Winner’s Bag: Jake Knapp, Mexico Open at Vidanta

A complete list of the golf equipment Jake Knapp used in Mexico.

A complete list of the golf equipment Jake Knapp used to win the PGA Tour’s 2024 Mexico Open at Vidanta:

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DRIVER: Ping G425 LST (9 degrees), Project X HZRDUS T1100 Green TX shaft

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FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade BRNR Mini (13.5 degrees), Project X HZRDUS T1100 Green TX shaft

IRONS: Srixon ZU-85 (2), with Mitsubishi Tensei White shaft, PXG 0311 X GEN4 (4), 0211 ST (5-PW), with KBS C-Taper 130X shafts

WEDGES: PXG Sugar Daddy II Milled (52 degrees), Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (56 degrees) with KBS C-Taper 130X, (60 degrees), with Nippon Modus 125 WV shaft

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PUTTER: TaylorMade Spider Tour DB

BALL: Titleist Pro V1 Left Dot

GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (full swing) / SuperStroke Zenergy SGP 1.0 (putter)

PXG Black Ops, Black Ops Tour-1 drivers

PXG is using a new titanium alloy that allows designers to make the variable-thickness faces hotter. 

Gear: PXG Black Ops, Black Ops Tour-1 drivers
Price: $599.99 (Black Ops), $649.99 (Black Ops Tour-1)
Specs: Carbon fiber crown and sole panel with titanium alloy face, moveable weights and adjustable hosel.
Available: NOW

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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 Black Ops
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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PXG Black Ops
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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Here are several images of the PXG Black Ops drivers:

PXG Black Ops fairway woods

The PXG Black Ops fairway woods blend distance with forgiveness and adjustability.

Gear: PXG Black Ops fairway woods
Price: $349.99
Specs: Carbon fiber crown with AM335 stainless steel body, proprietary stainless steel face, moveable weights and adjustable hosel. Available as 3-wood (15 degrees), 4-wood (17 degrees), 5-wood (19 degrees) and 7-wood (21 degrees)
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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:

PXG Black Ops hybrids

PXG Black Ops hybrids are loaded with the same features found in the company’s fairway woods.

Gear: PXG Black Ops hybrids
Price: $299.99
Specs: Carbon fiber crown with AM335 stainless steel body, proprietary stainless steel face, moveable weights and adjustable hosel. Available as 2-hybrid (17 degrees), 3-hybrid (19 degrees), 4-hybrid (22 degrees), 5-hybrid (25 degrees), 6-hybrid (28 degrees) and 7-hybrid (31 degrees)
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Who They’re For: Golfers looking for more distance and forgiveness 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 hybrids.

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The Deep Dive: Some hybrids are designed to be long-iron replacements for golfers who prefer irons but know they need more forgiveness, height and distance than their 3-iron or 4-iron can deliver. Other players see them as an extension of their fairway woods, acting like a bridge club to their first iron. With the release of the new PXG Black Ops hybrids, the Scottsdale, Arizona-based company has made a club loaded with the same technologies and features found in the Black Ops fairways but in a traditional hybrid shape.

The Black Ops are made with a new high-strength stainless steel alloy in the face that PXG said is stronger than other steels used in hybrids. This allowed designers to make the hitting area thinner and lighter, which in turn helps it to be more flexible at impact.

And like the Black Ops fairway woods, the hybrids feature a compression-molded carbon fiber crown that reduces weight and lowers the center of gravity. 

In the sole of the Black Ops hybrids, golfers will see three adjustable screws that can be moved into different locations to modify the club’s performance. Each Black Ops hybrid comes with a 12-gram weight in the back port and 2.5-gram weights in the heel and toe to maximize forgiveness and help create more spin and a higher launch. Moving the heavier weight to the heel will create a draw bias, while adding it to the toe port will encourage a fade.

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 hybrids:

New drivers from Cobra, Ping, PXG and TaylorMade added to USGA Conforming Driver List

Here’s what we know about the latest drivers from Cobra, Ping, PXG and TaylorMade.

The holiday season is almost upon us, and while that means getting ready for Thanksgiving, starting your holiday shopping, and preparing for the bombardment of Black Friday and Cyber Monday ads to hit your email box, it also means golf equipment companies are quietly making next season’s gear available to pros.

