Tour New Ping i240 irons - 2025 Memorial

[TiScape]

18 hours ago, pullfade said:

I still don't understand all the drama about the cavity. I have them and they look fine in person and in the bag. Not the first set of irons to have carbon.

These are indeed, 100x worse than the 240s. 

[eric61]

13 minutes ago, jjl said:

Completely agree with you, i prefer the 240's cavity over the 230's. Demo'd the i240, waiting for my set to arrive, it was almost exactly what i was looking for. 

Can you elaborate on the differences? My local places don't have the i240 demo heads in yet -- as much as I dislike the carbon strip, as an i2XX series fan, I'm likely to buy the new ones anyway and want to hear more about how they're performing.

[ryanmn4]

16 hours ago, karstens_ghost said:

 

I think you've seen EVERYONE's prices go up. It's a bit unfair to say "that one model has doubled" -- In that time, every iron set everywhere has roughly doubled.

 

I get your point; you felt like relatively it was a bit lower than others. Maybe that was true, but not by much. Go take a look at Callaway and TM and see what they're charging. I think you'll find that their adherents are roughly in the same boat.

 

It's also harder to sell your main cash cow, the 400 series, if you have a cheap alternative.

Yeah to be fair, I guess the Pings are still a hair cheaper than the Titleists (I looked), I'm just a bad WRXer and I only buy new irons once or twice a decade.  The sticker shock is hitting me.

 

The 400 series is the cash cow??  I feel like I never see those anywhere

[SUPERG]

Anybody try these with S300 or a lower launching shaft yet? I tried them with the stock Modus but would have liked to see the spin a touch lower, fitter only had a demo 7 at the time so could not go off of much. Ping recommends KBS Stiff but I am not a fan of KBS so I was looking to the ole trusty S300. 

 

[jjl]

2 hours ago, eric61 said:

Can you elaborate on the differences? My local places don't have the i240 demo heads in yet -- as much as I dislike the carbon strip, as an i2XX series fan, I'm likely to buy the new ones anyway and want to hear more about how they're performing.

I never hit the i230 extensively, but to me the 240 felt soft for a cast club and the shape at address fit my eye perfectly. I prefer the 240's full cavity to the 230's plastic cover over the cavity, and I don't mind the carbon, i felt the 230's looked too minimalistic. The 240 launched high with plenty of spin which is what my aging swing needed - low spin hollow bodied irons just do not work for me. YMMV, but looking forward to receiving my set.  

[Carolina Golfer 2]

I have a 7 iron with an Axiom shaft sitting in our cart.  Why?  Just because 🙂    But honestly I'm so happy with the T250, there is no logical reason to hit send!

[karstens_ghost]

20 hours ago, ryanmn4 said:

Yeah to be fair, I guess the Pings are still a hair cheaper than the Titleists (I looked), I'm just a bad WRXer and I only buy new irons once or twice a decade.  The sticker shock is hitting me.

 

The 400 series is the cash cow??  I feel like I never see those anywhere

 

G440 irons, and the 430, 410, 400… those are Ping's biggest seller by a lot. It's just proof that we're not the "mass market", and sometimes it's a stark reminder.

[Tiger_Stud]

40 minutes ago, karstens_ghost said:

 

G440 irons, and the 430, 410, 400… those are Ping's biggest seller by a lot. It's just proof that we're not the "mass market", and sometimes it's a stark reminder.

But what about our hubris? I can‘t show up at my club with off set irons and a driver that isn’t at least tipped 24 inches!

[underwater]

I'm here to report back after another i240 session.

 

I hit the i240 last week at disliked the feel and commented about it here with some level of intensity.  I was off base with my description.

 

But I went back on Friday (yesterday) and someone else was hitting them, so when they took a break I hit them again, and I think I get it.  They have a unique feel, but this time I didn't hate them.  (granted I was button'ing them), but the have a certain solid feel which I will no longer describe as bad.  Definitely cast but actually a solid thump.

 

And as I said last time, they are gorgeous at address and as someone who can overcook a draw, they don't draw excessively when I do my bad thing.

 

 

 

 

 

[Morry]

On 7/18/2025 at 12:40 PM, jjl said:

I never hit the i230 extensively, but to me the 240 felt soft for a cast club and the shape at address fit my eye perfectly. I prefer the 240's full cavity to the 230's plastic cover over the cavity, and I don't mind the carbon, i felt the 230's looked too minimalistic. The 240 launched high with plenty of spin which is what my aging swing needed - low spin hollow bodied irons just do not work for me. YMMV, but looking forward to receiving my set.  

this sounds Exactly what I need as well - More spin 

thanks for feedback 

[underwater]

On 7/18/2025 at 10:40 AM, jjl said:

 I prefer the 240's full cavity to the 230's plastic cover. I felt the 230s looked too minimalistic.

