Top New Irons and Wedges for 2025

Every year, in the months leading up to the annual PGA Merchandise Show and during the week of the massive industry trade show itself, golf’s equipment companies introduce their new club offerings with great fanfare. And every year, consumers rightfully ask: Are these new clubs any better than last year’s? The answer, of course, depends on the club.

Some changes you’ll see for 2025 are mainly cosmetic. Others incorporate minor tweaks. But today’s technology and the zeal with which equipment companies employ it in their mission to create better performing clubs are bringing meaningful advancements to market every year. Sometimes, this means improving the performance of an existing product; other times, it takes the form of an entirely new product line.

In this article, I’ll focus on the new irons and wedges that have the most interesting stories to tell in 2025, clubs whose advanced designs should actually do what their manufacturers say they will: improve your game and make playing golf more fun.

IRONS

Callaway Elyte

Callaway’s new iron entry for 2025 is its Elyte series, which offers one key upgrade from last year’s Paradym Ai Smoke models. Each still features Callaway’s Ai10x SmartFace, developed using artificial intelligence and swing data from thousands of players to deliver enhanced speed, spin, and forgiveness from more points on the clubface. They also still feature Callaway’s urethane microspheres, which dampen unwanted vibrations and improve sound. The new Elyte series clubs add to that an optimized sole design with more leading-edge relief that reduces digging and encourages even better ball contact. The Elyte comes in four models, including HL and Max fast versions for both men and women that generate more height and distance with lower spin—something that will be of particular benefit to higher-handicappers and players with slower swing speeds. (BUY NOW)

Cobra 3D Printed Tour

When Cobra launched its LIMIT3D irons in the fall, they turned a lot of heads. The world’s first irons to incorporate 3D printing, they allowed Cobra to create a club with the shape and appearance of a muscle-back blade but the performance of a game improvement club. For 2025, Cobra’s 3D Printed Tour irons incorporate the same technology. Their secret lies in using 3D printing to create a strong but very light lattice behind the face, which allows Cobra them to redistribute weight and a create a smaller-profile iron that offers significantly higher MOI. It could be the most forgiving club offering the clean appearance of a blade that you’ve ever hit. (BUY NOW)

Cobra DS-ADAPT

In the DS-ADAPT irons, Cobra upped the face flex of its prior-generation DARKSPEED irons by 23 percent with a re-engineered face insert, its largest to date. Combined with a lowered PWR-BRIDGE and hollow-body construction that takes its inspiration from modern metal woods, they deliver higher launch and more distance. (BUY NOW)

Mizuno JPX 925 Forged

Better players have always liked the classic appearance and great feel of Mizuno’s Grain Flow Forged irons. But Mizuno irons aren’t just for pros, as their new JPX 925 irons demonstrate well. They incorporate Mizuno’s third generation of Chromoly Forging in the 4- though 7-irons, along with a milling slot that extends wider now from heel to toe. Paired with an even thinner clubface, the result is the highest ball speeds across an even larger area of the clubface than Mizuno has ever achieved in a one-piece forged club. They also have thinner top lines throughout the set, more compact scoring iron (8-gap wedge) clubheads, and beveled soles for improved turf interaction and cleaner ball-striking. (BUY NOW)

PING G440

Iron manufacturers are keenly interested in optimizing where the center of gravity (CG) is located in their clubheads, and in increasing their MOI (Moment of Inertia, or resistance to twisting). The lower and farther back in the clubhead the CG can be placed, the more ball speed you’ll get. The higher the club’s MOI, the straighter your ball flight will tend to be. The shallower, thinner, and lighter face of the new PING G440 allowed them to move the CG down and back—to help generate more ball speed. Their PurFlex cavity badge expands and contracts for more distance, while enhancing feel and sound. They have the thin top line of a player’s iron but deliver game-improvement performance that can be an asset to anyone’s game. PING doesn’t introduce new clubs just for fun. These G440s are already creating quite a buzz. (BUY NOW)

PXG Wildcat & More

PXG makes irons for all kinds of players, with seventh-generation clubs for single-digit handicappers (PXG 0317 ST, PXG 0317 CB), for good players looking for more distance (PXG 0311 P, PXG 0311 XP), and for higher-handicappers who need more forgiveness (Black Ops). Changes in 2025 to the construction of these clubs’ cores and new ultra-thin maraging steel faces have upped their performance to even higher levels. Also new from PXG for 2025 is their Wildcat iron, super-game-improvement clubs with larger faces, wider soles, more offset, and deeper CG placement that helps players with slower swing speeds get the ball airborne quickly for longer, straighter shots. The Wildcat irons come in 7-iron through sand wedge, with the idea being that buyers of this club will want to use hybrids and woods for longer shots. (BUY NOW)

Srixon ZXi Series

Like most companies that make irons today, Srixon offers several different options for different types of players, from its ZXi4 game-improvement clubs for higher handicappers to its ZXi5 distance irons for better players to the ZXi7 tour-preferred model for low-handicappers and pros. These new ZXi series irons feature several advancements for 2025, including a new condensed-forging process, stronger frame, 15 percent softer face, a V-sole design that provides more consistent bounce and ground effects, and progressive, laser-milled grooves that help ensure more consistent spin across each set. The result: more distance, better feel and forgiveness, and more control. Expect to see these show up in a lot of bags in 2025. (BUY NOW)