On Monday, the United States Golf Association added new drivers to its List of Conforming Driver Heads. That means the USGA has tested the heads to ensure they meet equipment standards and comply with the Rules of Golf. Once added to the list, a driver head can be used by anyone in a competitive round or official event like this week’s PGA Tour event, the RSM Classic, or the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai.

We don’t have official information on the drivers that were added to the conforming driver list this week, but from the images and notes published by the USGA, there are a few things we can learn.

PXG 0311 Black Ops drivers added to USGA Conforming List

Historically PXG has released drivers in February or March, usually after most manufacturers.

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With Thanksgiving just over a week away, many of golf’s elite players are looking forward to a break from competition and a chance to try some new gear that will be hitting store shelves next year.

PXG released the GEN6 family of drivers eight months ago, but it appears we got a sneak peek at the drivers PXG staffers like Zach Johnson, Joel Dahmen, and Celine Boutier may put into play in 2024. On Monday, the USGA added three new PXG drivers to its List of Conforming Driver Heads, making all of them legal for play in official rounds and in tournaments like this week’s PGA Tour event, the RSM Classic, along with LPGA and DP World Tour events.

PXG has not announced any details about the yet-to-be-released PXG 0311 Black Ops, PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 and PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-3 drivers, but based on the company’s history, along with notes and images released by the USGA, there are a few things we can infer about them already.

  • Lofts: According to the USGA’s notes, the PXG 0311 Black Ops driver will be available in 8-, 9-, 10.5- and 12-degree versions. That means the USGA has tested all four of those heads and found they conform to the Rules of Golf. The PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 will be available in 8-, 9- and 10.5-degree models and the 0311 Black Ops Tour-3 will come in 8- and 9-degree heads.
PXG 0311 Black Ops driver
PXG 0311 Black Ops driver. (USGA)
  • Shaping: In the past, PXG’s drivers have been smooth on the sole and aerodynamically shaped, but the sole geometry of all three 0311 Black Ops drivers is very different. All three clubs have raised heel and toe areas that flank a center keel section that gradually goes from wide in the center of the sole to narrow at the back of the head. The standard 0311 Black Ops also appears to be larger, from front to back, than the Tour-1 and Tour-3.
  • Moveable weights: In the USGA photos, the PXG 0311 Black Ops has three adjustable weights, with two in the extreme heel and toe area and a third designed into the sole portion of the keel in the back. The PXG 0311 GEN6 XF that was released in early 2023 also had three moveable weights set up in this configuration to boost its stability and increase the moment of inertia (MOI). The 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 has a weight in the forward-heel and forward-toe areas of the sole that could shift the center of gravity forward to lower spin and create a lower launch angle. Finally, the 0311 Black Ops Tour-3 appears to have the same weighting as the 0311 Black Ops Tour-1, with two forward weights in the sole.
PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 driver
PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-1 driver. (USGA)
  • Carbon fiber: The USGA images do not show the top of the 0311 Black Ops drivers, but PXG has used carbon fiber in the crowns of its drivers for several generations. It would be very surprising if the three 0311 Black Ops drivers were not designed with carbon fiber on the top of each head.
PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-3 driver
PXG 0311 Black Ops Tour-3 driver. (USGA)
  • Release date: Historically, PXG has released drivers in February or March, after most manufacturers have dropped their drivers. The GEN6 drivers dropped on March 21. So, based on history, that makes this addition to the conforming list feel early for PXG. The Scottsdale, Arizona-based company has never had a booth or been a vendor at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, Florida, so having new equipment to show off at that event in mid-January has never been a consideration. However, this might be the start of an earlier release cycle for PXG. Don’t be surprised if the 0311 Black Ops drivers are released to the public in January.

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See Luke List’s winning golf equipment at the 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship

Check out the clubs that got the job done in Mississippi.

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See a complete list of the golf equipment Luke List used to win the PGA Tour’s 2023 Sanderson Farms Championship:

DRIVER: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft

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FAIRWAY WOODS: TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ (15 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees), with Mitsubishi Diamana DF 80 TX shaft shafts

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IRONS: PXG 0311 ST (4-PW), with KBS Tour V 125 shafts

WEDGES: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50, 54 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts, (60 degrees) with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shaft

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PUTTER: Scotty Cameron Fastback Plus Tour prototype

BALL: Titleist Pro V1

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GRIPS: Golf Pride Tour Velvet (full swing) / SuperStroke Flatso 2.0 (putter)

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PXG 0317 T: Everything you need to know about PXG’s newest better-player distance irons

PXG 0317 T irons deliver better feel, more control and improved forgiveness.

