What's up, guys? I'm Blair Wheeler here at PXG Headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona.
I'm gonna be testing out a couple new drivers today – the Proto
and the 0211 – and see which one fits my game the best.
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So, this is going to be the 0811 Prototype here on the left.
We've got our new 0211 on the right. There's certainly differences
between the two. We've got four interchangeable weights on the Prototype
versus only one on the 0211. Really, the biggest difference
is the versatility between the two. A player
looking for most performance is really going to
want the Prototype driver. With our 0211, we only have that one weight for it.
Yeah, right? It's positioned in the back part of the driver and that's geared
to bring up the MOI – the forgiveness of the club.
And what that does for the player who needs the forgiveness,
it makes that sweet spot the size of Texas. We'll have you test both and
we'll see the numbers that we generate from both options.
Then from there, we're going to get you in the right stuff.
All right? Awesome. You ready to tee it up? Let's do it. We'll start with the
Prototype. What we're going to do is start
with a very standard setup and then from there we can make
adjustments based off of what we're seeing –
ball flight, spin rate, launch angle.
Good swing. We've got ball speed here on the left,
and what that's telling us is that your ball speed ranges from 141
to 145 and you're very consistent within that range. That's telling me
you hit it very solid in the middle at least five
times in a row. That's awesome. What I want to really
point out is launch angle and spin. Those two areas really
affect the driver's performance. Right. What I'm going to show you on
the driver here, this is going to be the couple of tweaks
we're going to make. If I grab the driver, we have different
settings on the hosel. We're looking at a launch angle right
around 16 to 17 degrees. We would love to get that closer to 15 degrees.
Gotcha. If we can get it closer to 15, we're going to lower your launch, but also
lower the spin slightly as well. Okay? So, I'm going to
make a tweak to the hosel. We're going to lower loft.
Okay. But then we're also going to change the weight pattern
in the bottom of the driver. Okay. We've got a 15-gram weight
in the front setting right now. What we're going to do is move
that to the heel and that's going to give you just a
slight draw bias to offset your fade. Okay. The setting that
I'm going to move into is a small minus. It's going to lower by around
0.75 degrees. Instead of the nine-degree option
that we have for you, it's going to be closer to eight and a quarter.
Okay. All right? We're going to lock that in
and then we're also going to change the weights on here.
Again, very easy. It's the same tool that moves both the hosel
and the weight pattern. What we're going to do
is move the heavy weight to the heel. That's going to allow you to
release the driver with a little bit more ease
and square up the face. It eliminates some of that movement
that we're seeing, left to right.
What I want to introduce to you next is our 0211 Driver.
We're going to match the same exact specs as we did with this second
iteration – small minus with the nine-degree
head that's going to bring it down to the eight-and-a-quarter-degrees of loft.
Okay? Let me get that switched onto the shaft and we can take a look at the
differences after we make these swings. Overall,
for the average person looking at these two drivers –
the Proto versus the 0211 – the 0211 would be more for the higher
handicap player, maybe? Exactly. We have that weight
in the back for, like I said, it brings up the MOI.
MOI is just a term for forgiveness. How easy is the club to hit?
It's going to have the same 460cc head, so the volume is exactly the
same and the crown is exactly the same. It has
that carbon fiber finish on top. Yeah. It looks great. Looking down on it.
It looks the same, right? Exactly right. And then,
from the bottom, it still looks good. With our lineup, we love
to have the clubs sync together. Yeah.
You know – it's got to look sexy.
There it is. Wow. 275 yards. Oh yeah, this is my new driver.
I think we got a winner.
All we did was change the head, right? Taking a look
at our pattern, we had four in a row right on
the club face. When I talk about the club face with 0211,
it's got a huge sweet spot. You know, the sweet spot right here,
It's going to really give you just a little bit more confidence.
When you take the confidence, it's only going to skyrocket
your ability to play. Definitely. Right? We started at a standard setting.
We lowered the loft initially. That got us
a little bit lower launch with a little bit lower spin, and we saw
an 11-yard gain. When we put the 0211 head on there
with the same configuration, we saw a drop in the backspin.
Yeah. And that's all to do with the size of the sweet spot. Wow.
Right? Bigger sweet spot means you're not going to catch it in the heel
as much, that being our miss. We're going to catch it right in the
middle and we're going to add another 13 yards on to it.
I mean, I just got my new club. KABOOM, BABY!
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