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The 12-man American roster at the Presidents Cup

Capsules of the American team at the Presidents Cup, which includes four Presidents Cup rookies and two players competing in a team competition for the first time as pros

MONTREAL — A capsule look at the 12-man roster for the United States in the Presidents Cup, which starts Thursday at Royal Montreal:

Keegan Bradley

World ranking: 13.

Worldwide victories: 7.

2024 victories: BMW Championship.

Majors: PGA Championship (2011).

Presidents Cup record: 2-2-1.

Noteworthy: He is the first Ryder Cup captain to play in the Presidents Cup. His last team appearance was in the 2014 Ryder Cup. He came into view as a captain’s pick by winning the BMW Championship at Castle Pines.

World ranking: 19.

Worldwide victories: 5.

2024 victories: None.

Majors: None.

Presidents Cup record: 0-3-2.

Noteworthy: A former Match Play Championship winner, Burns has a 1-5-2 record in the last Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.

Patrick Cantlay

World ranking: 9.

Worldwide victories: 6.

Presidents Cup record: 6-3-0.

Noteworthy: Cantlay was the center of attention at the Ryder Cup for not wearing a hat, and delivering a 45-foot winning putt with thousands of fans jeering him the entire day. Yes, he is wearing a hat at the Presidents Cup.

Wyndham Clark

World ranking: 6.

Worldwide victories: 3.

2024 victories: AT&T Pebble Beach.

Majors: U.S. Open (2023).

Presidents Cup record: Rookie.

Noteworthy: He set the Pebble Beach record with a 60 in the third round for his most recent victory. Clark is one of two U.S. players at Royal Montreal who made their pro team debut at the more intense Ryder Cup.

World ranking: 23.

Presidents Cup record: 3-2-3.

Noteworthy: He has gone 17 months since his last victory. He has been on five of the last six U.S. teams, missing the Ryder Cup last year.

Brian Harman

World ranking: 22.

Majors: British Open (2023).

Noteworthy: He has only four top 10s since winning the British Open last year at Royal Liverpool. Harman went 2-2-0 in his Ryder Cup debut.

Russell Henley

World ranking: 14.

Worldwide victories: 4.

Noteworthy: He is playing in his first U.S. team competition in his 12th year on the PGA Tour.

World ranking: 25.

Presidents Cup record: 4-0-0.

Noteworthy: He has a 7-1-1 record in the Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup since making his team debut in 2022. He’s under scrutiny for these matches because he has been in a slump since early May.

Collin Morikawa

World ranking: 4.

Majors: PGA Championship (2020), British Open (2021).

Presidents Cup record: 2-1-0.

Noteworthy: He has accumulated the most world ranking points in 2024 of any player without a win. He made the clinching point at the 2021 Ryder Cup.

Xander Schauffele

World ranking: 2.

Worldwide victories: 10.

2024 victories: PGA Championship, British Open.

Majors: PGA Championship (2024), British Open (2024).

Noteworthy: He became the first player since Brooks Koepka in 2018 to win two majors in a year, winning the PGA Championship at Valhalla and the British Open at Royal Troon.

Scottie Scheffler

World ranking: 1.

Worldwide victories: 15.

2024 victories: Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players Championship, Masters, RBC Heritage, Memorial, Travelers Championship, Paris Olympics, Tour Championship.

Majors: Masters (2022, 2024).

Presidents Cup record: 0-3-1.

Noteworthy: Scheffler has a 2-5-4 record in the two Ryder Cups and one Presidents Cup he has played. He’s coming off a season of seven wins, a major, Olympic gold and the FedEx Cup title.

Sahith Theegala

World ranking: 11.

Worldwide victories: 1.

Noteworthy: He has three runner-up finishes this year. This will be his first U.S. team competition, and he’s the youngest player on his team.

