PXG is a name synonymous with high quality and hefty price tags, but today’s story is about the latest Cast 0211 irons, which amazingly enough, are quite affordable. Affordable for a PXG product respectively, because after all is said and done, these babies are not dirt cheap by any metrics. To begin with the basics, PXG was started back in 2015, i.e. it’s one of the youngest golf gear manufacturers out there, as the brainchild of Bob Parsons, a literal billionaire who made his fortune with the web hosting company GoDaddy by the way. At the time, many critics said that it would be impossible for a company like PXG to stay afloat for more than 18 months, as since its inception, PXG focused on creating super premium golf equipment only.

However, four years after, PXG is doing greater than ever. Some say it’s even thriving, as their sales figures are on the up and up, they sponsor 4 top PGA golfers, and this year they released one of the most forgiving drivers in the industry. By the way, PXG actually cut a big chunk off the drivers’ price, in order to be more competitive, and the “chopping” strategy actually worked wonders. After pulling that stunt, PXG decided to go one step beyond, i.e. to adapt their business model to become “a company for the masses”, or something along these lines. We are only exaggerating a little bit for dramatic effect, but with their new Cast 0211 irons, PXG seems to be walking the path of the righteous.

For the last four years, the company was harshly criticized for asking north of $2k for a set of clubs, a marketing strategy that made PXG gear out of reach for most regular golfers out there. However, in the same time, this type of “Bentley-like” exclusivity based on hefty price tags made the brand very appealing for certain demographics. However, it looks like PXG is renouncing their 4 year tradition, as their new 0211 irons cost half compared to previous models. And we mean that literally; which doesn’t mean they’re half as good, not by a long shot.

To clarify things a little bit, the new 0211 cost half the price of the current flagship, the 0311 respectively, yet they’re built with the same obsession for detail and they feature all the high-performance bells and whistles one would expect in a PXG product. The only difference is the more palatable price tag.

The main difference between the 0211 and the 0311 is how the former is made, i.e. using a cast construction, while the latter is forged. During the company’s short yet remarkable history, every other iron has been forged hence this is the main motive for the dramatic price slash: a cast iron costs less than a forged/milled one, as the technology is simpler. However, don’t worry, as the 0211 iron is cast using high quality 431 stainless steel, which is the exact same material you’ll find in other leading premium brands of irons, so there’s nothing to write home about, complaining and all that. On top of that, the new 0211 irons boast a maraging HT1770M face (high-strength 1770M steel face), which is built and designed to maximize both ball speed and face-flex; moreover, PXG claims that his makes for the thinnest constant thickness face in golf, whatever that means. Technically speaking, the new 0211 irons currently boast the thinnest face in golf, standing at 0.058?, which is nothing short of amazing.

However, what’s really important in the new PXG “cheap irons” is the fact that they feature a hollow body construction, just like the previous PXG generation. Inside the cavity, you’ll find the same stuff used in the high-end 0311 irons, i.e. the company’s proprietary COR2 material, the magic stuff PXG claims that makes the hollow body/fast face design possible. The theory goes something like this: the special COR2 material injected in the hollow body cavity supports the face, and makes it rebound quicker at ball impact, thus dramatically increasing ball speed; in the same time, this peculiar design allows for better distance-control performance across the face, along with improving both sound and feel, which is quite impressive.

PXG insist that their COR2 material combined with the hollow body design in their irons makes them stand out from the crowd in a big way. Another thing that makes the new PXG 0211 irons rather unique compared to older members of the family is the fact that they arrive with True Temper’s Elevate and Mitsubishi’s new MMT steel/graphite shafts “by default”, i.e. these are the official stock shafts. However, if that’s not your cup of tea, you can always go for more premium/more expensive and exotic shafts, so this little detail shouldn’t bother you too much. Obviously, if that’s the case, you should expect for the price to go up, that’s a no brainer.

Furthermore, unlike other PXG irons, the new 0211 don’t have movable weights. That’s pretty amazing, considering the fact that PXG marketed heavily their fitting options via multiple weights in all their equipment designs. However, dropping the movable weights thing is yet another sign of price cutting. But don’t worry, as you’ll be able to get almost identical MOI numbers with the 0211 due to PXG’s state of the art investment casting technique, which allows for maximum performance while keeping the cost down-low. It’s also worth mentioning the fact that the 0211 makes for a standalone product in PXG’s portfolio, and there are no design variations at the time we are writing this article for different players, like a XF or P version. However, the 0211 makes for the jack of all trades, as the irons are designed like a progressive set, a smart idea that helps providing you with optimal turf interaction, playability and forgiveness, without sacrificing forgiveness, starting from the longest irons into mid-short clubs in the set.

Basically, these irons are engineered and designed to suite a wide audience of golfers, most of them actually, and they make for PXG’s first true progressive set, which is great. And now comes the most interesting part: the new 0211 irons will hit the world on May 21. What about the price? Here it comes: $195/club steel/$210/club graphite.