These milled blade putters emphasize feel and control.
Gear: PXG Tour Series Brandon, Brandon II Putters Price: $499.99 each Specs: Milled 303 stainless steel with adjustable sole weights
Who it’s for: Purists and accomplished golfers who appreciate the classic look and feel of a milled, heel-toe weighted blade.
What you should know: PXG has introduced the Tour Series Brandon and Brandon II putters, catering to golfers who prefer traditional styling and performance over modern high-tech features.
The Deep Dive: In August, PXG released its most technologically advanced putter, the Allan which was lauded for its unique zero-torque balance and innovative alignment features. If the Allan were a car, it might be likened to a self-driving SUV—built for ease and comfort.
By contrast, the new PXG Tour Series Brandon and Brandon II are more like a Ford GT or a classic Chevy Chevelle SS — American muscle cars designed for those who love the pure driving experience. These putters are made for golfers who favor the timeless precision of a classic heel-toe weighted blade.
Both the Brandon and Brandon II are milled from blocks of 303 stainless steel. Unlike the polymer-backed inserts with pyramid face patterns seen in the Battle Ready II family these putters have milled steel faces, which deliver a crisper feel and a slightly higher-pitched sound at impact. For many golfers, this sensory feedback is exactly what they’re looking for.
The Tour Series Brandon and Brandon II have clean looks and a single black alignment line. (PXG)
The putters feature a single black alignment line on the back flange, with a clean topline free of markings. A plumber’s neck hosel provides a moderate amount of toe hang, making them well-suited for players with an arced putting stroke.
PXG has also added two adjustable sole weights—one in the heel and one in the toe—allowing fitters to fine-tune the swing weight to match the putter’s length or a golfer’s preferences.
So, what’s the difference between the two models? The Tour Series Brandon has rounded bumpers that frame the back flange, offering a softer look at address. Meanwhile, the Tour Series Brandon II features a more squared-off design with angular bumpers, giving it a sharper appearance.
Below are more close-up looks at the PXG Tour Series Brandon, Bradon II
Gear: PXG Desert Golf Club Price: $99.99 Specs: 36.5-inch shaft, 44° loft, mid-bounce sole, made from raw hardened 17-4 stainless steel
Who It’s For: Golfers who frequent desert terrain or who often find themselves in a bit of a rugged predicament after a wayward drive.
What You Need to Know: PXG has crafted the Desert Golf Club specifically for shots where your golf ball might be a little too cozy with cacti, rocks or desert brush and you don’t want to damage or gash your clubs.
The Deep Dive: One of the great things about desert golf is after hitting a wayward shot that slices right of the fairway or goes over the green and into a nature area, finding your ball can be surprisingly easy. The bad news is you may not like what you see once you have found that ball. Rocks, rooks, cacti, sand, pebbles — it’s all out there, waiting to damage your shiny new irons and wedges.
PXG’s new Desert Golf Club doesn’t shy away from off-road adventures, it was designed for them. When wise judgment says, “Declare the ball unplayable and take a drop,” the Desert Club sits in your bag, gleaming, covered in saguaro cactus stamps, whispering, “Go ahead, I’ve got this.”
The Desert Club has 44 degrees of loft, like a pitching wedge. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The Desert Club is made using 17-4 stainless steel, a harder material than the 8620 carbon steel and 431 stainless steel PXG uses in the body of its irons and wedges, so it should be more durable. It comes standard with the length of an 8-iron (36.5 inches) and the loft of a pitching wedge (44 degrees). A combination like that should allow players to make a fast swing, get the ball over trouble and back into play.
The 8-iron length and extra loft are designed to help golfers escape trouble. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
Is the PXG Desert Golf Club something every golfer needs? No, it’s not. It is, however, a clever alternative to the old, beat-up iron that many golfers in Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas and the desert regions of California commonly carry for handling off-the-fairway trouble shots.
