 I recently travelled over 5,000 miles to get custom fit for a driver, and this is what I ended up with. Yeah, today sees a release of Gen 6 from PXG, which includes irons, fairy woods, hybrids, and of course the big stick, the driver. We've got some interesting data collected already from my custom fit in Arizona back in mid-February. And we'll look at the two models that they offer, which is the XF and this standard model that I ended up being custom fit into. I'll tell you my thoughts on it in terms of performance, dry ball data, but maybe more importantly what I find out here on the fairways in reality in a winter in England at Cardin Park. Right, time to talk about aesthetics, but only very, very briefly because I keep hearing that these things are subjective, but from my opinion, I'll tell you what I think. The underneath of the product hasn't changed that dramatically, to be honest with you, through the last few generations. I like what they do, it's very stripped back, there's not a great deal going on. Some nice shiny chrome that I'd be a little worried about how that's going to mark up over time. That weight system is super important to everyone of the PXG products, but for me the interesting bit is where you turn this thing to the address position, which is the all important position is what we see. And it looks fantastic. I'd go as far as to say, in my opinion, it's not only PXG's best version in terms of a crown, I think it's possibly Tix the Boxing being the best crown at address on the market so far. Why do I like it? Well, first of all, I love that matte finish as you well know, I love that sort of stepped crown. Again, just separates the face a little bit, they've just added a little bit of detail in and around to enhance the shape and profile of the driver. All X marks the spot in terms of the center of the club face in terms of alignment aid, and it's just overall a classic nice shaped driver. I cannot criticise, I can only applaud just how good this driver looks at that address position. So what I want to talk about in today's video is what I think is so different about Gen 6 compared to Gen 5 and Gen 4 because for me, there's been a bit of a step forward in this and from everybody that I got custom fit with and heard their reaction, I think there's a similar response to be fair. PXG have sort of got with their Gen 5 sort of, let's say 95% of boxes tick but then fell short on a few others and I think what they've done with this is got it spot on. First of all, not a big deal but the sound thing, it sounds superb and again it's that element of what a lot of drivers preference for me at least anyway is I want to feel like it's all here that it's got a good fast sound off of that face but I also want some responsiveness and well, so I like it to feel a little bit soft at the same time. Then there's that crown, it just sits so nice at address, I'm a huge fan of that sort of no glare matte finish and then there's the ball speed which for me is absolutely flying out this clubface and I'm so glad I was able to do that on camera at the bunkers didn't move from them, it went in the bunker not an ideal result but the actual ball speed and zip out that face I hope you can see and that is what we found in dry ball data because this thing really is quick off the face that balance with a great spin number, great launch number and just take a look at these and see what you think and you can understand why for me Gen 6 have possibly got it spot on this time round with PXG. There's one thing I've got to mention that has zero to do with performance but I cannot not tell you about and that is the quality of PXG head covers, they're unreal and to be honest with you they literally knock it out their part compared to anybody else so yeah don't help you hit the ball but look fantastic. The next thing we need to talk about is the weighting system and how important it is to you as a golfer and to PXG as a brand but first of all we've got a little hybrid we need to knock up the hill, bit more legs, it's just about crept on right the weighting system that's a four hybrid by the way another nice club from PXG. Now a brief intervention from well you'll see me back here at the end of this video when we do a bit of a summary. I want to talk about this weighting system because it is key to what PXG offer in terms of custom fit and I think if you're going to differentiate drivers right now then it's the element of custom fit that PXG provide that perhaps separate them from the rest. That weighting system first of all in its standard position has been really separated as far as it can possibly take it in terms of that heel and toe positioning and then obviously you've always got that weight port at the back but it's the fact that they can change these things around and make considerable differences to your ball flight to your launch angle to all those different spin variables draw and fade bias that make it really important that you get custom fit and for me it's the one key thing that PXG have in their favor right now above other brands right back to the fairway. So today I've actually got a full bag of PXG Gen 6 that I've got my hands on and I'm playing nine holes here at Cardin Park putting every club through its paces so make sure you stay tuned and watch that video I'll be coming out in the next few days and give you a broader look at Gen 6 and trust me it's worth watching for a number of reasons. Right