The i230 cavity piece is aluminum, not plastic.  
 

On golf clubs minimalism is the point, not cluttered.  Throughout the industry you'll see that better players prefer less nonsense.  Mizuno blades, the new Titleist T250 design, and as the years go on you'll see Taylor made smoothing out the back of their 770s and 790s.  But you'll see the super game improvement 30 handicapper irons get more and more badges and logos.  (Stealth, G440, and paradym irons for example.  Messy)
 

And a goal of the 240 was to spin a little bit less.  It's not low spin by any measure, but they do spin 200 RPM less than the i230.

 

 

Edited July 20 by underwater

[dmeeksDC]

15 minutes ago, underwater said:

The i230 cavity piece is aluminum, not plastic.  
 

On golf clubs minimalism is the point, not cluttered.  Throughout the industry you'll see that better players prefer less nonsense.  Mizuno blades, the new Titleist T250 design, and as the years go on you'll see Taylor made smoothing out the back of their 770s and 790s.  But you'll see the super game improvement 30 handicapper irons get more and more badges and logos.  (Stealth, G440, and paradym irons for example.  Messy)
 

And a goal of the 240 was to spin a little bit less.  It's not low spin by any measure, but they do spin 200 RPM less than the i230.

 

 

If an OEM did what is seen as the best on golfwrx they’d see a steep drop in profits.

 

The new P770 doesn’t look at all messy to me, I think it looks great. I don’t think most golfers will care if TaylorMade smooths out the single ridge on the back, which Titleist must have liked given the look they gave the T250. Golfwrx is very much the outlier, not representative of what sells. Srixon Zxi7 is all the rage on golfwrx, but I have still yet to encounter anyone playing them. I have seen far more Ping G series irons in the wild. Wrxers rave about the Mizuno S1 and S3, and those will finish last and next-to-last in sales for Mizuno. Those models do not sell nearly as well as the Hot Metal and Hot Metal Pro. Not even close in sales. 
 

I would say most better golfers do not want irons as large as the T250. No matter what the back looks like, the P770 looks better from address IMO. 
 

 

[underwater]

19 minutes ago, dmeeksDC said:

If an OEM did what is seen as the best on golfwrx they’d see a steep drop in profits.

 

The new P770 doesn’t look at all messy to me, I think it looks great. I don’t think most golfers will care if TaylorMade smooths out the single ridge on the back, which Titleist must have liked given the look they gave the T250. Golfwrx is very much the outlier, not representative of what sells. Srixon Zxi7 is all the rage on golfwrx, but I have still yet to encounter anyone playing them. I have seen far more Ping G series irons in the wild. Wrxers rave about the Mizuno S1 and S3, and those will finish last and next-to-last in sales for Mizuno. Those models do not sell nearly as well as the Hot Metal and Hot Metal Pro. Not even close in sales. 
 

I would say most better golfers do not want irons as large as the T250. No matter what the back looks like, the P770 looks better from address IMO. 
 

 

you misread my post. I was claiming that the 770 does not look messy. 
 

(And just about every better player I know right now is playing zx7/zxi7.  If you're not seeing them out in the field I don't know what to say.  They've been in the final pairing of every tournament this year on tour, including today in the bag of Li today at the Open, and winning the Evian Masters last week, and the U.S. Open, etc. etc. /off topic)
 

 

Edited July 20 by underwater

[Aggielefty]

My Ping I240 irons arrived on Thursday. I took them out of the box and I hated how they looked.  I really wish they were more 'boring.'  I love the look of the Titliest T series irons (ordered them also).  I have played two rounds with the pings now.  I have already forgot about the black carbon strip ... not becaue they are performing great (I have not figured that out yet) ... but, because I just don't look at them anymore in my bag.  I realized that I really only care what they look like when I first get them and when I sell them.  

[ryanmn4]

I ran down to the PGATSS today for a little touch & feel sesh.  The 240s do not look better in person, on the rack.  All the things we've been complaining about are true and legitimate, mainly the carbon strip and the red i.  However, they look fantastic on the ground and at address.  They sit cleanly and squarely, the groove width looks much better (than the 230s), and the short irons are a bit cleaner & more compact than my 210s.  In the longer irons the offset is a bit less pronounced than the 210s.  Basically they've taken everything I wanted in an i-series and slapped an ugly cavity on it.  *Sigh* they'll still be an option when I get my next set later this year.  

