Equipment
SPOTTED: PXG 0311T “Gen2” prototype irons
After spotting Charles Howell III testing a PXG XXF prototype driver on Monday at the 2018 CareerBuilder Challenge, we spotted CHIII and Zach Johnson testing PXG 0311T “Gen2” irons on Tuesday. We are told they are prototypes.
The original 0311T irons, which were released in 2015, were the Tour versions of the initial 0311 irons from PXG. The 0311T irons, while injected with the same thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) material that made PXG’s 0311 irons special, had smaller profiles, thinner toplines and soles, and less offset. They catered more to the Tour player than the original 0311 iron release, but still had the familiar PXG look with screws around the perimeter.
The PXG 0311T “Gen2” irons we spotted on Tuesday at the CareerBuilder have a slightly different look than the original 0311T irons. See if you can spot the differences below.
PXG 0311T “Gen2” 4-iron vs an original 0311T 4-iron
There’s a more accordion-like look on the back cavity of the 0311T Gen2 iron (left), and it seems the overall center of gravity (CG) may be lower in the club head on the Gen2 irons, as well. At least, it appears the club has a lower overall profile. It also appears the 7-screws near the sole wrap less around the toe portion in the Gen2 iron on the left, and there’s one less screw on the high toe portion of the Gen2 irons; possibly another notch in the lower-CG column.
What do you think of the PXG0311T “Gen2” irons that we spotted on Tuesday? See what GolfWRX members are saying about them in our forums.
Cameron Young’s WITB from his win at the 2025 Wyndham Championship. Cameron is a Titleist staff player but his bag is definitely filled with some unique clubs. Here are the clubs he used to secure his first PGA Tour win!
Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Pro Orange 70 TX
3-wood: Titleist GT3 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist GT2 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus HB Black VeloCore+ 10 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 631.CY Prototype (6-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X7 (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F @57), WedgeWorks (60-K* @62)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X7
Putter: Scotty Cameron Phantom 9.5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Prototype
- Peter Malnati what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wyndham Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist GT3 (10 degrees, C2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Titleist GT3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
7-wood: Titleist GT2 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 X
Irons: Titleist T150 (4, 5), Titleist T100 (6-9)
Shafts: True Temper AMT Tour White X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (48-10F @47, 52-12F, 56-08M @57, 60-04T @62)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Style Fastback 1.5 Tour Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x Yellow
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What is the best driver in 2025? At GolfWRX, we take great pride in our online community and the cumulative knowledge and experience of our members. When it comes to the best driver of 2025, we want to know what our forum faithful think.
Since our founding in 2005, the bedrock of GolfWRX.com has been the community of passionate and knowledgeable golfers in our forums, and we put endless trust in the opinions of our GolfWRX members — the most knowledgeable community of golfers on the internet. No other group of golfers in the world tests golf clubs as frequently or as extensively, nor is armed with such in-depth information about the latest technology.
Below are the results of GolfWRX member voting for the 2025 best driver, along with the vote percentage for each club.
Best driver of 2025: The top 5
5. Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond: 6.02%
Callaway’s pitch: “For golfers looking for a fast, forgiving, yet workable driver, the Elyte Triple Diamond features a tour-inspired shape and is the preferred model by most Callaway tour players.”
You can read what other golfers are saying about the driver in the GolfWRX forums, and see our launch piece here. Shop the Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond here.
4. Ping G440 Max: 6.86%
Ping’s pitch: “The most forgiving G440 model, MAX has a hotter face to generate speed and distance, and a lighter overall system weight with a longer shaft (46″) for faster clubhead speed, higher launch and longer carries. The Free Hosel and Carbonfly Wrap crown save weight to create our lowest CG ever and increase forgiveness while contributing to a more muted, pleasing sound.”
You can read what other golfers are saying about the driver in the GolfWRX forums, and see our launch piece here. Shop the Ping G440 Max here.