the next thing you're going to see is a number of shots from me playing around Cardin Park this morning because I've well and truly hit a good few drives with this thing and it's been really interesting because what I like to see as a driver is sort of from that first swing of the day which is the one that's a bit of left to right and it's a bit of a controlled ball and it's me warming up if you like and then as the shots progress you see the swing changes a little it starts to get a little bit longer in length the clubbed speed starts to increase we hit some longer balls higher launching balls and that all comes into the fray which is a normal sort of well what has been a nine hole round of golf that's very different from the custom fit where you're banging one driver after another so I really like to see the sort of variables in performance and they've been very consistent and also the ability in this head shape for me to hit that left to right but then when we've got warmed up a bit to be able to launch that ball and also shift it the other way the consistent thing that I've seen is that spin number seems to be maintained the ball flight is what I would be looking for with the variety of different shots that I've played but then it's the ball speed because the one thing that gen six seems to be doing incredibly well like I said from that data that I provided earlier it's very fast off that clubface it must be near the limits because we are really pushing the boundaries in terms of my club head my swing speed and that ball speed is right up there so super super impressed the range coming down I'm going to hit another one back off the 11th here at Cardin Park and see if I can back it up I'm going to be aiming inside of the bunker and try to move it a bit in to the left hand side I can't tell you just how good this things looks the address position in my opinion well do you know what stayed at the bunker but again what amazing I was carried the bunker trust me that's a decent long drive we're slightly into a headwind and what I was going to say what amazes me is just that carry distance just how long that ball is staying in the air I played nine holes already so I'm warmed up I'm driving the ball reasonably well the back half of the round as well so all those things have got to be taken into consideration but and we got that one out the middle you can't argue or I can't argue with just how far these balls are traveling and I think that is largely down to yes we can say this gen six is really good but we could also talk about the shaft and the custom fit element and how that is maximising my own ability and my swing and that's also key to remember whilst I take a little bit of cover from the rain a quick question from you and that's one that came to me whilst we're playing and that's this is gen six PXG have come a long long way and things have changed significantly both the price points the introduction of 0 to 11 this premium line coming out right now and again at this point I don't know what these drivers are going to be priced at but what I really want to know from you is where are you at with PXG right now and are you tempted to look and try gen six but in general where are you at with PXG right now I'd be interested to do your thoughts so post those comments down below right a change of location for the end of this video I'm up in Scotland at Dundonal links and this driver has been back out on the fairways with me here it's always nice to play it for a few rounds before I feel he can give a decent sort of review of a product interestingly for me very much seen what I've said so far and this driver is very much a performance driver in that it seems long it's fast ball speeds also low spinning the drives that you see me here to landing in lower on links ground we've had 48 hours of rain and they're fairly soft but this ball is still firing on on those fairways which suggests that low spin number combined with the ball speed is really working out in reality so that's always good to see the set the looks wise of this driver I think is hard to beat in terms of any other driver that's out there on the market but I've always said that's very subjective but the key for me if you're going to buy a PXG driver is you have to get custom fit because if you're going to take advantage of what they offer in terms of that weighting system then there's no other option but to get that done and go through that process if you want to get the ultimate driver for your swing characteristics and that's where this PXG driver does extremely well and has done in recent years so I'm more stressed you've got to get custom fit all drivers are performing incredibly well right now so the key is get custom fit and then choose based on personal preferences and nuances because that's all that splits these drivers right now as you well know it's a fairly hefty investment so you've got to make sure you get it right out of interest this is retail at 469 UK pounds so it's a little bit lower than those other brands it's up against but still a hefty price tag to go with it anyway that's me done no more to be said enjoyed playing that so far we'll see which driver ends up in my bag this year because it's very interesting right now right that's me done I'm going to play a bit more golf over the next few days and plenty of videos coming from up in Scotland and Ayrshire coastline so stay tuned and I will see you all tomorrow night