 

Off topic, but the new T100/T150 look really good, and the T250 look even better.  I could definitely see a T150/T250 blended set as a viable option.  P770s also look really clean and sit great behind the ball.

[underwater]

8 hours ago, ryanmn4 said:

I ran down to the PGATSS today for a little touch & feel sesh.  The 240s do not look better in person, on the rack.  All the things we've been complaining about are true and legitimate, mainly the carbon strip and the red i.  However, they look fantastic on the ground and at address. 

 

There are 1-2 people at PING tasked with the cavity design of this better player's iron.  They are in the marketing and design team and they work closely with the engineering dept.

 

....they should be fired.

 

And that cavity design aesthetic was approved by someone else, or by committee.  I would have loved to have been in that room when someone in charge said "Approved! this is what the new i240 are going to look like." so I can wrap my head around that moment.

 

PING, if you're reading this thread, you know who this was.  Why do they have a job?  
 

Must be the same dept that designs their Garanimal clothing

 

Edited July 22 by underwater

[Cwhite912]

I saw them yesterday. Thought they could’ve done a better with the back. But at address they look great. Anyone know a good ping rep?

[CallawayLefty]

Somewhat on topic to earlier posts in this thread, but I saw the S159 have been discounted...S259 must not be far off!

[underwater]

53 minutes ago, CallawayLefty said:

Somewhat on topic to earlier posts in this thread, but I saw the S159 have been discounted...S259 must not be far off!

 

Someone stated that PING is moving manufacturing to Vietnam and the S259 would be next year.  Unsure if that's accurate or not but you're right...you cannot get the S159 reliably from anywhere.  All my retailers have 2 or 3 s159 wedges. Even these huge online retailers like Carls and TGW are nearly out of inventory.  I can't imagine PING would have no wedges at the retail level until next spring.

 

...but who knows.

[mktrout]

I went in for a Titleist fitting with my thought I would leave with the T250, and ended up with the I240. They look good, other than the backs... spin a ton and are high, with tight dispersion.  

[norcaltrojan]

I was lucky to get "inside the ropes" on Wednesday at the Barracuda Championship. While I didn't recognize most of the PING players (a lot of DPWT invites), and the cursive on the bags is difficult to read from a distance, there were several players with BPS in the bottom of the bag and i240s on top. Hamish Brown, who was hitting balls next to us, is one that I can call out by name. This aligns with the Hatton setup from the US Open. Mattieu Pavon had a full set in the bag at the Open this week as well. Not the best validation considering the results, but it appears they are starting to gain some traction on tour. 

[KnoxvilleReb]

The PING Proving Grounds podcast with Marty just came out with the i240 episode this morning for those interested 

[eric61]

I asked @knudson81 on his Instagram Q&A today about how the i240s compare to the i230s. He said he had the i240s on the range recently. 

 

“The new 240 flies higher and has a softer feel than the 230s. It definitely spins just a touch more. It’s not fast, though. I was kind of a little bit shocked at the distance I was getting — it was a little bit shorter than I expected," he said. 

 

He said his comment about distance was compared with the P770, 3DP Tour and Ai150. Still, he said, the i240 is "stupid consistent, very forgiving, and a much better sound and feel.”

 

Somebody else asked him if an i240 review was coming up soon. (Sounds like it's a possibility!) He said in his response he was "very impressed with the height of shots, the consistency, the forgiveness." But he noted he was "a little taken aback they didn't go as far as I thought they were going to go." 

[karstens_ghost]

It would be grand if Ping would allow a "blended stock" set. Make it a SKU. 5-7, 8-P with 240 & BPS. And basically "ensure" the blend with matching lofts (I know they are already).

 

I'd love to see what the uptake would be.

[eric61]

6 hours ago, KnoxvilleReb said:

The PING Proving Grounds podcast with Marty just came out with the i240 episode this morning for those interested 

 

1 minute ago, eric61 said:

I asked @knudson81 on his Instagram Q&A today about how the i240s compare to the i230s. He said he had the i240s on the range recently. 

 

“The new 240 flies higher and has a softer feel than the 230s. It definitely spins just a touch more. It’s not fast, though. I was kind of a little bit shocked at the distance I was getting — it was a little bit shorter than I expected," he said. 

 

He said his comment about distance was compared with the P770, 3DP Tour and Ai150. Still, he said, the i240 is "stupid consistent, very forgiving, and a much better sound and feel.”

 

Somebody else asked him if an i240 review was coming up soon. (Sounds like it's a possibility!) He said in his response he was "very impressed with the height of shots, the consistency, the forgiveness." But he noted he was "a little taken aback they didn't go as far as I thought they were going to go." 

