Titleist Tour Model (1981) Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Titleist Tour Model (1981) irons, 1981–1982.
- Years produced
- 1981–1982
- Category
- Blade / Muscleback
- Construction
- forged blade
- Material
- forged carbon steel
- Set makeup
- 1–SW
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 | 56 | 39.5 |
| 2 | 20 | 57 | 39 |
| 3 | 23 | 58 | 38.5 |
| 4 | 26 | 59 | 38 |
| 5 | 30 | 60 | 37.5 |
| 6 | 33 | 61 | 37 |
| 7 | 37 | 62 | 36.625 |
| 8 | 41 | 63 | 36.25 |
| 9 | 45 | 63 | 35.875 |
| PW | 49 | 64 | 35.5 |
| SW | 55 | 64 | 35.25 |
Lofts and lies are the factory standard build. Individual clubs may differ if they have been bent, re-shafted or re-gripped during their life.
About the Titleist Tour Model (1981)
The 1981 Tour Model is one of the classic forged Titleist blades from the era before the DCI family, a refinement of the 1979 original that Titleist itself archives as a distinct model. It is a traditional carbon steel blade with the flat lies of its day - 62 degrees at the 7-iron, two to three degrees flatter than a modern iron - and classic lofts, a 37 degree 7-iron and 49 degree pitching wedge, on slightly shorter-than-modern shaft lengths that step in three-eighths-inch increments through the scoring clubs. Titleist catalogued it from a 1-iron through sand wedge. It remains a collector item, and Titleist revised the Tour Model again in 1982.
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Titleist Tour Model (1981) 7-iron?
The 1981 Titleist Tour Model 7-iron is 37 degrees, with a 62 degree lie and a 36.625 inch length - classic blade specs, about five degrees weaker than a modern players iron.
Were the 1981 Titleist Tour Model irons forged?
Yes. The Tour Model series were traditional forged carbon steel blades, the line Titleist offered to better players before the cast DCI family arrived in the early 1990s.
How do the 1981 Tour Model lies compare with modern irons?
They are flat by modern standards: 62 degrees at the 7-iron against roughly 63 to 64 on current irons, and the whole set runs about two degrees flatter club for club.
Finding a used set
The Titleist Tour Model (1981) ran from 1981 to 1982 and is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search eBay, 2nd Swing, Golf Avenue and the PGA Tour Superstore trade-in listings, and check the loft and lie against the chart above before buying — sets this age have often been bent from standard.
- Titleist previous-models archived product page, titleist.com/golf-clubs/irons/1981-Tour-Model ('Titleist 1981 Tour Model'), via the Internet Archive (full manufacturer table: length, loft, lie, 1-iron through SW; the page publishes no offset, bounce or swing weight rows, so those keys are omitted)
- Titleist's previous-models archive catalogues the Tour Model as a yearly series (1979, 1981, 1982, 1983 '821', 1984 '841' and later), which sets the 1979 predecessor, the 1982 successor and the one-year run recorded here
- No stock shaft is documented on the archived page or in corroborating listings, so stock_shafts is omitted rather than guessed; period sets are most often found with True Temper Dynamic shafts
Last reviewed 2026-07-29. Spot an error? [email protected]