Yes, the 2021 Titleist T-Series irons are coming, and they are stunning.
Consistent with their traditional release timeframes, Titleist recently brought their newest irons and utilities to Tour, and the world got a sneak peak through social media. But now, it is time to unwrap the whole thing and unpack it layer by layer.
Are you ready? Then let’s get to it.
2021 Titleist T-Series
Before we break down all the entities within this T-Series release, it makes sense to dive back into the design goals. The T-Series debut came in 2019 and sent shockwaves through the golf industry as it marked the official end of the companies AP lineups, and a move into something much more aggressive and forward than we had seen to that point from the company.
T-Series was about iron engineering from the absolute ground up, not something piggy-backed off of previous releases, but its own specific existence and identity. Within that came technological jumps like Max Impact while intently focusing on what Titleist refers to as the “three dimensions” that an iron must be judged on: Distance, Dispersion, and Angle of Descent.
For all intents and purposes, the 2019 T-Series irons hit the mark that the company had set for them, but they also recognized that there was still work to be done, be it in feel, appearance, and overall performance. So, with that, the 2021 T-Series is coming in hot with what I personally believe is the most “Titleist” looking iron lineup in a very long time, and perhaps even the best looking that they have ever done in these specific iron classifications. Gone are many of the badging distractions, particularly in the T100 and T200 who’s players typically prefer a more classic look, and finally Titleist has brought a sleek and durable satin finish to the table that screams class.
Without further delay, let’s jump in to the all-new T100, T100S, T200, and T300.
Titleist T100
How excited is Titleist about the new T100? Well, they debuted on Tour not that long ago and the company has already seen some of their fastest adoption rates ever. You see, the T100’s are what Titleist believes to be the “Modern Tour Iron”, and it is the iron played by more Tour members than any other in the world, still, the move to the newest iteration was so seamless and immediate that even Titleist was amazed.
The T100 is the best of all worlds for the golfer with the discerning eye and demand for versatility but wanting to add game-improvement like performance. The key here, is that historically one couldn’t get all of those things in an iron, you had to choose footprint and versatility or forgiveness. That said, Titleist believes they have cracked the code and designed and iron which looks like an MB or Player’s CB at address with a super thin topline, minimal offset, and traditional loft. Oh, and have I mentioned an ultra-sleek Tour preferred satin (brushed chrome) finish? Frankly, I don’t think that can be brought up enough, and it might just prove to be a masterstroke move in the eyes of many consumers.
The larger part of the story here is the fully forged dual cavity, which at its root has allowed the T100 to move back to a single piece design and continuous face construction once again, meaning no more face inserts here. Why is that a big deal? Well, feel is a big factor, but there is more to that puzzle as well. Additionally, the 3-7 irons feature 80g of Tungsten, which for those unfamiliar is an amazing amount in an iron of this size profile. This is done thanks to that dual cavity and by using a denser (D18) type of tungsten which is also being positioned in the heel and toe. Not only will this impact feel, but it will increase the stability of the heads in those longer clubs as well. One cool aspect to this lost on people is that Titleist has actually been using tungsten applications for over 50 years, and they are also the only manufacturer who can put this much weight in the heel and toe while others are having to place it more centered in the clubhead.
Like the tungsten and the fully forged design, the placement of the thicker bar on the back has also impacted the feel, according to Titleist. Where the feedback on their T100 irons last year was on the sharper and firmer end of the spectrum, the whole company is emphatic that this is a different beast and brings a sound/feel at impact much more on the dense and full side of things. Another very interesting trait is that R&D wanted to improve the sole interaction, so they used their greatest asset, the Vokey Team. What resulted is a Tour designed sole with variable bounce, less in the heel, and more in the toe.
The T100’s will feature the full array of True Temper AMT shafts as the company truly believes in what ascending mass technology can do for fitting. Also, there is a Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei White AM2 option for graphite. Of course, Titleist has a massive assortment of shaft options available through custom fitting as well. These will come in at $186 (steel) per club and hit retail officially on 8/26/2021.
