Callaway Ai 150 irons vs Ai 200

[kgreen]

new players distance models are live

[Ty_Guy]

Is the new release Fusion Ti 250 in chrome? https://www.callawaygolf.com/golf-clubs/irons/irons-2025-apex-ti-fusion-250.html

 

I don't think these existed before. They also have the regular Fusion irons in chrome. Assuming tomorrow will be the Pro 100 or 150?

Edited July 9 by Ty_Guy

[MauiMax]

https://www.callawaygolf.ca/en/golf-clubs/iron-sets/irons-2025-apex-ai150.html 

ai150 on the canada site if anyone wants to see it. 

[dmeeksDC]

8 hours ago, MauiMax said:

https://www.callawaygolf.ca/en/golf-clubs/iron-sets/irons-2025-apex-ai150.html 

ai150 on the canada site if anyone wants to see it. 

They look really good. It is sleeker than ai200, no doubt. Also not a carbon copy. Slightly different look on the backside. The ai200 has two ridges on the back, there’s one on the ai150. 
 

It is noteworthy that the ai200 has a 455 face cup in all heads, while the ai150 has the 455 face in the 4-7 but switches to a 17-4 face plate in 8-G. So the short irons have the same type of face as the TCBs. 
 

I’d like to see the ai150 from address with a ball. Top line looks really nice. I’ll be looking for reviews on this one performs!

[kgreen]

Those 150 look amazing 

[Ty_Guy]

Okay Callaway, let's break down your absurd amount of iron offerings:

 

Player's Distance (Combo options)

Ai 150

Ai 250

Ai 300

 

Player's Distance (Again?)

Apex Ti Fusion

Apex Ti Fusion 250

 

Tour Irons

Apex Pro

Apex CB

Apex TCB

Apex MB

 

More Tour Irons?

X Forged

X Forged Max

 

Yearly Game Improvement line

Elyte

Elyte HL

Elyte X

Elyte Max Fast

 

This is quite a few offerings to wrap my head around.

 

Do we think Apex Pro is here to stay as a good combo option with the other tour irons?

 

The Ai family looks like it'll be the flagship line. Obviously very similar to Titleist's T-150/250/350. I bet this will be the default players iron choice for Callaway.

 

Ti Fusion and X Forged are sort of odd ducks. They look very redundant to the Ai and CB line.

 

Elyte makes sense. That is just the yearly named game improvement set.

Edited July 10 by Ty_Guy

[me05501]

4 hours ago, Ty_Guy said:

Okay Callaway, let's break down your absurd amount of iron offerings:

 

Player's Distance (Combo options)

Ai 150

Ai 250

Ai 300

 

Player's Distance (Again?)

Apex Ti Fusion

Apex Ti Fusion 250

 

Tour Irons

Apex Pro

Apex CB

Apex TCB

Apex MB

 

More Tour Irons?

X Forged

X Forged Max

 

Yearly Game Improvement line

Elyte

Elyte HL

Elyte X

Elyte Max Fast

 

This is quite a few offerings to wrap my head around.

 

Do we think Apex Pro is here to stay as a good combo option with the other tour irons?

 

The Ai family looks like it'll be the flagship line. Obviously very similar to Titleist's T-150/250/350. I bet this will be the default players iron choice for Callaway.

 

Ti Fusion and X Forged are sort of odd ducks. They look very redundant to the Ai and CB line.

 

Elyte makes sense. That is just the yearly named game improvement set.

 

 

It is a bit crazy, but I think they're strategically offering different models that appeal to different players around the world. Then they're letting U.S. customers buy any of them, which leads to some redundancy. But I'd rather have options than not. 

[Pnwpingi210]

5 hours ago, Ty_Guy said:

Okay Callaway, let's break down your absurd amount of iron offerings:

 

Player's Distance (Combo options)

Ai 150

Ai 250

Ai 300

 

Player's Distance (Again?)

Apex Ti Fusion

Apex Ti Fusion 250

 

Tour Irons

Apex Pro

Apex CB

Apex TCB

Apex MB

 

More Tour Irons?

X Forged

X Forged Max

 

Yearly Game Improvement line

Elyte

Elyte HL

Elyte X

Elyte Max Fast

 

This is quite a few offerings to wrap my head around.

 

Do we think Apex Pro is here to stay as a good combo option with the other tour irons?

 

The Ai family looks like it'll be the flagship line. Obviously very similar to Titleist's T-150/250/350. I bet this will be the default players iron choice for Callaway.

