New 2025 Golf Club Releases: Our HONEST Rankings!!

With so many of the major brands releasing new products in the second half of 2025, we’re giving you some insight into how they’re actually performing in the bay for different types of players.

Join us as we give an overview of the new club progressions we’ve seen, including the Titleist T series updates, new Ping irons, TaylorMade wedges and many more, and whether we think they’re lived up to what they’re created to do. And some which have left us, a bit disappointed…

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00:00 New Golf Club Releases 2025
00:11 Ping iDi and i240 irons
02:19 TaylorMade Milled Grind 5 Wedge
04:00 Cleveland CBZ Wedges
05:32 Titleist T Series Irons: t100, t150, t250, t250*
11:13 Titleist T Series Driving Irons: T250u, u505
13:00 Callaway Opus SP Wedge
14:30 Callaway Ai150 Iron & Apex UW
17:25 Mizuno Pro S1 & Pro S3
18:55 Vega Mizar Pro
20:58 Which New Releases Should Be in Your Bag?

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So, what have been the launches in the second half of this year? And what have we found they’ve actually done in the fitting bay? So, let’s start with a product that we all know well, Ping. So, take the two main launches from Ping this year. We got the i240. So, you know, a development on the i210, I230 line, a real kind of stalwart of their lineup over the years and slight developments. It’s been a club bed that we always hope they’re not going to screw up ultimately cuz it’s performed so well for us over the last couple of years and certainly been a success. Uh in terms of the developments, a little bit more forgiveness. We’ve got that little bit extra back weight that’s visible there. Um still got the toe weight here. So creates lots of versatility from a setup point of view for us. But in terms of performance-wise in the bay, what’s the main difference? Well, you know what they’ve claimed has been a little more stability and a bit of help with a bit of ball flight in the long runs. And absolutely 100% that’s what we’ve seen. I think there’s definitely a little bit more stability off center feel-wise. It’s a just stays with the hit a little bit better would be the best description. You feel a little less twisting, but in the longer runs definitely a little bit more flight. Great for keeping a bit of spin and a bit of launch, maybe a bit more ball speed than last model as well. So all around some really good improvements from this head. Moving into the IDI, this is their driving iron, hence the DI part. uh and quite a big head and I think this is a head where ball speed from this head has been fantastic. Uh it’s got the infill of the airbag essentially on the inside. Uh so really doing that to thin out the face and keep some stability um and support the face for that ball speed and ball speed is definitely what we’re seeing. The only thing we’re seeing with it is it’s a little bit of a lower flight. So for some players almost a little bit too low. And I think with where other brands have slightly neater head shapes, um, where the ball speed’s really strong, it maybe loses out a little bit in the looks category, which ultimately doesn’t mean anything performance-wise, but to stand over the ball, you want to look forward to using it. And I think um, you know, it’s very ping in that respect. It’s very obviously an engineered head. It’s not designed for aesthetics particularly. uh they have you shampered off round off that top line a little bit but there are more beautiful heads in this category which sometimes do win out because there’s quite a lot of head to look at with this. So, moving along the line, Tailor Made, we have the Mil Grind 5 series. So, you nothing else at the top end of the bag changing, but we’ve got their new wedge and the big key with this has been forged. Their big focus has been softer feel. Really trying to take away from, you know, the Vokis most people think are forged, but are actually cast. So, focusing on that forge material, softer feel, and that they’ve certainly done really well. Definitely a softer sound, softer feel off the face. And that’s something that, you know, has been a noticeable, I think, development from them. Uh, previous models have been quite soft, but this definitely takes it on a on another level. I think the clean looks been really nice. What they have done, and I’m using this example here, the SX grind. Some of the grinds, the development on the wider wider grinds and the higher bounces, higher loft, sorry. Um, that’s been a really nice addition. This one in particular, where you’ve got a bit of width and a bit of protection on that back edge. The addition of those has meant more versatility. Perhaps the only shame. um where they’re milled across the bottom. If we need to do a slight grind, you know, the looks are affected quite a bit. So, that’s a bit of a shame. However, the the from tell the consistency of that milled approach means you model to model, head-to-head, you know, the tolerance is a little bit tighter. Uh potentially, you slight giveaway