FAIRWAY WOODS:PXG 0311 Black Ops (15 degrees), with Project X HZRDUS Red RDX 70 TX shaft, PXG 0311 XF GEN5 (19 degrees). with Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 80 TX shaft
11 of the best pairs of joggers you can wear on the golf course, while exercising, or just around the house.
The best time of year to get out on the golf course is here! Fall’s changing leaves and dropping temperatures mean you need to make sure you have everything you need for chilly days on the golf course. In this list, we’ve searched the internet for 10 of our favorite golf joggers for fall 2024.
Whether you like formal-looking joggers or something to relax in after a long day on the course, we’ve included it all.
Some of the brands included in this list are Lululemon, Radmor Golf, TravisMathew and Tiger Woods’ Sun Day Red.
Why you’ll love it: If you’re looking for a new brand to invest in, Radmor Golf should be your choice. This pair of joggers is perfect for 18 holes, a range session or running errands.
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Why you’ll love it: PXG is known for their golf equipment, but their apparel is also high-quality. These joggers will make a great look for the golf course.
Gear: PXG Xtreme Tour, Xtreme Tour X golf balls Price:$49.99 per dozen Specs: Three-piece, urethane-covered golf balls. Both balls are available in white, Xtreme Tour also in yellow.
Who it’s for: Golfers who want a soft feel, low spin off the tee and high spin around the green (Xtreme Tour); Faster-swinging players who want a firmer feel, maximum ball speed and higher spin with irons.
What you should know: Both the Xtreme Tour and the Xtreme Tour X are designed to deliver maximum spin around the green, but PXG’s newest golf balls were also made to be more durable and provide a better feel.
The deep dive: Parsons Xtreme Golf released its first golf ball, the Xtreme, in February 2023. At a price of $39.99 per dozen, they were made for golfers who wanted loads of greenside spin with solid distance off the tee. Two years and thousands of test shots later, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based equipment maker has two new balls that it is touting as more durable, softer-feeling and still long off the tee.
The new Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X balls are both three-piece balls that have a large rubber, firm mantle layer and a soft urethane cover. However, the cover of the Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X balls is thinner than the cover on the original Xtreme because, counterintuitively, it boosts durability. Balls that have a soft, thick cover can have the cover material compress against the grooves of wedges very easily, which can be great for spin but lead to ripping and sheering.
PXG Extreme Tour X golf ball. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
According to PXG, the original Xtreme ball had a compression of 110, making it a very hard ball. By PXG’s measurement, the new Xtreme Tour is at 97, and the Xtreme Tour X is at 107, so both balls can still be thought of as firm, which is good for speed, but they are softer than PXG’s first ball.
Interestingly, the yellow version of the Xtreme Tour has a compression of 101, which puts it between the firmness levels of the white Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X. The difference in compression is due to the additive that gives the yellow version its color.
To test the Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X balls, PXG tested them using a robot at three different speeds using a driver and a 7-iron, then full-swing wedges shots and partial-swing wedge shots. In those tests, the Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X both created slightly more ball speed off the tee with lower spin rates. They also produced a slightly higher launch angle but a lower peak height.
PXG Extreme Tour golf ball. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The same relationship held with 7-iron shots as well, while on 60-yard pitch shots with a 56-degree wedge, the Xtreme Tour and Xtreme Tour X both produced nearly the same spin as the original Xtreme ball.
Compared to each other, the Xtreme Tour should feel softer than the Xtreme Tour X, fly slightly lower and spin marginally less. In PXG’s tests, the Xtreme Tour X created 0.5 mph more ball speed off the tee and about 2.5 yards more total distance, with nearly identical launch angles. The Xtreme Tour X also generated about 200 rpm more spin on wedge shots than the standard Xtreme Tour.
Gear: PXG Allan putter Price: $449.99 Specs: 303 stainless steel chassis with injected polymer and milled 6061 aluminum crown.
Who It’s For: Golfers who want to reduce face rotation on putts and increase stability and consistency.
What You Should Know: The PXG Allan putter is designed with an S-shaped hosel that creates a toe-up balance, helping the putter’s face stay square to the arc of your stroke. This design aids golfers in making solid contact more easily.
