Equipment

2024 PXG Black Ops irons – GolfWRX Launch Report

Published

2 years ago

Aug 7, 2024

What you need to know: Golf is all about having fun and limiting your misses. Accordingly, PXG went all-in on stability and forgiveness with the Black Ops irons. Typically irons built for maximum distance and forgiveness have lacked the good feel and sound that more player-focused irons have. With its 2024 Black Ops irons, PXG decided that you shouldn’t have to compromise with your irons and pushed its engineers to design an iron that combines it all.

2024 PXG Black Ops Irons: What’s new, key technology

Dual Cavity Design: Going with a Dual Cavity Design gives the Black Ops irons a big increase in MOI to make it easy to hit high and long. PXG uses a lightweight insert in the back of the iron that removes mass from the center of the club and pushes it to the perimeter. This increases MOI on toe and heel misses but also adds forgiveness to the bottom and top of the club for help with misses high or low on the face. PXG has tested a lot of competitor irons in this category and says it is seeing up to a 14.5-percent increase of MOI over those models.

Large but versatile: While PXG won’t try and hide the large size of the Black Ops iron, it isn’t oil tanker large. If you compare the Black Ops to the Gen6 XP irons you will see that the sizes are actually similar. Black Ops will have a little more offset and a slightly thicker topline, but the blade length is the same. The face on the Black Ops iron is 4.3 percent larger than Gen6 XP to give it more of a trampoline effect and better ball speed. A thicker topline and seeing a slight bit more of the face gives higher handicap players more confidence in hitting a more solid shot. A wider sole is also engineered into the Black Ops for moving the center of gravity low and back for higher-launching, lower-spinning shots. Forgiveness with the turf is another advantage of having a wider sole as it will reduce digging and glide over the ground to help shots hit slightly fat.

XCOR2 Polymer: First used in the Gen6 irons, XCOR2 is a polymer that not only supports the thin face but helps with creating higher ball speeds. The need for a lightweight polymer that still performed at a high level took years of development for PXG engineers. Filling the Black Ops irons with XCOR2 allows weight to be moved from the middle of the club to the perimeter where it can help with CG and MOI. The XCOR2 works hand-in-hand with the ultra-thin face on the new Black Ops irons. Like the Gen7 irons, Black Ops uses high-strength HT1770 stainless steel to create maximum ball speed in a massive sweet spot. PXG’s Power Channel is milled into the back for additional flex and a higher launch. This polymer is also what gives the Black Ops irons such a soft feel and muted sound at impact.

What PXG says

“PXG Black Ops Drivers and Metal Woods are complimented by a brand-new game-improvement offering, PXG Black Ops Irons. Black Ops Irons perform exceptionally well for a wide variety of players. High strength maraging steel technology allows the face geometry to be extremely thin. Combined with PXG’s proprietary core, the combo generates a feel that is better than forged, provides superior forgiveness, and explosive ball speed.”

Pricing, shaft specs, and availability

Price: $150 ($1,200 8-piece set)
At retail: Now

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

10 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.

Joel Thelen

Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.

First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.

Mitchell Meissner

Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.

Whats in the Bag

Bud Cauley WITB 2026 (June)

Published

10 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.

Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX

7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX

Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

See more in-hand photos of Bud Cauley’s clubs here.

Equipment

Name every set of irons you’ve owned – GolfWRXers discuss

Published

10 hours ago

Jun 10, 2026

Will Schube

In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.

@Lamosteve began:

Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine

Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6

Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”

Entire Thread: “Name every set of irons you’ve owned.”