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The GolfWRX Shop (Episode 8): Building single-length PXG 0311 irons

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Equipment expert Brian Knudson goes into The GolfWRX Shop to build himself a set of single-length PXG 0311 irons. Enjoy the video below!

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  1. Marks23

    Feb 20, 2019 at 11:56 am

    Any update on the single length build and the catalyst shafts? Curious to hear your comments about tip trimming the parallel tip shafts as well.

  2. Tyler

    Feb 1, 2019 at 5:54 pm

    It would be interesting if you could get heavier screws to use on the long irons instead of lead tape. Would be more consistent than the tape and more secure.

  3. Dylan

    Dec 25, 2018 at 9:16 pm

    I will literally pay PXG or you to do this, Knudson. The game desperately needs more single length options.

  4. MG

    Nov 26, 2018 at 3:28 pm

    I am experimenting with single length irons and love the way I hit the long irons bu the problem I am having is hitting the short irons (GW-8) fat and I am thinking about trying a mixed set with variable length up to the 7 iron and then 7 iron length 6 and 5 irons. I have a set of TM P790 and i can order a P790 6 and 5 iron from TM at 7 iron length and lie angle but am wondering about weighting since they will come already assembled so not sure how to get the head weights the same. Can they be weighed with the shaft in the head?

  5. Jesse Traskal

    Oct 30, 2018 at 5:20 am

    If you were to use project x .370 shafts, would you use 7 iron shafts for each club or use the 4-pw shafts all trimmed to 7 iron length?

    • Knudson

      Oct 30, 2018 at 8:14 am

      The Project X Catalyst shafts are .370 and I tip trimmed them all like a 4-PW set. You can use all 7 iron shafts, that is the other option. From what I have been told, stronger players will typically like the standard set all cut down to 7i length.

  6. Robert

    Oct 29, 2018 at 3:53 pm

    Hey Knudson, can you publish a chart of a comparison of distance and trajectory of the single length vs traditional length? In theory, the potential for consistency in swing feel from iron to iron is incredibly appealing. But then you need to reset distances….in theory?

  7. TLW

    Oct 29, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    It was a complete let down that you took the easy way out changing the head weights in the short irons, especially since this is the “GolfWRX Shop.” Not too many people have PXG as their backup irons.

    • Knudson

      Oct 30, 2018 at 8:15 am

      I am currently modifying a wedge that has no weight ports, so stay tuned for that.

  8. Jvvmes

    Oct 29, 2018 at 11:20 am

    Really want to see Knudsen play with them.

    • freeman

      Oct 29, 2018 at 7:43 pm

      … and swing around that pot belly… lol

  9. Joe

    Oct 28, 2018 at 12:17 pm

    Knuds,

    What grips are those? Pretty fly looking set.

    • aga

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:06 pm

      … and a set of bombing clubs …. boyaaah

    • Knudson

      Oct 29, 2018 at 7:37 am

      They are old Black Widow Torque cords. I bought a ton of them years ago and they go on all my projects, then swapped out if the club makes the rotation!

  10. Mark

    Oct 28, 2018 at 10:33 am

    Brian, how did the single length PXGs perform for you?

    • aga

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:07 pm

      The secret is in the skrews… sooo goood

    • Knudson

      Oct 29, 2018 at 7:34 am

      I have got them on the course twice and overall pretty good. I think the 4+5 irons might need to be bent 1* strong, but the ball flight is pretty good and turf interaction seems unchanged.

  11. CaoNiMa

    Oct 28, 2018 at 1:13 am

    What are you gonna do with all the wrong sole angles? Grind them so they all sit flat and the same? Show us that part as you grind off the soles until some of the numbers get ground off.
    Idiot club builder this guy is.

    • JM

      Oct 28, 2018 at 2:32 am

      Why on earth would you need to grind the soles to change the lie angles? You can change the lies all by bending them. Looking at the standard specs to bend all to same angle as say the 7i (62.5*) the most you’d have to do is 1.5* (4i and GW) and less as you get closer to the 7i.