 

Ti Fusion and X Forged are sort of odd ducks. They look very redundant to the Ai and CB line.

 

Elyte makes sense. That is just the yearly named game improvement set.

I think by family yes.

 

but by shape, size, construction and lofts I’d do this

 

tour(with combo)

apex mb

apex cb

apex tcb

apex Pro

xforged

x forged max

 

players distance

ai150

ti fusion

ti fusion250

 

game improvement to super game improvment

ai250

ai300

all eylte.

[rsballer10]

8 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

Combo Set:

tour(with combo)

apex mb

apex cb

apex tcb

apex Pro

xforged

x forged max

Fixed it. 4-PW all different models. The ultimate flighted set 😆

[dmeeksDC]

8 minutes ago, Pnwpingi210 said:

I think by family yes.

 

but by shape, size, construction and lofts I’d do this

 

tour(with combo)

apex mb

apex cb

apex tcb

apex Pro

xforged

x forged max

 

players distance

ai150

ti fusion

ti fusion250

 

game improvement to super game improvment

ai250

ai300

all eylte.

Good breakdown. Agree on almost all of it but I would not list x forged max as a tour iron. I know why you put it there as it may get some play, mostly as a long iron replacement, maybe more than that on the LPGA Tour, but I expect we’ll see some pros going for the ai150 more than the X Forged Max in the long iron spots. X Forged Max is going to look pretty big to them. Big sole, deep cavity. The ai150 probably will let you get away with more? (Obviously we have not yet hit them.) I think we’ll see full sets of the ai150s on the LPGA and other tours. 
 

There’s no help whatsoever in the X Forged heads, not even a tungsten plug in the toe. I feel like the X Forged will be somewhat of a demanding club and I like the Apex CB a little more if I was going that route. The CB is a very fine iron. 
 

Also, the ai150 being designed off the TCB as a baseline is going to get it a look because pros seem to like the 17-4 face plate in the TCB. Early reviews on the European sites are saying the ai150 is more like the TCB than the Apex Pro it replaces and is aimed at players who want that long game distance and short iron forgiveness but may have found the TCB to be too small. That was my only hesitation on the TCB — smaller face than I wanted. 

[Pnwpingi210]

1 minute ago, dmeeksDC said:

Good breakdown. Agree on almost all of it but I would not list x forged max as a tour iron. I know why you put it there as it may get some play, mostly as a long iron replacement, maybe more than that on the LPGA Tour, but I expect we’ll see some pros going for the ai150 more than the X Forged Max in the long iron spots. X Forged Max is going to look pretty big to them. Big sole, deep cavity. The ai150 probably will let you get away with more? (Obviously we have not yet hit them.) I think we’ll see full sets of the ai150s on the LPGA and other tours. 
 

There’s no help whatsoever in the X Forged heads, not even a tungsten plug in the toe. I feel like the X Forged will be somewhat of a demanding club and I like the Apex CB a little more if I was going that route. The CB is a very fine iron. 
 

Also, the ai150 being designed off the TCB as a baseline is going to get it a look because pros seem to like the 17-4 face plate in the TCB. Early reviews on the European sites are saying the ai150 is more like the TCB than the Apex Pro it replaces and is aimed at players who want that long game distance and short iron forgiveness but may have found the TCB to be too small. That was my only hesitation on the TCB — smaller face than I wanted. 

Yeah I need to see this ai150.  Sounds like it could be a good iron.  Agree the tcb was just a hair short heel to toe.  I know it’s abased off the old apex double dot which was about perfect shaping

[AbSWFPGA]

[klbcec]

I hit both the Ai150 and the Ai200 side by side.  Didn't think the 150 was any less forgiving that the 200.  Similar spin, launch and descent angle but greater balls speed and 5 yds longer in the 200. I think you could work the ball easier in the 150, but you can with the 200 as well.

 

To me, the difference was whether the smaller dimensions fit your eye better or not.

 

Ended up going with the 200s because I felt confident with both but got a touch more distance with the 200s.  At 60 years old, needed a little help.  Now getting 170 yds out of the 7 iron, and the top and bottom of the bag fit better.

Edited July 11 by klbcec

[Ty_Guy]

I've always been a Callaway player. They have become my base when comparing any other company's clubs. But (not to derail the conversation) Callaway picked a tough year to go head-to-head with Titleist's T Series lineup. I hope the redesigned Ai line gains some traction, though I can't see how Titleist isn't the iron to have for 2026.