The Deep Dive: According to the Rules of Golf, when you sole your putter and rest it flat on the ground, the shaft can’t go straight up. If it did, golfers could make a pure pendulum stroke, which golf’s governing bodies believe would reduce the challenge of putting. To ensure a challenge, the putter must have a lie angle of no less than 80 degrees, which is why every golfer’s putting stroke has some level of arc. One of the biggest challenges in putting is returning the putter face to the exact position you establish at address and preventing it from swinging into the ball with an open or closed face, which would start the ball rolling offline.
PXG’s new Allan putter, named after the brother of PXG founder Bob Parsons, is designed to eliminate this challenge by helping golfers keep the putter face square to the natural arc of their stroke while boosting stability and improving distance control.
The hosel points directly at the center of gravity, creating toe-up or “Zero Torque” balance. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The Allan putter achieves this with a unique hosel design. Unlike many hosels that attach to the heel area and create some level of toe hang, or center-shafted putters that produce a face-balanced condition, the Allan putter has an S-shaped hosel that points the tip of the putter shaft directly over the center of gravity (CG) behind the center of the hitting area. The hosel then bends and attaches to the putter head in the heel area, creating a toe-up condition that PXG refers to as Zero Torque.
When you make a stroke with the Allan putter, the balance helps keep the face square to the arc of your stroke, reducing the chances of the face fanning open on the backswing and closing on the downswing and follow-through. According to PXG, this should allow golfers to return the putter to the ball with a square face more often and start putts rolling on their intended line more easily.
There are two other notable features of the Allan’s hosel and shaft configuration. First, when you address the ball, the backward-pointing shaft and hosel give you an unobstructed view of the ball. Second, with the shaft set so far behind the putter’s topline, the Allan putter creates a natural forward press. Typically, when a golfer intentionally presses their hands forward before making a stroke, it de-lofts the face and points it downward. To counteract this, PXG designed the Allan with five degrees of loft, which offsets the two-degree forward press and makes the putter play like a club with a more typical three degrees of loft.
The aluminum top features a single black alignment line. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The black frame of the Allan putter is made of 303 stainless steel, and the face is designed to be very thin. Behind the face, there’s a hollow chamber filled with a lightweight polymer called S COR, which PXG says absorbs excessive vibrations to enhance sound and feel.
The silver-toned top piece of the Allan is milled from 6061 aluminum, which is exceptionally light. Each Allan putter comes with a single black alignment line.
On the underside of the Allan, adjustable weights have been added to the toe and heel areas, allowing fitters to adjust the putter’s swing weight based on its length or the player’s preferences. Finally, the pocket designed into the aluminum piece enables golfers to press the Allan on top of a ball and pick it up without bending over.
Below are several close-up images of the PXG Allan putter.
The PXG 0311 GEN7 irons feature a new material inside the hollow portion of the head that returns energy more efficiently.
Gear: PXG 0311 GEN7 irons Price: $229.99 per club with chrome finish, $239.99 with Xtreme Dark finish Specs: Hollow-body design including forged and milled 8620 carbon steel body, HT1770 maraging steel face, internal tungsten weight, internal polymer and adjustable titanium back weight.
Who it’s For: Five- to 18-handicap golfers who want more ball speed and more forgiveness on mis-hits from a club that looks like a better-player’s iron.
The Skinny: The PXG 0311 GEN7 irons feature a new material inside the hollow portion of the head that returns energy more efficiently, while exotic materials like a tungsten weight and titanium back weight enhance performance and allow fitters to customize the clubs more easily.
The Deep Dive: The tungsten screws that ringed the perimeter of early PXG irons are gone, but many of the core concepts and technologies that the Scottsdale, Arizona-based equipment maker included in its early offerings have been refined, improved and updated through the years. Now, with the release of the seventh generation of the 0311 irons, PXG is showing it can use exotic materials and unique manufacturing techniques to produce clubs that continue to look like a better-player’s blade while delivering game-improvement levels of forgiveness and distance.
