Best Callaway Irons 2025: Fast and Forgiving

As we move further into 2025, Callaway continues to be a leading brand in the golf industry, offering a range of top-quality irons to suit every player’s needs.

We’ll be taking a closer look at the best Callaway irons available on the market this year – including Callaway’s brand new Elyte irons, which are packed with the latest tech this year (see video below).

Whether you’re a beginner or a regular player, there’s a Callaway iron on this list that’s sure to help you take your game to the next level.

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Best Callaway Irons 2025

Callaway Apex Ai150 Irons

The Callaway Apex Ai150 irons were easy to hit with good ball speed, and effective performance from various lies.

Data showed impressive distance and spin whilst adjustable lofts and lie settings enhance fitting options, enabling customization.

Overall, the club’s compact yet confidence-inspiring design makes it a compelling choice that rivals notable models like the TaylorMade P790s.

PROS

Easy to hit with high launch and good control.
Impressive distance and spin, especially on mid to long irons.
Adjustable loft and lie for personalized fitting.

CONS

Drop off in spin when not struck perfectly

Read the full Callaway Apex Ai150 Review here.

Available: 25th July

RRP:

Steel (Stick / 6 Piece Set) – £200 / £1199
Graphite (Stick / 7 Piece Set) – £217 / £1299

Shafts:

True Temper DG Mid
Mitsubishi Chemical MMT

Grip:

Golf Pride Z

More Information: Callaway UK / Callaway US

Callaway Elyte Irons

Reviewed by Jack Backhouse

Despite the staggering distances and quick ball speeds, these Callaway Elyte irons still offer fantastic control.

As well as their brilliant performance benefits, these are simply classy looking irons. A step up from the previous Callaway irons in terms of looks, I think these will be quite the secret weapon for many club golfers.

Overall, I think Callaway deserve huge credit for creating well controlled distance irons. They have been built in a way that allows a wide range of handicappers to use these clubs. A lower handicapper will still have good control over their approach shots and a higher handicapper will see good distances.

Callaway have also done an mazing job in allowing the ball spin from this club head whilst delivering a quick ball speed, which gives us distance and control. The distances were staggering through the set and it isn’t too much of an exaggeration to say the golf balls were going miles.

I loved how tight my front to back dispersions were. There was very little difference between my best strikes and my worst strikes.

If you are interested in a good set of irons that will increase your distances these are definitely worth a try.

PROS

Feel like a players’ iron
Phenomenal distances
Great turf interaction

CONS

None

Read the full Callaway Elyte Irons Review

Available: Pre-sale form the 15th of January. Retail from the 21st of February.

RRP:

US – 6 piece set at $900

UK – Steel (Per iron) – £167

UK – Graphite (Per iron) – £175

Spec: 4-S

These great-looking irons are definitely worth considering if you are looking for distance and forgiveness, especially from off-centre strikes. The ball leaves the clubface at some speed, and the potential extra distance will, in turn, lead to different club choices. You should definitely be custom-fitted to ensure you have the right head shape (and weight) and shaft combination for your swing speed and shot shape; I feel I would definitely have had a higher ball flight and potential carry with a different shaft – this might not have changed overall distance but would make it easier to stop the ball sooner in the summer. As you would expect from Callaway, these clubs come with a full range of shaft and grip options and are another step forward in using technology to optimise the performance of a wide range of golfers.

PROS

Thin top line
Great ball speeds
Forgiving

CONS

Need a custom fit

Read the full Callaway Paradym AI Smoke irons review

The head is forged from 1025 carbon steel, which is what gives it the buttery soft feel and quality at impact, and new to all the Apex irons this year is a new dynamic sole design which is supposed to help with turf interaction, making it easier to maintain speed through the ball and into the ground, which should help make more consistent contact.

One of the new tech advancements since the release of the 2021 Apex MB is the progressive centre of gravity the irons now have. The longer irons are designed (3-4-5) with a lower CG to help with launch and the ball landing softly into greens, whilst the short irons (9-10-11) all have a higher CG, so players can expect help to keep the ball flight down. This is great as clearly the traditional issue with small-headed irons is how hard the long irons are to get up in the air, but this is no longer with Callaway now delivering enhanced workability and control.

I am a huge fan of these irons, and I absolutely would consider putting them in the bag. Callaway have managed to add some tech features to a very small head that will help your game, so if you are looking for a new set, then get a fitting and give these a try.

PROS

Great compact shape
Sound solid
Designed with tour players in mind

CONS

Not suitable for inconsistent ball strikers

RELATED: Read our full Callaway Apex CB irons review

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Behind the ball, they look fantastic. You really feel like you are going to be able to work different ball flights, and I love the dulled chrome finish. The black tungsten weight screw with Apex stamped on it gives you the impression that there is some technology in the head and that it is not just your standard blade. This hasn’t added any unwanted size to the club, so you purists out there can stand down.

The data isn’t impressive in terms of carry and total distance, as I have hit irons this year that get up to 190 yards plus, but it’s the consistency that’s important. The launch angles are pretty tight, the spin is very consistent, there are no surprise long ball speeds, and you just generally get the feeling that you know what is going to happen when you make contact. The player that is considering putting these in the bag are searching for more control and more predictable results, and that is exactly what Callaway Golf offer in these irons.

Something Callaway have been great at in their last few player’s irons lines is how well the irons combo set together, and that is no different in the new Apex Pro line. The Apex MB and CB irons look pretty much identical at address behind the ball, and you could easily go half and half with these to make your long iron game a tad easier. The Apex Pro head is also pretty similar and would offer much more firepower in 3 and 4 iron whilst still looking the part, so you should certainly go for a fitting where you can hit all the long iron heads to build the most optimal set for your game.

I am a huge fan of these blade irons, and they are right up there with the irons I’ve most enjoyed hitting this year. Callaway have managed to add some tech features to a very small head that will help your game whilst not ruining the purity of the MB. If you are a good ball striker looking for an upgrade, you should definitely be considering these.

PROS