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A detailed view of the Titleist golf bag of Byeong Hun An during day one of The 153rd Open Championship.
Earlier in the summer, Titleist released their newest set of irons, the 2025 T-Series. Launched at the Charles Schwab Challenge, GolfWRX was there on-site. They gathered feedback from pros and fitters alike, searching for insight about the new irons. Including tips from the pros on how they are liking the new clubs.
“It’s an exciting day,” said Titleist fitter Nick Geyer. He was able to take part in his first PGA TOUR launch at Colonial. “Obviously really fun to get to show off the new product to the players. Some knew it was coming, probably some didn’t, and I get to basically be Santa Claus.”
At Colonial Country Club, the models getting Tour validated include the T100, T150, T250, T350, T250U and U505 driving irons. Similar to all their PGA Tour launches, Titleist begins by using a “Tour validation” process. This allows some of the best players to work with the Titleist team, offering feedback prior to retail sale.
Comments from Lanto Griffin
2019 Houston Open winner Lanto Griffin offered his opinions on the new clubs.
“They’re beautiful. All-matte this year, they’re very similar to the old ones. I don’t notice much of a difference, other than they feel more solid. Maybe they launch just slightly higher for me. But just the overall look of them is incredible, so it’s an easy change,” said Griffin.
“It’s the first time I’ve ever done it [had this grind on the leading edge], but basically softening the leading edge so it has a little bit more bounce. So I’m a little steeper into the ground, so just by shaving it down, it kind of bounces off the turf, get through the turf a little easier, a little shallower.
“The new U505 is really sleek, they made it a little bit skinnier, so it’s not quite as wide [in the back], but then they moved some weighting around on the bottom to where it’ll launch just as high. So it looks a little bit more like a blade – more blade-ish looking than the other ones, but it performs just as good or better.”
Comments from Doug Ghim
PGA Professional Doug Ghim was on site to give feedback on the new clubs.
“So, just before they came out with the new ones, we tried the T150, and this year’s version of the T150 actually launches just as high as the T200 before, and that’s been a huge plus. Being able to have a smaller head that launches just as high as the big head, it’s obviously what everybody wants, and it makes workability a little easier with the smaller head as well,” Ghim said.
“They were explaining to me that they added a groove [on the new T100 irons], and the grooves in general are a little bit more aggressive. What we found when we tried them today was on mishits, the spin stays up and the speed has been a little bit better.”
He went on to comment on the new raw iron feature.
“As a player, that’s one of the first things you always look at. I’ve always told Nick from Titleist that I wish I could have raw irons – I know that they have them in the Callaways – and yeah, I think this is their compromise, because I know they love their traditional chrome.” The raw irons seem to be a big hit among seasoned golfers like Ghim.
“They look really good to me. They’re not as shiny. For me, the finish of the actual face where the grooves are, where there are no grooves on the toe, it’s usually a lot shinier on the toe, these are a lot more monochromatic, so to me it’s a little less distracting, so it’s nice … on the old ones, you could kind of see the back of it on the T200, they looked a little bit clunky, but these [T250 irons] look a little more one-piece, which is nice.”
Sydney Jones Sydney Jones is a sports writer covering all things golf for Heavy.com. She has experience covering the intersection of sports and human interest stories for multiple publications. Originally from Montana, she recently relocated to Seattle and is enjoying the new experience of watching professional sports live while writing about them. More about Sydney Jones
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