Each PXG 0311 GEN7 iron is forged five times before the back is milled to create the final shape. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The PXG 0311 GEN7 P and 0311 GEN7 XP irons both start as glowing red billets of 8620 carbon steel before they are forged five times. After each forging is completed, the still-hot metal is moved into a different tool and then forged again so the intricate shapes and contours, like the deep internal cavity, can be produced. Then, the back of each head is milled using a computer-controlled bit that passes back and forth over the clubheads, shaving off tiny ribbons of material and making the walls thinner than forging can refine.
An HT1770 maraging steel face is then attached to the chassis. The steel is exceptionally strong, allowing PXG to make it just 0.05 inches thick. According to PXG, it is the thinnest hitting area in golf, so it can flex more efficiently at the moment of impact.
The 0311 GEN7 irons have an extremely thin face and hollow chamber filled with a new polymer material. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
The most significant difference between the 0311 GEN7 irons and their predecessors is the internal material PXG has injected inside the heads. The company has used different polymers and combinations of polymers in the past, but its new QuantumCOR polymer is the fastest yet. It supports the face and helps with durability but also returns more energy created at impact back to the ball, so golfers can generate more ball speed and distance.
To increase stability and forgiveness, PXG designers added a 20-gram internal tungsten weight in the toe of the 0311 GEN7 irons. The tungsten offsets the weight of the hosel and shifts the ideal hitting area into the middle of the face.
The titanium screw in the back allows fitters to change the swing weight, while also pushing more overall weight to the perimeter for increased stability. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
There is also a large titanium weight screw in the back of each head. Titanium weighs less than the 8620 carbon steel used in the rest of the head, so when combined with the internal tungsten weight, more of the GEN7 iron’s overall weight shifts to the perimeter, resulting in a higher moment of inertia (MOI) and less twisting on off-center hits.
During the fitting process, fitters can swap out and change the back weight to allow golfers to try different swing weights and overall weights to see which best matches their swing and needs.
PXG claims the GEN7 irons produce nearly the same launch angle as the GEN6 irons but with more ball speed and less spin, resulting in more distance and tighter dispersion.
The 0311 GEN7 P irons are designed for low to mid-handicap golfers who want more distance and stability, while the XP is for mid- to higher-handicap golfers who need maximum forgiveness and distance. The P has a smaller blade length, less offset and a thinner topline.
Cosmetically, the clubs look very similar, but the lofts of the XP irons are significantly stronger than the lofts of the P irons. Still, golfers can mix and match them to create a blended set by working with a custom fitter.
Who They’re For: Golfers who seek more distance and forgiveness (Black Ops), along with players who want a low-spin driver that allows players to shape shots (Black Ops Tour-1)
The Skinny: PXG is using a new titanium alloy that allows designers to make the variable-thickness faces hotter, while the combination of moveable weights boosts forgiveness and lets players tweak the launch angle and spin rate.
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The Deep Dive: PXG has consistently named its clubs after military designations and equipment, and its newest driver family, the Black Ops, is no exception.
There are two Black Ops drivers: the standard and the Tour-1. Both are 460 cubic centimeters in volume, but the standard version looks larger from front to back in the address position. The Tour-1 has a taller face, a higher crown and a keel in the back of the sole. While they are made for different types of golfers, the two drivers share several core technologies and features.
Both Black Ops drivers feature variable-thickness faces made with a proprietary titanium alloy that PXG calls AMF. That stands for advanced material face, but the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company is not divulging precisely what is in the material. It does say, however, that AMF is extremely strong but flexes, so it bends without breaking. That allowed engineers to make the Black Ops faces thinner and lighter while maintaining durability.
PXG is using a proprietary alloy it calls AMF to create the faces of the Black Ops drivers. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
In testing, PXG built a previous-model GEN6 driver with an AMF face, and the club produced an increase of 0.5 degrees in launch angle with 200 rpm less spin without changing any other parts of the club.