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Taylor Pendrith captures first PGA Tour victory with dramatic two-shot swing on 72nd hole

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There wasn’t much evidence to suggest that Taylor Pendrith and Ben Kohles were on the verge of competing for their first career PGA Tour victory. But the two men wandered down the 72nd fairway late Sunday at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson with only a shot between them.

Kohles, the reigning Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year, was one ahead. Pendrith, a Canadian playing in his 74th career PGA Tour event, knew he needed to make a birdie on the par 5, and perhaps even an eagle to get into a playoff at TPC Craig Ranch.

Until that point, the two had combined to miss 12 cuts this year—Kohles had one top-10 finish and Pendrith had two.

There were fireworks of sorts to even get to that point where they had a chance to win on 18. Kohles made birdie on both the 16th and 17th holes to capture the lead. Pendrith made six footers to save par on both holes just to remain within one.

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In a stunning turn of events, Kohles left a chip shot short of the green, failed to get up and down and eventually made the only bogey of the day on the 18th hole. Yes, his only bogey of the day, but THE only bogey of everyone in the field. Then, when Pendrith two-putted from 40 feet, he replaced the one-shot deficit with a one-shot victory.

"I feel for Ben," Pendrith said. "He played really, really good today, especially down the stretch birdieing 16, 17. I've been on the other side of it a couple times and it sucks, but it's golf. It's a hard game.

"Obviously I'm thrilled to birdie the last and get it done. But feel for him."

Pendrith, 32, was already a little miffed when he arrived at the course Sunday. His beloved Toronto Maple Leafs lost a Game 7 in overtime, 2-1, to the Boston Bruins on Saturday night and were eliminated from the NHL Playoffs. Still he started the round with the advantage and remained steady, only making one bogey to go with five birdies for his final-round 67 to end at 23-under 261 total. Besides the two-putt birdie on the 72nd hole, the par saves on the 70th and 71st holes were as big as they come for the man looking to join Mike Weir’s International Presidents Cup team later this year in Montreal.

Until this week, results in his 10 starts this year read like this: T-10, MC, T-9, MC, MC, MC, MC, T-36, MC, T-11. The 11th-place tie came a couple weeks ago at the Corales Puntacana Championship, where he was in contention until a final-round 73 moved him down the leaderboard.

Now, suddenly, he’s qualified for next week’s signature event, the Wells Fargo Championship, which has guaranteed money attached to it.

“It’s super special,” Pendrith said. "I still can't believe that I'm a winner of this tournament. But I'm sure it'll kick in soon."

As special as it is for Pendrith, it was equally as devastating for Kohles, who has won four times on the Korn Ferry Tour, including twice in 2023.

The 34-year-old grew up in Dallas but moved to North Carolina when he turned 10 and didn’t take up golf until he was 15. Still, the area is special to him and he’d have loved nothing more than to have captured his first PGA Tour event at a place named for Byron Nelson.

Kohles, whose best finish this season is a T-6 at the Puerto Rico Open in March, applied pressure all day and looked like the man to beat until the bitter end. He rattled off four birdies in a five-hole stretch from Nos. 4-8, made seven straight pars before the terrific birdies on the 16th and 17th holes. On 16 he hit a laser approach from 180 yards to two feet and on 17 he smoothly rolled in a 20-footer to take the lead.

On the 72nd hole, Pendrith found the green in two and Kohles came up short and was in thick rough short of the green. His first chip failed to reach the green, leaving a more awkward stance and shot for his third. He managed to chip that one to five feet, leaving a par attempt he’d have to make to send the tournament into a playoff. But the putt slid left, and Kohles looked at his caddie as if it was a bad read more than it was a poor, pressure-packed stroke. It was only Kohles' third bogey all week, his first of the day and, again, the only one on the 18th hole of everyone in the field.

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“It was sitting up a little bit, but honestly hadn't seen any rough like that all week,” Kohles said of his first chip, also noting that he hit his irons so well that he hardly chipped.

