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PXG signs Gary Player ahead of Masters Par 3 Contest; Gary Player’s WITB
Ahead of Wednesday’s Par 3 Contest at Augusta National, PXG has announced that they have signed Gary Player who will game the company’s clubs at both the Masters Par 3 Contest and during the ceremonial first drive on Thursday.
The South African, who won the Masters on three occasions, will have 14 PXG clubs in the bag during Wednesday’s beloved competition, including the company’s PXG 0811 X GEN2 Driver, and PXG 0311 XF Xtreme Dark GEN2 Irons.
Speaking on the signing of Gary Player, PXG founder and CEO, Bob Parsons, stated
“Gary Player has had one of the most remarkable careers in golf. He personifies what PXG has set forth to accomplish – to be the finest example of excellence in the industry. I have tremendous respect for Mr. Player, and couldn’t be prouder to count him among the PXG Troops.”
Welcome to the #PXGTroops @GaryPlayer! See #WITB and learn more at: https://t.co/xVNLIjYvzV #PXG pic.twitter.com/tapvhg2Iy2
— Parsons Xtreme Golf (@pxg) April 9, 2019
Gary Player’s Masters WITB
- PXG 0811 X GEN2 Driver, 9 degrees
- PXG 0341 X GEN2 Fairway Woods, 15 degress and 18 degrees
- PXG 0317 X GEN2 Hybrids, 22 degrees and 25 degrees
- PXG 0311 XF Xtreme Dark GEN2 Irons, 6-PW
- PXG 0311 T 100% Milled Xtreme Dark Wedges, 50 degrees Sugar Daddy, 56 degrees Sugar Daddy, and 60-degree Zulu
- PXG GEN2 Brandon Putter, Black, Plumber’s Neck
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Custom-Built Titleist T150s.
From the seller: (@boff2guy): “Custom T150s 4-PW built by People’s golf, w/Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100 Black Onyx shafts. MCC Plus 4 Midsize. Only a few irons have been hit off the mat. Specs and Pics below. $1,150 shipped
- 4) 39.25 21 61
- 5) 38.75 24 61.5
- 6) 38.25 28 62
- 7) 37.75 32 62.5
- 8. 37.25 36 63
- 9) 36.75 40 63.5
- PW) 36.25 45 64″
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Custom-Built Titleist T150s
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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- Kevin Streelman what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TSR3 (15 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
5-wood: Ping G (17.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 10 X
Irons: Wilson Staff Model CB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Wilson Staff Model (48-08, 54-08), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-L @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (48), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (54, 58)
Putter: Scotty Cameron TourType SSS TG6
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Check out more in-hand photos of Kevin Streelman’s clubs here.
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The year was 2012. Gangnam Style ruled supreme, its infectious beats and ludicrous horse-riding dance moves hypnotizing us with their stupidity. Everyone was talking about the Mayan calendar, convinced that the end of days was near. Superheroes soared on the silver screen, with the Avengers assembling in epic fashion. Katniss Everdeen survived The Hunger Games. And the memes! The memes abounded. Grumpy Cat triumphed. We kept calm and carried on.
In much the same way that automotive enthusiasts love classic cars, we at GolfWRX love taking a backward glance at some of the iconic designs of years past. Heck, we love taking iconic designs to the tee box in the present!
In that spirit, GolfWRX has been running a series inspired by arguably the greatest fighting game franchise of all time: Mortal Kombat. It’s not “choose your fighter” but rather “choose your driver.”
Check out some of the standout combatants of 2012 below.
