PING i240 IRON REVIEW 2025! I’m Surprised How EASY I Found It To Hit This Iron!

Join Luke the Weekend Tour Pro as he reviews the brand new Ping i240 golf irons. A modern looking golf iron offering greater levels of forgiveness and performance compared to the previous model, but does this mean Ping are giving up some of the performance that better players want in these irons? Let’s find out!

Luke starts by introducing you to the new Ping i240 irons and talking you through the review process, before getting straight into testing the Ping i240 by hitting shots. With each shot, Luke will show you all the key TrackMan data and talk you through feels, sounds and forgiveness.

Luke then breaks away and provides an overview of the new technology in these irons including their new badge, groove design and sole design before talking you through the looks of the new model, showing you up close shots and talking through which profile of golfer these may or may not appeal to.

Luke then hits a few more shots to finish collecting the data set before returning home and offering a comprehensive deep dive into all the TrackMan data, using his own iron the Mizuno JPX923 Forged for benchmarking purposes. Here Luke will cover off the performance of the Ping i240 including Ball Speeds, Spin Rates, Ball Flights (Launch Angle, Peak Heigh, Land Angle), Carry Distance, Forgiveness, Shot Trajectory and Shot Dispersion.

Finally Luke offers his concluding thoughts and poses questions for mid-handicap golfers like himself and single figure golfers to find out if these irons really can appeal to both types of player!

VIDEO CONTENTS:
0:00 – Introduction
0:50 – Testing the Ping i240
4:31 – Ping i240 Technology Overview
5:44 – Ping i240 Looks and Design
8:31 – Hitting Shots with the Ping i240
11:31 – Ping i240 TrackMan Data
14:05 – Which Golfers Should Consider the Ping i240 Irons?

