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Best new golf irons you can buy in 2024

Check out Golfweek’s list of the best irons available to purchase in 2024.

As Golfweek explained in our 2024 Driver wrap-up, the undeniable trend in the world of drivers is toward higher-stability offerings that not only perform well when you hit the ball in the middle of the face, but also help you hit straighter shots and help you maintain distance when you mis-hit toward the heel or the toe.

When it comes to irons, the trend continues to be the broadening array of offers to meet the needs of different types of players. Not that long ago, equipment makers sold blades to the best players, cavity-backs to golfers who needed some forgiveness and oversized clubs to high-handicappers and beginners. Those clubs still exist, but they are complemented by better-player distance irons, sets that blend hybrids and irons for forgiveness, and sets that blend hollow-bodied long irons with precision-minded scoring clubs.

Take Ping as an example. The Phoenix-based brand now has the Blueprint T and Blueprint S for elite players, the tour-proven i230 for good players who want more forgiveness, the i525 for golfers who want a better-player’s distance iron, the game-improvement G430 and it still offers the G710 as a max game-improvement club. Brands like Callaway, Cobra, Mizuno, TaylorMade and Titleist have similarly deep stables.

That’s a double-edged sword for consumers because while a larger variety of irons means there is a better chance that brands are now making sets that match your needs (and your budget), finding those clubs can be a daunting task. Therefore, it has never been more important to seek out a good custom fitter, try several different shafts and heads and see what the data reveals.

Pro Tip: Indoor club fittings have come a long way and are convenient, but as spring approaches, if you have a chance to do a fitting outside, hitting off real grass and seeing real ball flights is always best.

Below are many of the irons that you will see in pro shops and specialty stores. Use this list as a starting point to discover clubs that might be ideal for you game.

Best golf irons in 2024

Learn everything you need to know about the Titleist T150 irons

Titleist T150 irons are for accomplished golfers who want extra distance.

Gear: Titleist T150 irons
Price: $200 per club with True Temper AMT Tour White steel shafts and Titleist Universal 360 grips; $216 per club with Mitsubishi Tensei White AM2 graphite shafts
Specs: Dual-cavity design with SUP-10 stainless steel body, 17-4 stainless steel cradle and internal tungsten weights.
Available: August 28

Who They’re For: Low-handicap golfers seeking more distance, but who still want the look and feel of a compact iron.

The Skinny: Designed like the T100 irons, the T150 delivers extra distance thanks to a polymer-filled muscle channel bar and lofts that are 2 degrees stronger than on the T100, but Titleist focused on making them sound and feel better than the T100•S irons they replace.

The Deep Dive: For a decade, before Titleist developed the T Series irons, many golfers enjoyed playing the brand’s AP irons, especially the AP2, which was the iron of choice for Jordan Spieth. Many of those golfers have transitioned into the compact T100 irons, and some found they liked the T100•S, a stronger-lofted version of the T100. But for AP2 loyalists, the company’s T200 was simply too big.

With the release of the new T150 irons, which replaces the T100•S, Titleist has tried to thread the needle and develop a club that fits between the T100 and the T200, offering accomplished golfers the feel, control and looks that they love, but with some distance-enhancing help.

The T150 and the T100 are built in the same way, but the T150 has a blade length that is a few millimeters longer and a topline that is a few millimeters thicker. You need to hold the clubs side-by-side and study them carefully to see the difference.

Both clubs utilize a forged SUP-10 stainless steel face and body with a 17-4 stainless steel capsule on the back. Inside the capsule, Titelist has added a pair of tungsten weights, one in the heel and the other in the toe, to increase stability and help the T150 resist twisting on off-center hits.

While the T150 line has lofts that are 2 degrees stronger through the set than the T100, the biggest difference between the two irons is the addition of a muscle channel in the T150 that is in a bar connecting the toe to the heel. It is filled with a silicone-like polymer that absorbs some of the vibrations created at impact and encourages a slightly higher launch. It also helps the hitting area flex more effectively. The last version of T100•S had this feature too, but in the T150 irons it has been pushed slightly closer to the hitting area, which lets it work more effectively.

At the same time, Titleist made the lower portion of the face slightly thicker. Brands often tout thin faces to help golfers generate more ball speed on mis-hits, but thicker faces can create more-pleasing sounds and sensations at impact. It’s a paradox that designers have to deal with in every club. In this case, Titleist wanted to change the vibrations and the frequencies created at impact, and thickening the lower part of the hitting area does that.