[BirdieBob]

 

[Gkirk]

I think if your doing a fitting you won’t see much difference between the ai200 and ai150 because the majority of the time your hitting off a mat so your not seeing the benefit of the new sole design and also because they have the same face construction in the 7 irons so your perception is going to be they are the same but the 200 is a little easier to hit and longer. I would guess because of the different construction of the heads in the ai150 in 8-w that is really where the sets differentiate from each other. It’s kind of a shame that in most fittings you only hit the 7 irons because you’re not able to see the benefits you might get from the ai150 in the shorter club over the 200. I think it’s import to keep that in mind that if you are in between those two, think about what you need from your shorter irons, if it’s still about distance and height 200 would be better but if it’s about control the 150 is going to better. With the 200 already in rotation they probably should have just done an ai100 where the whole set was the 17-4 face and then let people go ai200 to combo where they would need it or use the ai100’s as long irons in cb/mb sets. So it’s a bit of a miss to me but that does not mean I don’t think it wont be a solid iron set that would fit people and it was really really smart to offer a 2x trade in bonus for the release as well, if you maximize it at minimum your getting $1000 dollars off, basically 50% off a new set, and I know you can trade in your equipment for another brand too but an extra $500 off can be the difference between buying t150s or ai150s. 

[dmeeksDC]

14 hours ago, Ty_Guy said:

I've always been a Callaway player. They have become my base when comparing any other company's clubs. But (not to derail the conversation) Callaway picked a tough year to go head-to-head with Titleist's T Series lineup. I hope the redesigned Ai line gains some traction, though I can't see how Titleist isn't the iron to have for 2026.

I don’t know about that. Depends on what you like. I’d want T250-like forgiveness if I played the T series but the T250 is too large for my tastes, I’d have no interest in that one. I thought the T200 blade length was already too long. The other models do not seem significantly different from the last generation. The T150’s big improvement is that it does not feel awful like the last one. The T100 long irons are supposed to be easier to launch. But I’m not playing the T100 for the same reason I’m not playing the Apex TCB — time.

 

With limited practice time, I’m expecting the ai150 to be more forgiving than the T150 and T100, just based on playing an ai200 5 iron and also hitting the previous generation T series. That’s the difference for me. Plus, I think what Callaway has going on for feel with the microspheres is a lot better than they’re given credit for. It’s a very pleasing feel. It has improved quite a lot. 
 

Don’t get me wrong, T series heads look great. Titleist will sell a ton of the T100. And some of those sales will be to players who either don’t have the game for them or do have the game but don’t play enough for them to truly be the optimal choice. I am in the latter category. 
 

The Apex TCB is a fabulous iron. Callaway going with that same 17-4 face plate in the ai150 is a smart move, pretty much sealed it for me, and we’ve already seen how well the cup face tech works in the ai200. So for me the ai150 is more appealing and a better fit than the T series. I think the ai150 will do very well in head to head testing and will beat it on off-center ball speed retention. 
 

I remember a long, long thread on golfwrx

some years ago asserting the Callaway Apex was the best iron ever made. Callaway kind of ran in place with it for a few models, it seemed to be getting stale, or maybe just taken for granted. It has always performed. I think the ai150 is a boost to the lineup. I like the size, shape and design. There really is not an iron on the market like it right now and if players give it a try, it will do just fine. 

[klbcec]

1 hour ago, Gkirk said:

I think if your doing a fitting you won’t see much difference between the ai200 and ai150 because the majority of the time your hitting off a mat so your not seeing the benefit of the new sole design and also because they have the same face construction in the 7 irons so your perception is going to be they are the same but the 200 is a little easier to hit and longer. I would guess because of the different construction of the heads in the ai150 in 8-w that is really where the sets differentiate from each other. It’s kind of a shame that in most fittings you only hit the 7 irons because you’re not able to see the benefits you might get from the ai150 in the shorter club over the 200. I think it’s import to keep that in mind that if you are in between those two, think about what you need from your shorter irons, if it’s still about distance and height 200 would be better but if it’s about control the 150 is going to better. With the 200 already in rotation they probably should have just done an ai100 where the whole set was the 17-4 face and then let people go ai200 to combo where they would need it or use the ai100’s as long irons in cb/mb sets. So it’s a bit of a miss to me but that does not mean I don’t think it wont be a solid iron set that would fit people and it was really really smart to offer a 2x trade in bonus for the release as well, if you maximize it at minimum your getting $1000 dollars off, basically 50% off a new set, and I know you can trade in your equipment for another brand too but an extra $500 off can be the difference between buying t150s or ai150s. 

