner SuperLaunch is a super game-improvement iron.

One more thing: The introduction of the Burner SuperLaunch gives TaylorMade the strongest iron lineup in the game, including the R9™, R9 TP, Burner and now Burner SuperLaunch.