T100S
The T100S are a bit of an enigma for people. Upon its debut last go around it was met with a lot of the flack you sometimes see from the anti-loft strengthening crowd out there in the golf world. This time, there is much more clarity on these irons and just what their role is within the T-Series lineup. Titleist is calling this one “The Faster Tour Iron” for a reason, through the strengthening of lofts from the standard T100 by 2° they will absolutely generate more ball speed than their siblings. But wait, there is much more to that story.
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First off, to get the rumors out of the way, dimensionally at address and in terms of blade length, topline, and offset, the T100S are identical to the T100. No, your eyes aren’t perceiving a slight difference in the pictures you see floating around the internet. Where the difference does lie is in a “muscle channel” on and into the rear bar of the clubheads. Titleist found that through their exhaustive research when this material was removed and filled in with a polymer (that they worked with their golf ball segment to develop), it actually brought the center of gravity in the heads down to counteract the strengthened loft almost entirely when it comes to flight. Not to mention the same placement of tungsten in the 3-7 irons, but 90g here versus the 80g in the T100.
What exactly does it all mean? It means that the T100S provide all of the precision, versatility, and feel of the T100, but faster, while still providing an angle of descent that is pretty ideal. It is because of this that Titleist is anticipating very big things for the T100S beyond the already impressive Tour adoption in long irons, but also into overall use of Tour and amateurs alike.
Like the T100, the T100S will offer the full array of Titleist custom fit shafts, but they will feature the Project X LZ as their primary option as well as the Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei White AM2 for graphite. These irons will also come in at $186 (steel) per club and hit retail officially on 8/26/2021.
T200
Perhaps no iron in the new T-Series underwent as dramatic of a visual change as the T200, and I believe that most would agree that it was desperately needed. Where the decision last time was to really showcase the Max Impact technology, it necessitated a lot of badging that also brought the overall curb appeal of the irons down for the more discerning golfers. Now, that isn’t to say they didn’t perform, because our testing showed that they very much did, but it simply wasn’t the most Titleist looking release. That has now been rectified.
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Titleist is touting the T200 as “The Tour’s Distance Iron”, and based on its early use, especially in the long irons the past few weeks, that is dead on accurate as the 2 and 3 irons are already dominating bag counts in the utilities segment. A big reason for this is the careful thought and consideration which the T200 was given to not just make it visually look like a Titleist players iron, but to also let it blend more into the profiles of the T100. Yes, there is a shorter heel to toe length than last time, along with a narrower topline, and thinner sole, but the company also decided to match the offset in the T100’s here which gives a continuity not seen before.
The irons themselves have an almost hollow body look to them which was intentionally done to give that façade of a MB while offering all of the playability and forgiveness of the tech under the hood. Speaking of Max Impact, it is alive and well with 2.0, it simply isn’t smacking you in the face now when you have the club in hand. The chassis itself have been improved since last time with a new support around a high resilience polymer core all sitting between the engineered muscle plate and a forged high COR SUP-10 face. Add into all of that a whopping 100+ grams of D18 tungsten in the same heel/toe placement of the T100’s, the most tungsten of any iron on the market in this class.
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Take all of those things and what do you have? The most advanced iron that Titlest has ever created, in any size or classification with 10 different patents in play. You also have a club built to flat-out perform with massive power and distance potential while still maintaining the “three dimensions” that Titleist holds so critical in any design.
The T200 will come stock with the True Temper AMT Black and offer the Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei AM2 as a graphite option as well, with ample custom options available. Pricing on the T200 is $186 (steel) per club and will begin retail on 8/26/2021.
T300
Rounding out the T-Series iron sets is the T300, and it stands alone from the other options in that this one intends to be a full-on game improvement club that is focused on going high, far, and being as forgiving as possible. As you will notice, the T300 looks much more in line with what we saw from the whole lineup in the 2019 T-Series. What I mean by that is it is all about visual tech and badging, and make no mistake, that was very intentional. No, it wasn’t done to differentiate it from its siblings in the T-Series, but rather, it was a savvy decision in that traditionally the golfers who gravitate to the more mid-to-larger sized forgiving irons love to see all the tech that is under the hood. In fact, they thrive on it.
