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Titleist Vokey Design SM8 wedges

The latest Vokey wedges aim to provide golfers with tighter dispersion, more spin and increased flexibility.

Gear: Titleist Vokey Design SM8 wedges
Price: $159 each with True Temper Dynamic Gold S200 shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grips.
Specs: Cast 8620 carbon steel with tungsten added to the toe. Available in 46 to 62 degrees
Available: March 6

Aaron Dill is one of the busiest guys on the PGA Tour, responsible for building Titleist Vokey Design wedges for pros. It’s up to him to make sure the players have all the short game gear they need, and when you consider that 49.4 percent of all the wedges used at PGA Tour events last season were Vokey wedges, you can understand why Dill has to hustle.

The newest Vokey wedges, the SM8 line, debuted on the PGA Tour in November at the 2019 RSM Classic, and 37 players immediately switched, collectively putting 102 clubs into play.

The most significant difference between the new SM8 and its predecessors, the SM6 and SM7, is the position of the center of gravity. Titleist has kept the center of gravity low in the pitching wedges and gap wedges, but starting with the SM6 line, the center of gravity progressively rose as mass was added behind the topline in sand wedges and lob wedges. This aligned the center of gravity with the ideal impact position on the face, improving distance control and helping golfers flight shots lower.

The downside of adding a weight pad to the top of the SM6 and SM7 sand wedges and lob wedges was it not only shifted the center of gravity up, it moved it back, too. In the SM8 wedges, the center of gravity not only goes up and down based on the club’s loft, it also shifts forward.

Titleist Vokey Design SM8 wedges — Lengthening the hosel and adding tungsten to the toe of the sand wedges and lob wedges shifts the center of gravity forward. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

By lengthening the hosel and adding tungsten to the toe of the sand wedges and lob wedges, designers shifted the center of gravity forward – Titleist said it is actually in front of the face. (Don’t worry, you can’t strike a theoretical spot with a golf club.)

Titleist said shifting the center of gravity forward in the higher-lofted wedges helps golfers square the face more efficiently and increases the moment of inertia by 7 percent, making the clubs more stable at impact.

So, players now get the short/long forgiveness of a progressive center of gravity height, plus left-and-right forgiveness thanks to the boosted moment of inertia.

The SM8 wedges are offered in six sole grinds to increase versatility around the greens:
F: An all-purpose grind designed to make the full-swing transition from irons to wedges easier.
S: With a small amount of heel and toe relief, this wedge is ideally suited for square-faced shots and simple techniques.
M: For players who sweep the ball using a shallow swing and who like to open the face and expose extra bounce.
K: This grind offers the most bounce and widest sole, making it a great option in soft conditions and from fluffy bunkers.
L: This is a low-bounce option suited for firm conditions and tight lies.
D: The crescent-shape grind gives players heel and toe relief plus lots of bounce, making it extremely versatile.

To ensure golfers get the maximum amount of spin, Titleist inspects every groove in every wedge. The grooves in the 46-degree to 54-degree clubs are deeper and narrower, like the grooves in an iron, because golfers will typically hit these clubs with a full swing from the fairway. The grooves in the 56-degree to 62-degree wedges are shallower and wider, so they remove water and debris from the hitting surface more effectively on greenside chips, pitches and bunker shots.

Between each groove, a series of microgrooves create more friction and roughness. And each wedge receives a heat treatment that makes the grooves more durable.

The Titleist Vokey Design SM8 wedges are available in four finishes: Tour Chrome, Brushed Steel, Jet Black and Raw finish. The Jet Black will rust as the dark finish wears, while the Raw wedges will rust more quickly with exposure to air and moisture.

Bridgestone Tour B golf balls (2020)

Bridgestone used a new urethane blend in the new Tour B balls to increase distance off the tee and improve greenside control.

Gear: Bridgestone Tour B golf balls (2020)
Price: $44.99 per dozen
Specs: Three-piece urethane-covered balls
Available: Feb. 14

What happens when you take 900 engineers who specialize in polymer and rubber, and combine them with expert golf ball designers and the feedback of 15-time major winner Tiger Woods? The answer is the new family of Bridgestone Tour B golf balls, which the company said will give golfers the best combination of distance off the tee and greenside spin.