3. Ping G440 LST: 9.53%
Ping’s pitch: “LST is an especially good fit for faster swings, offering less spin and more control with a penetrating trajectory. A hotter face, lighter overall system weight and longer shaft (46″) deliver more speed and distance while maintaining tight dispersion.”
@phizzy30: “Not a fan of Ping drivers in general, but 440 LST takes the cake. It’s super forgiving across the face for a low spin head, looks and sounds good and the ability to make it play neutral or slightly fade biased through the hosel settings is very appealing.”
You can read what other golfers are saying about the driver in the GolfWRX forums, and see our launch piece here. Shop the Ping G440 LST here.
2. Titleist GT3: 16.55%
Titleist’s pitch: “The GT3 Driver offers Titleist’s boldest combination of power and personalization through adjustable performance. Dial in the CG Track to your frequent contact location to make your biggest drives even bigger while taking total control over flight and shaping.”
@mrmikeac: “I’ve been Anti-Titleist for years and years and years (outside of Vokey, of course). With that being said, HOLY BEGEEZUS the GT3 driver is an absolute NUCLEAR MONSTER! This thing blew my G430 10K Max out of the water in every single category. Forgiveness is the biggest thing that stands out of me, the 3 model has always been one of the less forgiving models in the past but this GT3 can take bad shot after bad shot and still end up in the fairway, I think a ton of that has to do with the adjustability, it’s actually effective. Feel and sound is perfect, that solid crack is so addicting to hear and when you hit it out the screws this thing can absolutely bomb it. Titleist, I’m sorry for doubting you. You have converted me.”
You can read what other golfers are saying about the driver in the GolfWRX forums, and see our launch piece here. Shop the Titleist GT3 here.
1. Titleist GT2: 22.91%
Titleist’s pitch: “Delivering impressive distance from any impact point, the Titleist GT2 Driver extracts maximum performance through a forgiving design. Get the stability and added confidence of a high-MOI driver without sacrificing speed.”
@DTorres: “The Titleist GT2 has proven to be the best driver of the year. Packaged in a classic profile, GT2 perfectly balances performance and forgiveness while consistently being a high performer across all categories.”
You can read what other golfers are saying about the driver in the GolfWRX forums, and see our launch piece here. Shop the Titleist GT2 here.
Other drivers receiving >2% of the vote
| Driver | Vote percentage (%) |
|---|---|
| Cobra DS Adapt Max K | 4.85% |
| Ping G430 Max 10K | 3.85% |
| Callaway Elyte Triple Diamond | 3.68% |
| TaylorMade Qi35 | 3.51% |
| Callaway Elyte | 3.18% |
| Cobra DS Adapt X | 2.34% |
| Cobra DS Adapt LS | 2.17% |
| TaylorMade Qi35 LS | 2.17% |
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Robert
Mar 24, 2018 at 10:17 pm
They changed the body material to a harder cast steel similar to Vokey wedges. Also similar to the P790. The prior generation PXG was a 1025 Forged body. I’ve hit the P790 vs the 0311t. The PXG prior gen is softer feeling. The odd part is the P790 gives you the oh I caught it soft feel on perfect shots, but misses are harsh compared to the PXG. The PXG is always soft. I prefer the PXG prior gen to the P790. You’d think it’d be cheaper in price due to the casting of the body, but I think they are $50 more a club. The new PXG looks better than the P790 less offset etc, but I think overpriced for what it is. Glad I got the 1st gen 1025 carbon.
Brian
Feb 18, 2018 at 5:02 pm
Excited to see the next generation PXG irons. Love their stuff!
Scotr
Feb 3, 2018 at 3:32 pm
Nothing but negatives here from people who are angry simply because they can’t afford them. Yawn
stan
Jan 19, 2018 at 12:13 am
Here is what they say on the PXG website!:
“PXG Irons
PXG irons look saxxy, launch high, go far, feel soft, are unbelievably forgiving, and have a sweet spot the size of Texas. They are made with the finest alloys and are manufactured using a sophisticated process that only we would use.”
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Well that sells clubs to desperate unfulfilled gearheads and rich old hackers.
