Yahoo Sports PXG irons 2024: Which is right for your game?
For the past decade, designers and engineers at Parson's Xtreme Golf (PXG) have worked to make clubs that a wide variety of golfers can use and enjoy, but that look like the type of irons that would be in the bag of a single-digit handicapper. That means making clubs that have clean looks on the outside, thinner toplines than expected and hidden technologies that can help golfers create more ball speed and distance.
Recently, however, PXG has also added irons that are forged and milled and are designed for low-handicap players who want more control and feel.
The best advice on which irons are right for you will come from a custom fitter who has access to a launch monitor. The list of irons below is designed to provide you with information about each of PXG’s current irons and act as a starting point to help you discover which might be right for your needs and your game
0311 GEN7 P
Price: $229.99 per club with chrome finish, $239.99 with Xtreme Dark finishSpecs: 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 15-handicap golfers who want more ball speed and more forgiveness on mis-hits from a club that looks like a better-player’s iron.
What you should know: The PXG 0311 GEN7 P is the smaller of the GEN7 irons and could be categorized as a better-player's distance iron that produces more ball speed and a softer feel than the previous 0311 P, while retaining some shot shaping and better-player iron styling.
Excerpt: "The PXG 0311 GEN7 P irons 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." Read the full review.
0311 GEN7 XP
Price: $229.99 per club with chrome finish, $239.99 with Xtreme Dark finishSpecs: 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: Golfers with a handicap between 10 and 20 who want more ball speed and more forgiveness.
What you should know: The larger of the two GEN7 irons, the XP is a game-improvement iron designed to help golfers generate more distance and consistency while retaining the feel and looks of a better player's club.
Excerpt: "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." Read the full review.
Black Ops
Price: $149 eachSpecs: Hollow-bodied design with cast 431 stainless steel body and HT1770 maraging steel face with internal polymer.
Who it’s for: Mid- and higher-handicap golfers who want higher levels of forgiveness, more ball speed and a softer feel.
What you should know: The Black Ops irons are game-improvement clubs designed to be easy to hit and generate more ball speed thanks to extremely thin faces.
Excerpt: "The Power Channel is complimented by the Black Ops’ hollow-body design. However, to enhance the sound and feel created at impact, PXG injects a polymer called XCOR2 inside each head. XCOR2 debuted in the 0311 GEN6 irons, and it soaks up excessive vibrations and supports the face for durability but does not impede the hitting area from flexing. The result is shots feel and sound better without sacrificing ball speed and distance." Read the full review.
0317 T
Price: $179.99 eachSpecs: 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.
Who It’s For: Accomplished players who love the look and feel of muscleback blades but now want more forgiveness.
What you should know: This is the first hollow-body PXG iron designed for elite ball strikers, with an internal polymer that helps to improve the spin consistency.
Excerpt: "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." Read the full review.
0317 CB
Price: $179.99 eachSpecs: Forged 8620 carbon steel with milled back and adjustable swing weight. Available in chrome and dark finishes
Who It’s For: Accomplished golfers who want to shape shots but need more forgiveness than a muscleback blade offers.
What you should know: Forged for a soft feel and featuring classic looks, PXG’s newest better-player offering is a cavity-back designed to deliver excellent feel and control with a touch of forgiveness.
Excerpt: "The 0317 CBs are triple forged using 8620 carbon steel, and the back of each head is milled to precisely create the shapes the designers intended. PXG engineers have also added a weight in the back of each head that can be changed during the fitting process to allow golfers to try different swing weights. It is a unique way for golfers to feel the difference between heavier and lighter versions of the same iron and discover which performs better." Read the full review.
0317 ST Blade
Price: $179.99 each in Chrome finish, $219 with Xtreme Dark finishSpecs: Forged 8620 carbon steel, milled face and back, adjustable swing weight. Available in 3-iron through gap wedge in chrome and Xtreme Dark finish.
Who It’s For: Elite golfers with powerful, repeatable swings who demand control and feel in a traditional iron.
The Skinny: Modern manufacturing techniques and classic shaping combine in this better-player’s offering that blends cavity-back long irons with muscleback blade mid- and short irons for a feel-oriented set.
Excerpt: "These are not something a golfer who shoots in the 80s or 90s has any business playing. The ST stands for super tour, and while PXG is blending the construction of the clubs within the set, these really are for single-digit handicappers, college players and professional golfers. Like the old joke, if you have to ask if you are good enough to play them, you probably aren’t." Read the full review.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: PXG irons 2024: Which is right for your game?
