It’s no secret I like tinkering with my bag. In fact, I’ve been known to switch out wedges more often than I switch golf balls. But for the last two years my PXG GEN6 irons have been glued in place — long, buttery, reliable. Until now.
You see, chasing scratch is not for the faint-hearted. When your “good” 7-iron flies 190 yards and your “slightly thin” one limps out 165, you start questioning things. That 25-yard spread is enough to make you play back every swing thought known to man. So, when most Tour bags seem to be littered with Titleist irons (and let’s not forget — Titleist make most pros actually pay for their gear), I had to find out not just why but could they help the club golfer.
Now, I’m a far cry from a Tour pro. My strike pattern is closer to a shotgun spray than a sniper’s red dot, but I still swing a 7-iron at around 95mph. Which is why the new Titleist T250 caught my eye: a players’ distance iron that promises speed, forgiveness, and looks sharp enough to make your mates jealous on the first tee.
The Line-Up: Old Friends, New Faces
The familiar T100 and T150 are back for 2025, but the real buzz surrounds the T250 — a brand-new iron designed for golfers who want big distance without wielding something that looks like a shovel.
Tech-wise, it’s “built different”. Titleist has gone all-in on a high-strength steel face and body, wrapped around a forged L-Face with V-taper tech. Translation? More speed across the face and better launch when you hit it low — which, let’s be honest, is most of us more often than we’d like to admit.
The Max Impact Technology has had a glow-up too, delivering tighter dispersion and more consistent carry. Meanwhile, split tungsten weighting keeps the centre of gravity optimised so your 6-iron doesn’t suddenly turn into a wild animal.
And the looks? Oh my. If irons could enter beauty contests, the T250 would win hands down. Clean lines, modern styling, a touch of muscle. They look every bit as good in the bag as they feel at impact.
Performance: Fast, Forgiving, and Freakishly Consistent
The first thing I noticed was the distance. My T250 7-iron is 30.5 degrees, yet it was still longer than my old PXGs. More importantly, it was consistent — no “rocket ball” hot spots, just reliable gapping, swing after swing.
Forgiveness is where the T250 really shines. Front-to-back dispersion was ridiculously tight. Unless I missed it catastrophically (think hosel rockets and air-mailed greens), the difference in ball speed was minimal. That’s the sort of forgiveness that lowers scores and saves friendships in fourballs.
Feel? Not as buttery as the T100 or T150, but still solid with plenty of feedback. You can tell exactly where you’ve struck it — which for some of us is a reminder we’d rather not have, but it’s useful all the same.
The Fitting: A Tale of Two Irons
On TrackMan at the Titleist Performance Centre in St Ives, the numbers were clear: the T250s were long and tight, but full-set gapping was tricky. Between 145 and 175 yards I’d have needed a calculator and divine intervention.
The solution? A blended set. T150s from wedge to 8-iron for control, T250s from 7 to 4-iron for speed and forgiveness. The fitter tweaked the lofts half a degree to smooth out the gaps, and just like that — yardages locked in.
Verdict: A Match Made in Titleist Heaven
After just a week in the bag, my scoring average has dropped by 1.6 shots. Greens in regulation are up 16%. Coincidence? Maybe. New-club confidence? Probably. But the results speak for themselves.
The T150/T250 combo gives me the control I need at scoring range and the firepower I crave at long iron distances. And if I don’t make it back to scratch? Well, at least my bag now looks like it belongs to someone who knows what they’re doing.
Final word: The new Titleist T-Series is proof that technology and style can coexist. They’re gorgeous, forgiving, and frighteningly consistent. If you’ve ever wanted Tour-level looks with real-world playability, the T250 is your golden ticket.