I only hit the 7 iron of the 150s, but it was on grass. Found both irons easy to hit and elevate, but I'm a low single digit.

 

I agree, these irons are very close together and there isn't a great deal to differentiate, but for those who like less offset and a smaller footprint, but still want hollow body in the 4-7 iron, the Callaways are ideal.

 

I also agree with your comment, these irons address a very small market of golfers.

 

Also agree on the trade in value. I got the 4 thru AW for $225 after my trades which included mp223s, a couple 5 year old hybrids, and an elyte TD I got as a tee gift at a member guest.

 

P.S. hate the AW and put my T24 48* in the bag instead.

Edited July 12 by klbcec

[Gkirk]

4 hours ago, klbcec said:

I only hit the 7 iron of the 150s, but it was on grass. Found both irons easy to hit and elevate, but I'm a low single digit.

 

I agree, these irons are very close together and there isn't a great deal to differentiate, but for those who like less offset and a smaller footprint, but still want hollow body in the 4-7 iron, the Callaways are ideal.

 

I also agree with your comment, these irons address a very small market of golfers.

 

Also agree on the trade in value. I got the 4 thru AW for $225 after my trades which included mp223s, a couple 5 year old hybrids, and an elyte TD I got as a tee gift at a member guest.

 

P.S. hate the AW and put my T24 48* in the bag instead.

Just curious but why did you hate the AW?

[klbcec]

14 hours ago, Gkirk said:

Just curious but why did you hate the AW?

 

Caveat: I have played a "sand wedge shaped" wedge in an AW for years.  Never really played the AW from the iron set ever.

 

For me, when I swing the Ai200 AW, the ball feels like it slides up the face, and I could not achieve consistent distances.  It is a disconcerting feeling when you don't believe your wedge is making correct contact and compressing the ball.

 

I also think the Ai200 lacks the versatility of a sand wedge shaped wedge.

[adamky]

I ordered the Ai150 irons on Thursday and they showed up on the porch today!  Straight to the range.  Wow do they feel good!  Toe side misses are helped more than expected. Which is my normal miss.  But the finish of these irons is significantly better than the Ai200 in my opinion.  Look amazing!

[klbcec]

1 hour ago, adamky said:

I ordered the Ai150 irons on Thursday and they showed up on the porch today!  Straight to the range.  Wow do they feel good!  Toe side misses are helped more than expected. Which is my normal miss.  But the finish of these irons is significantly better than the Ai200 in my opinion.  Look amazing!

Would like to hear your distances and see some pics if possible.

 

TIA

[Sean289]

How are you all finding the spin numbers of the short irons of the AI 150? I know that the short irons have the 17-4 face while the longer irons from 7 iron down have the 455 face cup. I’m curious about the short irons as most reviews only hit and show results of the 7 iron the spin seems to be on the low side. 

[dmeeksDC]

9 hours ago, Sean289 said:

How are you all finding the spin numbers of the short irons of the AI 150? I know that the short irons have the 17-4 face while the longer irons from 7 iron down have the 455 face cup. I’m curious about the short irons as most reviews only hit and show results of the 7 iron the spin seems to be on the low side. 

I’ll take a few photos next time I play. They stop almost dead in their tracks. On Sunday I was seeing ball marks less than a foot from the ball to just a few feet. Now, I did I order my set all bent 1 degree weak. Felt like I’d still get plenty of distance and I do. They’re still long. Swing a 7 iron at 84-85 mph. 

[Sean289]

4 hours ago, dmeeksDC said:

I’ll take a few photos next time I play. They stop almost dead in their tracks. On Sunday I was seeing ball marks less than a foot from the ball to just a few feet. Now, I did I order my set all bent 1 degree weak. Felt like I’d still get plenty of distance and I do. They’re still long. Swing a 7 iron at 84-85 mph. 

Very much appreciated, thank you. Coincidentally, I would also be ordering them a degree weak as I’m happy with my distance and I have a 7 iron SS of 83mph. 
Do you feel they’re working as advertised where 7 iron and down are launching with a good descent angle and 8 iron and up are stopping for you nicely? Sounds like the latter is true for you. 

Edited July 30 by Sean289