for this head is that is it quite as high a spin as some of the other models? The spin is still good, but is it quite as high? Not always. So, um, softer feel, maybe not as much spin as they could be. However, it’s still a good level. And the feel for some players outweighs any disadvantage of a little bit less spin. Actually, for some players, less spin is actually a good thing when they’re really fresh. So, that’s certainly worth looking at for sure. So, next up on the list, Cleveland CBZ. So this is takes over from the CBX that cavity back wedge and the Z meaning it’s the Z alloy or Z alloy um material that they’ve integrated into the CB series of heads. So you know plenty of forgiveness and perimeter weighting. So as a head if you’re playing a a you know game improvement sort of forgiving chunky style iron head the last thing you want to do is essentially go into a blade style wedge. So what this head has done and still continues to do is give a head that has a little bit more scale. It definitely gives a little bit more consistency off center and that’s something that we see is ball speed retention is a little bit better on the fuller shots of this head. Um but you know in a head that that Z alloy Z alloy softens it down a little bit. You know that material definitely gives a little less of a click off the face. They’ve done well to integrate that into this model. Um and there’s quite a versatile sole shape. Uh in the UK uh that front edge grind that that is quite a sharp top edge. So, because of the way the grasses sit here, what we find ourselves doing is just modifying that slightly, softening that off, um, but with the the kind of the three-step sole shape, that flatter section in the middle, it’s still really versatile. So, something that gives players a bit of forgiveness, certainly visually, a bit of peace of mind that definitely for, you know, strikes, heel, and toe, better ball speed, uh, maintenance, but you’ve got the milling on the face, you’ve got the pattern, you got the material that still keeps good spin. So really you specific wedge but for someone who wants a little bit of margin for error that’s been really popular cuz essentially it’s the only one. So the biggest launch in this second half of the year titlist as you can see most heads here it’s the whole T series whole refresh of the T series iron range. So obviously the 620 the CB and the MB didn’t change no tech there so there’s nothing to update. Um so how have they performed? There was big anticipation with this. So I’m going to run through each model briefly. You know T100. So, augmented a little bit of heel and toe mass with the tungsten weight. Um, and added in in the forearm, three and four iron, the little channel that you see in the T-150. Uh, already a good head, already nice and stable and retained spin. They’ve kept that characteristic. The extra tungsten definitely gives a bit more stability. Um, but it hasn’t really affected the feel too much. And that was always my concern. When you add tungsten, it’s a harder material. It can make the head sound a little bit clickier and harder. but they’ve they’ve kept the feel on this head nicely. Um, and definitely where what we’ve seen in those longer runs where the channel is, ball speed gain, that’s definitely been there. So, there’s less of a need to mix and match. Certainly less likely to go to a T-150 in the longer runs with this and good performance retention. Done well with the T100. T-150 very, very similar. That was our bestselling iron last year, the previous model. So, you know, really strong head to follow up with. Again, a little bit extra tungsten in the heel and toe. Definitely a touch more consistency across the face. So, that’s been a bit of a gain. Slight adaptation to the channel in the back. Is there more ball speed? Not necessarily sure we’re seeing that directly. Probably better ball speed maintenance rather than better peak speed, I would say, versus previous model. Definitely better flight retention in the longer run. So, that is certainly something we’re seeing you across each of the models actually. little bit better long iron launch and spin certainly you know ball speed progression across the models a bit more consistent than the T-150 this was one where they really could have got it wrong they’ve slightly changed the bounce profile which suits someone a little bit steeper into it helps keep the flight down a little bit more as well so a bit punchier than T100 but augmented the forgiveness slightly I think that’s really the key thing and helped a little bit of long arm flight but you know slight benefit slight progression on last year’s model But thank goodness not worse. So next into the T250 and there are kind of a two steps with this because we’ve got the launch spec as well. So you T200 performance good. Obviously issues with the back plate that’s been sorted because there is no back plate. Um so you know thankfully Titus you know haven’t got that issue this year. Um but performance been strong. I think T200 performed well. Potentially sometimes