True to recent T-Series iron release form, Titleist’s new iron range has had a pretty impressive start to life. A young PGA Tour star flying the flag as “the longest hitter on tour”, Aldrich Potgeiter, went straight to the top of the Titleist R&D department’s Christmas list by winning the Rocket Classic, having only had his shiny new T-Series irons in the bag for a week. Tour validation? Tick.
As part of this review, during my recent irons custom fitting session at the Titleist Performance Centre Woburn, I was lucky enough to meet Aldrich and chat to him about his new equipment, which you can see here…
In this review however, I am focusing on a new iron model in for 2025 – the T250.
To make things a little more confusing for us, Titleist have shifted the numbers around a little this year. There’s no T200 or T300 irons – they are now T250 and T350. The ‘50’ essentially means a little stronger lofts than you’d traditionally expect.
Who Are They Aimed At?
The Titleist T250 sits somewhere in the middle of the new range, which consists of four new models. There’s the T100, T150, T250, and T350 (there is also a T250* which is the launch spec). They hit the nail on the head when it comes to the ever-popular players distance category.
Titleist say “For players who want complete iron performance in a more forgiving shape, T250 unites speed, stability, and consistency with our cleanest look ever”.
If you’re a mid-handicap golfer that likes a sleek, no-nonsense look, but needs a little bit of help when it comes to consistency of strike, the T250 will most likely be your weapon of choice. They’re also ideal for blending, so you could see them at the top end of a tour player’s iron set.
The Tech
The T250s feature a singular design with a face and body made entirely of high-strength steel. The design specifically allows powerful performance technologies to be discreetly housed within the sleek, modern head.
Essentially, there is no visible cap in the cavity of the iron. Like a TaylorMade P790, Titleist have managed to make this look like a fully forged blade.
The manufacturers of the no.1 ball in golf are promising “elevated speed”. This comes thanks to a new forged L-Face with a V-taper design. The design generates ball speed across the face and increases launch on low-face strikes.
Next, the improved Max Impact Technology helps produce more consistent carry distances and dispersion. More aggressive mid/short-iron grooves promote more spin control from any lie. This helps to give golfers that little bit more control into greens.
Finally, engineers added split high-density tungsten to the head to offer an optimal centre of gravity with high stability in a compact profile. This should help golfers to achieve consistent carry and improved trajectory control to help with versatility and again – forgiveness.
Titleist T250 Irons Review
Looks and Feel
The T250s look awesome. You can really tell that Titleist have set out to make the best-looking iron head possible here. It’s already amongst the contenders for the best-looking player’s distance iron of 2025.
Many consider Titleist to make some of the most desirable-looking irons for better players on the planet. That’s been the case for as long as I can remember. Mizuno do push them pretty close, and more recently TaylorMade have joined the party too.
However, that’s not always been the case for their mid-handicap and game-improvement categories. In my opinion, they’ve never really nailed it with the T200 or T300s looks-wise. Bulky screws, visible dampening materials or ‘clicky’ caps over the cavity have held them back.
This year, they’re on the money. They look clean, sharp and only feature a Titleist logo, a divider line on back of the blade and the T250 stamp. I doubt you’ll find a golfer that doesn’t like the look of them, either in the bag or from a shelf appeal point of view.
Down by the ball, the shape and size of the T250 was surprising. In previous years the T200s have been quite large and rounded by the ball, with a borderline thick top line. This year that isn’t the case at all. I genuinely found it hard to tell the difference between the T150 and T250 at times – especially on thickness of topline.
They’ve really sharpened things up by elongating the blade length from heel to toe, making the topline appear thinner. In my opinion, the T250 looks much better at address than any of the previous T200 irons.
Feel-wise, Titleist irons have been criticised for being a little firm. I wouldn’t say that the T250s felt ‘buttery’ but I would say they felt good, and as expected. They felt fast, and it felt like there was plenty of forgiveness too.
During my on-course testing and the fitting session I hit a few a little thin (my typical mishit) and the feel and ball flight I was able to achieve was still impressive. The T250 isn’t the softest iron I’ve ever hit, but it strikes a good middle ground. It feels quick off the face without losing too much feedback due to the amount of technology packed into this thing.
Performance
As previously mentioned, with any new Titleist equipment launch I went through a custom fitting session, hitting each new iron model in comparison to my current irons (I’m currently playing a set of trusty Ping i210s 4-PW).
Heading into the session, I assumed the fitter would put me into the T150 irons because of the chunky size of the previous T200 irons and the traditional cavity-back irons I normally play. To my surprise, the result was different.
The T250 irons produced the following numbers:
Notables compared to my current irons are that I found a considerable increase in ball speed of 6mph with the T250, which is a serious difference with a 7 iron. I was also able to lower my launch angle by 3 degrees, which for me is always a bonus.
When I heard the T250 focuses on generating more spin, I felt a little worried. I am a high spin player anyway and certainly don’t need anymore. However looking at the data, my average spin only increased by 200 rpm compared to the i210s and in fact the consistency improved by almost half – which I was really impressed by.
If you’re a golfer that struggles with generating enough spin to keep the ball in the air for longer with irons, I found that the technology in T250s is only going to help you.
What has stood out most to me is the T250s’ slight improvements in consistency. Every aspect of the Trackman data has improved consistency-wise including carry, total, height, spin and ball speed.
On the golf course, this amount of such small gains is extremely hard to quantify. I can only say that the combination of confidence in the data, a slightly larger footprint down by the ball yet the extremely good looks only helped in the performance department.
Titleist T250 Irons Verdict
Overall, it’s hard to not describe the T250 as the best T200 iron yet. I love how much they have managed to pack technology and forgiveness into an iron head that manages to still look so sharp and sleek.
That being said, I can imagine a lot more better players opting for the T250 where in the past they would have been a little put off by the shaping. Therefore, this iron will suit so many different golfers.
Getting rid of the cap in the back is also a pretty obvious evolution but one that makes a big difference in my opinion. This iron just feels and sounds so much more solid than previous generations.
Although they are few far and between, there are horror stories of caps falling out of the back of irons through manufacturing defaults – this problem has been eradicated.
Price-wise, it’ll come as no surprise that these things are expensive. A 7-club set will set you back £1,379 RRP, which is a serious investment.
Are they worth it? In all honesty probably not, but I do think they are an improvement on the previous generation.
The guy or girl who’s looking to get a new set of spanking Titleist irons isn’t bothered about the price. They care about the performance and the looks, and the new T250 irons more than deliver.
Would I Use Them?
Yes, these irons are going straight into my bag.