      • CaoNiMa

        Oct 28, 2018 at 3:34 am

        Build one and see for yourself

        • JM

          Nov 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm

          Changing lie angle is independent from loft angle. I’m not sure what’s hard to comprehend about this….

      • aga

        Oct 28, 2018 at 6:12 pm

        If you keep the sole angles per standard spec you must increase face loft when bending. Simple geometry…. so obvious….

        • JM

          Nov 2, 2018 at 2:58 pm

          Huh? He’s building a single length set so he needs to bend the lie angles to match his specs for the chosen length (in this case he’s going off a 37″ 7 iron). So, if his lie angle on the 4i is 61* he needs to bend the lie angle 1.5* up to match his other single length irons (at 62.5*). This is based off standard specs from PXG. There should be no change in loft unless he adjusted improperly.

          • youraway

            Jan 19, 2019 at 7:21 pm

            JM, just wondering, since he used a 7-iron as his standard and built the others from it, should all shafts be tip trimmed the same as the 7-iron and butt cut to exact lengths after the lies have been adjusted? I thought we tip trimmed a shaft based on the desired length of the shaft. Normally tip trimming is much less for the 4 than a wedge, but if all shafts are same lengths, why gives?

  12. Wes B

    Oct 27, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    Thats awesome! I would love to try this out some day.

  13. Ozymandius

    Oct 27, 2018 at 7:24 pm

    Hey…. knucklehead knudson… I dare you to bend a PXG cast steel hosel by 2º without snapping the hosel… and kissing $600 byebye… 😮

    • JB

      Oct 28, 2018 at 9:20 am

      PXG’s are easy to bend. I have done it hundreds of times.

      • aga

        Oct 28, 2018 at 6:10 pm

        …. and hundreds of snapped hosels too …..?!!

    • BB

      Oct 28, 2018 at 9:33 am

      They are forged!

      • aga

        Oct 28, 2018 at 6:09 pm

        … only face forged… the body and hosel are cast steel.

        • AC

          Oct 29, 2018 at 3:53 pm

          I had mine bent, the builder said they are super easy to bend. Has bent a ton and not one lost. Are you speaking from experience or just “theoretically”?

          • JM

            Nov 2, 2018 at 3:02 pm

            If you read his other comments he’s clearly a troll. Either a PXG and/or SL iron hater. His feelings have grossly affected his objectivity.

    • Knudson

      Oct 29, 2018 at 7:44 am

      Knucklehead here. It is pretty easy to bend PXG irons, have done it numerous times. I went with a 63* lie angle, matching the irons I got fit for at the beginning of the year. Didn’t break a single iron, even going 2.5* on one.

      • aga

        Oct 29, 2018 at 7:46 pm

        In that case the PXGs will not retain their original lie angles after being beaten mercilessly by pro golfers… they will go ‘out of lie’… just like forged blades.

  14. JP

    Oct 27, 2018 at 4:41 pm

    Making bad into worse..!

    Bob’s lawyers will be drafting up the lawsuit shortly.

    • Bob

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:16 pm

      How dare Knudson modify my beautiful best ever clubs… it’s criminal … :-O

  15. Tom

    Oct 27, 2018 at 3:27 pm

    Tommy Armour offered this one length iron concept with their “EQL” model in about 1986….this is nothing different.Buy a set of used EQLs on eBay and save time and money ruining a traditional set.

    • JR

      Oct 27, 2018 at 3:35 pm

      totally totally uninformed comment

      • aga

        Oct 28, 2018 at 6:14 pm

        Yeah… PXGs are filled with magic prototype design magic… 😮

  16. Travis

    Oct 27, 2018 at 2:35 pm

    Pretty cool watch. Not sure why you’d want to do this to PXG’s but hey, to each their own.

    • Bob

      Oct 28, 2018 at 6:18 pm

      Knuckleheaded gearhesds who have no swing but want to own high status PXGs.

