TaylorMade P790 by year: 2017 to 2025 lofts and lengths

The short answer

• 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023. One loft chart: 19° 3-iron, 21° 4-iron, 30.5° 7-iron, 45° PW and 50° AW. The lie angles match too.
• 2025. 20° 4-iron, 30° 7-iron, 44° PW and 49° AW, with the same lies and lengths as the 2023 set. TaylorMade's 2025 page lists no 3-iron.
• Lengths. The 2017 sheet shows a 36.75 in 7-iron and the 2019 to 2023 sheets 37 in. Measured the same way, the 2017 7-iron is 1/8 in longer.

Because the numbers repeat, the back of the head is what dates a P790. The badge layout changed with every generation, and the cues below separate them.

P790 generations by year

The year is the column TaylorMade filed each sheet under in its product-specs archive, which is also how the clubs are usually sold used ("2019 P790"). It is a model label, not a manufacture date.

TaylorMade's marketing changed more than the tables did. The 2017 sheet introduces SpeedFoam inside a hollow forged head; the 2021 sheet switches to SpeedFoam Air, which it calls 69% lighter; the 2023 sheet adds what TaylorMade calls FLTD CG and an internal sound bar. Those are the maker's descriptions, and none of them shows up in the loft or lie row.

P790 lofts by year: 2017 to 2023 vs. 2025

These are TaylorMade's standard men's figures. The first column holds for all four earlier sheets, and the year links open the full record for each one.

The 2025 change is small and uneven. The 6-iron stays at 26.5°; the 5- and 7-irons move half a degree; the 4-, 8- and 9-irons, PW and AW move a full degree. That also reshapes the gaps at the top of the set. On the older chart the 4- to 5-iron step is 2.5° and the 6- to 7-iron step 4°; on the 2025 chart they are 3° and 3.5°. Our loft gap checker lays out every step if you mix clubs from the two charts.

A measured 7-iron helps only up to a point. Among TaylorMade's P-series charts in our catalog, the P790 is the one at 30.5°: the 2017 P770 prints 33°, the 2018 P760 33° and the 2017 P750 34°. Outside that family the same 7-iron loft appears on 18 other charts in the catalog, TaylorMade's own 2017 M1 among them, so pair it with the head cues below. The TaylorMade iron page lists every TaylorMade chart we have.

Why a 2017 P790 looks shorter on paper

Put the 2017 and 2019 sheets side by side and the 2019 set looks longer: 36.75 in against 37 in at the 7-iron, and 1/4 in more at every club from the 3-iron to the 9-iron. The 2019 club isn't actually longer. TaylorMade's 2021 Summer custom component booklet says that from November 1, 2018 it stopped listing iron lengths with what it calls the "pin length" and switched to the "ground plane" method, which it describes as the USGA's preferred method. The 2017 sheet predates the switch. The 2019 and later sheets follow it.

The same booklet restates the 2017 P-series (P730, P750, P770 and P790) on the ground plane: 39.13 in at the 3-iron and 37.13 in at the 7-iron. On one method, then, a 2017 P790 is 1/8 in longer than a 2019 to 2025 set from the 3-iron to the 9-iron, 1/4 in longer at the PW and 1/2 in longer at the AW. The gap between the two methods on the 2017 7-iron is 3/8 in.

If you're adding a newer P790 to a 2017 set, the booklet itself recommends ordering 1/4 in over standard to avoid the new clubs coming in shorter. Graphite changed too: the 2017 sheet prints a graphite row 1/4 in longer than steel (37 in at the 7-iron), while the 2019 sheet gives one row for both. The booklet says this makes graphite builds 1/4 in shorter than the previous generation. TaylorMade's game-improvement M-series went through the same switch; our M6 vs. SIM2 Max vs. Stealth article covers that table, and the length guide explains how to measure a club consistently.

How to tell the P790 years apart

These cues come from TaylorMade's own product photos of each set (on our model pages, and the 2025 product page). Look at the back of a mid iron in good light.