TaylorMade P·790

The fourth-generation P·790s look very bit as timeless and classic as their forbears. They offer a clean aesthetic in a player’s distance club—but with features that make them longer, more accurate, and more forgiving. Each iron in the set has a unique internal structure that allows for positioning its mass and weight where it will do the best for each specific iron—lower in the face for long irons and higher on shorter irons. The new internal structure has yielded a different sweet spot design, too, which promotes more consistent ball speed and accuracy on off-center hits. Better players will want to try this one out, for sure. (BUY NOW)

Titleist Limited Edition T-Series Black

Titleist’s T-Series irons have been around since 2019, and in their newest iterations, the refined, forged, dual-cavity construction of the T100 irons produce solid feel, while precision CNC-milling on the face results in a beautifully consistent and controlled ball flight. The T150 clubs feature 2-degree stronger lofts and a more confidence-inspiring shape, while the T200s and T350s include game improvement features designed to help players with higher handicaps achieve higher launch and consistently faster ball speeds. For 2025, Titleist is offering each T-series set with a new, more durable Titanium Carbide Vapor Finish that gives them a darker look than previous T-Series black irons. The appearance is consistent across the entire series, so you can customize your bag (as Cameron Smith has done) to include a mix of T100s, T150s—or whatever combination will help provide the ball flight you’re looking for from each club. (BUY NOW)

WEDGES

Callaway Elyte

In conjunction with the launch of their new Elyte iron series, Callaway gave each model in the series its own roster of pitching, gap, sand, and lob wedge options. The wedges take advantage of the same optimized sole design that gives all the Elyte irons more leading-edge relief to reduce digging—something that’s particularly useful with wedges. As stand-alone wedge options, they’re certainly worth considering, but the real beauty of Callaway’s inclusion of wedge options with each new model lies in the consistency you can achieve from club to club if you’re buying them as part of a full Elyte set. Some players like seeing a different look when they reach for a specialty club like a wedge, but there’s a lot to be said for visual consistency from club to club, too, and these irons deliver that for anyone putting a new set of Elytes in their bag. (BUY NOW)

Cleveland RTZ

Cleveland wedges have long been viewed as some of the best in the game. Their all-new RTZ wedges for 2025 should build on that reputation considerably, as they include ground-up advancements that offer demonstrable performance improvements. The story starts with a completely new alloy that Cleveland calls Z-Alloy, softer and less dense than 8620 steel yet remarkably durable. Cleveland reports that it’s a full 10 percent softer than its RTX 6 ZipCore wedges for better feel on both full swings and recovery shots—and that it will never rust. Each wedge’s face features HydraZip, a unique system of face blasts and laser-milled lines that help max out spin under wet conditions, and this face tech is dynamically configured by loft grouping to help balance spin across various lofts. The deeper grooves and shallower UltiZip grooves are sharper, too—again for more consistent contact and spin. And their ZipCore technology replaces heavier material in the heel and hosel areas with a lighter, vibration-dampening material that increases MOI and lets them shift the CG closer to where you strike the ball. The RTZ wedges come in a wide range of lies and sole grinds, including the ADAPT options with full-face grooves that are ideal for open-face flop shots. (BUY NOW)

Mizuno Pro T-1 and T-3

Mizuno’s latest wedges come in two designs: the T-1 with a compact teardrop shape and straighter leading edge, and the T-3, a cavity-back wedge with a slightly longer clubface for added stability and forgiveness on off-center strikes. Both are made with 1025 Pure Select Mild Carbon Steel with a copper underlay for a buttery smooth feel, and both are equipped with Quad Cut groves and Hydroflow Micro Grooves for consistent spin control in all conditions. Choose from pitching, gap, sand, or lob wedge lofts with a range of bounce angles and sole grind profiles. (BUY NOW)

PXG Desert Club

Is it a wedge? Well, kind of. PXG’s innovative Desert club is a rugged, versatile club designed for rough terrain. It has the loft of a pitching wedge (44 degrees) but comes standard with the shaft length of an 8-iron (36.5 inches). This club is made to take a beating, having been crafted from 17-4 hardened stainless steel that’s even harder than 8620 or 431 stainless. Its raw finish is long-lasting and will stay rust-free, and its mid-bounce (10 degrees) sole balances forgiveness and versatility when you’re confronted with ugly lies. If you play in the desert—or anywhere that nasty lies are common—it’s a club that will resist wear and scratches and allow you to keep your other clubs looking pristine. (BUY NOW)

Vokey Design SM10

Vokey Design keeps expanding its celebrated SM10 line of wedges, and there are some attractive new offerings for 2025. Topping the list is their new A Grind lob wedge, a low-bounce lob wedge grind with a narrow, smooth sole that moves through the turf nicely. These A Grinds feature 4 degrees of bounce, so they’re ideal for players looking to smoothly slide the wedge under the ball and flight the ball higher while playing from firm turf or bunkers. They’re available in 58- and 60-degree lofts and feature a raw finish. The new A Grind was born out of a collaboration between Vokey Tour representative Aaron Dill and 2006 U.S. Open champion Geoff Ogilvy, who was looking for a wedge that moved through firm turf faster than his gamer L Grind. Dill took Ogilvy’s feedback and removed the ribbon on the L grind, resulting in a smoothed-out sole that cut through the ground with less resistance. Also new from Vokey for 2025: 58.06 and 60.06 K Grind lob wedges, a limited-edition 64-degree W Grind, and the option to buy any SM10 wedge in a new limited-edition oil can finish, which gives the clubheads a rich copper color. (BUY NOW)