The combination of the polymer bar being moved forward and the lower part of the hitting area being made thicker, Titleist said, allows the T150 to have the sound and feel of the T100, which Titleist knew golfers wanted, while maintaining the ball speed of the T100•S.

Finally, Titleist designed the T150 with a curved trailing edge that bends upward more than the back edge of the T100•S. This should help the clubs get in and out of the turf more efficiently, so golfers can maintain speed through the strike.

The price of the T150 and the T100 are the same, $200 per club with steel shafts, and they look similar. Titleist made them that way so players can work with a custom fitter and easily create blended sets.

Below are several close-up photos of the new Titleist T150 irons.

Discover the updated Titleist T100 irons for 2023

The updated T100 irons are for players who want more consistency along with maximum feel and control.

Gear: Titleist T100 irons (2023)
Price: $200 per club with True Temper AMT Tour White steel shafts and Titleist Universal 360 grips; $216 per club with Mitsubishi Tensei White AM2 graphite shafts
Specs: Dual-cavity design with SUP-10 stainless steel body, 17-4 stainless steel cradle and internal tungsten weights.
Available: August 28

Who They’re For: Low-handicap golfers who want increased consistency from an iron that delivers maximum feel and control.

The Skinny: While keeping the size and shape of the T100 irons unchanged, Titleist worked to enhance their consistency by improving how the faces are made and continuing to boost the blend of workability and stability.

The Deep Dive: The designers and engineers at Titleist who worked on the new T100 irons were given a task that has been assigned for years to their peers who work on the Pro V1 and Pro V1x golf balls: Don’t change anything, but make it better.

The Titleist T100 irons are popular among PGA Tour players and elite golfers because they blend a compact shape and the control that better players want with a touch of forgiveness. Players such as Jordan Spieth, Cameron Smith, Will Zalatoris, Sungjae Im and Tom Kim have won championships with them.

To make the clubs more consistent shot after shot, Titleist improved the way the faces and hitting areas are manufactured. Previously, every iron’s face was made perfectly flat by having a wide, high-speed milling bit pass over it. The bit left circular milling marks on the face, so after the grooves were added, it was necessary to polish away the milling marks before the chrome plating was applied. Now, after adjusting the way the bit passes over the face, Titleist says the polishing step is no longer necessary, which means the grooves will be slightly sharper and the clubs should perform more consistently.

As with the previous T100 irons, the 2023 version is designed with a dual-cavity construction that combines a forged, SUP-10 stainless steel face and body with a 17-7 stainless steel cap piece in the back of the club. Inside the cap, designers added pieces of tungsten in the heel and toe areas. There is an average of 80 grams of tungsten added to each club, with the piece in the toe larger to help offset the weight of the hosel and to pull the ideal hitting area into the center of the face.

The tungsten also creates extra perimeter weighting, so while the T100 has a compact blade length and overall size, it has extra stability and resists twisting on off-center hits more effectively.

Titleist has lowered the center of gravity in the 3-, 4- and 5-irons to encourage a higher launch and a steeper angle of descent for added stopping power on the greens.

To improve turf interaction and help golfers maintain speed through the turf, designers gave the trailing edge an upward curve instead of the more angular trailing-edge relief found in previous T100 irons.

From a cosmetic standpoint, the updated T100 and T150 irons appear very similar, but the T150 irons have lofts that are 2 degrees stronger throughout the set for extra distance. By working with a custom fitter, golfers should be able to create a blended set easily.

See the new 2023 Titleist T200 irons

Titleist T200 irons deliver distance, stability with enhanced sound and feel.

Gear: Titleist T200 irons
Price: $200 per club with True Temper AMT Black shafts and Titleist Universal 360 grips; $216 with Mitsubishi Tensei Blue AM2 graphite shafts
Specs: Forged, L-shaped stainless steel face and forged body with internal tungsten weights.
Available: August 28

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Who They’re For: Golfers who need game-improvement clubs that deliver more distance and stability, but who also want softer feel.

The Skinny: Titleist adjusted the internal Max Impact system and the polymer back plate to enhance the sound and feel of the T200, while maintaining ball speed and forgiveness.

