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Titleist have launched their 620 Series and T-Series irons. So what’s new? Equipment editor Hannah Holden has tested them all
Finally it’s time to talk about the new Titleist irons! They’ve already made their debut on tour, so I went down to the Titleist National Fitting Centre at St Ives to see what all the fuss is about…
If you’d prefer to read about the new irons, you can do so on the next page…
New Titleist irons: T-Series and 620 Series first impressions
The new simplified 620 MBs are immaculate and look unbelievable behind the ball. It’s one of those moments when you pray you’ll be fitted into a blade even though you know deep down you’re not a good enough ball striker for them.
But it’s not just the blades catching my eye, every iron in this range looks spectacular, I couldn’t wait to give them a hit.
New Titleist irons: T-Series and 620 Series technology
620 MB: A modern muscle back iron designed for precision shotmaking, it delivers maximum shot and trajectory control. The clean brushed chrome finish has been simplified to feature only one graphic – Titleist.
They feature reduced offset, tour preferred sole and progressive blade lengths. It is made using one-piece forging from 1025 carbon steel for the purest feel at impact.
620 CB: The clubs have been reshaped with thinner top-lines, reduced offset and a tour preferred sole for improved feel through the turf.
The 3- and 4-iron feature co-forged high-density tungsten to deliver maximum ball speeds and forgiveness to increase consistency of play with the long irons.
T100: The T100 is designed to be a players’ iron. It features a thinner, more responsive face for faster ball speeds across the whole club-face. Titleist have worked with tour players on redefining the sole shape. It has a thinner topline, less offset and enhanced camber for better turf interaction.
The set features progressive set design so blade lengths, sole widths and hosel lengths are optimal for each club in your bag.
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T200: This is a players distance iron featuring Max Impact Technology for maximum speed and distance control across the forged SUP-10 L-Face insert. It features high-density tungsten for a low centre of gravity creating higher launch with stopping power.
T300: The ultimate players improvement iron also features max impact technology. It features a mid-sized, fast cavity-back design for maximum distance and forgiveness.
All clubs are available in steel or graphite shafts – shaft options are available at the bottom of this article.
Anyway that’s enough on the tech, find out how I got on with the new Titleist irons on the next page…
New Titleist irons: T-Series and 620 Series results
Before we headed out on the course we went into the Titleist fitting centre to get some data on Trackman. I tested the whole range with the Aerotech Steelfiber i95 stiff shaft.
You can see in the data I was most accurate with the MB and CBs. I did however lose some smash factor ultimately leading to reduced distance compared to my AP2 irons which I did expect due to the nature of the clubs. They are designed for precision shotmaking not to help you gain distance.
The feel off the face was excellent and I felt like I could really control my shot shape and trajectory with both these clubs. Visually at address these clubs look identical which is ideal for players who would be looking at a combo set.
Have a flick through the gallery to see my numbers…
You can clearly see as I move from the 620 MB’s through the irons across to the T300’s I incrementally gained yardage as I moved from club to club. In fact the T300 travelled 14.9 yards further than the 620 MB’s.
Although the lofts on the T-series are stronger than in the 620 series I was still getting good launch angles and height on my shots. This is really important as there is no point hitting the ball further if you can’t get the ball to stop on a green. I found with all of these I could easily hold the green once I had dialled in my distances and was hitting into them from the correct yardage.
New Titleist irons: T-Series and 620 Series – NCG Verdict
Overall my preference would be towards the T100 irons, they still look like a players iron over the ball and I love the reduced offset and cambering on the sole of the club.
For me they deliver that extra ball speed and forgiveness that I wasn’t getting in the 620 series meaning I don’t lose out on distance with my miss-strikes.
Compared to the rest of the T-Series I felt the ball speed was more controlled and the yardages fit into my wedge and wood gapping. I don’t feel there is much point me hitting my irons further if it leaves a big gap between my pitching wedge and my gap wedge so club gapping is key.
Personally I’m not really looking for lots of extra distance I’m much more interested in controlling my start line and dispersion which I felt I could do with the T100’s.
However when moving into a 4-iron I felt I needed some added forgiveness so for this the T200 model was perfect. The slightly wider sole also gave me more confidence I would get a good strike on these long iron shots.
The details:
Available: August 30, 2019 (Fittings from August 8)
RRP: 620 CB & MB/T100/T200: £160 per iron (steel)/£185 per iron (graphite); T300: £125 per iron (steel)/£150 (graphite)
