Following on from the popular G440 iron launch in January, Ping are back with another set of irons for 2025. This time its the turn of the i-Series, with the new Ping i240 irons replacing 2022’s well established i230 irons.
Over the years the i-Series has been a statement on tour with the likes of Lee Westwood relying on them. More recently Tyrell Hatton has used the i230’s right up to 2025. Even though they may not traditionally look like much of a players iron nor a players distance iron, a lot of good golfers and average golfers find them to be very useful out on the course.
Who Are They Aimed At?
This year’s offering seem to highlight the importance of true cavity back iron with a tour inspired look.
Pretty much all levels of golfers could use the i240s. They sit between a players iron and a players distance iron and also offer impressive forgiveness.
So if you’re someone who’s looking for something that offers a modern look at address but needs some extra help launching the ball higher, then the i240’s could well be the clubs for you.
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The Tech
This year’s cavity back design takes a more traditional approach. It adds more perimeter weighting but keeps a clean, players-style look.
Ping’s engineers saved weight with the back badge and moved it around the perimeter for extra stability. This change lowers the centre of gravity, giving you more distance and control. It also increases the MOI, making the long and mid irons more forgiving with a higher launch.
The new multi-material badge is 8.5 grams lighter than the i230 version. It combines a thin 304 stainless steel cap with a lightweight composite and injection-moulded thermoplastic. Inside, an activated elastomer insert supports the face. It sits in a toaster-style pocket to improve energy transfer across the face. You get a softer feel and a pleasing sound at impact.
The i240’s sole design is similar to past models. It has a rounded lead edge and plenty of bounce. This helps promote smooth turf interaction for clean, solid strikes.
The Ping i240 also comes in standard, retro and power lofts from 3-iron to a utility wedge.
Ping i240 Irons Review
Looks and Feel
I’ve played many Ping irons before, including several from the i-Series, and I was surprised by the new i240’s design. Compared to the i230s from 2022, they look quite bland, almost like a downgrade from previous models.
Personally, I loved the i230’s clean look. It felt like a true players club but still offered amazing forgiveness. Meanwhile having the i240 in hand instantly gives me “game improvement” vibes, which may put better golfers off buying them..
If you look into the last three generations – i200, i210 and i230 – all the irons have a nice, clean look. However, the i240’s include a black carbon fibre design with a cavity insert. Although the design doesn’t look bad, I just think the previous generations look a lot better.
Besides that, the club face has a very neat design featuring slightly wider grooves and a milled finish.
Down at address, the clubs sit very flush to the ground. They also have a reasonable amount of offset for this style of iron.
The top line isn’t too thick on the short irons. However, it becomes much more noticeable on the longer irons which could put a lot of golfers off.
Overall, the range inspires confidence at address. The friendly design made me excited to test them against my Titleist T100 irons.
As you’d expect with all Ping irons, the i240 irons are very satisfying to hit. There’s a delightful sound off the face too. I was expecting these to be quite jumpy but were very solid and easy to hit.
Performance
I headed down to Stockport Golf Club last week with the Foresight GC Quad to test the 5, 7 and 9 irons to get some numbers and test them on the golf course.
First of all we started on the golf course, and my first shot was on the Par-3 11th (170 yards) where I was surprised instantly with an incredibly high ball flight, and lack of deviation in the flight too. I repeated with a couple more shots to see three very similar results. The ball did look like it was climbing quite a bit in the wind so I was definitely interested to know the spin numbers.
On the GC Quad you could see that with a 9-iron the ball was launching around 24 degrees with a peak height of 110ft which compared to ‘Tour Average’ of 90ft is incredibly high! However the spin rates were actually quite low, averaging just under 8000 RPM. Overall the carry numbers were quite consistent but does make me wonder if power lofts could be the better option for me personally to manage the ball flight.
Numbers did start to change slightly coming into the mid and longer irons. Ping stated that these irons launch higher especially in the mid-long irons so its interesting to see that my 7-iron peaked at 111ft (102ft tour average) and 5-iron peaked at 99ft (same as tour average). That shows that there is definitely some potential there.
In the past I have struggled with low carry numbers in the longer irons mainly due to them not staying in the air long enough. However I didn’t really see much of an increase in carry distance in both the 7 iron or 5 iron. I usually work around 172 yards with a 7 iron and 195 yards with 5 iron. So to see 168 yards and 187 yards with the Ping i240 was a little disappointing. Even though I found them quite pleasing on the course to hit, I also noticed ball speeds throughout the set were quite inconsistent with around 7 mph variance in the 5 shots hit with each.
Ping i240 Irons Verdict
Usually in the past it was pretty easy to choose what kind of player uses either a ‘G’ series or ‘I’ series, however with the recent success of the Blueprint S range its hard for me to see where these lie in terms of who they are aimed at.
That’s why I think Ping have designed these to look a little bit more ‘Game Improvement’ to suit most people, but down by the ball offer more of a ‘tour players’ preferred look.
Overall, the i240’s are as usual a very classy offering from Ping, featuring some of the brands best features seen in previous models. They may not be the best looking design in terms of shelf life, but for performance you can’t go wrong.
The great thing with Ping, they only release certain i-Series irons every few years, and even if you do have an older set they hold their value extremely well in comparison to other brands. Which makes me think unless you can see a clear performance increase during testing that you might be better off with one of the older models and save the money.
If you’re a better player, then you might be eyeing up a set of Blueprint S irons, and I’d highly recommend trying them as well.
Would I Use Them?
I would struggle to put these in the bag having seen no real improvement in the longer irons, however with some stronger lofts or alternative shafts this could be different.
