Titleist iron
The Titleist DCI 981 iron is an iron in 13 options from 17°–59°.
Built against the iron fieldpublished figures only
Where this club lands
The field is every iron in the database that publishes both of the chart's figures — every brand, not just Titleist.
This set's 7-iron is 35° — 95th percentile, weaker-lofted than 95% of the 889 sets that publish one. The median is 32°.
Loft ladder against the field
Loft at each club in the set over the middle half (p25–p75) of every comparable iron set on record — the busiest rung here is built from 900.
Titleist DCI 981middle half of the field
A break in the line is a club the set does not publish a loft for — it is never bridged, because joining across a gap would draw a loft the manufacturer never stated. Every brand's name for the gap wedge is pooled into one rung, since only 25 of 917 sets publish two of them.
The head half
Titleist DCI 981 · 7 Iron
- LOFT · X AXIS35°
- 95th percentile — weaker-lofted than 95% of the 889 sets that publish a 7-iron
- LIE · Y AXIS63°
- 97th percentile — more upright than 97% of the 889 sets that publish a 7-iron
7-iron field: Loft × Lie
The 7-iron of every comparable iron set on record publishing both loft and lie — 889 of them, binned by density.
Offset
Titleist DCI 981 · 7 Iron — the leading edge sits behind the line of the shaft by the published figure, drawn to the scale marked and seen from the toe, which is the one view that shows offset truly: it runs perpendicular to the face, so a picture square to the face would have it pointing at you. The outline is a nominal iron — this database holds no head geometry — so the gap the arrow spans is the only measured thing in the frame. The dashed edge is the median of the 7-iron of 580 iron sets on record that publish one.
Offset through the set, against the field
Titleist's published offset at each club, over the middle half (p25–p75) of every comparable set on record that publishes one.
Titleist DCI 981middle half of the field
A break in the line is a club the set does not publish an offset for — it is never bridged, because joining across a gap would draw an offset the manufacturer never stated. Every brand's name for the gap wedge is pooled into one rung, since only 25 of 917 sets publish two of them.
Specifications by option
What this record publishes. Across 13 options: loft, lie, length and swingweight on every one.
13 rows, unsorted, collapsed — use the button below the table to show every option.
| 17 | 1 Iron | 58 | 0.26 | 0 | 39.5 | D1 |
| 19.5 | 2 Iron | 59 | 0.25 | 0 | 39.25 | D1 |
| 22 | 3 Iron | 60 | 0.24 | 0 | 38.75 | D1 |
| 25 | 4 Iron | 61 | 0.23 | 1 | 38.25 | D1 |
| 28 | 5 Iron | 62 | 0.215 | 2 | 37.75 | D1 |
| 31 | 6 Iron | 62.5 | 0.2 | 3 | 37.25 | D1 |
| 35 | 7 Iron | 63 | 0.18 | 4 | 36.75 | D1 |
| 39 | 8 Iron | 63.5 | 0.155 | 5 | 36.25 | D1 |
| 43 | 9 Iron | 64 | 0.125 | 6 | 35.75 | D1 |
| 47 | PW | 64 | 0.095 | 7 | 35.25 | D1 |
| 51 | W | 64 | 0.07 | 9 | 35.25 | D3 |
| 55 | SW | 64 | 0.04 | 14 | 35.25 | D5 |
| 59 | LW | 64 | 0.04 | 6 | 35.25 | D5 |
Head geometry doesn't change with the shaft, so it's stated once. A blank cell means Titleist did not publish that figure — we don't estimate.
Measured against comparable clubs
Where this club's published fitting specs sit among comparable clubs — never how good it is.
| Figure | Published | All irons | Its year | Among its peers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strongest-lofted 7-iron | 35° | =838th of 953 | no release year on record | =63rd of 124 Titleist irons · 235th of 237 mid-handicap irons |
| Most offset at the 7-iron | 0.18" | =84th of 583 | no release year on record | =6th of 85 Titleist irons · =17th of 145 mid-handicap irons |
| Widest loft range | 42° | =32nd of 1,104 | no release year on record | 4th of 129 Titleist irons · =4th of 237 mid-handicap irons |
| Most upright lie | 63° | =33rd of 941 | no release year on record | =1st of 124 Titleist irons · =7th of 233 mid-handicap irons |
| Longest | 36.8" | =700th of 894 | no release year on record | =94th of 115 Titleist irons · =182nd of 227 mid-handicap irons |
player level — derived
This iron reads as built for a mid-handicap player — our deterministic reading of 7-iron offset 0.18", 7-iron loft 35° (traditional players loft). A design classification, not a rule about who may play it. How the bands are read →
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What's on this page
In progress2 of 3 built
2 of 3 parts of this club page are built, and we're filling in the rest.
- Titleist's own specs, partly built.Taken from Titleist's product page. We haven't found their full spec sheet for this club yet, so some figures they publish may be missing.
- Published options, built.13 configurations with 6 of the 7 specs an iron can publish.
- Stock shaft, built.Titleist names no stock shaft for this club on the sources we hold, so there's nothing to link.
The site is in beta and the database is still being built, so expect gaps. Know something we don't? Help us fill it in — a link to where it's published is worth more than anything else you could send.