The key technology in the second generation of Tour B balls is a new type of urethane used in the cover. Bridgestone calls it Reactiv urethane, and it contains an impact modifier that helps the material do some unique things.

Off the tee, the urethane rebounds more quickly than other urethanes Bridgestone has used to help golfers generate more ball speed and distance. However, on softly hit pitches and chip shots around the green, it absorbs shock and helps the ball stay in contact with the face for a longer period of time. That should help the grooves in wedges generate more spin and greenside control.

Bridgestone Tour B X 2020 — The Tour B balls have an updated cover that helps produce more distance off the tee while boosting greenside spin. (Bridgestone)

In addition to the new cover material, Bridgestone’s updated Tour B balls feature the company’s gradational compression core design. Instead of using multiple cores, Bridgestone has engineered the core of each Tour B to be very soft in the center and become gradually firmer toward the outer areas. Bridgestone said this type of core helps generate consistent compression time for increased ball speed.

Like the previous generation Tour B golf balls, there is also a firm mantle layer to create more ball speed, as well as a dual-dimple system on the cover. The outer dimple is designed to create more height and speed off the tee, while the inner dimple promotes a shallower descent angle for increased roll in the fairways.

There are four Tour B models designed for different types of players and individual preferences.

Bridgestone Tour B X and Tout B XS (Bridgestone)

The Tour B X and the Tour B XS are designed for golfers who have a driver swing that is 105 mph or faster. They are both three-piece balls, but the Tour B X (Matt Kuchar and Bryson DeChambeau’s choice) has a firmer feel while the Tour B XS has a softer feel at impact and generates slightly more greenside spin. Tiger Woods is expected to use the updated Tour B XS this week at the 2020 Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.

In a release, Woods said, “(The Tour B XS) gives me the right feel and has shortgame spin that exceeds my previous urethane ball. Off the tee, ball speed is up and this new Tour B XS is definitely longer while still being in my window.”

Bridgestone Tour B RX and Tour B RXS (Bridgestone)

For golfers with driver swing speeds below 105 mph, Bridgestone is offering the Tour B RX and Tour B RXS. Again, both balls are three-piece designs, with the RX ball being the firmer of the two. The cover on the Tour B RXS is slightly softer, so it should provide more greenside spin.

Callaway Chrome Soft, Chrome Soft X golf balls

For 2020, the Chrome Soft’s core is bigger and the Chrome Soft X now has a dual mantle layer. Both balls offer more distance and spin.

Gear: Callaway Chrome Soft, Chrome Soft X balls
Price: $47.99 per dozen
Specs: Four-piece, dual-core design with urethane cover (Chrome Soft); four-piece, dual-mantle-layer ball with a urethane cover (Chrome Soft X)
Available: March 12

Manufacturers of premium golf balls usually focus on the performance benefits of their offerings in two areas: distance off the tee and spin around the green. When Callaway debuted the first Chrome Soft ball four years ago, it tried to go beyond those two things as engineers factored in how the balls performed with irons and wedges, too. For that reason, Phil Mickelson, Xander Schauffele and Francesco Molinari switched into either the Chrome Soft or the firmer-feeling Chrome Soft X.

For 2020, Callaway has updated both balls to help golfers get not only more distance but better overall performance.

The Chrome Soft is a four-piece, dual-core ball with a urethane cover. Like the previous Chrome Soft, the inner core is very soft, but for 2020 it is 34 percent larger, which should give this version of Chrome Soft more speed and a higher launch angle.

Callaway Chrome Soft 2020 balls — The Chrome Soft has a dual-core design encased in a thin mantle and urethane cover. (Callaway)

The inner core is encased in a second core, which is infused with Graphene, a nano-particle that reinforces the rubber. To accommodate the larger inner core, the outer core is thinner, but the Graphene helps make it more durable and also enhances spin on wedge shots.

The dual-core system is surrounded by a new ionomer mantle layer. Callaway designed it to transfer the speed created in the core more efficiently. It’s stiffer than the mantle used in the last generation of the Chrome Soft, and the company says it will allow wedges and short irons to grab the ball more easily and generate more spin.

Finally, the cover on the 2020 Chrome Soft is 10 percent thinner and made from a more resilient urethane to boost speed and lower spin off the tee. The hexagonal cover pattern is more aerodynamic, so it produces a higher launch with less drag for increased distance.

