Faldo admits he trimmed his fingernails on Mondays

Six major championships and a reputation for being one of the most detail-oriented golfers in history give

Sir Nick Faldo's words discount golf clubsweight when it comes to golf equipment. The guy was so fastidious that during his playing career, Faldo admits he trimmed his fingernails on Mondays so he'd have the perfect feel in his hands on Sundays.

So imagine how golf clubs for salerepresentatives must have felt at the 2008 Open Championship when they showed Faldo, their newest endorser, the company's first attempt to at a new forged iron and he promptly called it "crap."

After taking Faldo's feedback and heading back to the drawing board (several times), TaylorMade finally

presented Faldo TaylorMade Tour Preferred CB Irons with an iron that pleased his eyes. The way the hosel blended into the face, the look of the topline, the shape of the toe, the sole ... to the nitpicky Faldo, TaylorMade had nailed it.

All three clubs feature a new grooveTaylorMade Tour Preferred MB Irons pattern that TaylorMade says goes right up to the USGA's limitations on volume and sharpness. Each club also has a weight in the back that allows TaylorMade to Taylormade R11 Rescue Hybridadjust the location of the sweet spot. Contrary to what some equipment blogs and message boards pondered, while the weight is affixed using a screw, it's not adjustable. The faces of the new forged irons are not replaceable like the faces of TaylorMade xFT wedges.

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