Equipment

PXG launches Lightning fairway woods, hybrids

Published

6 months ago

Dec 2, 2025

PXG has always been known for making good fairway woods and hybrids. You’ve probably seen some well-loved models floating around your golf course or range, in the bag of a player who says they will never let it go. Nevertheless, Brad Schweigert and his team of PXG engineers won’t let that slow them down from improving every club in their lineup.

PXG Lightning fairway woods

PXG set out to improve on Black Ops’ performance by creating a faster, higher-launching, and more forgiving fairway wood. They started with the face and thinned it out by about 12.5 percent while also increasing the flex by about four percent. This face increased ball speed over Black Ops while also making the sweet spot larger for better speed on mishits. PXG kept the squared face design to help keep the center of gravity down low in the head and pushing more weight to the perimeter for stability.

An enhanced carbon fiber crown also contributes to the low CG and heavy perimeter weighting that offer high and straight ball flight. PXG designed each loft with specific shaping to look good from address while maintaining consistent flight throughout the entire lineup. There are three movable weights on the sole, so your fitter can easily and effectively dial the club into your swing and ball flight needs.

Lightning Tour Fairway

This new addition to the lineup is designed for players who are looking for a more traditional fairway wood offering. The head is more compact but with a traditional-depth face. This versatile design will work well off the tee or the turf for that better player. The Lightning Tour has two movable weights on the sole so you can move more weight back for a higher launch and added forgiveness, or push it forward for a more penetrating, low-spin flight. PXG designed the Lightning Tour to produce a neutral ball flight and has a lie angle about 0.5 degrees flatter than the standard Lightning.

PXG Lightning hybrid

PXG took a lot of what engineers wanted to do in the Lightning fairway woods and adapted it to the hybrids, thinning out the face by about six percent for faster ball speed and increasing the deformation by three percent to maximize the size of the sweet spot.

Overall shape and size are slightly larger than Black Ops, but from the address, the Lightning hybrids look traditional and very clean. The enhanced carbon crown and square face design keep the CG low and back for some added launch and carry numbers. The combination of PXG’s adjustable hosel (on every loft) and the movable weights means that you and your fitter will have no problems dialing in a hybrid or two at the top end of the bag.

Pricing, specs, availability

Grip: PXG True Temper Icon Black
Available: Now

Lightning Fairway

Lofts: 3 (15), 4 (17), 5 (18), 7 (22), 9 (24), 11 (27)
Length: 43″, 43″, 42.5″, 42″, 41.5″, 41″
Price: $380

Lightning Tour Fairway

Lofts: 3 (15), 5 (18 RH Only)
Length: 43″, 42.5″
Price: $380

Lightning Hybrid

Lofts: 2 (17 RH Only), 3 (19), 4 (22), 5 (25), 6 (28), 7 (31), 8 (34)
Length: 40.75″, 40.25″, 39.75″, 39.25″, 38.75″, 38.25″, 37.75″
Price: $330

Equipment

Slab city on the Korn Ferry Tour — Lead Tape Report

Published

5 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

5 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

5 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.”