brought the flight down a little bit too much and certainly soundwise wasn’t their greatest head, but the performance was good. Sound is still a little bit on the clickier side, but it’s a hollow body. We’re going to see that. I think Widow liked it to been toned down a hair more if they could have done, but that’s not easy to do given the construction and the extra tungsten again in the heel and toe. So, offc center performance very strong. Um, probably the only area the only area with this if you’re shallow into the back of the ball, does it pick the ball up as well as we hoped it would? Maybe not quite, but at the moment you get down into it, the ball flight’s there and the performance is there. So potentially ball speed low off the face is good. It may be a sound and a feel thing, but it just doesn’t sound like it gets into the bottom of the B ball quite as well as we might have hoped, but we did have very high expectations for this. So it may be that our expectations were not in a place that was realistic, but so still strong performer. We’re still doing a lot of these heads. Um ball speed very good and that extra tungsten gives it a bit more stability off center. And then into the launch spec, which is the T250 Star. Uh this is slightly shallower, it’s higher loft, it’s designed to flight it more. So certainly a head that Titans really needed out of this category of head because getting a bit of launch and spin in a forgiving package wasn’t there. So this one definitely does that. that has a similar amount of tungsten heel and toe. It is a lighter frame weight. Now, that is the thing to consider with this head, but it does mean if we’re going longer and need a forgiving head, this has been a standout because there isn’t really another model out there that helps us get the head weights down to get the length and the forgiveness and the flight. So, does it launch higher and spin more? Absolutely. Has it been a good addition to the line? 100%. uh if you don’t need a light head weight, that is potentially the only slight difficulty with it is you’ve got to add a lot of weight to the head to get a sort of standard length and not a light swing weight. But uh does it do what it says on the tin? 100%. And so final one from the new Titus range T350 um before we get to the driving irons that is uh the standard iron shape. T350 taking over from T300. Um, neaten up the package, the framing of the head and the shaping, the the flat back plate, the design elements. Really beautiful head for a head that’s this forgiving. Loads of tungsten heel and toe. Loads of goodness in this head. Uh, and certainly ball speed has gone up a little bit versus T300. I think that’s been a good addition. A little bit more launch we’re seeing relative to loft. Just a touch more. And the ball speed’s really strong. The only downside, if you could call it that, is that this head is pretty low spin. It’s a bit of a bomber. So, if you’re looking for a bit of launch, but keeping spin down and get lots of forgiveness, this is the head for you. It’s a great looking head. It’s very clean shaping. They they’ve kept I think the visuals through the line exceptional this year. They’re really pretty set of heads. This is a pretty strong hitting head. And if we had a wish list for next series where we got the T250 launch spec one in the T350 would be wonderful tight list pretty please. Thank you very much. So driving irons we have T250U and U505. So T250U and now this is a a slight variation on the T250 head from a structure point of view but they have done T250 into the long irons with the taper tip for a steel shaft and the U is a parallel tip. So, there were some issues from a shaft point of view. They only did the uh taper tip last time round and when you shamper the shafts down, there was a risk of a bit of breakage with them, which they’ve completely got rid of with these. Ball speed’s been really good on this off this head. Very neat shape, very clean. We’ve likened it to it’s like the old 712 for those that remember that head. Very neat shape. And for someone for a better player looking for a driving iron who likes that smaller, neater shape, this has been a fantastic head. Ball speed’s been exceptional off this. And the U does flight it a little bit more and spin it a bit more than the standard T250 version. They are designed the U to create to keep a little bit more ball flight. So we have found ourselves using this versus the standard T250 long arm a little bit more. Um but you all around being a very good head and punches above its weight ball speed for a head of that size. U505 more a takeover from the 350. little bit of a bigger frame that’s giving great amounts of forgiveness, little bit more launch, but like the 350, this is a bomber. This one launches but doesn’t isn’t a high spin head. So, if you’re looking for something to really cannon out there and they’ve got the one iron in this for the high speed players, if you’re looking for, you know, tight fairways, looking to keep it in play, the one iron in this or the two iron uh has been