BTW… in Freudian psychoanalytic symbolism the elastomer-filled heads are equivalent to seamon-filled heads… believe it … and as for ‘skrews’…. 😮
Reality Kid
Jan 18, 2018 at 9:51 pm
Another piece of junk brought to you by a douchebag who knows nothing about golf. When people show up at our course with these clubs and shoot a 98, we call them Douchebag Golfers.
stan
Jan 19, 2018 at 12:15 am
All the OEMs are coming out with hollow seamon-elastomer filled iron heads at astronomic prices with a huge markup over cost so they can pay tour pros to p!mp the brands…. so obvious.
stan
Jan 18, 2018 at 6:27 pm
So you got ‘skrews’ to dial in a fade or draw and compensate for your swing faults…. and… you got a hollow club filled with jello to muffle the feel of your off-center hits…. and fake-forged for status of your WITB weapons.
What’s next … a ball-seeking computer chip built into the clubhead?!! 😮
FAKE FORGED!!!
Jan 17, 2018 at 2:18 pm
WRX staff once again covering up for these hollow clubs filled with jello.
The only part that is ‘forged’ is the club face and even then it’s a simple and cheap roll forged plate. The rest of the clubhead is cast steel and casting the word ‘forged’ on the cast hosel is false advertising.
But that doesn’t matter because once the gearheads fall in love with PXG they can zinc die cast the club and the gearheads will still slobber over it.
DAVE
Jan 17, 2018 at 2:57 pm
You should have used ALL CAPS the whole time…
“PXG SUCKS!!! AHHHH!!! THEY SHOULD WRITE “CAST” ON THE HOSEL AND ‘FORGED” ONLY ON THE FACE!! I’M SO MAD!!! MOM…THE MEATLOAF!!!”
Robert Parsons
Jan 18, 2018 at 12:16 pm
That’s backwards according to their website.
The body is forged.
The face is FORMED and welded to the body.
So either way, I don’t consider it a forged iron. It’s two pieces. The welding process negates the feeling a forged iron would give.
Cut a Miura forged iron in half and weld it together. Would you still consider it a forged iron?
stan
Jan 18, 2018 at 6:21 pm
This what they say on their website:
“Exceptional Feel at Impact
The body is forged from S25C soft carbon steel. Forged materials, having a tight grain structure, resonate differently than cast materials which adds to an outstanding impact experience.”
What you are saying is that the weld bead interferes with the tight grain structure of the body and this affects the ‘feel’ of the impact.
What I say is a hollow body club filled with jello elastomer also negates the ‘feel’ of the club because it dulls the impact feel and negates the feel of where you hit the ball on the face. It deceives you!
The ‘feel’ of impact on the face resonates through the hosel to the shaft, and the metal back of the body is irrelevant to impact ‘feel’ because it’s mostly separated from the face.
It's Forged Homie
Jan 17, 2018 at 3:20 pm
Have you actually gone to their site and read about their irons? They show right on their site the blank forgings they use, then the incremental steps to end at their product.
Stupidity
Jan 17, 2018 at 6:58 pm
He won’t go to the site. It’s way too much fun to angry type nonsense about a product he pre-judged based on price and target market. I play PXG over my old Miura set because the Trackman numbers were better. Pretty simple.
Robert Parsons
Jan 18, 2018 at 12:09 pm
I read it on their site.
Says the body is forged.
The face is “FORMED” from HT1770 high-strength steel and plasma welded to the body.
So the face is NOT FORGED. Hmmm…
https://www.pxg.com/en-us/clubs/irons
Read it for yourself. Bottom of the page, scroll to the left. Body, goo, face.
Nobody hides the facts like we do. Period.
stan
Jan 19, 2018 at 12:17 am
Your forum moniker says it all… you need super-forgiveness clubs for your off-center hits… and you need a psychological boost playing seamon-elastomer filled irons …. so obvious
Jerry
Jan 17, 2018 at 11:50 am
I think that are too rich for my blood now. lol. More power to those who get them. Looks more elegant with the weight pad and not cut off at the heel.