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Nike VRS
Often harshly critiqued during its years releasing golf equipment (right, Phil Mickelson?), Nike’s tenure in the club-and-ball business gets a gloss of nostalgic varnish, with many of its iron and putter designs continuing to attract admirers. Among the company’s driver offerings, the 2012 VRS — or VR_S, if you will — drew high marks for its shaping and toned-down appearance. The multi-thickness, NexCOR face was no joke either.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Callaway RAZR Fit
Callaway’s first foray into moveable weight technology (married with its OptiFit hosel) did not disappoint. With a carbon fiber crown, aerodynamic attention to detail, and variable and hyperbolic face technologies, this club foreshadowed the tech-loaded, “story in every surface” Callaway drivers of the present, AI-informed design age.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Cleveland Classic 310
Truly a design that came out of left field. Cleveland said, “Give me a persimmon driver, but make it titanium…in 460cc.” Our 2012 reviewer, JokerUsn wrote, “I don’t need to elaborate on all the aesthetics of this club. You’ve seen tons of pics. You’ve all probably seen a bunch in the store and held them up close and gotten drool on them. From a playing perspective, the color is not distracting. It’s dark enough to stay unobtrusive in bright sunlight…Even my playing partners, who aren’t into clubs at all…commented on it saying it looks cool.” Long live!
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Titleist 910
While there’s no disputing Titleist’s “Titleist Speed” era of drivers perform better than its 2010s offerings, sentimentality abounds, and there was something classically Titleist about these clubs, right down to the alignment aid, and the look is somewhere between 983 times and the present TS age. Representing a resurgence after a disappointing stretch of offerings (907, 909), The 910D2 was a fairly broadly appealing driver with its classic look at address and classic Titleist face shape.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
TaylorMade RocketBallz
The white crown. The name. You either loved ‘em or you hated ‘em. TaylorMade’s 2012 offering from its RocketBallz Period boasted speed-enhancing aerodynamics and an Inverted Cone Technology in the club’s titanium face. Technology aside, it’s impossible to overstate what a departure from the norm a white-headed driver was in the world of golf equipment.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
Ping i20
Long a quietly assertive player in the driver space, Ping’s i20 was more broadly appealing than the G20, despite being a lower-launch, lower-spin club. Ping drivers didn’t always have looks that golfer’s considered traditional or classic, but the i20 driver bucked that trend. Combining the classic look with Ping’s engineering created a driver that better players really gravitated toward. The i20 offered players lower launch and lower spin for more penetrating ball flight while the rear 20g tungsten weights kept the head stable. Sound and feel were great also, being one of the more muted driver sounds Ping had created up to that time.
Check out our coverage from 2012 here.
GolfWRXers, let us know in the comments who “your fighter” is and why!
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Pelling
Apr 10, 2019 at 7:09 pm
Taylormade does a nice job working with vets. They outfit wounded warriors for groups like OperationGameOn.org at their Carlsbad headquarters for free. Full fitting, name on the locker, complete set of whatever new clubs the vet wants! First class. Interestingly, I contacted Bob Parson’s PXG (he’s a former Marine) about a set of clubs for my son, a Marine who served in Afghanistan, but they never responded. Guess they were too busy pushing clubs to rich guys.
Pelling
Apr 10, 2019 at 6:51 pm
I felt sorry for Player’s granddaughter who had to carry that ridiculous staff bag today in the Par 3 contest…
Kelly
Apr 10, 2019 at 6:13 pm
Well it seems that no matter the age some people still chase after the almighty dollar. I think that is sad. And even worst is the guy that gets sucked into the shit show and thinks he needs these sticks. Average player out there $300.00 or $2000.00.Will not make any difference except to your wallet.
Geoffrey Holland
Apr 10, 2019 at 6:07 pm
Golfers do not game or golf clubs. Golfers play golf clubs. Let’s lose this ridiculously stupid childish word.
Bill
Apr 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm
What Parsons did is drive up the price of every golf club in the golfing industry. All the competition is gladly following his lead.
Every set of irons is now $1,200+ vs. $700 – $800 a few years ago. Drivers are now $500+.
Although I have great respect for Player, he’s always been known to follow the buck. So if Parsons is stupid enough to claim this validates his equipment it’s no fault of Players IMO.
Jack Nash
Apr 10, 2019 at 4:09 pm
When are they gonna come out with the Danica wedge? You’d think as the model that got Go Daddy off the ground she’d get a sniff.