The new Chrome Soft will be available in white, yellow, Truvis (white and red, yellow and black) and a white Triple Track version.

The updated Chrome Soft X is also a four-piece ball, but instead of having a dual-core system like the last version, the new Chrome Soft X has one massive core. It’s 117 percent larger than the inner core of the 2018 ball and is made from a more resilient rubber to maximize speed.

Callaway Chrome Soft X 2020 — The 2020 Chrome Soft X has one core and two mantle layers under its urethane cover. (Callaway)

A dual-mantle system surrounds the core. The inner mantle is soft, while the outer mantle is firm. Callaway said they work together to amplify speed with woods and long irons while providing a foundation for the soft urethane cover so golfers can generate more spin with their wedges.

The urethane cover is 22 percent thinner. Over the firm outer mantle, it helps give the Chrome Soft X a firmer overall feel without adding excessive spin off the tee. The Chrome Soft X ball will fly higher than the standard Chrome Soft, and it will be available in white, Triple Track white and Truvis (yellow and black).

Ping G710 irons

The new Ping G710 irons provide slower-swinging players with more distance and forgiveness with enhanced sound.

Gear: Ping G710 irons
Price: $175 per club with Ping AWT 2.0 steel shafts and Golf Pride 360 Tour Velvet Arccos Caddie grips; $190 with Ping Alta CB Red graphite shafts
Specs: Hollow-body 17-4 stainless steel head, plasma-welded maraging steel C300 face, tungsten toe and hosel weights
Available: Jan. 20

Two years ago Ping released its first hollow-bodied iron set, the G700, for mid- and higher-handicap golfers who want to hit the ball higher and farther. The company has now released the update to that club, the G710, promising it will help golfers get more distance and be more forgiving.

While the body of each G710 iron is cast from 17-4 stainless steel, the hitting areas are made from hardened maraging steel. Its strength allowed engineers to make it thin, and because the clubs are hollow, the hitting area can flex more efficiently at impact. Ping said the G710 creates the most face deflection of any Ping iron to help golfers generate more ball speed and more distance.

Ping G710 irons — Tungsten added under the hosel and in a screw piece in the toe area boost the moment of inertia. (Ping)

Ping also added pieces of tungsten in the heel and toe areas to increase the perimeter weighting and boost the moment of inertia. Ping said the G710 has a moment of inertia that is 5 percent higher than the G700, which means it should perform better on off-center hits.

What might surprise golfers the most is how the G710 sounds at impact. Typically, hollow-bodied irons have a higher-pitched sound, not the deep, resounding tone that comes from many solid, better-player’s clubs. After studying the sound waves clubs produce at impact, Ping’s designers added an Ethylene-vinyl acetate polymer piece to an area inside the head to absorb excessive vibrations and enhance the sound. As a result, the G710 has a similar sound profile to Ping’s Blueprint irons, the clubs used by some tour players such as Louis Oosthuizen.

While the G700 irons had a chrome finish, the G710 irons are darker. The hydropearl stealth chrome finish reduces glare and repels water to help players get more consistent results and avoid fliers created by water on the face. The darker finish also makes the G710 appear smaller than the G700, even though the two irons are identical in size.

Ping is making Arccos Caddie Golf Pride 360 Tour Velvet Smart grips standard on the G710 irons. Each grip’s embedded sensor can link with a free Arccos smartphone app and provide valuable data such as how far players typically hit each club and where they tend to miss. Golfers receive a 90-day free trial of the Arccos Caddie app and eight additional screw-in sensors at no charge after the purchase of six or more G710 irons. If players like the added Caddie feature, which uses analytics to make club suggestions and provide strategic feedback, they will need to buy a $99.99 annual subscription after the 90-day trial is complete.

Ping Heppler putters

Ping’s Heppler putters are designed using aluminum and steel for golfers who like a crisp, firm feel at impact.

Gear: Ping Heppler putters
Price: $245-$270 each
Specs: Mallets with cast-aluminum and stainless steel heads; blade-style putters in all steel. Adjustable-length shafts.
Available: Jan. 20

While there has been a significant trend over the past few years to softer-feeling golf balls, many players prefer a firm, solid-feeling putter. To them, a crisp strike feels better and allows them to develop a better sense of touch. With the new Heppler family of putters, which contains nine head shapes, Ping is using a new manufacturing technique to deliver a firmer feel and more forgiveness at the same time.

