Titleist T150 Irons Review – Specs, Lofts & What Handicap Are They For?

Titleist T150 Irons Review – Specs, Lofts & What Handicap Are They For?

“The Titleist T150 irons were meant to bridge the gap between the T100 irons and the tour-proven T-200 irons.”

Most importantly though, Titelist states that the Titleist T150 irons were designed primarily for distance.

Titleist irons are like sirens beckoning some golfers to their doom. They look so fantastic that, as a high handicapper, you may not be able to resist the temptation to buy Titleist irons that don’t fit your game. The good news is that, despite the popular conception, Titleist does make good game improvement irons.

Case in point, the Titleist T150 irons. The Titleist T150 irons look fantastic and they may be able to help you play the ball further. But who exactly are the Titleist T150 irons for? I tested them to find out.

Key Features of the Titleist T150 Irons

Fully Forged Construction

The Titleist T150 irons are fully forged. This gives them a soft feel and excellent feedback. During testing, I was able to tell where I made contact on every shot. In addition to feedback, the forging process makes for consistent performance across the face. Even on mis-hits, you can expect the same kind of spin numbers and distance from the Titleist T150 irons. And it may be of particular interest to high handicappers that the Titleist T150 irons don’t send jolts up your arms on mis-hits.

Muscle Channel

The Titleist T150 irons have an interesting muscle back design. The “joint” of the muscle has been filled with polymer to further enhance the soft feel. More importantly though, the muscle channel provides more ball speed for all but the most outrageous mis-hits. Overall, I found the muscle channel design to add a layer of forgiveness that exceeds regular muscle back irons.

CNC Milled Face

The CNC milling on the face didn’t really produce any tangible effects on flight or performance. However, it does give the Titleist T150 irons an incredibly clean feel. From the long irons to the wedges, I really liked the crisp feel and sound at impact.

Shaping

Compared to the Titleist T100 irons, the Titleist T150’s have a slightly larger profile, wider top line and a bit more offset. Don’t get the wrong idea though: the Titleist T150’s are not shovels. But they do provide good forgiveness based on their shaping alone.

Dual Tungsten Weighting

The Titleist T150 irons feature tungsten weights in the toe and heel. But at address, you can see no evidence of these weights. That’s because the weights have undergone a special brazing process that eliminates weld points so you can’t see them jut out and they don’t create seams that break the clean lines of these irons.

Variable Bounce Sole

Titleist engineers teamed with Vokey to get the trailing edges of these irons just right. The trailing edges have been slightly blunted so they glide through the turf smoothly. I’m the kind of player that struggles with digging and the Titleist T150 all but eliminated that issue for me.

Sound and Feel

Some of the forged irons that  Titleist produces are too loud for my taste. So I really loved that the sound of the Titleist T150’s have been muted – possibly thanks to the muscle back channel. The feel of the face is crisp and soft and you don’t get any harsh vibration on mis-hits – just a premium feel that is very addicting.

Stock Shafts

As you would expect from Titleist, the Titleist T150 irons come in an array of quality steel and graphite shafts including:

• True Temper AMT Tour White
• True Temper AMT Black
• True Temper AMT Red
• Project X
• Project X LZ
• KBS Tour
• KBS Tour Lite
• Nippon Modus3 105
• Nippon Modus 3 120
• Mitsubishi Tensei AV White AM2
• Mitsubishi Tensei AV Blue AM2
• Mitsubishi Tensei AV Red AM2

Are the Titleist T150 Irons Forgiving?

“The blades look smaller than they actually are.”

Behind the ball you can see that the Titleist T150 irons actually have a deep face profile which helps moderate thin/heavy shots. There isn’t a ton of margin of error outside the sweet spot but the tungsten weights do a decent job of keeping your mis-hits from spinning out of control.

So the Titleist T150 irons are moderately forgiving but easily long. With the 7-iron, I was averaging a carry distance of 159.4 yards. On less-than-perfect strikes, my carry wasn’t too far below that mark.

Titleist T150 Loft & Lie

Club	Loft (degrees)	Lie (degrees)
3-iron	19	61
4-iron	22	61.5
5-iron	25	62
6-iron	28	62.5
7-iron	32	63
8-iron	36	63.5
9-iron	40	64

The Titleist T150 Irons Overall

“The Titleist T150 irons definitely play long and they are a bit more forgiving than the T100 irons.”

In true Titleist fashion, the Titleist T150’s offer excellent consistency and feel. Repeatable distances were right on the money and the soft feel at impact was excellent. The only issue I can see is with gapping. These irons play longer than your average blades so you might need to adjust the lofts if you’re going to pick the Titleist T150’s up.