Not long ago we showed you a patent, and then a USGA photo of what very well could be the eventual retail (at least close as PXG comes to retail) version of PXG’s Darkness driver. Instagram user cnxgolf (which appears tied to a fitting studio in Bangkok Thailand) posted this pic of the new PXG driver.
The timing is certainly interesting given that the LPGA’s Honda LPGA Thailand event is this week.
As noted previously, what we see is a driver that appears to place a greater emphasis on perimeter weighting than the 0811 model which is currently in play on the PGA Tour. Perhaps the Darkness is designed with some or all of PXG’s LPGA staff in mind. PXG staffers Cristie Kerr and Beatriz Recari are both playing in this week’s event in Thailand.
For now it’s all educated speculation, and we’re not ruling out the possibility that this could still be in the prototype stages. We’re trying to track down more and will let you know what we find out.
Update: Word from PXG is that the Darkness driver is a prototype that Gerina Piller is testing.
Jason Metz
8 years ago
Last thing golf needs is a company like this. Not a fan of PXG at all. If the equipment is so much better than everything else, why isn’t anybody who plays the stuff and has such a huge “advantage” winning anything???