HarborMike

After several weeks of reading through comments, YT reviews, and other online reviews, I decided to go back to my fitter and give these a go. A few weeks ago I had tested the new T-Series line (except T100), JPX 925 Forged, Srixon ZXi series with my fitter so had an idea on comparison. Currently gaming back and forth between i530s and T200/350 combo. Since I’m on the way back to mid single digits, I was looking for something more to be desired. Mainly something more compact, better feel, and more workable. Current gamers are fine but a bit challenging to work the ball especially at my home club where shot placement on the greens come at a premium. Also haven’t been in love with current gamers especially when it comes to feel. I’m a bit of a sweeper to little divots, so wide soles and I don’t really play well on miss hits. Once I set the AI150s, I was immediately hooked on the look at address. It was nice and compact, with the top line perfect to my eye. I wouldn’t say I was intimidated but more so hoping I could game these. After the first swing, I was like “Whoa! That felt amazing.” Then after through about 20 shots everything was repeatable and easy to hit. Dispersion and ball flight were hitting all the marks. I barely had any miss hits. Was either in the zone or these things are legit! I was getting some T100S vibes from these irons which I gamed for two seasons, but weren’t the most forgiving. These reminded me of just about everything I loved about the T100S’s but so much more easier to hit. I also didn’t see really any lost in distance which is great. Was perfect blend of feel, performance, and aesthetics to me. I was hitting my ideal numbers on the launch monitor between 44-47 on the decent angle. My bad strikes only lowered the decent angle to 42-43 at worst. Only nitpick I had was spin was slightly lower than I was used to, but at those decent angles, the ball is going to stop especially in Northwest golf conditions throughout the year and using premium balls vs. range balls. I then started hitting shape shots left to right, right to left, etc. Was so easy to control and hit on command. I thanked my fitter and immediately went home to place my order and took advantage of both the Callaway 2X trade-in special, additional 15% military/veterans discount, and applied my Callaway points. Ended up with a 6-GW Nippon 950s set-up to gap with my Ping G440 5-hybrid (decided to replace a couple months ago and have never looked back). Now we play the waiting game.

At the retailer, not sure if the fitter ordered through Titleist or a Titleist rep. But again, theses were custom specs including custom grips and custom shafts. Either way, they were built, customized, and shipped from Titleist in Carlsbad.

A buddy of mine was fitted last week on 7/8 and fitted into T350s, placed the order with custom specs that same day, and shipment already in-progress with expected delivery by end of this week. Don’t know date of final delivery, but that’s super-fast.

Thanks for the feedback. I’ve actually never played with Srixons. Always been Titleist (not brand agnostic just happens that way) and somewhat flip flop to Mizunos. By no means would I say the T250s and JPX 925F was disappointment, rather its more of a salute and how impressed I was with the ZXi5s in my fitting and may just commit and give these a go (not over analyze so much).

I really wanted to love either the T250s and JPX 925Fs as well, but thought both were harsher in my fitting vs. ZXi5s. In both defenses, I was hitting only 7-iron but ZXi5 just felt soooo good with better results (for me). I may revisit a dedicated Titleist fitter where I can hit all the irons. Anyone else have an opinion or similar opinion on ZXi5’s vs. JPX 925F vs. T250?