 

I also listened to Marty Jertson on the Proving Grounds podcast today, as @KnoxvilleReb noted. He said some of the same things @knudson81 noted above, about spinning more (off clean lies) and launching higher. Marty also said they'd shifted weight around so that more is low and in the heel and toe weights, resulting in more forgiveness, and tweaked the elastomer, resulting in a quieter sound. Those changes would explain why BK found them softer and forgiving. 

 

I really appreciated their insight. 

 

But I'm not quite sure those changes would be what I was looking for vs. the i230s. 

 

Softer? Awesome, nobody would complain about that. But higher and more spin? I don't know, I thought the i230s were already among the higher-launching and higher-spinning options in their sort of category, and thought they struck a great balance. I totally understand that the differences between just one generation are likely to be minimal, though.

 

As an obsessive gear junkie and GolfWRXer, even with these reservations and hating the carbon badging, I'm still gonna buy them anyway at some point. I love that I don't have to go through a club builder -- Ping can consistently nail my specs, offers Axiom shafts and Gripmaster grips and can build to D4 without any trouble. 

[TheGolfingRealtor]

On 7/20/2025 at 10:00 AM, dmeeksDC said:

If an OEM did what is seen as the best on golfwrx they’d see a steep drop in profits.

 

The new P770 doesn’t look at all messy to me, I think it looks great. I don’t think most golfers will care if TaylorMade smooths out the single ridge on the back, which Titleist must have liked given the look they gave the T250. Golfwrx is very much the outlier, not representative of what sells. Srixon Zxi7 is all the rage on golfwrx, but I have still yet to encounter anyone playing them. I have seen far more Ping G series irons in the wild. Wrxers rave about the Mizuno S1 and S3, and those will finish last and next-to-last in sales for Mizuno. Those models do not sell nearly as well as the Hot Metal and Hot Metal Pro. Not even close in sales. 
 

I would say most better golfers do not want irons as large as the T250. No matter what the back looks like, the P770 looks better from address IMO. 
 

 

I work at two golf courses so between member bags, guest bags, club tournaments and Monday outings here is what I see a lot of as a club enthusiast:

T100

T150

ZXi7

P770

P790

 

I see very few PING sets, if I do it is game improvement. G430, G440, i530, once in a while the i230. 

 

[RacineBoxer]

17 hours ago, eric61 said:

 

 

I also listened to Marty Jertson on the Proving Grounds podcast today, as @KnoxvilleReb noted. He said some of the same things @knudson81 noted above, about spinning more (off clean lies) and launching higher. Marty also said they'd shifted weight around so that more is low and in the heel and toe weights, resulting in more forgiveness, and tweaked the elastomer, resulting in a quieter sound. Those changes would explain why BK found them softer and forgiving. 

 

I really appreciated their insight. 

 

But I'm not quite sure those changes would be what I was looking for vs. the i230s. 

 

Softer? Awesome, nobody would complain about that. But higher and more spin? I don't know, I thought the i230s were already among the higher-launching and higher-spinning options in their sort of category, and thought they struck a great balance. I totally understand that the differences between just one generation are likely to be minimal, though.

 

As an obsessive gear junkie and GolfWRXer, even with these reservations and hating the carbon badging, I'm still gonna buy them anyway at some point. I love that I don't have to go through a club builder -- Ping can consistently nail my specs, offers Axiom shafts and Gripmaster grips and can build to D4 without any trouble. 

 

People have been confused and misled a bit on the i230's. There's a post in this thread where someone is saying the i230's spun slightly more than the i210's. I think this is because of they hype that Ping put around those tightly spaced "micro max" grooves. I mean... I kind of makes (common) sense - more, tightly spaced grooves = more spin right? But I was a i210 player (for a short time). I spun them too much. I watched a bunch of the reviews when the i230's came out and noticed they were spinning a little less, so I bought them. And there were a few arguments about their spin in 2023-2024 (I'm not one to argue forever) because people were saying the i230's spun more. They didn't. Hovland even said he liked the i210's because they spun a little bit more. Now, finally, Marty Jertson explains it in black and white for us - the i230's did actually spin a little less off the fairway or tee. So reality is, the i240 is just, likely, going back to i210 levels of spin. We're only talking about  couple hundred on a 7i, for us mere mortals it's basically imperceptible. 

 

Why? Well that's what the best players in the world want. Again, Marty talks about the process they go through. The i240 doesn't give two craps about distance. It's all about spin = control. And consistent yardages. This is an iron for everyone but in some ways it almost feels tailor made for the LPGA. Those ladies hit perfect delivery (AoA, shaft lean,etc) tight little draws all day long. For them, with their speed, their launch, their tour conditions/greens, 150-200 more spin is a good thing. For me, with my slightly over the top, too much dynamic loft, high launch, high spin delivery... it's not a great fit. 

