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Accompanying its unique look, the PXG Drone putter also has solid performance and feel. Beware of the Classic version.
Introduction
What a great time to be a designer of mallet putters. There seems to be no limit to the shape, size or cost these days. PXG offers three mallets, all of which look completely different except for the trademark screws – excuse me – weighting elements. I’ll give you my take on the Drone in this review.
Looks
From the bottom, the PXG Drone looks like a simple, traditional mallet putter with a solid footprint – no wings, fangs, or tails. From the top the Drone is as unique as Bob Parsons himself. The sides are thick and beefy, while the center looks like a horseshoe football stadium. And best as I can determine, the Drone wins the screw count of all PXG clubs with 25 in total.
The base Drone is what’s pictured here, and it also comes center shafted. The black model, called the Classic, really looks sharp, but the sun’s reflection off the shiny silvery screws was blinding.
Sound & Feel
As noted in our other PXG putter reviews, I also found the sound off the TPE insert to be a soft tock. Rather quiet regardless of length of stroke.
For a face balanced putter, I thought the Drone had good flow even for a slightly arcing swing path. Hits off the toe had a little twist, and hits off the heel felt harsh. Luckily there’s plenty of area in between for solid feeling putts.
Performance
As you’d expect with a high MOI putter, forgiveness was substantial. Miss the center of the putter face and the line and distance were still good. The single bend shaft provides a full shaft offset that may benefit players who tend to miss right.
The lines of the PXG Drone, including the rows of weights on the sides and down the center made alignment a breeze. However, as stated earlier, the reflections off the center screws was completely distracting in the Classic version.
Conclusion
Like all PXG products, you have to not dislike the weight screws. Alignment wise, they integrated well with the overall design. Performance was good across the board and with a unique look, a viable high MOI putter for those golfers looking to stand out from the pack.
Still, I can’t believe they offer the Classic version. I’m sure Club Champion or other club builder could do something to eliminate the reflection, but at $500 that shouldn’t be necessary. Model options are great, but they need to be functional.
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6 Comments
Love it!!!
Mighty ugly sick for a ridiculous price of $500.00. Count me out.
It seems like the pictured version is not face balanced as it clearly has a heel shaft placement which allows for slightly more toe hang.
Hate to break this to you Tyler, but your logic is faulty. If heads were build perfectly symmetrical and homogeneous in terms of weight, the center of gravity would indeed be in the center. However, designers aren’t limited in those parameters, which makes putters such mystical tools. If you look through our putter review archives you’ll find many examples of heel shafted, face balanced putters. I don’t know of one, but a center shafted putter could easily be made with heal or toe hang.
Cheers,
Matt M
A small cattle of liquid white out comes with a precise brush for applying to misplaced e’s and o!s! Dab a drop on each screw head and no reflection! Great for putting an alignment line on woods and hybrids as well! Or blade putters !
Bottle not cattle! Sorry!