Equipment

Early PGA Tour pro feedback on Titleist’s new T-Series irons

Published

1 year ago

May 22, 2025

Editor’s note: The latest iteration of Titleist’s T-Series irons began tour seeding — or as Titleist calls it, Tour Validation — this week. Brian Knudson gave his impressions of the new artillery here. Additionally, Andrew Tursky caught up with a few pros who are putting the new irons in play, filing a story on the switches for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report, in conjunction with our ongoing partnership. The following is an excerpt from that piece, which you can read in full here.

Titleist staffer Lanto Griffin

“They’re beautiful. All-matte this year, they’re very similar to the old ones. I don’t notice much of a difference, other than they feel more solid. Maybe they launch just slightly higher for me. But just the overall look of them is incredible, so it’s an easy change,” said Griffin.

“It’s the first time I’ve ever done it [had this grind on the leading edge], but basically softening the leading edge so it has a little bit more bounce. So I’m a little steeper into the ground, so just by shaving it down, it kind of bounces off the turf, get through the turf a little easier, a little shallower.

“The new U505 is really sleek, they made it a little bit skinnier, so it’s not quite as wide [in the back], but then they moved some weighting around on the bottom to where it’ll launch just as high. So it looks a little bit more like a blade – more blade-ish looking than the other ones, but it performs just as good or better.”

Titleist staffer Doug Ghim

“So, just before they came out with the new ones [this week], we tried the T150, and this year’s version of the T150 actually launches just as high as the T200 before, and that’s been a huge plus. Being able to have a smaller head that launches just as high as the big head, it’s obviously what everybody wants, and it makes workability a little easier with the smaller head as well,” Ghim shared.

“They were explaining to me that they added a groove [on the new T100 irons], and the grooves in general are a little bit more aggressive. What we found when we tried them today was on mishits, the spin stays up and the speed has been a little bit better. So if I thin it, or if I hit it a little bit heavier, like typically if you thin it, the spin goes way up and it floats, and it doesn’t quite get there, and when you hit it a little heavier it kind of gets that flier, and sometimes it even goes further, but we saw a lot tighter windows. So with the 9-iron, we were within like 300 rpm between a mishit and a solid hit. So yeah, it’s just a little bit more forgiving. To me, the way that the club looks, they said they changed a little bit with the sole, it looks like, especially with the 9 and the shorter irons, it looks more like a Vokey to me. The club sits a little bit lower to the ground, and to me that’s a huge plus because I have four Vokeys in the bag.

“As a player … that’s one of the first things you always look at. I’ve always told Nick from Titleist that I wish I could have raw irons – I know that they have them in the Callaways – and yeah, I think this is their compromise, because I know they love their traditional chrome. I don’t like shiny, so that was kind of the first thing with the 9-iron, when I put it down, was it reminds of a brand new Vokey wedge like when they’re raw but not rusted yet. They look really good to me. They’re not as shiny. For me, the finish of the actual face where the grooves are, where there are no grooves on the toe, it’s usually a lot shinier on the toe, these are a lot more monochromatic, so to me it’s a little less distracting, so it’s nice … on the old ones, you could kind of see the back of it on the T200, they looked a little bit clunky, but these [T250 irons] look a little more one-piece, which is nice.”

For more, including Titleist fitter Nick Geyser’s insights, check out the full piece.

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

15 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

Published

15 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

16 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”