Titleist continue to dominate the Player’s Iron: 2025 Titleist T100 Irons Review

When you’ve been leading the PGA Tour usage category for the last 11 years, you could be forgiven for slowing down. Titleist and their 2025 T100 Iron, however, have different plans.

Eleven years is certainly a hell of a run. By my count, that precedes the original T-Series irons by five years, having been released back in the distant past of 2019, and takes us into the realms of the 714 AP family. But with the release of the 2025 Titleist T100 irons, there are zero signs that the company is looking to rest on their laurels.

There are some significant differences in this generation of T100 iron, as there is with the T-Series as a whole, but I’ve been left in little doubt that this iron will continue to dominate at the professional level. What might be more interesting, though, is that the latest edition may be the Players Iron that pushes Titleist past any other competitor out there in today’s market.

By combining innovative design, exemplary looks and feel, with a modern player’s mindset, the 2025 Titleist T100 iron is doing everything it can to win you over.

It certainly seems to have worked on me so far, but let’s figure out why Titleist is so excited about their prospects, and why I’m already going to be switching into the T100 (with a little extra twist…) despite being halfway through the golf season.

Distance and Spin – 5/5

As a golfer who has a fairly decent ability to strike a golf ball (no comments from the crowd needed, thank you!), whenever I find myself testing a Player’s category iron, there’s a certain expectation of what the ball flight and performance of the club should be like.

This is not so much about how I maximize power or kill any spin that might limit my distance, but creating repeatable conditions from any lie I might encounter.

Certainly there’s a place for sending the ball as far as we can, but I, like most looking at this style of iron, don’t particularly care if we’re hitting a 6- or 8-iron into the green so long as we have the confidence that the club we’re choosing is going to produce the same launch and landing conditions each time. Golfers gaming an iron like the 2025 Titleist T100 irons want predictability over anything else, from whatever lie we encounter.

It’s a vision that Titleist clearly share. Having worked with both amateur and professional feedback from the previous iteration, there has been a focus on providing players a tighter window for spin to sit in than ever before. The brand has achieved this through a new, more aggressive cut of the grooves throughout the mid- and short-irons, and boy, can you see it!

The primary goal of these deeper grooves is to retain more spin in both wet conditions and from out the rough, by using the new cut to disperse debris and moisture out of the contact zone, for a cleaner, crisper connection.

This is all well and good on paper, but let’s be honest, iron fittings don’t take place from 3-inch rough, so the proof would only be in the pudding once we got out to the course with the new irons.

The result is immediately obvious. While there’s currently little water about to test with, the dry conditions in the UK have meant that dirt and sand are easily loosened during impact, filling grooves in their own unique way. Whether I’ve been hitting from the dusty center or out of the thicker stuff on either side of the fairways, I’ve noticed that I get very little change in my ball flight, and more importantly, in the stopping power upon finding a green.

The 2025 Titleist T100 iron gives supreme confidence whenever you’re attacking pins, but what I also love is that when I do choose to shape the shot, the results are easy to judge with that spin consistency, making it easy to find the target, whether I’ve hit gentle shapes or larger slingshots.

While there are also stronger lofts than previous generations, and the company have good reason for that, I’ve not noticed the ball jumping ludicrously further forward off the face beyond an extra four to six more yards than my previous iron set on flushed strikes.

Forgiveness and Control – 5/5

Where I am seeing a difference with the 2025 Titleist T100 irons over my previous irons, though, is within the forgiveness on offer.

During my fitting with Titleist, we did elect to go with the T150 irons in the 4- and 5-iron for protection of ball speed and height in my game, but because of that, I have higher expectations of the T150’s performance. Where I’ve been more impressed is back in the 6-PW of the T100 head.

My final round before writing this review did not see me at my best, but it proves why the new T100 is more than just an upgrade in looks. In particular, I decided to test a long iron from the tee of a Par 4 that is largely drivable, or bordering on that distance.

Today, however, we played into a two-club wind. I’m quite happy to report that I saw zero excessive spin from the 4-iron despite conditions, with a flat, boring trajectory produced that didn’t move more than a yard from its starting point. What it left me with was a 140-yard shot into the same weather.

I’m not afraid to say that it wasn’t my best strike. I’d be happy to call it toe-sided, but might be generous by stopping there. That being said, despite my poor impact, we watched the ball fly safely up to the flagstick and land 15 feet short of the hole.

As much as I might have been amazed (my old Nike Vapor Pros could never have been that stable), there’s good reason. Titleist have, for 2025, implemented their VFT – Variable Face Thickness – design into the T100 irons and, as we’ve witnessed, it’s clear to see the effect, with off-center shots almost keeping up with the purest ones.

Looks, Sound, and Feel – 4.5/5

So, surely with these new technologies, there must be an impact on profile? Is the T100 iron bigger? Is it wider, thicker, suddenly ugly?

I’m happy to report that, besides some movement on logo placement, you’ll struggle to find anything out of place in comparison to the 2023 version. In fact, the only difference is in Titleist’s uncanny ability to immediately make their previous designs look old hat when held up against their latest model.

This probably sums up the philosophy at the company best anyway. Subtle changes that might not immediately grab you, but rest assured they stack up.

I can say little more than what the pictures will tell you, frankly, although I genuinely love the linework across the topline and how it bleeds into the toe so smoothly. It’s not too hard, like you’ll see in some classic Japanese forgings, nor does it melt into an overly-rounded mess (in my opinion) like the modern trends – this is just right in the middle.

If I can find one fault to level at our Goldilocks, however, is that it’s soft on the ears. Really soft.

I am going to put this on me, having grown up with irons that have sat on the ‘clickier’ side of the spectrum, but I’ve found myself struggling to even figure out where I’ve struck these irons at times. If you’re already familiar with irons like this, you’ll have no issues, but for those like me, just be warned you might need to take your time to acclimate to the quieter feedback on offer.

Technology and Components – 5/5

With VFT and the Progressive Groove pattern already spoken of, you might expect us to have little else to talk about in tech, but the new T100 doesn’t just stop here.

On top of the previously mentioned designs, Titleist have also taken learnings from the positivity toward the T150 iron and installed a new Muscle Channel into the long irons to further improve ball flight and descent angles from distance, to give you the control we all need.

Purists, however, should be aware that the Muscle Channel only features in the 3- and 4-iron heads. Unlike the T150 that carries through to the 7-iron, so you’re still going to get that crisp, no-nonsense feel that you love from the 5-iron and up, although I’m struggling to report back on any audible change going from the five to the four, where I have hit it the T100 long irons – Titleist do know what they’re doing after all!

As far as components go, Titleist will be offering the now-traditional AMT Tour shaft from True Temper (in this case, the White model) and their Universal 360 grip, which, for all intents and purposes, is a Golf Pride Tour Velvet 360.

Beyond that, Titleist will still offer a wide variety of fitable shafts, both free and upcharge, as well as grip options and headweights to back up their 3D Fitting Process and ensure you walk away with the right setup, not just a convenient one.

Final Verdict – 5/5

At this point, we’ve just crested the 1,500-word mark, so I apologise for keeping you this long just for me to sum these irons up with a single comment – the 2025 Titleist T100 irons are brilliant.

We started with the 11 years of tour dominance and, when we come back around to the next generation in two years, I fully expect to be telling you about the 13 years that Titleist have been leading the PGA Tour field for.

What could be improved has been, and what didn’t need to change has stayed the same or had the minimum of tweaks, giving back players what they already loved and more.

I don’t change irons without a real justification to do so, and the T100 hasn’t just beaten my old clubs, it’s given me an entirely new level of confidence, and for that reason, they’re already taking pride of place amongst the rest of my bag.

And if you’re already considering a switch in your game, I strongly encourage you to put Titleist’s T-Series on your list.

RRP:  $1,499/£1,379 (7-piece set), $215/£197 per iron

Availability: 3 - P, W

Stock shafts: True Temper AMT Tour White

Stock grips: Titleist Universal 360 Grip

7-iron loft: 33°

Category: Player's Iron

Construction: Forged Multi-Material Design