“Yeah, just didn't hit a great shot. Just needed a little bit more umph on it. I kind of maybe deceled a little bit, but you live and you learn."

At any rate, he’ll have to wait another day to secure his first tour victory. He still has plenty of time left in the season to become the fourth player in history to be the Korn Ferry Tour Player of the Year and win the next year on the PGA Tour. He did, however, qualify for the Wells Fargo Championship next week at Quail Hollow.

"Did so many good things this week," Kohles said, "and I'm just going to keep reminding myself of that and try to get myself back in this position.”

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Presidents Cup: USA captain Jim Furyk splits up Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay pairing in opening fourballs

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United States captain Jim Furyk says the decision not to pair Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay together in the opening fourballs of the President's Cup was made in the best interests of the team.

The Ryder Cup-style tournament which sees the US take on a non-European international side begins in Montreal, Canada on Thursday with five fourball matches.

Schauffele and Cantlay are close friends and played two ties together in last year's Ryder Cup in Rome, while they also won two of three contests when paired together in the USA's 2022 Presidents Cup victory.

However, Furyk has decided to put world No 2 Schauffele with Tony Finau in the opening match against Jason Day and Byeong Hun An, while Cantlay is partnered with Sam Burns against Hideki Matsuyama and Corey Conners.

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Furyk said: "We are trying to maximise our 10 guys on the course, trying to maximise our potential, get the five groups out there on the golf course.

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"Talking to my assistants and the statistical guys, there are a number of different reasons.

"We know they [Schauffele and Cantlay] play all their practice rounds together, they are great friends, they get along very well.

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"No reason other than trying to maximise the potential of our five groups on the golf course."

In the other matches Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala take on Australian pair Adam Scott and Min Woo Lee, world No 1 Scottie Scheffler plays with Russell Henley against Sungjae Im and Tom Kim, while Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley - the US Ryder Cup captain for next year - are up against Taylor Pendrith and Christiaan Bezuidenhout.

Scott 'determined' to end 21-year winless Presidents Cup record

Australian Adam Scott has represented the international team in the Presidents Cup on 10 separate occasions and has yet to taste victory - but is hopeful that changes this week with his 11th appearance.

When making his Presidents Cup debut in 2003, Scott was part of the team that secured a tie in South Africa, with nine consecutive loses following since.

The 2013 Masters winner believes, however, that this is the international's side's strongest looking team for some time and therefore represents their best chance of securing just a second ever victory, and first since 1998.

"We are determined to go out there this year and change the script of this event," the 44-year-old Scott told reporters on Wednesday.

"Certainly, I want to improve my record in this event and I'm very determined. I don't know how many more opportunities I'll get, if any. So this is a big week for me.

"But I have a lot of belief in this team. I can't remember feeling so comfortable coming into a Presidents Cup."

Scott added: "I don't know how I'd feel [if we won]. It is certainly something I've thought about... it is an accomplishment outside of our individual performances that we miss.

"I think if I answered now, I would probably underestimate the impact it would have if we were to get a win."

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Jason Day (Aus) and Byeong Hun An (Kor) vs Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau (USA)

Adam Scott (Aus) and Min Woo Lee (Aus) vs Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala (USA)

Sungjae Im (Kor) and Tom Kim (Kor) vs Scottie Scheffler and Russell Henley (USA)

Taylor Pendrith (Can) and Christiaan Bezuidenhout (Rsa) vs Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley (USA)

Hideki Matsuyama (Jpn) and Corey Conners (Can) vs Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns (USA)

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History And Origins Of The PGA Tour

Golf is a sport that has captured the hearts of many, and the PGA Tour is at the forefront of professional golf competitions. In this article, we will explore the early beginnings of professional golf and how it led to the birth of the PGA Tour. Join us as we dive into the rich history and evolution of this prestigious tournament.

Early Beginnings of Professional Golf

The origins of golf can be traced back to ancient times, with variations of the game being played in different parts of the world. It wasn’t until the 18th century that golf started to take its modern form in Scotland. As the sport gained popularity, it became apparent that there was a demand for professional players to showcase their skills.

