PXG 0311 Black Ops Review

The 0311 Black Ops is PXG's mainstream driver and it takes the company's usual approach of putting adjustability ahead of simplicity. Carbon covers both the crown and a large area of the sole, which frees a sizeable mass budget, and that budget is spent on multiple sole weight ports rather than a single fixed slug, so head weight, swing weight and bias can all be moved during a fitting instead of being fixed at the factory.

The face is a variable thickness titanium plate designed to hold ball speed across a wide area. At address it is a full 460cc with a matte black finish, no glare and a fairly deep face that a stronger player will read well. Sound is firm and reasonably loud. Stock lofts run 7.5, 9 and 10.5 degrees, which is a lower range than most rivals offer. Provisional entry, held flat at C as a placeholder until a fitting session and range testing produce numbers worth standing behind.