Ping has designed grooved faces in all of its recent putters, such as the Sigma 2, Vault 2.0 and Sigma G families, and some putters also have backings and inserts to soften feel. The Heppler blades, mid-mallets and high-MOI mallet putters – named for Rick Heppler, an employee who joined the company in 1966 as it started and was with Ping for nearly 50 years – are different.

The putters have a smooth face that produces crisp contact and were designed using a multimaterial construction that is new for Ping.

Seven of the nine Heppler putters can be classified as either mid-size mallets or high-MOI mallets, and each has a chassis dye cast from ADC12 aluminum. Ping said the material is 10 percent softer than the 6061 aluminum used in other putters. The pressure-casting process allowed Ping to get more details into the heads during the casting process instead of machining and milling after the heads are created.

Other areas of the heads are made from cast stainless steel, a material that is much heavier than aluminum. In the mallets, the steel was given a copper tone that contrasts with the black-finished aluminum.

The combination of aluminum and steel allowed Ping to concentrate weight more precisely for increased perimeter weighting and forgiveness without making the heads significantly larger.

For example, the Heppler Tyne 3 putter is the higher-MOI version of the Tyne that Ping has produced, even though it is not bigger than previous models and does not have a ball-speed-normalizing face insert.

Ping Heppler TomCat 14 putter — The black portion of the Tomcat 14 is made from aluminum while the copper-toned piece is steel. (Ping)

The Tomcat 14 putter has the highest moment of inertia in the Heppler lineup, with half its weight coming from aluminum and half coming from steel. The rails are a ball’s width apart and covered in white dots that were inspired by the lights that flank an aircraft runway.

The remaining two of the nine putters in the Keppler family are blades and made using only steel. The Anser 2, which is ideally balanced for golfers who have a slightly arced putting stroke, is the latest edition of the classic putter that put Ping on the map, while the ZB3 is for players with a strong arc. The copper-colored topline helps the blades match the rest of the family and acts as an alignment aid.

Each Heppler putter comes standard with a black chrome shaft that is adjustable. Using a tool that inserts into the grip, the putters can be made as short as 32 inches or as long as 36 inches, making it easier for players and fitters to create a Heppler putter that is the ideal length for any player.

Titleist T400 irons

Titleist is known for blades, but it made the new T400 irons to deliver loads of distance and forgiveness for slower-swinging players.

Gear: Titleist T400 irons
Price: $185 per iron with True Temper AMT Red steel shafts and Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 Lite+ grips; $199.99 per club with Mitsubishi Fubuki MV IR graphite shafts
Specs: Hollow-bodied irons with forged SUP-10 stainless steel face and internal tungsten weights
Available: March 27

Titleist is known for making muscleback blades and cavity backs such as the 620 MB and 620 CB irons for elite ballstrikers like Justin Thomas, Adam Scott and Jordan Spieth, but the company also has offered game-improvement clubs.

Last August, Titleist debuted the T300 for mid- and higher-handicap golfers who want more distance and forgiveness. Now the company is releasing the new T400, a super-game-improvement club that is bigger, more powerful and more forgiving than any other club in Titleist’s stable.

Titleist T400 irons — The thick topline and offset should boost confidence for slower-swinging golfers. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

At address, golfers looking down at the T400 irons will see thick toplines and plenty of offset because these clubs were not made for pros. They were designed to help moderate and slower swings produce more distance.

Each T400 iron is hollow, and the 5-iron through 7-iron feature a thin, forged SUP-10 stainless steel face that is shaped like an L, wrapping under the leading edge and extending into the sole. It flexes easily at impact to create more ball speed, especially on shots struck low in the hitting area.

An added benefit of making the T400 irons hollow is Titleist designers were able to add large, internal pieces of heavy tungsten to the heel and toe areas. The precise amount varies by the club but goes up to 100 grams, which creates extreme perimeter weighting to boost the stability on off-center hits.

The internal tungsten weights are in the back of the split sole on the bottom of the club, and by adding that weight so far back from the hitting area, Titleist was able to lower the center of gravity. That in turn helps the clubs produce higher-flying shots. At the same time, the split-sole design reduces turf interaction.