With the emergence of professional golf, early golf associations were formed to organize and regulate competitions. These associations set the stage for the development of a cohesive professional tour.

The Birth of the PGA Tour

The Professional Golfers Association (PGA) was founded in 1916, marking a significant milestone in the history of professional golf. The organization aimed to elevate the status of golf professionals and promote the sport to a wider audience.

As the PGA grew in influence, the idea of a professional tour began to take shape. In 1929, the PGA Tour was officially established, providing professional golfers with a platform to compete against one another and showcase their talents.

The Inaugural Season

The first PGA Tour events took place in 1930, marking the beginning of a new era in professional golf. Prominent golfers of the inaugural season included legends such as Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen. The tour gained immediate attention and acclaim, attracting fans from all corners of the country.

The impact of the PGA Tour was felt not only by the players, but also by the general public. Golf enthusiasts now had the opportunity to witness thrilling competitions and witness the rise of new stars in the sport.

Growth and Expansion

Over the years, the PGA Tour experienced tremendous growth and expansion. With increasing popularity and a growing fan base, new tournaments and venues were added to the tour’s schedule. This allowed golfers to compete on a larger stage and gave fans more opportunities to witness the action in person or through television broadcasts.

Furthermore, the PGA Tour began to embrace an international approach, extending its reach beyond American borders. Tournaments were hosted in various countries, attracting golfers from around the world and contributing to the global popularity of the sport.

Transformation and Modernization

In the quest to keep the PGA Tour dynamic and engaging, significant changes have been made over the years. One notable development was the introduction of the FedExCup in 2007. This season-long competition added an extra layer of excitement and incentive for players, culminating in a highly anticipated playoff series.

Additionally, advancements in golf equipment and technology have impacted the game and pushed players to achieve new heights. From innovative club designs to cutting-edge swing analysis tools, these advancements have revolutionized the way golf is played and have brought the sport to new levels of competitiveness.

Challenges and Adaptations

The PGA Tour has not been immune to challenges. Global events, such as wars and pandemics, have had an impact on the tour’s schedule. However, the PGA Tour has shown resilience and adaptability, finding ways to continue providing golf enthusiasts with the excitement they crave, even during difficult times.

Another challenge the PGA Tour has faced is ensuring fair competition among players. To address various concerns and create a level playing field, the tour has implemented rules and regulations aimed at maintaining integrity and upholding the spirit of the game.

Moreover, the PGA Tour has taken important strides towards diversification and inclusion. Initiatives have been introduced to encourage more diversity among players and to provide opportunities for underrepresented communities to participate in the sport.

The PGA Tour has a storied history that stretches back over a century. From its humble beginnings to its current status as one of the most prestigious golf tours in the world, the tour has continuously evolved and adapted to meet the demands of players and fans alike. By embracing changes and overcoming challenges, the PGA Tour remains at the forefront of professional golf, captivating audiences with thrilling competitions and showcasing the incredible skill of its golfers.

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DP World takes Romanian golf to the next level with the first edition of the Romanian Open Championship

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History is being made in the world of romanian golf the first edition of the romanian open championship, presented by dp world, is here to bring a fresh perspective and put romania on the map of international golf. inspired by the legendary ben hogan quote, "the most important shot in golf is the next one," this tournament is set to be a landmark event, transforming the courses at national golf & country club and bucharest golf club into the stage for a top-tier competition between professional players from the european golf circuit and amateur players from around the world..

"Innovation is part of our DNA, being a crucial factor for both past success and future growth," says Cosmin Cârstea, CEO of DP World in Romania. The company, which plays a significant role on the international golf scene through its partnership with the European Tour, has supported the Romanian Open Championship, bringing together its innovative spirit and global expertise. "Through our involvement in this tournament, we aim to establish a landmark event in Eastern Europe and pave the way for Romania to become a key attraction on the international golf circuit," added Cosmin Cârstea.