The Deep Dive: While the Titleist T100 and T150 are aimed at accomplished golfers looking for control and consistency, the T200 is a true game-improvement club made for golfers who want more distance, forgiveness and stability. With the release of the 2023 version, Titleist tasked its designers to make the clubs sound and feel better at impact, without losing ball speed. While the T200 looks a little different on the outside, to achieve that goal, engineers made bigger changes on the inside.

The T200 has a forged, SUP-10 stainless steel body and face, with the face plate being shaped like an L. The hitting area wraps under the leading edge, which allows the lower portion to flex more easily on thin shots. Titleist also designed the entire hitting area to gradually become thinner toward the perimeter to broaden the sweet spot and protect ball speed more effectively on mis-hits.

The first Titleist T200 irons debuted a distance-enhancing system called the Max Impact Generator on the back. In the 2021 version, it returned but was hidden inside the heads. The Max Impact system is back in the 2023 T200 irons and continues to be a polymer piece designed into a metal bar that connects the topline and sole. When a ball is hit, the face flexes and presses into the polymer, which helps the hitting area snap back faster, increasing ball speed and distance.

In the updated T200 irons, the Max Impact polymer piece is thinner, and the support bar has been shifted more toward the heel, so it is now near the center of the face. Titleist also made the shelf that the back plate rests upon much wider in the toe area. The polymer plate that covers the back of the club and encases the hollow chamber has also been given a series of ribs and panels. All these things work together to stiffen the T200 at impact and change the harmonics, so it sounds better and feels better without a loss of speed or distance.

To help the T200 resist twisting on off-center hits, Titleist added tungsten to the heel and toe areas. The precise amount of tungsten varies by club but averages about 80 grams, and it helps increase the moment of inertia.

Finally, Titleist gave the T200 the same sole design as the T100 and T150 (although it’s wider). The trailing edge has extra upward curvature, which should help the club work through the turf more effectively, especially on fat shots or for players who have an especially steep angle of attack.

Below are several close-up images of the 2023 Titleist T200 irons.

 

Discover the new Titleist T350 irons

The Titleist 350 irons are designed to provide distance and forgiveness.

Gear: Titleist T350 irons
Price: $200 each with True Temper AMT Black steel shafts and Titleist Universal 360 grips; $216 each with Mitsubishi Tensei Blue AM2 graphite shafts.
Specs: Forged SUP-10 stainless steel face with 17-4 stainless steel body and internal tungsten weights.
Available: August 28

Who They’re For: Mid- and higher-handicap golfers who want to maximize distance and forgiveness.

The Skinny: This game-improvement club utilizes a hollow-body construction and multimaterial design to provide distance and stability, while updates to the internal design have made it sound and feel better at impact.

The Deep Dive: While the previous versions of the T300 had been a one-piece, cast construction with a massive under-cut cavity, the 2023 T350, which replaces the T300, is a forged, hollow-bodied multimaterial design. It is built like the T200 but bigger, and that magnifies many of its playing qualities.

The T350 has a forged, SUP-10 stainless steel face that is L-shaped and wraps under the leading edge. This allows the lower portion of the hitting area to flex more easily, especially on thin shots. Titleist also designed the entire hitting area to gradually become thinner toward the perimeter to broaden the sweet spot and protect ball speed more effectively on mis-hits.

The body and chassis of the T350 are forged from 17-4 stainless steel, a material that is strong but lighter than the SUP-10 steel used in the hitting area.

While the previous T300 irons had a Max Impact system in the back, Titleist has made it an internal element in the T350. Designers added a polymer piece and affixed it to a metal bar that connects the topline and sole. When a ball is hit, the face flexes and presses into the polymer, which acts like a spring and snaps the hitting area back into shape faster than it would alone. This should help golfers attain higher ball speeds and gain distance. In the new T350 the system has been updated by positioning it more in the center of the face, and designers made the polymer piece thinner.

The bar in the Max Impact system serves a dual purpose. It holds the polymer and also stiffens the head at impact. In the T350 irons, Titleist added more mass in the low tow area and redesigned the polymer plate that covers the back of the club and encases the hollow chamber. Instead of being flat, it now has a waffle pattern on the inner-facing side. These elements stiffen the T200 even more at impact and allowed engineers to adjust the club’s harmonics to sound better without a loss of speed or distance.