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With that, the T300 is a mid-sized cavity back with badging that accentuates and shows off the Max Impact 2.0 in the 4-7 irons and keeps a cohesive look in 8-P. The updated design features a cantilevered support structure accenting a high resilience polymer core and high COR face to maximize ball speed production and retention across the face while also offering easy launch. Additionally, the T300 does have 40% more tungsten than the last version which helps maximize the stability even more while keeping that center of gravity low.
Yes, these are also stronger lofted and offer two additional wedge options for gapping purposes, but Titleist is adamant for those who like to get hung up on lofts, go hit them and see. Even in the T300, massive emphasis has been placed upon angle of descent and maximizing it in that 45° realm that makes the loft and spin inconsequential when it comes to holding greens while still making the game as fun as possible for golfers.
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The featured shaft in the T300 is the True Temper AMT Red as well as the Mitsubish Chemical Tensei AM2. As is the case with the other irons in the lineup, there are also extensive custom fitting shaft options. The T300 will release on 8/26/2021 alongside the rest of the T-Series and be priced at $143 (steel) per club.
A Realm of Possibilities
As you can see, the 2021 T-Series is one that Titleist is not just excited about, but one which they have swung for the fences with a swagger reminiscent to that of the massively successful TSi metalwoods the past year. When you have a Titleist that is on top of their game and with maybe the most cohesive branding vision we have seen from them yet in terms of what a Titleist iron is supposed to look and feel like, then I’m not sure how that excitement doesn’t bleed over to everyone educating themselves on these clubs.
The T-Series will be in fitting carts everyone starting today, with the official release hitting on 8/26/2021. Not only are the individuality of the irons in play here, but so to is the potential for any set makeup one might desire. Titleist has streamlined the designs and is fully welcoming the notion of combination sets, it’s common for Tour players, so why not us mortals as well?
The 2021 T-Series release is clearly a massive one for Titleist, but what do you think? Do you plan on hitting them or getting fit? Please jump into the conversation both below on this article as well as the THP community and have your voice heard!
You know that you are going to do it.
So no T200 possiblity there?
Agreed, can’t see it lasting much longer
Should we start an over/under in number of days until order date?
I’ll take the over, whatever it is. His presence in the GC3 thread, and all his talk of being a good boy makes me suspicious of his true Titleist intentions.
Both purchases could put you close to 9 G.
You’re cutting with a very fine scalpel.
Okay. Sorry for the roundabout question path, but that’s what I wanted to know/hear you commit to. Did you hear yourself say it out loud? No going back now!
Was curious where you were at because you played and liked the Mavrik Pros, that have a very similar sole as the T200, and have said you liked the consistency of the T200. It’s interesting that you’re more feel and turf over forgiveness in that spot now. ?
One thing about the 200s that I have noticed, now that I have a few rounds under my belt, is how easy they are to launch. I have hit most of the player distance irons and these seem about as easy as any of them. Maybe it simply is my swing right now, but it has been notable.
This is why I mention it. I know that you look for launch. The 200s seem like a match made in heaven in the mid irons.
I did notice it during my fitting, too. The T200 launched ridiculously easy even on crucially thinned shots (I dare to say, they were close to being skulled). It was close to
Seeing balls launch the way they did and the feeling of moving the club yet was somewhat "too easy" for me. That’s why I pulled the trigger on the T100S… which are anyways way sexier
Could you send me a link to those pictures? That would be really interesting
I have seen no chipping at all on my 200s at all.
Good question and here is what I can say. Our tech studio irons have seen no chipping at all. They have seen the course a couple of times, the 7 and 8 iron have seen the course more than a handful. One of the guys at my club, who carries his bag, and is pretty rough on his clubs, has some serious wear on them.
It makes sense due to the material used, and I have not seen them in a few weeks, but they looked like little thin scratches, throughout, almost like swirl marks and such on a car.
Mmmm maybe I will need an iron cover for my 4 iron? ??
The picture I was referring too showed what appeared to be chipping/flaking. Nothing major but was noticeable
His had a couple of chips around the perimeter, but no bubbling.