Both Black Ops drivers also feature faces that have been polished by robots instead of people, and that allows PXG to manufacture faces that have non-uniform bulge (curvature from heel to toe) and roll (curvature from top to bottom) very precisely. PXG said that adjusting the curvature reduces spin on low-struck shots that would typically spin more, and the Black Ops drivers can add spin on high-hit shots that ordinarily lack spin, resulting in more spin consistency from shot to shot.
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A larger carbon fiber crown reduces weight on the top of the head. (David Dusek/Golfweek)
As with previous PXG drivers, the Black Ops and Black Ops Tour-1 also have large carbon fiber crowns and sole plates that remove weight from areas that don’t benefit performance and allow designers to shift it to places that enhance stability, forgiveness and ball speed.
Much of the saved weight has gone into three adjustable screws that are in the sole of each driver.
The standard Black Ops comes with a 12.5-gram weight in the back-center port and 2.5-gram weights in the heel and toe ports. In that configuration, the club’s stability and moment of inertia are maximized and it should produce more spin and create a higher launch as well. Positioning the heavier weight in the heel will create a draw bias, while adding it to the toe will encourage a fade.
The Black Ops Tour-1 also has three ports and the same three weights, but the heel and toe ports are located in the forward-center area of the sole instead of the perimeter. The Tour-1 will produce a lower flight and less spin in every configuration, and golfers can still create a draw or a fade bias.
The standard Black Ops will be available in 8, 9, 10.5 and 12 degrees of loft, and it looks larger in the address position. It produces a higher ball flight with more spin than the Black Ops Tour-1, and with its three weights in the extreme perimeter of the head, golfers can shift the center of gravity more in the standard head, too.
The Black Ops Tour-1 – available in 8, 9 and 10.5 degrees – has a classic teardrop shape and deep face intended to make it more appealing to fast-swinging, accomplished golfers who want a low-spin driver. The Tour-1 has a center of gravity closer to the face than the standard Black Ops, which helps it produce less spin and a lower launch angle.
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Who They’re For: Golfers looking for more distance and forgiveness along with shot-shaping ability off the tee and from the turf.
The Skinny: PXG uses multiple materials, including new stainless steel alloys and moveable weights, to boost forgiveness and let players tweak the launch angle and spin rate of its latest fairway woods.
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The Deep Dive: Golf equipment companies such as PXG don’t control how fast you swing a club or how well you strike the ball, but through research and clever engineering, they can make clubs that will optimize your good shots and reduce the severity of your mis-hits. It’s a tough job, and when it comes to fairway woods, it is even harder because fairway woods need to hit the ball to the same distance and on the same trajectory when you hit shots off the tee or from the turf.
PXG’s latest fairway wood, the Black Ops, uses exotic materials, moveable weights and an adjustable hosel to help golfers hit their fairway wood shots farther and more consistently.
A key to the Black Ops fairway woods is a new high-strength stainless steel alloy used in the face. PXG said it is stronger than other steels commonly used in fairway woods, so the hitting area can be made thinner and lighter. In fact, the face is now just 0.07 inches thick. That allows it to be more flexible at impact, which results in more ball speed, a higher launch angle and less spin.
The Black Ops fairway woods have also been made with a compression-molded carbon fiber crown that reduces weight on the top of the head and lowers the center of gravity. The chassis is made from a light but strong material, AM355 stainless steel, that allowed designers to save even more weight.
That saved mass has been repurposed in the form of three adjustable screws in the sole of the Black Ops, with the three ports located in the heel, toe and the back-middle areas. The club comes standard with a 12-gram weight in the back and 2.5-gram weights in the heel and toe to maximize forgiveness and help create a higher launch angle, but putting the heavier weight in the heel will encourage a draw and adding it to the toe port will create a fade bias.
To help golfers find a club that hits shots to the ideal distance, PXG has made the Black Ops with an adjustable hosel that can increase or decrease the loft by as many as 1.5 degrees and raise or lower the lie angle.
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Below are several images of the Black Ops fairway woods:
