COST: $329 per iron (steel shafts); $354 per iron (graphite).

TESTED BY: Jimmy Emanuel, Golf Australia Deputy & Digital Editor

FIRST IMPRESSIONS: What’s not to like about a new range of Titleist irons? That’s certainly true with the new T-Series that although they carry a similar look in the cavity carry out extremely different functions from a performance standpoint.

The all satin chrome look is great, as is the ability to combine the T-Series line with other models following the Tour trend of blending sets with more forgiveness at the top end of the bag, and more control in the scoring clubs.

That combination capability is clearly evident when going through a Titleist fitting, just as this writer did, where the goal is to maintain peak heights, and landing angles with increasing ball speed through the set to get optimal set gapping.

Working the way from T350 down to the T100, every model clearly had its focus, with a little forgiveness bump from the previous models. And the T100 was personally a standout.

HOW THEY PERFORMED: The performance of the entire range was rock solid, slightly bigger chassis in the more forgiving models helped make them easier to hit and the ball flights were raised. Higher ball flight rather than purely distance focus was a nice change to see for golfers who need a little more help, the T350 didn’t look overly large behind the ball but every kind of strike produced a similar result.

It was a similar story with T200, a hollow body model that packed plenty of ball speed and forgiveness. Just like the last T200, this proved to be a great option when combined with T100 and T150 as a long iron replacement. Easy to hit off the tee and launch shots from the fairway, the same was true of the shorter irons that will look great to golfers who are used to smaller heads but need more help on mishits, and with getting the ball up in the air.

Getting down to the T150 and T100 during my fitting and testing was where things really started to pique my interest.

The T150 replaces the old T100•S but is not exactly a like for like replacement, for mine. Carrying stronger lofts, the T150 is a slightly more forgiving version of the T100 with some more material removed low in the head to assist ball flight.

This is a very classically shaped iron but modernised and a genuinely good option for a lot of players who might not play and practice as much as they want to.

Combining the T150 with the T200 was an intriguing option personally, however, once I spent more time with the T100 it was clearly the standout.

Following the testing protocol based around ball flight heights, the T100 fell in a nice window and the distances according to TrackMan where right on par with my current irons through the bag.

Feel was good in every one of the new T-Series models, but the T100 was absolutely pure. Soft but solid, it was everything a player’s cavity forging should be, and the ball control was exceptional.

Every sort of shot was able to be hit, with a little more friendliness on the bad swings than blade irons offer.

The fitting dictated that mixing a T200 4-iron was the best move, and the ball flight and data from the launch monitor proved that to be true.

The fitting process was almost equally as impressive as the clubs themselves with everything laid out in front of me and some surprising adjustments compared to what I have always considered my perfect set.

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From top to bottom the new T-Series line is very good, and the approach of Titleist to slightly simplify its offering and make it easy to mix up the irons in one set is a positive for golfers of all skills levels.

The best way to go about getting some T-Series irons is to be fitted and work on your ideal set make-up with the guidelines making things easy to understand and data driven. Given how well the irons blend with each other, and that increased forgiveness doesn’t come at a cost of appearance or feel, it is far from giving up a player preference for performance.

TITLEIST SAYS: The next generation T-Series establishes a new standard in iron engineering, reaffirming Titleist’s commitment to creating the world’s best irons while providing golfers with optimised performance options from their shortest to longest iron.

The new Tour-proven T100, T150, T200 and T350 deliver unrivalled feel with effortless turf interaction in four Tour-inspired shapes, each designed to maximise the three dimensions of iron performance: distance control, dispersion control and descent angle.

Of the Titleist Brand Ambassadors currently playing on the PGA Tour, approximately 80 percent are playing blended sets of at least two Titleist iron models, demonstrating the importance of custom fitting and optimisation throughout the bag.

Improvements to the newest iteration of T100 are born out of the constant feedback and testing from some of the world’s best ball strikers. A refined, forged dual-cavity construction in new T100 delivers a more solid feel at impact, and a new precision CNC face milling process results in more consistent contact and control.

Built on the same fully forged platform as T100, T150 is engineered to be faster and longer. Built with 2° stronger lofts compared to T100, T150 now features a more confidence-inspiring shape and improved forgiveness, all while retaining the same blade length and offset measurements as T100 for a true player-preferred look.

Meeting a player-preferred profile with total performance and dramatically enhanced feel, new T200 represents the ultimate Tour-proven players distance iron.

High, far and forgiving, T350 is the best performing, best looking and best feeling Game Improvement iron to bear the Titleist script.

Visit www.titleist.com.au to find out more.