Here is my 6 iron after 3 rounds and some practice. I am not careful with my irons. You can see a couple scratches if you enlarge the photo. I surely don’t see anything unusual.
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so… are you finally ready to pull the trigger?!
I hit 8 irons out of buried lies in the rough, 6 iron tee shots on par 3s, 7 irons out of the rough, a couple 3/4 pw and even got to hit a 4i layup on a severe uphill par 5 approach.
Boys, I’m in love
Whenever I see you pop up in this thread, my first thought is that you pulled the trigger on them.
The backs of the T200s is not plated. It’s a polymer material, so it shouldn’t truly chip or bubble.
If I can find my Trackman session data I will definitely share…I hit them side by side and if I remember correctly launch was pretty similar.
They look and felt the same for me. The difference for me was that the 100s was flatter and slightly lower spin for me which I loved.
I did a bunch. I can look up the exact numbers when I get home, but S is about 3.5 or so mph faster, little under 1.5 degree lower launching, 500ish less spin, and obviously longer for me if I remember right. Close or similar peaks, but different flight. The peak is the thing. I have not seen a single person launch them the same on same deliveries and over a LOT of testing they were never within 1 degree in any session for me.
That’s what I was thinking. Excited for the Titleist experience guys, these look incredible.
Haha, well it would be a good numbers testing opportunity right out of the box (‘s)!
Think my T100 friends and I may need to skip work tomorrow. For science. Call it a field trip?
That’s just gross. These are the T100. We’re talking pâté with satin flatware type slop.
So I took them there.. and I’m really glad I NEEDED TO KNOW MORE.
Between them and the Vokeys — 17 GIR and 11 birdies.
I need to know more, about more, more often.
Soft conditions with those heads there was a lot of fun Tried to work them a bunch, and missed a few a bit (and one pretty badly) but they did well in pretty mixed and soft bermuda.
It’s a confidence building course for me. When my swing hurts my feelings, I go there and feel better. Lol
Was cool though. They hadn’t been able to get the mowers out, so it was a little hairy. Splotchy fairways, and greenside thick was a good challenge. Would have ate me up when I first moved here.
Was getting real good intended flights and movements with the T100 short irons, so I can tell I’m getting more used to them.
I was not spinning the ball a lot today. That’s part of why we grabbed mine to make sure. Anyway, today the difference between the 100 and S was right about 600 revs, and 3.1 mph. Both reasonably within past comparisons. Litte more spin difference maybe, and a tiny bit less speed. It seemed to be reflective of it being a lower spin day for me and kind of crossing the low threshold with the S. Was pouding the mat early, but shallowed qucikly, I think partly from a sore elbow. A friend was also hitting who is little less fast and a little spinnier than I am, and both his speed and spin were closer. I don’t have all his numbers but I’d say closer to 300 revs and 1.5-2 mph. For what that’s worth.
Anyway, I’ve mentioned that for days when I don’t have it physically, and those are sure to increase with the cold weather coming again soon, I would love to play a 33* 7 and a spinny ball with good lift, and have flirted with the idea of playing the S 1 weak (don’t love the 100 strong). Days like today are why I didn’t go that route. Just couldn’t get the spin up with the S regardless of ball wihout deliberately trying to add loft at impact. Me thing. Still kind of want to give it a shot for some sick reason though.
Anyway ANYWAY, it’s so much fun to hit the T100 on indoor monitor! Just a blast. They sound insane when flushed. Really fills the room in a unique way to me. And they’re really good performers.
Yesterday’s round was not ideal weather wise. It was 47-ish degrees, raining off and on, and swirling wind. That makes for a good test for my limited ability to flight the irons. I hit 8/12 greens with one of the irons or wedges from the set. A few shots were memorable. I was about 190 out on a short par 5. I hit 5 iron and the T200 gave me a nice high draw that left me a very good eagle look (which I didn’t make, ha ha). On the next hole, I was about 117 out, but the hole plays a bit up hill. I hit the aw and got 119 out of it, which is really good for me in that kind of weather. Both shots were measured with a Garmin watch. The screenshots are attached. Finally, on a difficult hole on the back 9, I flared a drive a bit and had about 160 to the flag, but had to keep the ball flight under a branch. I was lucky enough to pull of the shot with a 7 iron. The knockdown came up a bit short, but I was still on the green putting.