To help golfers generate more clubhead speed, Titleist also reduced weight in other areas of the club. The stock Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 Lite+ grips are 9 grams lighter than the stock Tour Velvet 360, while the True Temper AMT Red steel shafts feature lighter long-iron shafts for extra speed and heavier short-iron shafts for more control.

Winner’s Bag: Andrew Landry, American Express

A complete list of all the Ping gear that Andrew Landry used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 American Express.

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A complete list of the golf equipment Andrew Landry used to win the PGA Tour’s 2020 American Express:

DRIVER: Ping G410 LST (9 degrees), with Aldila Tour Blue 65X shaft

FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade M5 (15 degrees), Ping G (17 degrees), Ping G410 (20.5 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Yellow 85X shafts

IRONS: Ping iBlade (4-9), with Nippon N.S. Poro Modus3 105X shafts

WEDGES: Ping Glide 3.0 (46 degrees), with Nippon N.S. Poro Modus3 105X, Titleist Vokey Design SM8 (54, 60 degrees), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 shafts

PUTTER: Ping Vault 2.0 ZB

BALL: Titleist Pro V1x

GRIPS: Lamkin Crossline Full Cord

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Cobra Golf founder Thomas Crow dies

Founder of Cobra Golf, Tom Crow died this week.

Cobra Golf founder Thomas Crow has died, the equipment manufacturer confirmed to Golfweek Saturday.

A former Australian amateur golf champion who won more than 20 club championships at Kingston Heath, Royal Melbourne and Royal Sydney according to Australian Golf Digest, Crow founded Cobra Golf in 1973.

Crow’s age and cause of death were not immediately known.

“Tom Crow’s impact on the game will always be remembered, especially within the walls of our Cobra Golf headquarters,” President of PUMA North America & COBRA-PUMA GOLF Bob Philion said. “He was an incredible talent and innovator, founding Cobra and transforming it into one of the most recognizable equipment brands in golf.

“I remember sitting down with him after we purchased Cobra in 2010, and he was still so passionate about the brand, and always pushing innovation to make a better golf club. He was truly the original King Cobra. And his impact goes well beyond his creations, he was a great man, a family man and someone who will truly be missed.”

In 1975, Crow developed one of Cobra Golf’s most famous pieces of equipment: the first ever utility wood named the “Baffler”.

The Baffler was a state-of-the-art club that could hit from a wide variety of lies thanks to its unique railed sole design. That technology is still being used today in the company’s new Speedzone fairway woods and hybrids.

Toward the end of the decade, the Baffler revolutionized golf as it began to show up in the bags of big name golfers like Gene Littler. As the club gained notoriety from professionals all the way down to recreational players, so did Cobra Golf.

Cobra is located in Carlsbad, California.

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Deeply saddened to hear of the passing of my old friend and @cobragolf founder Tom Crow. Tom was a true innovator and pioneer in golf club design and I am proud to be Cobra’s long-standing partner since 1991. He challenged me always to understand and build a better golf club. RIP my dear friend I will miss you and the golf industry now has a void.

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Greg Norman, one of Cobra’s partners, posted about Crow’s death on Instagram Saturday afternoon, writing in part, “Tom was a true innovator and pioneer in golf club design and I am proud to be Cobra’s long-standing partner since 1991. He challenged me always to understand and build a better golf club. RIP my dear friend I will miss you and the golf industry now has a void.”

According to the company’s web site, Norman signed an endorsement deal with Cobra in 1991 and helped Crow develope the company’s first line of forged irons.

In April 2010, Cobra Golf was sold by Acushnet, the parent company of Titleist and FootJoy, and purchased by Puma AG and the new company was called COBRA-PUMA GOLF.

Norman, Rickie Fowler, Lexi Thompson, Bryson DeChambeau and Jason Dufner are part of the Cobra family.

Scotty Cameron Special Select putters

Using feedback from PGA Tour players, Scotty Cameron’s newest putters feature thinner toplines, lower profiles and milled faces.

Gear: Scotty Cameron Special Select putters
Price: $399 each
Specs: Milled 303 stainless steel heads with 6061 aluminum, stainless steel and tungsten.
Available: Jan. 24

Scotty Cameron’s official title at Titleist is not head of design or category manager. It’s master putter maker. For years he has focused on trying to make putters with which the game’s elite golfers fall in love, and many have. Some of the game’s best players collect Cameron putters, often those being prototype and customized clubs that aren’t available at retail.

