dinomack99

I have the SkyTrak and have put it up against the Trackman with surprising results. Nearly every ball stat is right on. SkyTrak suffers a bit when hitting outside, but if you're in the shade, or the sun is behind the unit, you're good. Mevo+ is a nice option but doesn't pick up chipping or putting very well (if you eventually want to get into sim golf). You can find a used SkyTrak for $1400 or so.

I picked up two demo clubs from Dick's last week (nearly new). I went in wanting to replace my five-year-old Tour Exotics EXS 220 and found amazing ball speeds off of a TM Sim 2. I hit the new Ping , new Cobra and last year's Callaway Rogue. Well, Dick's doesn't have any of those in stock as demo clubs but they do have last year's stealth models. I picked up the 3 hybrid and also a 3 wood and both are bombers for probably close to half of the price of the Stealth 2.

I wouldn't have done the fitting. I would have asked them to cut down the tee (assuming it's rubber). I will spend 15 min at a driving range getting the tee height I prefer, and not the 2" poles they have in most every bay.

I recently got MIS-FIT for a PXG Gen 5 driver. It was about two weeks before Christmas, and I drove 1.5 hours to Pinehurst to fitting van. It was wet and cold that day and I was wearing three layers of clothing. My driver swing was not on, and my slice came out big time. The fitter put me into a XS shaft (my swing speed is 98mph) and 7.5-degree head turned up to 9 degrees to close the face. I was basically fitted into an anti-slice driver when I knew that my driver was relatively straight (sometimes even a baby draw). I shouldn't have pulled the trigger, but I did, thinking that I could always fine-tune later on with a simulator. 2 months later, and I went for a free "tech check" (should have been within 30 days, but weather was a problem). I was fit into a mid-spin stiff driver with a 9-degree head dialed up to 10. BIG DIFFERENCE. All this to say that I would like to be fit outside, but indoors with your gamer is the way to go. I would even say the same for irons. Just test your old irons first to establish a baseline, then swing the new stuff. I don't want to be hitting range balls and making a decision based on that.

No option of an indoor fitting when you are working with a fitting van. It's basically the fitter a table and a canopy.

I had kind of locked myself into PXG for the fitting, given the Gen 5 was back on sales for $299. I couldn't justify paying $600 for a Callaway or TM. And yes, I did put the fitter in a tough spot, because he thought I was a habitual slicer until I started striping the new 3-wood straight down the middle (picked up the new 2022 0211). The weather is the big thing - no matter how badly you want to be custom fit for that shiny new club, pick a day where you can swing freely.

About two weeks before Christmas, I drove 1.5 hrs down to Pinehurst to be fit into a new PXG Gen 5 0311 driver. It was 48 degrees and overcast, and I had three layers of clothing. I couldn't hit a straight drive to save my life. Virtually every shot was high right (slice), which I've fought ever since I started playing in my late-20's. The fitter wanted to fix as much of that slice as possible, and so even though my swing speed is around 95-97mph, he fit me into an XS Tensei White shaft (cut 1") to reduce torque. He also chose a 7-5 degree head cranked up to 9 degrees, meaning that the face sat very closed (toe'd in). The driver was fit for a bad slicer, even though when it's warmer out and I'm more loose, my ball flight is pretty straight. Fast forward 2 months when I go for a free tech check and get fitted into a completely different set-up. Now I'm in a proper 9 degree shaft with a Stiff Diamana 6+ Black. The weights aren't nearly as aggressive in the three weight ports either. 10 gram in the heel, 5 in the toe and 2 at the back. Who has really struggled with their swing during a fitting only to get a club that didn't work for them? What did you do? Do other manufacturers allow you to go back for a re-fit?

That's right. But at the time, considering it was only $169 I didn't need adjustability.

In case you want to see more of the 0211 3-wood. It's now $139!

I hit the 0211 3-wood during my driver fitting in december. Once I was fit into the Gen 5 driver, I hit the Gen 5 3-wood. Wasn't that impressed. I told him I wanted to try the 0211 and proceeded to absolutely smash three out of four shots off the turf. Absolutely smoked them. I have a YouTube video out comparing it to my old Cobra SpeedZone and Tour Exotics c721.

@russtopherb I myself play with Mitsubishi MMT (hybrid) shafts, part graphite part steel. But think of the quality of the graphite shafts in a set of clubs that costs only $400 for 13 of them. They are going to be whippy as heck. My 17-year-old nephew is just picking up golf and there is no way I would get him a cheap starter set with graphite shafts in the irons. Do some research before you respond next time.

New Wilson iron set with steel shafts. I see a lot of the beginner sets you mention have graphite shafts for slow swing players. You may outgrow graphite shafts in a few months, and certainly the graphite shafts in a very cheap package will not be of high quality (probably too whippy). I'd start with steel.

LA Golf is selling their balls for $70 a dozen. They are trying to go Ultra Premium like PXG did 5 years ago. I don't think $40 for PXG is outrageous, especially if you like the brand or the ultra white urethane or the alignment aids.

If you look at the marketing materials that pxg has produced, however, they are putting their ball right up against the Pro V1 and proV1X. Look for the grid that has all the driver numbers for all three balls including boss speed, spin, height, carry and total.

