PXG Tour Series putters: What you need to know

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: PXG’s new Tour Series putters take a more classical approach than the company’s more aggressive Battle Ready II lineup. The two traditional heel-toe weighted blade styles are 100 percent milled from 303 stainless steel for a look that resonates with better golfers, like those tour players on PXG’s staff that gave their input on these models.

PRICE: $500. Two models: Brandon, Brandon II.

3 COOL THINGS
1. Clean lines. The two milled blade putters will look very familiar because they represent variations on the most iconic putter model in the history of the game. PXG’s Brandon and Brandon II evoke the legendary Ping Anser and Anser 2, or for a newer generation, the Scotty Cameron Newport and Newport 2. A whole host of milled putters have followed suit over the years, and the two PXG models likely will appeal to different personal preferences. The Brandon has softer curves in its heel and toe ballasts, while the Brandon II uses sharper angles for a more squared off look. Both are 100 percent milled from 303 stainless steel, and PXG has been developing ideas with its five-axis milling capabilities for some time, including in some recent wedge and iron offerings. The name Brandon, which has been on PXG blade putters from the company's earliest putter models, refers to one of the first PXG employees, who was killed in a motorcycle accident on his way to work. 

2. Face treatment. The face on the PXG Tour Series putters features a shallow fly-cut milling pattern. Developed with input from the company’s staff of tour players, that pattern creates the ideal mix of soft feel and responsiveness at impact for the kind of control better putters demand.

3. Weight watcher. The Tour Series putters make use of heel and toe sole weights. The stock arrangement is for two 10-gram weights, but the range of weights runs from 2.5 grams to 20, and other options include 5, 7.5, 10, 12.5, 15 and 17.5 grams. Weights can be arranged to meet different swing weight preferences for different lengths, as well as inserting them asymmetrically to better match how a player tends to naturally rotate the face in his or her stroke. In total, these heads can accommodate a weight range from 345 grams to 380 grams, and the heavier weight head also works well as a counterbalanced option with a 38-inch shaft.