 

I think the i240 will be another smashing success on the LPGA. The i series has probably been the #1 iron on the LPGA the last 5 years and I think the i240 squarely keeps Ping in that spot. 

 

Similar to Knudson, I wish I didn't have the male ego talking me out of such a great iron. 

[TheGolfingRealtor]

17 hours ago, eric61 said:

I asked @knudson81 on his Instagram Q&A today about how the i240s compare to the i230s. He said he had the i240s on the range recently. 

 

“The new 240 flies higher and has a softer feel than the 230s. It definitely spins just a touch more. It’s not fast, though. I was kind of a little bit shocked at the distance I was getting — it was a little bit shorter than I expected," he said. 

 

He said his comment about distance was compared with the P770, 3DP Tour and Ai150. Still, he said, the i240 is "stupid consistent, very forgiving, and a much better sound and feel.”

 

Somebody else asked him if an i240 review was coming up soon. (Sounds like it's a possibility!) He said in his response he was "very impressed with the height of shots, the consistency, the forgiveness." But he noted he was "a little taken aback they didn't go as far as I thought they were going to go." 

I take reviews with a grain of salt. A golf swing can be off one day and on the next day, you can power spec, change the shaft, change the ball and get the results you want. 

 

3 main things to consider: does it look good at address, does it sound good, does it feel good. The rest can be figured out through a fitting. 

 

When PING says they spin more and launch higher - I believe they said they spin 150 rpm's more and launch could be 0.5* higher so technically they are right. They are not saying they launch 5* higher and 1000 rpm's more. 

[dmeeksDC]

1 hour ago, TheGolfingRealtor said:

I work at two golf courses so between member bags, guest bags, club tournaments and Monday outings here is what I see a lot of as a club enthusiast:

T100

T150

ZXi7

P770

P790

 

I see very few PING sets, if I do it is game improvement. G430, G440, i530, once in a while the i230. 

 

Well, 90 percent or more of golfers don’t play in tournaments and the percentage who belong to a private club is estimated at about 1/3 of golfers in the US.  
 

I have yet to see a set of Srixon irons at any course except for when I am playing them. It’s weird. Great irons but I never see them. I’ve seen more Ben Hogan irons! I see far more Mizuno Hot Metals and HMPs than any other Mizuno head.  I see i200/i210 quite a bit, but the Ping I have seen most over the past year is the i530 and the previous versions. I bet that iron is one of their best sellers. 
 

When I go down south, I see a ton of Ping, Callaway and TaylorMade irons. I play with guys who still game the 2016 Apexes. 
 

Played a few weeks ago with a guy who said he is “trying to get to scratch” as he showed off his new T100s. He hit at least 5 shots off the golf course with those irons, every one of a mighty swing producing a screaming line drive dead right and gone. I cannot imagine a fitter put him in those. That was the first set of T100s I have seen. 

i see more T200 and AP2s than any other Titleist. P790 far and away the TaylorMade winner. 

 

[eric61]

1 hour ago, RacineBoxer said:

Now, finally, Marty Jertson explains it in black and white for us - the i230's did actually spin a little less off the fairway or tee. So reality is, the i240 is just, likely, going back to i210 levels of spin. We're only talking about  couple hundred on a 7i, for us mere mortals it's basically imperceptible. 

 

1 hour ago, TheGolfingRealtor said:

When PING says they spin more and launch higher - I believe they said they spin 150 rpm's more and launch could be 0.5* higher so technically they are right. They are not saying they launch 5* higher and 1000 rpm's more. 

 

Yeah, these two posts get at exactly what I mean. The difference will be very small compared to the i230s. But I thought, compared to the i210s, that the i230s struck a terrific balance. My concern isn't really the minor difference in a single generation here -- it's more of a directional issue, as a big fan of the i2XX line who's interested in what comes in the future, too.

 

I thought the i230 struck exactly the right balance and hoped Ping would stick with its launch and spin characteristics. I was hoping the changes would be more along the lines of beefing up the long irons (getting back to i210 size, since they shrunk the long irons in the i230s, and potentially dropping their center of gravity in a progressive sort of way, though I didn't really want to see it dropped in the entire set) and offering a design that would blend seamlessly with the Blueprint S irons. 

 

I do agree these are incredibly popular on the LPGA Tour, and it seems a lot of Ping's changes in this generation of releases are aimed at answering an LPGA Tour demand for higher launch. They mentioned that around the launch of the G440 hybrids, as well -- about how LPGA players were asking them for slightly higher launch.