Ohio Golf Journal November 2019

PXG: “We couldn’t help ourselves” By Ed Travis L AST SPRING WHEN HIGH END CLUBMAKER 0ARSONS 8TREME 'OLF OR AS IT IS BETTER KNOWN AS 08' INTRODUCED THE LINE OF IRONS SOME THOUGHT THE COMPANY MAY BE CHANGING ITS BUSINESS STRATEGY 4HE CAST RATHER THAN FORGED LINE WAS ACTUALLY PRICED WITHIN REACH FOR THE AVERAGE GOLFER !T PER CLUB THEY WERE MUCH LESS EXPENSIVE THAN PREVIOUS 08' MANUFACTURED IRONS ! COMPLETE SET OF S SEVEN IRONS IRON THROUGH PITCHING WEDGE WERE PRICED AT !LTHOUGH STILL EXPENSIVE THEY WERE MUCH MORE COMPETITIVELY PRICED WITH OTHER MAJOR EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERmS RETAIL COST )N !UGUST 08' UNVEILED THEIR NEW TOUR STYLE BLADE THE 34 WITH THE COMMENT “We couldn’t help ourselves. We just had to make a pure tour blade.” 4HESE PREMIUM BLADES WERE INTRODUCED AT PER CLUB FOR SEVEN CLUBS IRON THROUGH PITCHING WEDGE COMPLETE WITH STEEL OR GRAPHITE SHAFTS 4HEY WERE MORE IN LINE WITH THE HIGH END EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS NORMAL PRICING AND REMINISCENT OF THE STICKER SHOCK WHICH ACCOMPANIED THE ÚRST 08' MODELS 4HE 34 DESIGNATION STANDS FOR Super Tour. 4HE HEADS ARE TRIPLE FORGED FROM CARBON STEEL FOR A TIGHTER GRAIN STRUCTURE AND #.# MILLED AN EXPENSIVE ÚNISHING PROCESS THAT INSURES PRECISE SHAPING OF EACH HEAD 4HE BLADE LENGTH IS SHORTER AND THE OFFSET IS SMALLER WITH A THIN TOPLINE #OUPLED WITH A NICKEL CHROMIUM PLATED ÚNISH THE 34 LINE LOOKS LIKE WHAT THEY ARE A PLAYERS CATEGORY IRON 08'mS FAMILIAR WEIGHT PORTS SEVEN OF THEM ARE DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE LOWER ÛANGE AT THE REAR OF THE HEAD 4HREE IN THE MIDDLE HOLD LIGHT TITANIUM Ohio Golf Journal