EQUIPMENT: Spieth Fit for New T100 Irons, With Other Titleist Staffers Following

Jordan Spieth is known for being a devout Titleist golfer, even before he started his professional career. That said, Spieth has been on a tear recently, so switching equipment right before the 4th Major—the Open—must mean that Spieth is seeing a measurable improvement with the new T100s and T200s.

Before flying out to England last weekend, Jordan Spieth left his old T100’s and brought with him a new set of T-Series T100 irons to the bag.

At this week’s Open Championship, Spieth will be playing the new T100 4-9 irons with True Temper Project X 6.5 shafts. In addition, Spieth has been testing the new T200 2- (with a Graphite Design Tour AD D1 105 X) and 3- (with a True Temper Project X 6.5) irons this week at Royal St. George’s, and could take both of them to the first tee Thursday.

Interestingly, it was at the Open Championship in 2019 that Spieth, an instrumental part of the development process for the Titleist Golf Club R&D team, made the switch to the original T100 models.

And just like in 2019, he has spent the last couple weeks at home testing the new irons, dialing them in for competition, with Titleist’s Director of Players Promotions J.J. Van Wezenbeeck just a text or call away.

“When we first introduced the new T100’s to Jordan in Dallas, he commented immediately on the look and feel, how well they went through the turf, and how consistently they were flying,” Van Wezenbeeck said. “Talking with him last week, as he was working through the set, he said his ball speeds were extremely consistent, and he was really happy from a visual standpoint.”

Said Spieth, about seeing the new T100’s for the first time: “First thing you noticed is how they look, kind of the backside of the iron. You could see the color just kind of more matted out, and then a really clean back to it. Just very simple – stays looking almost like a blade with the forgiveness of a cavity back.”

“I don’t understand why you’d play any other iron to be honest,” Spieth said. “I joke around, ‘I’m not good enough to play the blades,’ but in reality, I think we’re just being smarter. I think we’re just like, ‘Oh, we can actually hit every shot that a blade can hit.’ But that chance that we mishit them – which we’re going to mishit a few shots in a round, even in a great round, the idea that it does carry that bunker and you make birdie on a hole where someone has to get up and down for par – I mean, it could be the difference in a tournament.”

The forgiveness provided by the new T100 doesn’t just have Spieth’s attention though. Indeed, Justin Thomas and Adam Scott have both been testing the new T-Series irons.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Specifically, Thomas, who had been playing a prior generation T-MB 2-iron, was testing the new T200 2-iron (with a True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100). Thomas worked with Titleist European Tour Rep Liam McDougallin on the switch, and noted that he prefers the lower offset, look and feel.

Adam Scott, meanwhile, has two new T100 3-irons in the bag this week—one built at a 2-iron loft and length, and the other at a standard 3-iron setup. He’s also moved back into a TSi4 driver (with Graphite Design Tour AD D1 7 X shaft), following a recent trip to the new Titleist Performance Centre at Woburn in England to work with Titleist European Tour Rep Liam McDougall.

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