The Romanian Open Championship 2024 brings together 19 professional players and 57 amateurs, with the tournament organized as a team competition. The professionals will compete for a generous prize fund of 100,000 euros, while the amateurs will enjoy numerous surprises from the tournament's partners. The tournament will be hosted by the newest golf clubs near the capital: National Golf & Country Club (Niculești) and Bucharest Golf Club (Tâncăbești) over three days, from September 26 to 28.

It will feature 20 professional players from the DP World Tour, Legends Tour, and Ladies European Tour, who are coming to Romania for the first time. The tournament format is PRO-AM, with teams consisting of one professional player and three amateur golfers, playing two game formats on the two courses near Bucharest. Among the professional players are well-known personalities in the golf world, such as Javier Otaegui, Amy Boulden, Emanuele Canonica, and Leticia Ras-Andreica.

"We have the opportunity to organize for the first time in Romania a tournament supported by the European Tour – the ultimate authority in golf in Europe. The long-term goal is to introduce a stage in Romania into the official competitive calendar of the circuit. With the help of our main partner, DP World, the main sponsor of the European Tour, we aim to connect the Romanian golf community with the international one," emphasizes Cristina Petrovici, the tournament director.

The Romanian Open Championship is not just a sporting competition but also an opportunity to connect with a global community, highlighting DP World's role in facilitating these connections. Golf is one of the most popular sports worldwide, and this popularity reflects the global dimension of DP World's business.

DP World's core business is to contribute to creating a better future. In the case of golf, this goal is reflected in opening the sport to new audiences and supporting the development of future generations of players, regardless of origin, abilities, or gender. The Romanian Open Championship 2024 is an opportunity to show that Romania can confidently step onto the international golf stage, with DP World as a partner in this journey.

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Canada's Pendrith, Conners to play last matches of first round at Presidents Cup

L'ÎLE-BIZARD—SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE — Unsurprisingly, the golfers on the International team have turned to hockey as a bonding experience as the Presidents Cup returns to Canada for the first time in 17 years.

Captain Mike Weir arranged for the Internationals — featuring golfers from Canada, South Korea, Australia, South Africa and Japan — to attend the Montreal Canadiens' 5-0 win pre-season win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday. It was a critical exercise for a team that only officially formed three weeks ago with players from five countries speaking three languages.

"You know, it kills me to say this, but it was pretty cool," said avowed Toronto Maple Leafs fan Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont. "Those are some good dudes, and it's a cool building. They were super first class.

"We got to meet the coach, Martin St. Louis, and it was a real fun experience. We were on the bench for warm-ups and some of the guys came up and told us they were rooting for us this week."

Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., was also enthusiastic about the visit to the Bell Centre, even though he had a Maple Leafs-themed golf bag for part of the 2023 PGA Tour season.

"A lot of the guys probably have never been to a hockey game before," said Pendrith on Wednesday. "A couple of the Korean boys got hockey pucks so they were really fired up. Really cool.

"They put us on the Jumbotron, the big screen, and it was neat. It was a fun time. Good to be with all the guys there and show them what Canada is all about."

The Presidents Cup is a biennial best-on-best tournament that sees 12 American golfers face 12 players from around the world, excluding Europe.

That format gives the United States two advantages, however.

First, the U.S. can build chemistry year-over-year as it also competes in the Ryder Cup against Europe's best. Also, unlike the Internationals, the Americans don't have to find common ground in a hurry.

Weir, from Brights Grove, Ont., saw a lot of similarities to how NHL teams have to overcome cultural differences to excel as a team and made a conscious effort to learn from some of hockey's brightest minds, including coaches Ken Hitchcock and Jon Cooper and all-time great Wayne Gretzky.

"It's different than the U.S. Team. It just is," said Weir. "We have, obviously, all these cultural differences. Not that they don't have differences too, but ours is just some cultural things.