With his latest update to the Select family of putters, Cameron is making the putters sold at retail simpler, cleaner and more like clubs used by the pros.

Each of the seven head models starts as a solid block of 303 stainless steel before a computer-guided milling tool shaves off ribbons of material until the final shape is achieved. In the Newport, Newport 2 and Newport 2.5 blades, the sole was given a soft, tri-sole design, with the toe and heel rising slightly so the center portion can easily rest flat on the ground at address.

Scotty Cameron Special Select Newport putter — Special Select blades have thinner toplines and slightly shorter blade lengths, so Cameron achieved the ideal swing weight by adding tungsten weight screw in the sole. (Titleist)

The blades also feature thinner toplines and slightly lower face heights, with more material being milled off the back flange areas. That may not seem like a big deal, but Cameron did it to make the retail putters have the same look at address preferred by many pros.

As a result, the overall weight of the heads decreased. In order to maintain the same swing weight, Cameron decided to use tungsten in the heel and toe sole weights of the blade putters. Heavier weights are added to shorter putters, while longer putters get lighter weights.

Scotty Cameron Special Select Flowback 5 putter — The Special Select Flowback 5 mallet has steel removed from the bottom and an aluminum sole plate added to cover the opening. (Titleist)

The four mid-size mallets have extra material in the sole milled out. Removing steel from the center of the sole, then covering the hole with 6061 aircraft-grade aluminum, shifts more of the head’s weight to the heel and toe areas, which creates more stability without increasing the head size.

While the Fastback 1.5 and Squareback 2 are shapes Cameron has offered in the past, the Flowback 5 and Flowback 5.5 are new. They are semi-circular mallets based on the previously released GoLo putters

Scotty Cameron Special Select Del Mar putter (Titleist)

Cameron has brought back a compact mallet, the Del Mar, with the Special Select line. As with the blades, it has a solid sole.

Unlike the previous Select putters, none of the Special Select putters have an insert or vibration-dampening membrane. Again, this is a nod to the kind of insert-free putters that pros often ask Cameron to make.

Each Special Select putter has a glare-resistant, raw stainless steel finish with a single black alignment line.

Titleist T100•S irons

The new Titleist T100•S irons have the same classic look and feel, but offer better players more distance.

Gear: Titleist T100•S irons
Price: $137 per club with Project X LZ shafts
Specs: Stainless steel and tungsten heads
Available: March 27

Before the U.S. Open in June at Pebble Beach, Titleist made the T100 irons available to the game’s elite players for the first time. Designed to replace the AP2, the T100 was warmly received by pros who liked the compact blade length, thinner topline, cambered sole and touch of forgiveness the internal tungsten weights provided. Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith and several other golfers soon switched into the T100, but some players were hoping to get a little more distance. For those players, Titleist just announced the release of the T100•S irons.

You can think of the S as standing for “strong,” because the main difference between the standard T100 and the Titleist T100•S is the lofts in the T100•S irons are 2 degrees stronger (or lower). For example, the T100’s 5-iron has 27 degrees of loft while the T100•S 5-iron has 25 degrees.

Titleist T100S irons — Internal tungsten weights in the heel and toe boost stability in the Titleist T100•S irons. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

If a player wanted more distance from the T100, couldn’t he or she take the clubs to a fitter and have the lofts strengthened? Yes, but shifting the faces downward and de-lofting them also changes the bounce angles, lowers the leading edges and changes the way the T100 irons work through turf. Most elite golfers liked those features, so golfers might would have had to choose between getting more distance and having the T100 irons play and feel better. With the release of T100•S, Titleist eliminated the need to alter the clubs.

Like the standard clubs, the T100•S irons are forged and feature a dual-cavity construction with internal tungsten weights in the heel and toe. The precise amount of tungsten varies by club, but the average amount is 66 grams, and it let Titleist design the T100•S with more stability and forgiveness than a compact club typically offers.

The T100•S also has progressive blade lengths, meaning the long irons are slightly larger than the mid-irons, which is turn are a touch bigger than the short irons. This helps to shift the center of gravity lower in the long irons, which players usually want to help hit the ball higher, while the center of gravity is higher in the short irons, which better players often like to flight the ball lower for enhanced control.