Gear: PXG 0317 T irons
Price: $169.99 each
Specs: Hollow-bodied construction with forged, 8620 carbon steel body and HT1770 stainless steel face, internal tungsten weight and vibration-absorbing polymer. Available in Chrome and Xtreme Dark finish.

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Who It’s For: Accomplished players who love the look and feel of muscleback blades but now want more forgiveness.

The Skinny: This is the first hollow-body PXG iron designed for elite ball strikers, with an internal polymer that helps to improve the spin consistency.

The Deep Dive: PXG has used United States Marine Corp Military Occupational Specialty (MOS) numbers to name its clubs in the past, and that tradition continues with its newest offering for high-level ball strikers, the 0317 T. That number, 0317, designates scout snipers, which should tell you precisely what PXG is trying to do with this iron.

The 0317 T irons are triple forged using 8620 carbon steel, for a softer feel at impact, but after the forging process is complete, the hitting area of each head is then milled to ensure it is perfectly flat before the grooves are milled into the face. The back of each head is also milled, leaving behind a series of small, thin lines created as the high-speed, computer-controlled bit passes back and forth and shaves off tiny pieces of metal until the desired shape is achieved.

PXG 0317 T irons
The PXG 0317 T has a thin topline, minimal offset and a thin sole. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

The 0317 T has a thin topline, narrow sole and only a touch of offset, like the previously-released 0317 ST blades and the 0317 CB irons. However, the 0317 T irons are different from those solid-metal clubs because the 0317 T is hollow.

Historically, PXG has designed its game-improvement and max game-improvement 0311 irons with hollow heads filled with a vibration-dampening polymer supporting an extremely thin face. In the most recent offering, the 0311 GEN6 irons, the X COR polymer also helps to protect ball speed on mishits and expand the sweet spot. The 0317 T irons are filled with a different material, S COR, a polymer that is less elastic, so not as fast as X COR, but helps produce a lower launch angle and higher spin rates, which should give accomplished golfers more control and enhanced shot-making abilities.

In many better-player irons, the ideal hitting area is slightly to the toe-side of the middle of the face, so to pull the sweet spot into the center and offset the weight of the hosel, PXG designers added an internal 15-gram tungsten weight in the toe area.

PXG 0317 T irons
An internal piece of tungsten in the toe pulls the ideal hitting area into the middle of the face. (David Dusek/Golfweek)

PXG designers also gave the 0317 T a large back weight in the center of the head that can be swapped during the fitting process so players and fitters can quickly test different swing weights while golfers are testing clubs.

The PXG 0317 T irons are fairly traditional lofts, with the 5 iron at 25 degrees, 9 iron at 41 degrees and pitching wedge at 46 degrees, but they are being touted as PXG’s most-forgiving, better-player irons. The company claims they have a moment of inertia (MOI) that is 14 percent higher than the 0317 ST and 11 percent higher than the 0317 CB. They also have a slightly longer blade length and thicker topline, but the offset is about the same. However, these clubs are noticeably slimmer than 0311 P GEN6 irons, which had been PXG’s previous better-player’s distance iron.

Below are several close-up looks at the new PXG 0317 T irons:

PXG is wagering $100 its driver is longer or straighter than your gamer

There’s nothing to lose with this new PXG promotion.

For years, Golfweek has been extolling the virtues of custom fitting and working with experts who have a launch monitor, plenty of shaft options and experience studying ball flight and club performance. Just as custom-made apparel will always fit better, custom-fit golf equipment will match your swing and perform better than the club you buy off the rack.

Starting Tuesday, Parsons Xtreme Golf (PXG) is running a unique promotion to get more golfers to try its newest drivers – the 0311 GEN6 and 0311 XF GEN6 – and if they don’t prove to outperform your current driver, PXG is going to give you $100.

Here’s how it works:

  1. Schedule a free PXG GEN6 Driver Challenge fitting by going to the company’s website.
  2. Bring your driver to the custom fitting, and after you warm up, the fitter will have you hit five shots with it while capturing data on the shots using a TrackMan launch monitor. The average of your three best drives will become your baseline.
  3. After that, a PXG master fitter will run you through a PXG GEN6 driver fitting. Once it is complete, the fitter will have you hit five shots and use your best three to compare the PXG driver’s performance against your gamer.
  4. If the PXG driver fails to produce more average distance (combined carry and roll) or a tighter dispersion, the golfer gets a $100 Mastercard Rewards card.