Titleist added tungsten to the heel and toe areas to increase the moment of inertia and help the T350 resist twisting on off-center hits. The exact amount of tungsten varies by club but averages about 80 grams per head.

The T350 has the widest sole and the thickest topline in the updated T Series iron family. While elite golfers want a thin topline, golfers who routinely shoot in the high 80s, 90s and over 100 often find thicker toplines reassuring. The trailing edge has also been made with a sharper upward curvature, which should help the club work through the turf more effectively, especially for players who have a steep angle of attack.

Shifting the Max Impact system inside the head helps the T350 irons blend better with the rest of the new T Series irons, aesthetically. Golfers working with a good custom fitter should be able to easily create combo or blended sets with T200 irons easily.

Below are several close-up images of the 2023 Titleist T350 irons.

Photos: Titleist’s yet-to-be-released T100, T150 and T200 irons

Take a close-up look at Titleist’s replacement for the popular T100, T100•S and T200 irons.

CROMWELL, Conn. — The timing of Titleist’s releases may not be as predictable as a Swiss watch, but for over a decade, the brand has released new woods and irons either in the days leading up to the U.S. Open or the week afterward. Last year, Titleist brought the TSR drivers, fairway woods and hybrids to the PGA Tour for the first at the 2022 Travelers Championship. Since the company operates on two-year product cycles, we knew that 2023 would be an iron year, and like clockwork, Titleist recently brought updated versions of its T Series irons to the PGA Tour.

Technically, there are four new irons in the yet-to-be-released family–the T100, T150, T200 and T350 — but Titleist has not provided details about any of them so far.

The new T100 and T200 logically replace the currently available T100 and T200. Pro shops are also currently selling the T100•S, a stronger-lofted version of the T100, for golfers who want a compact club that delivers extra distance, but there is not a T100•S in the new family, but the T150 could do that job.

The Titleist PGA Tour van does not have any T350 irons onboard, so that club will likely replace the current T300, which is a max game-improvement iron.

Below are in-hand images of Titleist’s new T100, T150 and T200 irons.

Jordan Spieth, using new Titleist irons, cards six birdies Thursday at 2021 British Open

The new Titleist T100 irons are not yet available at retail, but Jordan Spieth put a set in play to climb the leaderboard at St. George’s.

Jordan Spieth, who shot 65 Thursday at Royal St. George’s Golf Club, went on a four-birdie run on the front nine to work his way up the leaderboard at the 2021 British Open. His putting was excellent, as it has been for much of 2021, but those birdie putts were set up by several outstanding shots the Texan hits with his new Titleist T100 irons.

Typically, in the days leading up to a major championship, golfers shy away from making substantive equipment changes. However, Spieth worked at home last week with Titleist’s director of player promotions, J.J. Van Wezenbeeck, and after thoroughly testing the yet-to-be-released-at-retail irons, decided to put them in his bag. He is using the T100 4-iron through 9-iron, and the clubs are fitted with the same Project X 6.5 shafts that Spieth had in his previous set of Titleist irons.

Titleist T100 iron topline
Titleist T100 irons have a thin topline, minimal offset and classic look at address. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

Titleist took the new T100 irons to the PGA Tour for the first time at the Travelers Championship in June, but Spieth saw them at a Titleist photo shoot in Dallas before the start of the AT&T Byron Nelson Championship. Van Wezenbeeck said Spieth immediately liked the looks and feel of the new irons and especially liked the way the clubs work through the turf.

Interestingly, this is not the first time Spieth has changed irons before starting a British Open. In 2019, on the eve of the British Open at Royal Portrush, he switched into Titleist’s first generation of the T100 irons.

In addition to adding the T100s this week, Spieth, who typically carries either a hybrid or a hollow-bodied driving iron, tested a Titleist T200 3-iron and 4-iron.

Titleist has not officially commented on the T100 or the T200 irons, or said when they would be available at retail. Still, if history is a guide, recreational golfers will see them in pro shops starting in September or October.

Titleist T100, T100•S, U•505 irons at the 2021 Travelers Championship

Titleist brought its yet-to-be-released T100, T100•S and U•505 irons to the PGA Tour for the first time this week.

CROMWELL, Conn. – The 2021 U.S. Open is in the books and the PGA Tour is in Connecticut for the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands. Titleist traditionally has used this time to introduce new products to its Tour staff, and that tradition continues this week.

Titleist’s PGA Tour reps are busily fitting players, answering questions and building sets of the updated T100 and T100•S irons, along with new U•505 utility irons. Typically, pros like to test new irons for a few weeks at home or in practice rounds at Tour events before they make changes, but there are always a few guys who immediately put new clubs in play.

Golfweek’s David Dusek was at TPC River Highlands on Tuesday morning and was able to take several close-up photos of the new clubs.

Titleist releases new T100 irons plus U•505 utility club to Tour pros

Information on the clubs was not made available, but Titleist’s new irons will be available to PGA Tour players this week.

SAN DIEGO – About 12 hours after the 121st U.S. Open at Torrey Pines, Titleist announced Monday that it is bringing three new irons to this week’s PGA Tour event, the Travelers Championship, and making them available for staff players to use. Another new iron will join the lineup on Tour soon.

Titleist did not provide specifications or details about the irons, and they are not yet available at retail. But if history is a guide, the new T100 and T100•S are designed for accomplished golfers who want a compact head and who put a premium on control.

The original T100 irons are currently used by several top pros, including Jordan Spieth and Will Zalatoris. They feature large internal pieces of tungsten in the heel and toe areas to increase stability without making the heads larger.

The T100•S was released after the original T100, and the S stands for strong. These clubs have slightly stronger lofts to provide golfers with more distance. By making the lofts slightly lower, Titleist can provide golfers with extra yards without changing the bounce or sole configuration, so the clubs work through the turf just as efficiently.

The U•505 appears to be the largest of the new irons, and U likely stands for utility iron. Titleist also used to reserve the 500 number series for clubs designated as utility irons. Like the other irons, Titleist’s utility clubs typically have had forged faces for increased ball speed, along with large internal pieces of tungsten in the heel and toe for stability.

The T200 irons will arrive on Tour in the weeks ahead, Titleist said. The original T200 is a game-improvement club that is slightly larger than the T100. The first T200 featured a Max Impact system, which is a piece of silicone polymer behind the SUP-10 stainless steel face. It was affixed inside the head by a screw that could be seen on the back of the club. The updated T200 appears to lack the screw.

Golfweek will be on-site at the Travelers Championship beginning Tuesday and will post in-hand photos of the new clubs.

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Titleist releases limited edition, all-black T100•S and T200 irons

Titleist’s T100•S Black and T200 Black irons have a non-glare finish and are loaded with technology.

Titleist released the T Series irons, including the game-improvement T200, just over a year ago. Last January, on the eve of the 2020 PGA Merchandise Show, the brand debuted the T100•S, a stronger-lofted version of the better-player’s T100 irons that can be found in the bags of players like Jordan Spieth.

Both of those clubs were designed with a clean look and shiny chrome finish, but Titleist now has good news for players who love the look of dark, non-glare irons. Starting on Aug. 28, the company is making a limited-edition, all-black version of the T200 and T100•S irons available to the public.

PGA Tour veteran Cameron Smith won the Sony Open in Hawaii this year using a black-finished prototype set of T100 irons, and after fellow PGA Tour player Lanto Griffin saw photos of the clubs, he asked Titleist to make him a set too.

Titleist T100•S Black irons
Titleist T100•S Black irons (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The clubs were given a dark PVD finish and come standard with black shafts and grips. The T200 gets the True Temper Dynamic Gold Onyx AMT Black shaft, and the T100•S comes with the Project X LZ Onyx shaft. Both clubs come fitted with all-black Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360 grips.

Aside from the cosmetic differences, the limited-edition black T200 and T100•S irons are identical to the standard clubs.

Titleist T200 Black irons
Titleist T200 Black irons (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The T200 irons, which replaced the AP3 irons last season, has tungsten weights in the heel and toe for stability and to lower the center of gravity. They provide more distance thanks to the addition of a Max Impact system that can be seen on the back of the head. A screw holds a silicone polymer core in place inside the head, and as the face flexes at impact, the core compresses and then quickly rebounds. That helps the face snap back more efficiently, resulting in more ball speed and distance.

The black T100•S (the S stands for strong) has lofts that are 2 degrees stronger than the standard T100 iron lofts. They are designed for accomplished golfers who want a compact head and short blade length, but also want extra distance.

Both sets of irons will cost $1,599 for a set of eight (4-GW) or $200 per club.