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In my hands right here is the brand new Ping I240 iron, a players iron, which for the first time in the i200 series, Ping are telling us could also be suitable for golfers just like me with an average swing speed and a mid- handicap. Because as an 11 handicap golfer, I would normally be the use case for the Ping i530. But with the forgiveness that’s in this new model and some of the other bits of technology, it could be the sort of iron that I could grow into and grow with as I try and get that handicap down to single figures. So, let’s tell you all about this iron, hit some shots, collect some data on Trackman behind us, and let’s find out if golfers just like me should put this iron on their test list. Let’s get stuck in. Right, we’re going to get straight into hitting shots with this iron, and we’ll break away in a minute and talk a little bit about the looks, show you some comparisons versus some other irons, and we’ll also talk a little bit about the tech in this iron in a second. And then we’ll come back and hit a second batch of shots with that in our minds to see if we’re seeing some of those things in the numbers that we’re getting here today. There we go. We’ve got a really high launching drawy shot that’s just to me in the bay. It started on target and moved to the right. The visuals that you’re going to see on screen are normalized, so it will take out some of the wind effect that I’m seeing here today. But that’s exactly what I was expecting to see in terms of ball speed, 109 of ball speed off 80.7 mph club head speed. Carrying at 154, which is a number probably a little bit higher than I was expecting off this type of loft. Spinning at 5,000. That is a little bit low and that might be why that distance is a little bit up. Launching at 22, peak height 93 ft and landing at 48°. That’s gone into orbit. I think I’ve just caught it a touch heavy. Would be surprised if I’ve not hit down on that too much. Low point is only a fraction after the ball there. But there’s some really good numbers from me. 110 mph ball speed off 81 mph club head speed. Carrying at 156, totaling at 167. Spin a little bit lower because I caught a little bit heavy, but launch was good. Peak heights were good over 100 ft. Landing at 50.5. That is the best shot yet. It’s outrageously high. And again, I’m not used to hitting 33° 7 irons, but that has gone so so high for me. 155 yards of carry off of 111 mph of ball speed, which again, I didn’t think I’d get ball speeds that high out of this iron. Totaling 165, spinning at 5448, launching at 23.2. Such a high launch angle for me. Peak height of 106 ft. Landing at 51.3. Oh yes, just a tiny pull. I think the wind’s actually pushed it back onto target for me, but I think Trackman might show it as a little bit of a pull down the right, but that’s lovely as well. Yeah, 111 of ball speed, 155.9 of carry, spinning at 5341. That launch again, 23°. The peak heights are outrageous. 105 ft and landing at 51°. Like, these are numbers that I’m not used to seeing because of how, you know, weak this loft is compared to most of the testing I do on this channel. But as someone who typically has struggled with ball flight, maybe not anymore, but someone who’s typically struggled with ball flight, every time I see a club do that, I am quite happy about it. In terms of feel and sound, they do sound like ping irons to me. They definitely do. Ping irons typically to me sound a little bit louder, sometimes a little bit hollow feeling. You can almost sounds like you’re using a firmer golf ball than maybe what you are compared to other irons like my own Mazuno. But in terms of feel, they feel good. I think the previous the i530, I felt they were a really nice feeling iron. And I feel the same about these. I think they’re good. They’re not as good as my Mazuno. I don’t think they’re as good as things like some of the Wilson irons I tested recently. and maybe even things like P790 are more comparable to it and the new Titus T250 etc. that I’ve tested. But yeah, they feel they feel okay. Like there’s nothing wrong with them. That’s typically something that maybe gets held against ping is they don’t feel the best. So high launching again. Really is high launching. 81.5 mph club head speed. Ball speed 109. 152 of carry. 162 total. Spinning at 54. Launching at 21.7, peak height 95 ft, and landing at 49. Off of a slightly better strike. My strike’s actually getting a little bit better as we’re moving through the session. I think this is a really good point to just pause, take a break, let me catch my breath a little bit so I don’t tire myself out too much. And let’s talk a little bit about some of the tech that’s in this iron and a little bit more about the looks and show you some comparisons to some other irons. Right, while we take a break from hitting shots, let’s just tell you a little bit about the technology and the looks of this iron. Now, starting with the technology, there’s bundles of information on the technology in this iron on Ping’s website, but there was three key things that stood out to me that I just want to call out to you guys. First of all, and I’ll show you this in the up close shots in a second, they’ve got a new lighter badge design. I think it says it’s 8.5% lighter than the previous version, and a new elastima insert. And what they’re saying is that’s allowing them to improve feel and save weight, which they’ve then reallocated to improve the MOI for more game improvement forgiveness, which is why golfers like me could potentially consider the iron this time round, as well as lowering the center of gravity for more distance control and higher launch. They’re also telling us, and this is really, really interesting, they’ve got a groove design, which they’re saying is tall proven with fewer and wider grooves, which impart more spin from the fairway, which is exactly what better players are looking for because they want the guarantee of consistency and predictability on spin rates in terms of frontto back dispersion with their irons. The final thing to call out is although the sole design is very similar to previous versions, they have improved the rounding of the leading edge, and we’ll see a little bit of that when we show you the up close shots in a second. And there is ample bounce on here for clean and solid strikes, including