Your swing speeds must be within 3 mph of each other and you have to use the same ball for all the shots and there is a limit of one challenge per person.

While the percentage of golfers who are getting custom fit for their drivers has been rising over the years, far too many people still fail to work with an expert to ensure they are using a club with the ideal loft, shaft weight, shaft flex and bend profile. With that in mind, maybe PXG’s Driver Challenge promotion won’t bankrupt the company’s billionaire founder, Bob Parsons.

Regardless, any golfer can learn about the dynamics of his or her swing while going through a good custom fitter, and this program is a clever way to expose more people to PXG’s offerings.

Really, for golfers, there’s nothing to lose. The fitting is free, and the process result could verify that you are already playing a well-fit driver. It might reveal that PXG can build you a better-performing driver than the club that’s in your bag.

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PXG Battle Ready II putters have a hidden surprise

The Battle Ready II putters are filled with a vibration-dampening polymer.

Gear: PXG Battle Ready II putters
Price: $389.99 each
Specs: 303 stainless steel with internal polymer filling and adjustable sole weights. Length: 33″-38″. Loft: 3 degrees (arm-lock style, 7 degrees). Lie angle: 70 degrees

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Who It’s For: Golfers who want a more forgiving putter that also offers a soft feel and a consistent roll.

The Skinny: By making the Battle Ready II putters hollow, then filling the inner chamber with a vibration-dampening polymer, PXG claims its newest putters offer soft feel, better sound and significantly more forgiveness thanks to a boost in MOI.

The Deep Dive: When PXG started making irons a decade ago, everyone who saw the new brand’s clubs commented on the unique tungsten screws that ringed the back of each club. The weighting system was eye-catching, to be sure, but the real secret sauce that PXG designers have added to their irons over the years is an ever-evolving blend of polymers injected inside each club. PXG irons are hollow and made with ultra-thin faces to create more ball speed, but the internal polymer supports the face while also soaking up excessive vibrations, so shots feel and sound better.

Now, with the release of the Battle Ready II family of putters, PXG engineers are taking that recipe and incorporating it into a nine-club family of flat sticks.

Most blade-style putters are solid metal steel, while high-MOI mallet putters, which offer more forgiveness, tend to be designed with multiple materials that take weight out of some areas and shift it to the perimeter of the head to make it more stable on mis-hits. The Battle Ready II putters try to take that formula to the extreme. They have been designed with thin faces, to reduce weight in the front, and hollow chambers that have been filled with a polymer that PXG calls S COR.

PXG Battle Ready II putters
PXG Battle Ready II blades and mallets are both hollow and filled with S COR polymer. (PXG)

The S COR material improves the sound and feel created at impact, as it does in clubs like the 0311 irons, but it is significantly lighter than the steel it replaces. That created significant amounts of discretionary weight that could be shifted to the perimeter of the blades and mallets, which makes them more forgiving on mis-hits. According to PXG, the moment of inertia (MOI) is 10 percent higher in the Battle Rady II putters compared to the original Battle Ready putters.

PXG Battle Ready II putters
Each PXG Battle Ready II putter has a Pyramid Face Pattern. (PXG)

The hitting area features PXG’s Pyramid Face Pattern, which is a tightly-packed groove design that helps to increase the consistency of how the face interacts with the ball’s dimples and each putt’s roll. Each putter also has a series of weight ports in the sole that allow fitters to increase or decrease the putter’s swing weight based on the club’s length or a player’s preferences. Finally, all nine Battle Ready II putters are being made available in four different hosel configurations—plumber’s neck, double bend, heel-shafted and armlock.

PXG Battle Ready II blade putters
PXG Battle Ready II blade putters. (PXG)

Among the nine PXG Battle Ready II putters are four blade style offerings, including the Dagger +, Brandon, Mustang and Closer.

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PXG Battle Ready II mallet putters. (PXG)

There are also four mallets, including the Bat Attack, One & Done, Blackjack, Hercules and Apache. All nine putters feature PXG‘s Darkness Insignia (a skull with the number 26), which honors founder Bob Parsons’ service with the 26th Marine Corps Regiment during the Vietnam War.