"It's gotten a lot better, and our guys have a great vibe going. I like where our team is at right now."

Australia's Min-Woo Lee has been also been a key ingredient in bringing the International team together. Playing in his first-ever Presidents Cup, he had INT shaved into the side of his head ahead of the tournament and has helped interpret for his South Korean teammates Sung-Jae Im, Byeong-Hun An and Tom Kim.

"It's amazing for all of us to bond as well from different countries," said Lee of the Habs game. "A few of the other guys don't really know how to speak a hundred per cent English but we still managed to have poutine and enjoy it together.

"I'm glad I can speak a little bit in Korean and bond the group together."

A point is up for grabs in each match, with a total of 15 1/2 points required to win the entire five-round tournament. Weir chose four-ball as the format of the first round on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club.

Weir and American captain Jim Furyk announced the first round's pairings in a brief ceremony at Royal Montreal Golf Club on Wednesday afternoon.

Australia's Jason Day and An will be first over the boards on Thursday, facing Xander Schauffele and Tony Finau of the U.S. in the opening match. An all-Australian pairing of Adam Scott and Lee will play Americans Collin Morikawa and Sahith Theegala second.

South Korea's Im and Kim take on Russell Henley and world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in the day's third match.

Pendrith will partner with South Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout against Wyndham Clark and Keegan Bradley of the United States in the day's fourth match. Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., will be paired with Japan's Hideki Matsuyama in Thursday's final match against Americans Patrick Cantlay and Sam Burns.

Hughes will not play in the first round.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 25, 2024.

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North Oaks’ Frankie Capan III wins on Korn Ferry Tour for first time

Frankie Capan III, who will be playing on the PGA Tour next year, finished at 13 under par at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO – Frankie Capan III of North Oaks closed with a 1-under 70 and won the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship by two shots on Sunday for his first Korn Ferry Tour title.

Capan already is assured of finishing in the top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list to get a PGA Tour card for the 2025.

Capan shot 13 under par for the tournament, closing with a 1-under 70 to win by two strokes over Carter Jenkins (67), William Mouw (69) and Thomas Rosenmueller (70). Capan shot rounds of 68 on Thursday, 67 on Friday and 66 on Saturday, when he shot four birdies, an eagle and one bogey. He ended the third round with a one-stroke lead over Kevin Roy, who closed with a 73.

Dan McCarthy had a closing 69 to tie for seventh, while Rick Lamb, Cole Hammer, Jacob Solomon and Davis Shore joined him in moving inside the top 75 to at least give themselves one last chance.

Capan had 10 top-25 finishes and five top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour. He had finished second twice this season, at the Visit Knoxville Open in May in Knoxville, Tenn., and the Magnit Championship last month in Jackson Township, N.J.

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• on September 25, 2024

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The PXG Black Ops irons are a fresh addition to the PXG irons lineup.  With a focus on distance and forgiveness, these game improvement irons also have wonderful sound and soft feel.

Introduction

At the beginning of 2024, PXG launched their all-new Black Ops collection, consisting of woods and hybrids.  What we didn’t know then was that PXG was busy designing their first ever true game improvement irons under the same name.  Fast forward 6 months, and in a covert-style operation, I met PXG designers and fitters at a secure location (Scottsdale National) in the searing heat of the desert (it’s a dry heat I kept telling myself) for an unveiling of the new Black Ops irons.  It didn’t take too many swings to understand why PXG was so excited about their new irons – they were just as Bob Parsons proclaimed: “designed to flat-out perform.”

While there are no hard and fast rules for club categories, the PXG Black Ops irons check all my boxes for game improvement.   Larger head size – check.  Notable offset – check.  Thickish topline – check.  At address the club head looks dimensionally balanced, and I like the contrasting matte finish of the face.