exceptional for that. But loads of forgiveness. It’s again not everyone’s preference because of the slightly bigger head, but for those looking for something that gives a bit of scale to hit with, that’s been really good. Bit exceptional and loads of forgiveness in a great looking package. So well done Tylist. So moving on to Callaway. Couple of couple of bits and pieces actually across the whole kind of top, middle, and bottom end of the bag. So we’ll start with the bottom and we’ll start with the Opus SP. Uh so the SP stands for spin pocket. There’s a little pocket just at the bottom of the head in here, which allows them to move the mass, saves a bit of weight in the middle, move mass up the face, keeping that spin up. Now, um, the Opus kind of did okay. Um, the Platinum series with the weight high up the head was good for spin and had a bit more of a solid feel. Original Opus, we weren’t really sure about the feel of it. Sort of felt a bit nothingy, a bit dead. The feel for this head is definitely better where they’ve moved the weight up the head. That gives a bit more solidity to it. What’s been really interesting with it is the spin progression through them. So, we’re seeing in the high lofts, this is really retaining a lot of spin. You can get a lot of spin on short wedge shots with these. But in the lower lofts down the 48s, 50s, 52s, they’re not that high in spin. Now, you could view that as both good and bad. You could say, well, in the gap wedge, you kind of those low loft end, do we really want a lot of spin? We’re not wanting to spin it off greens or rip it off the front. So, actually, is toning the spin down a good thing? Or you could say, well, if you’re playing those wedges, you want more spin than the set gap wedge. So, is it a bad thing? But equally speaking, it’s a consistent thing, which means at least you know what you’re going to get with them. Um, but uh only other thing I would say is some of the grinds, the ones that taper off the back edge, they sit really tight. So, you might need to go to a slightly higher back edge or higher bounce profile in these than in other wedges because of quite an aggressive back edge grind. But certainly spin in the short than in the higher loft wedges, very impressive on these. So now the ALO50 iron. So this one comes in to replace the Apex Pro um which whilst was a good head for retaining launch and spin, just didn’t really kind of get enough punch and zing and ball speed off the face. So this most certainly does that. This is a much stronger performance and has given us that extra ball speed that we’re all after uh and we ask Callaway for. So thank you for that. The only caveat to this is this is a low spin head. So, uh, for someone who doesn’t need help getting spin, this could be a great head for a bit of ball speed retention, a bit of shot value in the mid to longer irons. It does all of that. It’s a hardish feel off the face. So, it’s a bit of a clicky feel, unlike the old Apex Pro. Um, our only question mark on this is, is the spin profile a bit too close to AI 200? Is it a bit is it a bit low? And I know we said, well, we wanted a stronger flight than Apex Pro. They’ve delivered that. Not sure if they’ve just gone a little too far on that, but if you’re someone who spins it a lot and wants a little bit of help from a head in a neat package, that actually is a great head. So, it’s strength is a little bit of a weakness on the one hand, but equally speaking, there will be players that will get great performance out of these. I just we’re just not sure the balance through the whole range is quite where it could be from this, but it is a strong performing head if you need a lower spin punchy ball flyer out of a neat package. And finally, it’s a bit of an interesting one. the Apex UW, the utility wood. Um, it it’s been one that’s a bit of a niche product over the years and it’s got a decent bit of play on tour. Uh, how does the current one perform? So, ball speed wise, this thing is a cannon. Uh, it’s a brilliant for ball speed. If you’re looking for someone who’s not necessarily a hybrid player, but doesn’t want to play the length of shaft in a fairway wood, this has been a great head. Um, it still we think suits the higher speed player a little bit more than your kind of average player. You what you get out of this head is spin similar to it’s a little bit lower than but similar to a fairway wood. Um, it’s definitely a little bit lower, but a lot of the hybrids tend to take a bit of spin off or a little bit drawst. What this head doesn’t do is it’s not draw. It’s a little bit more towards a kind of compact fairway wood. But for a player who prefers a fairway wood, but kind of wants a hybrid length, but also keeping the launch down from the fairway at the same loft, that’s really the key thing. That’s where for the high speed players, this is great. It keeps more of a hybrid launch angle, but retains a little bit more spin. So you kind of get the best of both worlds of fairway and hybrid. Um, so very good ball speed off of it as well. So good for for