on those m hits. Right, let’s get this iron back in my hands and show you just how it looks up close and personal. So, in terms of those looks, there’s a couple of things I want to call out about this iron. First of all, when you pick it up for the very first time, it does feel very typical of a Ping iron. We’ve got that brush chrome that’s been there on the last few series of I think the 200’s had it, definitely the i530, but it definitely feels very, very typical of a Ping iron that I’ve tested on my channel in the last couple of years. In terms of the blade length, it’s not as long, or at least that’s my opinion. It’s not as long as the i530. And the blade shaping does look like a more players preferred shaping with a slightly bigger profile at the toe end. And a bit more of a teardrop design overall is what I would say. You get that bottom groove filled in in paint, which just allows you to square that club perpendicular up to the ball and to your target. And that also does show you just how rounded that leading edge is, which just gives you a bit of confidence as you set the club down at a dress that if you don’t catch it quite clean, there is a little bit of forgiveness in terms of the design of that sole as well. In terms of the thickness of that top line, one thing that I think when you get these brush chrome irons, sometimes the top line doesn’t look as thick down at a dress as it actually is. I think that’s the case here. It certainly feels a little bit thinner than you would get on a player’s distance iron like the i530, but there certainly is a little bit of a profile there that would help golfers like me. And it’ll be really interesting to see what the better player watching this review thinks to that top line because it might be a little bit too thick for some of you. The one negative perhaps for the better player is I do think the amount of offset that I can see as I’ve got the iron down here does stand out to me and it does feel there’s a little bit more offset than I would expect the slightly better handicapped golfer than me to want when they’ve got the iron down address. And I do think there could be some other options better on the market for you if you do want to see a little bit less offset. When you flip the club over and look at it from the bottom, it does feel like there is a little bit of curvature to the sole of this club, but it feels like it’s on the trail side and towards that leading edge, but otherwise it feels quite soft in terms of how it’s rounded compared to some other irons that I’ve tested more recently on the channel. And then we flip it over and get to the back. We’ve already spoke about this new insert in terms of the badge design. But in terms of how it looks, this will be the thing that I think is a little bit chalk and cheese, a little bit Marmite in the design of this iron because I would expect that most better players prefer a slightly more traditional looking iron when it’s down in their golf bag as well as when they’re holding it in their hands. And I think this is a very modern design and a little bit of a deviation from what I’ve seen from Ping in this type of iron over the last few years. And it’s mainly due to that badge design. It’s got the little bit of graphite on it and we’ve got two-tone colorway in terms of the red eye and then the black 240 and the ping. Now, personally, I love it. It’s a really modern looking iron and it feels a little bit Formula 1 to me, if that makes any sense. But I can imagine there will be golfers of like a five or six handicap that have played really traditional looking irons for the last few years that look at this and just think that’s just a bit too modern and looks a little bit too game improvementy in terms of the characteristics on that badge design compared to what they’re used to seeing. But overall, loads of great tech in here. Some really stunning looks, at least to me personally. Let’s get back to hitting a few more shots and just see what those numbers show us as we collect the rest of that data set. That’s a much more penetrating ball flight. Yeah, I’ve actually delivered an attack angle which is closer to where I would like to be. 3.4 down. This isn’t me. We’ve got 111 of ball speed as a result. 154.9 of carry. Spinning at 5667. Look at that. The launch has come right down to 20.1. The apex has still reached 92 feet and the land angle is at 48 off of a slightly heel strike. Just started it on target and turned it big off of it. Expecting ball speed to be through the roof there. Oh, it is 113.6 the longest carry. 159.7. That’s all down to me, right? But still spinning at 54 with those sort of delivery numbers of 22.7 of launch, 108 ft of peak height, and 51 of land angle off of a shot that has pull drawn that much is absolutely crazy. A so good. I feel like I’m now delivering it a little bit like a better player would. And that launch is just coming down as much. I’m not maybe flipping it as much at impact. And we’re getting 110 of ball speed off of a slightly slower club head speed. We’re getting 156 of carry. 5,000 of spin, 21.4 of launched, 95 ft of peak height, and 48 degree of land angle. And you can see the strike location has moved up the face there. Last one with these. I think my first impressions in the bay are definitely feels like an interesting subtle tweak with this iron from the previous version from Ping. Yeah. Versus the 230. They’ve definitely tried to make it appeal to someone like me a little bit more. And I think they’ve done that. I’ve seen enough in what I’ve tested here today to say I could understand why a fitter might put this in my hands and give me a go at it. Would I personally pick it? Not right now. Because I would say my iron striking isn’t good enough as an 11 handicap. It’s definitely the weakness. I’m better with driver. Definitely better with like fairway woods, wedges, putting definitely is kind of more my strength than my sort of mid irons are. And I therefore think I would still want as much help as I could get in that part of my bag. But if you’re a handicap golfer of a similar handicap to me and similar speeds or slightly faster than me, I think you’ll even get more out of this and iron striking is one of your strengths and your handicaps coming down. I really think you could grow with these. I really do. And I think that would be an appeal to