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Chesson Hadley WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 70 TX

3-wood: Titleist TSR2+ (14.5 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Irons: Titleist T200 (3), Titleist 620 CB (4, 5), Titleist 620 MB (6-PW)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-PW)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG 2-Ball
Grip: Odyssey

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Check out more in-hand photos Chesson Hadley’s clubs here.

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Gary Woodland WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Cobra Darkspeed X (8 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 70 M5

  • The white circle that appears at the top of the face a removable sticker that’s used for launch monitor tracking, and Woodland removes it for competition!

3-wood: Cobra Darkspeed X (14 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

7-wood: Cobra LTDx LS prototype (20 degrees)
Shaft: Accra TZ5 GW100 Prototype

Irons: Wilson Staff (18 degrees), Cobra King MB (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X

Wedges: Cobra SB (48), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (52-08F, 56-14F), Cobra King (60)
Shafts: KBS Tour C-Taper Limited X (48 degrees), KBS Tour V-Ten 125

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5 Proto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 3.0P

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

See more in-hand photos of Gary Woodland’s WITB in the forums.

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Q&A: Martin Trainer on his Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers” putter, 6.5-degree driver, and “butter knife” 2-iron

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As unbiasedly as I can put it, Martin Trainer has one of the coolest club setups in professional golf. (At some point soon, I’ll put together a top-10 list of “coolest club setups on Tour,” but I know that Trainer will be in the top-10)

What a lineup. He plays a 6.5-degree Wilson prototype driver, a 13-degree Wilson prototype 3-wood, a true blade Wilson Staff Model 2-iron, and a Bobby Grace “Greg Chalmers Commemorative” putter!

 

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I mean, look at this 2-iron from address…

To quote the great author R.L. Stine: “Goosebumps.”

On Wednesday at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open, I caught up with Trainer to learn more about his bag setup.

Here’s what he had to say:

You have the Internet going crazy over your bag setup, and your putter. Where’d you pick the Bobby Grace-Greg Chalmers putter up? How long have you had it?

MT: This was from when Bobby Grace came to my course in California: Cal Club. And for whatever reason, they just started having them in the shop. So then I took my buddy’s, started using it, and made, like, a million putts in a row, which is how every putter story begins, I guess.

And then, I bought a couple of my own, used it for years, got to the Tour with it, won on Tour with it (the 2019 Puerto Rico Open). Then, about a year later, started using another putter, did that for a couple years, but now it’s back in the bag.

When did it come back in the bag?

MT: December of this past year. So a few months ago.

What year would you say was the first time you threw that in the bag, or, like, when you bought it?

MT: God…Probably, 2016, maybe? 2018?

Do you remember how much you paid for it?

MT: I don’t know, actually. Maybe $100-150 bucks or something. I think that’s the only golf club I’ve bought between high school and now. Well, two, since I bought two of them.

The driver is interesting, too. What went into the prototyping process?

MT: That was a version of the current driver, but it was the prototype that they first came out with for Tour guys to try. And for whatever reason, I just never switched out to the new one.

It’s just 6.5 degrees, right?

MT: Yeah. Very low loft, yeah.

What kind of ball speed do you have with that these days?

MT: Like high 170’s.

Yeah, that’ll work. And then a 2-iron blade? We’re seeing fewer and fewer of those out here.

MT: Yeah. The butter knife.

Very cool thing to have in the bag. Have you done any testing with driving irons? 

MT: Yeah, I used to have a thicker one, but it was a little offset, and I never hit it that well. And then finally, I started messing around with the butter knife. And I remember the first time I looked down at it, I was terrified. And then I ended up getting used to it, putting it in play, and it’s been in place since. It’s a pretty good club for me.

How far do you carry that? 

MT: Like 235.

A good little wind club, I’m sure.

MTL Yeah, exactly. I can hit it very low. It’s great.

I love it. You have people shook looking at that. Thanks for the time, man. 

MT: Absolutely.

To see more photos and discussion of Trainer’s bag, click here.

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