Well, well... looks like PXG finally has balls back in stock and they've dropped $5. Now $34.99 which is where a lot of us wanted it to be considering it produces numbers almost identical to Pro-V1X. Thoughts???

Great review. I was on PXG website checking my driver order and saw that they have a big warning message that golf ball deliveries are delayed due to large demand. I thought that I would like to try this ball, but I don't like a high-spin ball. I'd prefer something softer with low-spin properties (compression somewhere south of 60).

I just went back and watched reviews from James Robinson and Matt Fryer again. Both rave about this ball and show statistics off the driver that indicate it is every bit as good as the Titleist. Maybe Rick got a bad batch?? Or one man's "crisp" is another man's "clicky".

Every ball manufacturer compares themself to the pro v1. It's the only way to grab someone's attention. You can't market that a ball is good and charge $40 a dozen for it.

Always take the extra club. The odds that I'll pure the shot and get another 5 yards out of it are slim to none. LOL

This series was very good, but TOO SHORT! A mere appetizer when I was hoping for a steak. I hope another company will do another one and go into more detail. I would have loved to see more on aerodynamics.

I was thinking about replacing my driver. I had the opportunity to spend about an hour at my local Dicks in their fitting bay by myself. I had purchased the PXG 0311 Gen 5 driver before Christmas but in looking at comments on forums, there were some that felt that PXG just wasn't competitive with the other big-name brands. Here is the list of the maximum ball speeds achieved with all of the drivers. All were set to 9° with stiff shafts. The PXG is an inch shorter than the rest. Paradym 142. 6 Pxg 141. 9 Ping 147. 5 Stealth 142 Rogue 144 Longest drive was the Ping at 277 but it was way off the planet left (hence, fastest ball speed). Best couple of balls straight down the middle came from the Rogue at 266 total and about 2,000 backspin. The Stealth feels really hard off the face and is a slice machine. Only caught it flush with a draw a couple of times. Ping is extremely heavy in the head, was slicing it quite a bit until I came back to it and started straightening it out. The PXG Gen 5 definitely holds its own against these other drivers, especially considering it is 1 inch shorter. The Rogue was completely anti-slice for me, I didn't have one to the right at all and it was probably my most enjoyable club. The one I would want to come back to again and again. Followed by the PXG and Paradygm. Ping would be fourth, followed by the Stealth. It's a shame they didn't have the Stealth 2 for me to hit. They are sitting in the back but TaylorMade has instructed them not to put them out for demo just yet. The Paradygm had a nice crack to it, but I don't see much of an improvement over the Rogue. It did however, have the lowest spin shots across the board. On some fairly obvious slices, the backspin was still in the 2200 to 2400 range. Which is very impressive. As far as value goes, the PXG Gen 5 driver is absolutely at the top of the heap. At $299, which is half off its regular price, you absolutely cannot beat it. Additionally, they are adding stores and fitting vans around the country. The next best value would be the Rogue ST currently selling for $450. I liked it every bit as much as the Paradygm (if not more) and as I mentioned it was producing nice little draws for me on almost every swing. Definitely anti-right with a very solid feel. I wouldn't buy the Stealth at any price, even knowing that it is going on sale soon once they roll out the Stealth 2. Hard to justify paying $550 for the Ping or $600 for the Paradygm at this point.

I must say that over the past year and a half I've been a pxg fanboy. It started with the 0211 irons I bought off eBay when used Club prices were through the roof. I was able to get as much for my old set of M2's as the slightly used 0211's. Plus, that was a nice step forward from me from Mega game improvement irons to players distance irons. Then, I purchased last year's 0211 driver for $219 because it was an absolute steal. About a month ago I was fit for the New Gen 5 driver, sold my old pxg and also picked up a new 2022 0211 3-wood. That allowed me to sell both my cobra Speed Zone and Tour Exotics c721 three woods. Pxg is a fun brand because their clubs don't cost a lot of money and it allows tinkerers like me to get in and out of new or slightly used clubs on the cheap.

For those of you thinking that the PXG club is inferior to other offerings from the big companies, I just had a look at some YouTube videos from TXG. These are my favorite guys whenever I'm looking at Golf Club reviews and the fitting process. Matty, who is basically a robot with a driver, averaged 294 carry and 317 yards total with the tsr2. The numbers were inferior with the Stealth and Callaway Rogue. In another video he averaged 298 carry and 324 total with the Gen 5 driver. Now, it took a lot of tinkering to get those numbers and they put him in a 7.5° shaft where he typically plays a 9°. But they got there.

Well, that didn't last long. Pxg Gen 5 driver, which I was custom fit for a couple of weeks ago, did go up to $599 at the start of the year. However, PXG has now launched its own inflation buster pricing and the driver is back down to $299. How do they do it? I realize that everyone else is coming out with new drivers and they want to maintain market share, but the Gen 5 can easily hold its own against most of these newer ones coming out.

I agree that equipment might not be that satisfying, and it sounds like you're in good shape there anyhow. I would personally use the money toward a membership at a local track (silver package or something not too outrageous). Alternatively, you could save toward a sim set-up in your home. I have a Skytrak and GS Pro. Nothing beats being able to go in there on a Saturday night with the TV on and some beers and playing a round at TPC Sawgrass, Pebble Beach, etc.