Equipment

2024 PXG 0311 Gen7 irons, Sugar Daddy III wedges – GolfWRX Launch Report

Published

2 years ago

Aug 7, 2024

What you need to know: PXG is back with a quest to maximize the performance of its irons and wedges with new materials and engineering aiming to make the best, and longest, irons and wedges to date. Engineers went full throttle with the new 0311 Gen7 irons to maximize distance and forgiveness, while retaining the soft feel PXG is known for. Two iron models — 0311 P and 0311 XP — were designed to fit a very wide range of golfers from single-digit handicaps to players who need and want more help. Also: Sugar Daddy III wedges are all new with fewer screws and more sole options to fit more swings and conditions. The original Sugar Daddy DNA is still there so expect a heavy dose of milling and grooves that are up to the legal limit for creating spin.

PXG 0311 Gen7 P & XP irons: What’s new, key technology

Filling an iron with a proprietary polymer is nothing new for PXG, but this new QuantumCOR material is all new. PXG developed QuantumCOR as a way to produce the fastest C.O.R. (coefficient of restitution) possible. This new material is used inside the clubbed to help support the ultra-thin face to produce the maximum C.O.R. allowed by the USGA in an iron. QuantumCOR not only helps to create massive ball speed but also creates a very soft feeling and sounding iron in line with what you would expect from PXG. These irons average about 1 mph more ball speed than the 0311 Gen6 irons.

Speaking of that iron face, a lot of companies claim to be going thinner and thinner, but PXG has the thinnest face in golf with its 0311 Gen7 irons. The face is made from very high-strength stainless steel called HT1770 which is almost twice as strong as traditional stainless. This strength allows PXG engineers to create a 0.050-inch face that will still be durable enough for the swing speeds of the strongest players.

PXG’s Power Channel milling on the back of the face carries over and helps the face flex for a higher launching iron. Screws have always been a big part of PXG clubs, but you will notice that there is only a single screw on the back of the new 0311 Gen7 irons. You can see a ring around the screw with “titanium” etched into it. This titanium insert is used to take about five grams of weight away from the center of the club and move it to the perimeter to boost MOI. This titanium insert works with the internal 20 grams of tungsten out in the toe to move the center of gravity to the center of the face and add forgiveness.

2024 PXG 0311 Gen7 Irons: Additional model details

PXG 0311 Gen7 P

The 0311 Gen7 P irons are built for mid-to-low handicaps who are looking for a combination of distance, forgiveness, and the ability to work the ball. Reduced offset, a thinner topline, and an overall smaller head give a confident look at address and should appeal to the target players. A thinner sole with a reduced trailing edge will offer the player great turf interaction. Lofts on the 0311 Gen7 P irons are more traditional with a 44-degree pitching wedge, 30-degree 7-iron, and 20.5-degree 4-iron. PXG will offer the 0311 Gen7 P irons in the traditional satin chrome finish alongside their Xtreme Dark DLC finish.

PXG 0311 Gen7 XP

If a player is looking for maximum distance and forgiveness, then the 0311 Gen7 XP iron is the tool for the job. Moving to the XP iron will give you a wider sole, more offset, and a larger club head with higher MOI. Even though the XP is built around helping golfers, you still get the same QuantomCOR polymer and tungsten weighting as its smaller sibling. The lofts are a little stronger with the XP as the pitching wedge is 41 degrees, 27-degree 7-iron, and the 4-iron is 18 degrees to get the most out of every shot. A wider sole will help with shots that are hit slightly fat. Like other PXG irons, the Xtreme Dark finish is available on these as well.

Pricing, specs, and availability

Price: $230, $1,610 7-piece set
Price (Xtreme Dark): $239.99, $1,680 7-piece set
At retail: Now

PXG Sugar Daddy III wedges: What’s new, key technology

Sugar Daddy wedges have been known for their high performance and exceptional feel since the first version. PXG took everything it has learned and crammed it into the Sugar Daddy III wedges. This year we get a new S Grind sole option, the BP Grind welcomes a high-toe shape in the lob wedges, full-face grooves on the high-toe lob wedges, and traditional wedge grooves on the gap and sand wedges. PXG also went to a tighter groove pattern with wider grooves for the maximum spin out of any lie.

Twin pockets are milled out of the back of the wedge to move almost eight grams of weight for moving the CG location higher. A higher center of gravity will create more spin and give a player a flatter, more controlled trajectory. Like the Sugar Daddy wedges before, these are 3X forged and then milled to the final shape and grind to ensure the best feel and performance you can get.

Pricing, specs, and availability

Price: $299.99
Price (Xtreme Dark): $349.99
At retail: Now

Whats in the Bag

Christiaan Maas WITB 2026 (June)

Published

8 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100

Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord

Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.

Equipment

TaylorMade MySpider Tour and Tour X: More customizable build options now available

Published

8 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.

The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.

One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.

Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.

See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:

MySpider Tour

MySpider Tour X

Equipment

Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory

Published

11 hours ago

Jun 11, 2026

Alistair Cameron

In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.

McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.

So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?

Driver

2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)

McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.

What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)

The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.

Fairway woods

2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X

The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.

The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.

Irons

2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0

The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.

With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.

Wedges

2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)

Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.

Putter

2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X

Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.

Ball

2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)

As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.

Grips

2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC

Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.