x-300 fci, taylormade

pimpinon · April 17, 2006

Does anyone have any info on the x-300 taylormade FCI irons?

pitbull808 · April 17, 2006

They came out in 2000 for sale in Japan. Right in between the Firesoles and X360's.

Here's what they said about them in Golf World, July 28, 2000 Issue.....

Taylor Made iron to make U.S. debut

Golf World
July 28, 2000

Taylor Made-adidas Golf is introducing a new forged iron, the X300 FCI, on a limited basis in the United States, a Taylor Made executive said.

"With the recent recommitment of Taylor Made toward the really good golfer, we decided to bring it here," said Sean Toulon, Taylor Made's vice president of sales North America.

The Carlsbad, Calif., equipment maker originally developed the club for a Japanese player, Hidemichi Tanaka, who has won twice on the Japanese PGA Tour this year, and then introduced the club to the Japanese market. Taylor Made has since brought 1,500 sets to the United States.

"The plan is to bring [the iron] to the U.S. market, get it out in front of people and just get some feedback," Toulon said.

The company already has shipped the iron to a group of "influential club professionals," Toulon said, and formed an advisory board to test the clubs and make recommendations.

Some of Taylor Made's more prominent staff players are using the irons, including Ernie Els, who finished tied for second last weekend at the British Open, Mark O'Meara and Larry Nelson.

The X stands for experimental prototype; the 300 refers to Taylor Made's 300 series of clubs for the better player. The FCI stands for Flight Control Iron.

In addition to the new irons, Taylor Made is in the midst of fine-tuning a prototype driver in different clubhead sizes intended to be introduced later this year. The driver already is being used on the professional tours--37 players played the club at the Greater Milwaukee Open the same week Els used it to win the European PGA Tour's Standard Life Loch Lomond tournament.

--John Strege