them. You could grow with them for a number of years and you’d still be happy with them in your bag in you 5 years if you were off six or something like that. Although if I hit golf shots like that with them, I’d put them in my bag right away as well. 108 mph ball speed, 151 of carry, 161 total, spinning at 54, launching at 22.5, peak height 97 ft, landing at 49. So, let’s go home and let’s take a look at all of that Trackman data. I hit some shots off camera with my own iron, the Mazuno JPX 9234, shortly before I started filming. That just allows me to benchmark how my golf swing is looking on the day to give you some more accurate conclusions about these irons and the data I’m seeing. So, let’s go and let’s do that now. Right, time to dissect and analyze all of that Trackman data. Now, I’ve used my own Mazuno JPX 923 Forge for benchmarking purposes, just to give me a feel of how this Ping iing I240 is really performing as a comparison, but it is worth noting that my Mazuno is 3° stronger in loft and it is a player distance iron and therefore potentially a little bit more forgiving than the Ping I40 given the write up of both of these irons. Now, starting on the left hand side, what you will see is the combination of head and shaft together did allow me to deliver the I240 with a faster club head speed than normally what I get out of a 7 iron. As a result, the iron delivered higher ball speeds than I was expecting from a seven iron at this loft. Just to show you my strike location, you can see very typical of me using my own Mazuno. A little bit lower on the face like we saw on the day. I was a little bit more consistent out the middle with my own Mazuno, whereas I was a little bit more towards the heel with the Ping, but a couple of shots out towards the toe. And that does also demonstrate the forgiveness of this iron given the rest of the data set that you’re about to see. Spin rates for the Ping I 240 were over the Magic 5000 RPM that I’m always looking for with a 7 IR when testing off of a mat. Remember, we would get circa another thousand RPM off of the grass. Equally, the consistency was very good and comparable to my own Mazuno as well. Whilst the overall average with the ping was lower than with my own club, I don’t see that as an issue as we saw many shots in the base spinning over 5,400 RPM. And we wouldn’t want it to spin too much because then we will start to lose a little bit too much distance. It’s no surprise given the more traditional loft of the Ping i240 that the ball flight numbers are seriously impressive, too. Launch angles average 21.7° which is a great number for me. We saw peak heights averaging nearly 96 ft and a really steep land angle of 48.5° meaning there’s loads of stopping power potential in this iron. Just to show that front on view of those two trajectories, you can see the ping numbers just creeping up in the air a little bit more. And the really impressive thing for me is those couple of shots that I did pull down the right hand side did want to stay in the air a little bit more with the ping and won’t roll out as much and therefore will just have the potential to grab and maybe catch that green on that far right hand corner rather than rolling off of the back. The final thing that did impress me given the loft was the average carry distance and the consistency of the carry distance that we saw from the Ping i240. Stopping power is good too, averaging out at 11.6 yds versus 11.8 yards with my own Mazuno. Now Trackman does play firm and fast. I say this all the time, so I wouldn’t expect to get those kind of numbers out on the course. I’d expect to get much less, but it does allow me to compare one iron to the other. And we can see the Ping did stop a little bit quicker than my Mizuno on the day. So, the final thing to show is my shot dispersion. You can see front to back, left to right is a little bit tighter with my own Mazuno. But, I am really impressed with what I saw from the Ping I 240. I think if I was given a little bit more time to get a little bit more used to it, I could really tighten that up. Very similar to my own Mazuno. So, overall, I really like the Ping i240i. It delivers some really good numbers. It looks really modern and it delivers feels that I think are really acceptable in comparison to other irons on the market. I do however have two observations I just want to make before we wrap up this video. Ping say they’re trying to make this iron more accessible to a broader range of handicaps and I certainly think they’ve achieved that. As an 11 handicap golfer, this is now something I could potentially use and grow into over the next couple of years as I try and get that handicap down to high single figures. My one concern on the other hand though is I do think that Ping had a really big stronghold in the i200 series with golfers of that sort of 5 to9 handicap and I think those golfers traditionally when I speak to them are looking for a traditional looking iron with a little bit less offset and a little bit thinner top line than what this iron is offering. So there is a risk that in trying to make this iron appeal to golfers like me, they may disengage some of their existing customer base who would be looking to play this iron and may now choose a competitor iron that does look a little bit more traditional with a few more features that they prefer. But I’d love to hear from you guys down below in the comments. Are you a handicap golfer like me? Have you seen enough from this performance review to say, “Actually, I’d put this on my test list.” Equally, if you are a golfer of a lower handicap than me that was looking at the i240, is there anything that you’ve seen from this video that makes you think you would deviate towards an alternative? Or is everything ticking the boxes that you wanted to see, please let me know. Final thing to say is if you’ve got some value out of this video and you’d like to return the favor, it’s really easy. All you need to do is hit that thumbs up button. That lets YouTube know that golfers just like you may be interested in watching this video. Equally, if you’re not yet subscribed to my channel, hi, I’m Luke, the weekend tour pro. There’s a button on screen right now. If you press that, you’ll be notified of all my videos as they land on YouTube every single week. 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