GMatt
Apr 10, 2019 at 3:53 pm
Nothing to see here, unless someone on the PGA tour consistently wins with them, they are just as good as anything out there but at a higher price point, even my buddy in my Sunday morning game can’t win with em
Joro
Apr 10, 2019 at 3:37 pm
And now,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,The Black Knight. what a laugher.
Marty Tough
Apr 10, 2019 at 10:12 am
TM boys are hilarious.
PXG are overpriced. TM new irons are 2000 bucks.
My Gen2 driver with shaft upgrade was CHEAPER than I would have been for the TM. And I tried the TM’s. Nothing to seperate them in distance but PXG’s XF pissed all over them in dispersion.
Haters gonna hate though.
Great brand exposure. Parsons isn’t a Billionaire by chance.
Jamho3
Apr 10, 2019 at 7:53 am
Somehow, I like this. GP well played.
B
Apr 10, 2019 at 2:55 am
I don’t get PXG doesn’t make its own shafts and grips if it makes its equipment like nobody else, I guess their equipment is just like everybody else’s, then.
Honma is way superior in that respect and it doesn’t need any kaboom
Jamie
Apr 9, 2019 at 10:36 pm
Wayne Player needs all the trust fund he can get from Dad.
Damn the haters
Apr 9, 2019 at 9:52 pm
If it were a titleist set of irons for !2000 they would b all the rage and so worth it smh
Gunter Eisenberg
Apr 9, 2019 at 9:02 pm
I thought Player would be a Callaway guy forever. When did his contract expire?
Jose Pinatas
Apr 9, 2019 at 6:47 pm
Parsons clubs, OnCore balls? In the famous words of Frank Catton, “Nuff Said!!”
BobbyG
Apr 9, 2019 at 1:40 pm
Makes me want to rush out and buy these! Not! PXG needs to produce a putter prototype like Player’s old stabbing blade.
Schneider
Apr 9, 2019 at 12:05 pm
Yay more worthless promotion of overpriced products that have zero performance advantages over other manufactures. Not to mention rarely any tour wins for PXG over the last few years
Scott Francis
Apr 9, 2019 at 12:37 pm
Haha ok dude another hater who cant adford the clubs? They do perform and the driver is rated as one of the years best drivers and its $25 more than the overhyped TM stuff. Besides for upcharged shafts PXG is at $125 where Callaway and Tam are at $250
Michael Portus
Apr 9, 2019 at 1:25 pm
My TM M5 soared past the latest PXG 0811 Gen2 driver by 30 yards both 9 degrees with the same exact Tensei Pro White 70 TX shafts at 45.5 inches both tipped one inch. I will happily side with Schneider on this one!
Scott Francis
Apr 9, 2019 at 6:25 pm
haha 30 yards yeah OK man no driver released this year is 30 yards longer than anything else
The General
Apr 9, 2019 at 6:44 pm
Face it.. this crap is exactly that.
L
Apr 10, 2019 at 2:57 am
Hey Scott
Rated means nothing, they can pay somebody to rate something? Yes, that does happen lol
Austin
Apr 9, 2019 at 10:53 am
This is worthless without pictures…
Boyo
Apr 9, 2019 at 10:50 am
Wow. Callaway must feel crushed
Scott Francis
Apr 9, 2019 at 12:41 pm
Well as a worldwide brand ambassador whos one of the greats yeah Callaway prob does sting a bit. Player is known by every golfer over 40. I dont get all the hate for PXG sure clubs are pricey but the Heroes program has gotten clu s into many players hands.The gen1 0311 irons flat out perform. Ive had 919 forged and 2019 Apex and PXG feel and look better.
D
Apr 10, 2019 at 2:53 am
I heard the coolaid tastes like dirt though
But hey, a sucker born every minute huh
Yo boi
Apr 9, 2019 at 9:55 am
More hybrids than San Francisco