Okay, so I’ve been digging into this whole TaylorMade Qi Irons thing, and let me tell you, it’s been a bit of a journey. I wanted to figure out exactly when these clubs were released, and it turned out to be a more interesting story than I expected.
First, I started with a simple search. You know, just typing “when were the Qi Irons released” into the search bar. I found a bunch of articles right away, but they were all kind of saying the same thing, a press release from TaylorMade, I think. They talked about the Qi Irons being all about “minimalistic aesthetics” and “multi-material technology.” Fancy words, but they didn’t really answer my question directly.
- One article, from some place called CARLSBAD, said the irons were introduced on January 9, 2024.
- Another one, this one from BASINGSTOKE, repeated the same date, January 9, 2024.
So, January 9, 2024, seemed to be the magic date for the announcement. But then I stumbled upon something about a Qi35 iron.
Read about TaylorMade’s plans to launch a new cavity back model called Qi35 in early 2025. That threw me off a bit, wondering if I was getting my Qi’s mixed up. Was this Qi35 thing related to the Qi irons? Were they the same thing? I spent a good amount of time looking into that, but finally figured out that the Qi35 was a totally different club. My bad!
Anyway, back to the original Qi Irons. One bit of info I found said they were available for preorder on January 9, 2024. I guess that’s when they were announced to the public, but they weren’t actually in stores then. It said they would be at retail beginning February 2, 2024.
Conclusion
So, after all this digging, here’s what I figured out: The TaylorMade Qi Irons were officially announced on January 9, 2024, but you couldn’t actually buy them in stores until February 2, 2024. Mystery solved! Man, that was more work than I thought it would be, but hey, at least I got to the bottom of it. And I learned a little bit about “Cap Back Design” and “Speed Pocket” along the way. I guess you could say I really know those clubs now!