In the photo above it’s easy to see the differences in the three latest releases from PXG.  From left to right are the 0311 P GEN7 [full review HERE ], 0311 XP GEN7 [full review HERE ] and the Black Ops 7 irons.

In the bag the PXG Black Ops irons are sharp looking .  Balanced comes to mind again looking at the three segments of the back.  Branding is modestly sized for PXG, and the carbon weave insert adds a textural interest.  The chrome inlay that forms an arrow with the matte stripe on the heel is a nice touch.  It’s hard to see in the photo above, and easy to miss even in person, but that matte stripe is actually a change in thickness between the heel and toe along the sole.

Sound & Feel

On the sound spectrum, the PXG Black Ops irons have a crisp “snap” that’s very satisfying .  The sound was consistent across the face only sounding dud-ish at the edges.  Every reasonable hit sounded flush.

To my hands the Black Ops felt amazingly soft .  Similar to the sound quotient, feedback was nominal.  I started cleaning the face after each swing to better glean strike location.  If you’re wanting discernible strike location on every swing, the Black Ops may not be for you – but the positive feedback will be confidence building for most golfers.

At the PXG R&D facility, I had the opportunity to hit the Black Ops side by side with two of the latest, and biggest selling, game improvement irons from two major OEMs .  The PXG Black Ops irons felt significantly softer and had a much more pleasant sound than both the competitors.   Frequent PIG readers know we preach the importance of getting fit for your clubs, and while performance is the main focus, sound and feel are also important considerations – especially when launch monitor data isn’t definitive.

Performance

The PXG Black Ops irons were developed to fill the mid to high handicap golfer void in the PXG lineup.  To do so, PXG designers sought to maximize forgiveness and emphasize distance – all in an easy to hit iron .  Fortunately, PXG had a ton of expertise in its technology vault.

The framework for the PXG Black Ops iron is a dual cavity .  The first and largest cavity is behind the face, while a second cavity was created midlevel on the backside.  As with most cavity designs, the dual chambers of the Black Ops irons allowed PXG designers to redistribute mass to the perimeter, boosting MOI .  With high MOI in both the vertical axis and the horizontal axis, Black Ops irons are forgiving on heel-toe and high-low mishits.  What I saw on Trackman results was a tight, flat dispersion circle .  And as a 12 handicap, that doesn’t happen unless the club has plenty of forgiveness.

With solid ball speeds and mid-spin , my data also displayed a couple extra yards of carry distance over my gamer norms.  Those results can be attributed to the ultra-thin face, polymer core fill, and CoG positioning.  Let’s take a closer look at each of those.

The face is 0.05” thick, which PXG proclaims as “the thinnest face in golf!”   For a face that thin PXG used a high strength, HT1770 maraging grade stainless steel that’s nearly twice as strong as the more commonly used 17-4 material.  To support the face and maximize deflection, PXG utilized their proprietary XCOR2 Technology lightweight polymer – the same material used in the GEN6 irons.  And finally, PXG positioned the CoG low and towards the back of the head to provide high launch while maintaining a lower spin.  Trajectory was notably high in my testing.

If you’re wondering about the lofts of the PXG Black Ops irons, they’re strong.  But that’s relative – the Black Ops are similar, if not the same, as game improvement irons from other brands.  One final performance attribute I want to mention is the soles – they’re wide and aid in forgiveness .  In working on my nemesis thin strikes, my instructor Ryan has me focused on striking a tee imbedded in the ground ahead of the ball.  It’s a great drill, and the Black Ops have proven they are adept at gliding through the turf instead of digging.

The PXG Black Ops irons may be their first true game improvement irons, but they didn’t miss a step right out of the gate.  The looks alone will draw the eye of many mid to high handicap buyers and the performance will leave them more than satisfied.  I don’t think there’s a better sounding or softer feeling iron in the category.  And for golfers who always thought PXG clubs were outside their budget, the $150 per iron price tag makes them very approachable.

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I can’t wait to hit these ! Great review Matt !

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