• 2017. The full TaylorMade script sits low on the back. P·790 is printed inside a raised bar outlined in black, with TUNGSTEN lettered just below it and FORGED down the hosel.
• 2019. The same outlined P·790 bar and TUNGSTEN line, but the TaylorMade script is replaced by the round T logo low toward the toe. FORGED is still on the hosel.
• 2021. The outline is gone. P·790 sits lower and toward the heel, with TUNGSTEN directly under it, and the T logo stays low toward the toe.
• 2023. The order flips: TUNGSTEN is lettered high on the toe side, above a sloping line, and P·790 sits below it toward the heel. The back mixes satin and chrome.
• 2025. P·790 moves to the center of the back, with no TUNGSTEN lettering in TaylorMade's product photo, and the T logo stays low toward the toe. Golf.com's launch report also mentions a thinner topline.

At least one review describes the 2021 as looking more offset. The factory sheets don't show that: the 2019, 2021 and 2023 sheets print the same offset at every club, 2.7 mm at the 7-iron. The 2017 sheet matches them from the 7-iron down and prints a little more in the long irons (3.9 mm at the 3-iron against 3.5 mm). The TaylorMade iron year finder narrows the catalog by name and loft, and our guide to identifying older irons lists what else to photograph.

P790 Ti, P790 Black and other versions

• P790 Ti (2019). A different head with its own chart: 28.5° 7-iron and 43.5° PW, so it is 2° stronger than the standard P790 at the 7-iron. Look for a dark recessed window high on the toe and P·790Ti on the back. The sheet is right-hand only.
• P790 Black (2018). TaylorMade's P790 Black sheet describes a black PVD finish and black Dynamic Gold 105 shafts, right-hand only. It prints the 2017 pin-method lengths and the 2017 lofts except one: the 5-iron reads 23°, not 23.5°. We haven't found a note explaining it, so measure a 5-iron rather than assuming.
• P790 UDI. A driving iron sold on its own, with its own sheets in 2018 and 2019. It isn't part of the iron set's chart.
• Phantom Black. TaylorMade's site also listed a P790 Phantom Black (captured March 2025). We haven't compared its table with the chrome set.

Checking a used P790 set

1. Date it from the back of the head. A listing's year is often a guess. The badge layout above settles it.
2. Pick the right loft chart. 2017 to 2023 share one chart; only 2025 differs. A measured 44° PW points to a 2025 set or a bent older club.
3. Read 2017 lengths with the method in mind. Measure on the ground plane and compare a 2017 club with the booklet's figures, not the 2017 sheet. Our used-iron checklist covers the rest of the inspection.
4. Check for custom builds. TaylorMade sold the P790 with custom shaft, length and lie options, and the factory numbers describe the stock build only.
5. Watch for Ti and Black heads mixed in. Their charts differ from the standard set, as shown above.

Sources and limits

The 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023 figures come from our catalog records of TaylorMade's specification sheets (2017, 2019, 2021, 2023), retrieved October 16, 2026; the offset figures and the 2017 graphite row were read from the same sheets. The 2025 lofts, lies and lengths come from TaylorMade's P∙790 product page in Internet Archive captures of September 30, 2025 and January 28, 2026 (TaylorMade's live site blocks automated requests). The ground-plane lengths and the measurement change come from TaylorMade's 2021 Summer custom component booklet, page 22. The P790 Ti figures come from our P790 Ti record, and the head cues from TaylorMade's product photos. Every catalog number on this page is generated from those records, so a corrected record changes the text too. Reviewed October 18, 2026.

A sheet's year is TaylorMade's filing label, not a release or manufacture date. The 2025 set is not yet a catalog record, and we haven't compared the Phantom Black or other limited finishes. The booklet compares the generations on paper; we did not measure any clubs. No clubs were inspected, measured or hit here, and a stronger loft says nothing on its own about how far a club carries or whether it fits you.