I am still wavering regarding whether I would break the set at the 6 or 7 iron, if I had it to do over again. The T200s are as straight as any iron I have hit. They just want to launch high and straight. I don’t know if I could have hit the knockdown described about with the T200. However, on standard shots, the T200 would be better for me in 7 iron. The one miss that I see with the T200s is if I don’t compress the ball well, they tend to launch too high and I lose about 10 yards. Otherwise, they are super clubs for somebody who wants to point and shoot.
Distances…. I hate to summarize these because I play at elevation and that may throw people off. The gapping may be helpful, though. This is what I am seeing out on the course after 5 rounds, as well as quite a bit of range time, using tour level balls and lasering back to my bag when I pick up the balls:
Aw (gw) – 115 to 118
Pw – 125 to 130
9i – 138 to 142
8i – 155-ish
7i – 165-ish
6i – 175-ish
5i – 185-ish
These are full swing distances. Obviously, I can jump on it and get a bit more, like my 5 iron yesterday, when I needed 190. What I am seeing is that my gapping is really good with this set, which pleases me. My swing coach was working with me on Thursday evening and he said that he probably would rather see me in a set of player distance irons. It gave me pause, but yet I am scoring well with this set. If I were playing golf at lower elevation primarily, I would agree for sure, because I would need the extra speed. Here, where I play, this set is pretty much as good as I could hope for, plus it is just a blast to play and see in the bag.
Please ask questions, if anyone has any.
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They look good, but I think 5 rounds is probably a little early to make any judgments on durability. My T200 4i came in wrong, and I’m still waiting on the replacement, so I can only speak to what I see on my friends’. Which are a couple little issues. I’m not sure how many rounds I have on my T100 without checking, but even after playing them most of last week I can tell the difference from the week prior. The trail edge seems to take a decent amount of chatter, I have 2 faces with small gouges/nicks, and a few leading edges with some nicks as well.
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Right has seen over 110 rounds, left closer to .. however many I’ve played with them the last 7 weeks. 15ish? I originally thought they were going to chatter up a bit quick, and then even out, similar to ZX7, but without the v Sole and other lines breaking it up, I think it will look worse, shortly. And my ZX7 are a year old. Some of them definitely look more beat up already than any of my P7MC which are about a year old too.
Not a big deal, but it seems obvious to me already that they’te soft enough to not love other clubs, and the smooth soles and edges with that finish show quite a bit.
I wouldn’t call it bad, and this area is tough on clubs, but compared to my experience with other irons I currently play, I personally would certainly never use the word durable with them. It has made me consider selling them sooner than I planned.
I hope yours stay pretty though if it’s important to you.
Yeah, absolutely. And people love to be dramatic, who knows what their intentions are, or like you said, what the heck they’ve been doing with their clubs. With what I’ve spotted on the 200 I would wonder if it would be progressive, or ..
For my T100 I just kind of give them a shrug. It’s fine. I think of something like KING Tour as darn near indestructible, the TCB as surprisingly durable, and so on and so on. These just get kind of a non-grade for me right now. Everything above the shrug level is a bonus, and only the stuff below makes me really cringe. Lol
Yeah, I am not concerned about bag chatter and dings. I don’t care about that stuff. I was just making a comparison between the 100S and the 200, to show that nothing is rapidly developing for me with respect to the back of the head and that it looks like they are actually holding up better than the 100S. As an aside, if somebody wants indestructible in a players cavity, you would have a hard time finding anything better than the Tour MIMs.
Yeah, that’s exciting. What was the shaft you’re getting?
Px LZ 6.0
Nice feedback. Curious, what is your main set?
^^^^^^^
I feel the same. As long as the performance is unaffected I’m not that concerned. I don’t like rusty wedges but a few battle scars don’t bother me.