carry distance in particular, but in the main suits someone with a little bit more ball speed. Interesting product. when it works, it’s an absolute unicorn. It’s a brilliant club, but definitely not for everyone. So, final two, we got two sets of life forged Japanese irons for you. So, we’ll start with Mizuno. We’ve got the S3 and the S1. You real classic purest irons? These you if someone says, you know, what gives you the softest feeling forged head out there? It’s very hard to look beyond these. you know, from both heads, you’ve got, you know, a little bit of weight distribution, you know, little cutaway in the middle, moved up the face here, you know, similar little bit weight taken out here and moved to the perimeter. So, the S3 and the S1, S1 is just a classic pure blade. Um, really soft soft feel from a material point of view, solid because you got that mass at the top. Um, but is there any help from it? Absolutely not. Will we sell many? Absolutely not. But are they pretty? Absolutely. And for someone who doesn’t want any forgiveness, wants maximum feel, beautiful, lovely head. And and being without the tech, retains a little bit of spin, which is a good thing. The S3, the difference on this, you’ve got the slightly beveled leading edge. So, you could argue on softer turf, it’s a little bit more forgiving than the S1, even without the fact that that’s a blade, and this has a bit of perimeter weighting. And it’s only a bit of perimeter weighting. There’s a bit of extra weight at the bottom, which creates the width of the sole that lets them bevel that leading edge. Um, and so that’s why we’ll tend to do more of these than we will the S1’s. But again, classic single piece forged head. Beautiful soft, buttery feel. No forgiveness again really. Um, but again, if you’re not looking for that and you want maximum feel and need to keep a bit of spin, really, really lovely head. So, finally to a brand that haven’t heard a lot about, we’ve not done a lot of over the last few years, and that is Vega. So, Vega, you know, traditional Japanese forging going back a long, long time. Um, but they I feel they’ve had a little bit of a no man’s land of late. But what they’ve done with this latest launch of heads is actually introduce something that no one else is doing. And what we have in these heads is, you know, see the hole in the toe is a a bar. It’s a it’s a tungsten bar. It’s a weight bar. So what it allows them to do is have a really nice soft forged frame, but within that channel you can put a mass. So what it does is that is a higher density material than the rest of the head and puts some mass down the bottom. Does it affect the feel very slightly? Yes. Because of that material, it will just harden up that feel very slightly from if you’ve used Vegas in the past, they are incredibly soft feeling. I mean, even more so than someone like I’m going to zoom really, really soft battery feel. Um, but that bar does change that very slightly. However, what it does do is it creates some forgiveness and playability within a frame that you something like this, the Misar Pro, it’s a pure blade. You know, there’s there’s no cavity within there. But by putting that mass in the bottom, you’re lowering the center of gravity a little bit. You’re creating it, you’re making it a bit easier to get that mass into the bottom of the ball, and it definitely does give you a little bit more margin of error. So, in terms of ball speed, they’re pretty solid. Um, the the soles are a little bit more forgiving than they used to be, that I think if you’re looking for something that’s a traditional forged head, but want to add just a little bit back, these are really worth considering. And because of that weight bar, it gives us a bit of versatility of what weight we can get the head to. So if we’re going a little bit longer, we can take a bit of weight out. We’re not having to put as much weight into the hoszle. We can do it using the mass behind the contact point. So really interesting products. They’ve got a a blade a sort of smaller looking head which actually performance-wise, you know, it’s visually a bit intimidating for some. Um but you really great performance off of it if you without adding loads of tech to the head. So really interesting and certainly something that if you’re coming in the near future and you like a traditional head, give these guys a look. So there ends the roundup of the recent launches second half of the year. Now obviously those are all generalizations based on what we’re seeing across the body of clients we’ve had in. So different playing styles and standards. So there are consistencies that we’ve seen. So highlighting those. If you really want to test, you know, get the nuances right and dial into which one’s best for you. Then make sure you book in a fitting. We’ve got all of them here to test out. You can really get into which one works for you and why. So, if you’ve enjoyed this roundup, hit the like button, subscribe, and check out all the content that’s coming on the new products in the new year as well.