I've seen some of us may have thought that PXG had gone all budgie solos but that doesn't quite seem to be the case. Gen 4 has arrived and I'm about to test the new driver. The first thing I know is the premium stuff is back and the premium starts with the head cover itself. It's probably the most luxurious head cover I've ever had me mits on and it's incredibly soft leather that really nice. So that's where you first see the difference as soon as it's out the bag. The looks of the driver itself is very much in the same profile as what we've seen in the prototype but the crown is massively different and I think the crown is something that when I first seen it on some leaked Instagram images I must admit I wasn't that keen. I thought that block of white was sort of solid in its colour. It's very much as you can see in the images going off of you now it's a perforated finish and when that between the matte finish of the crown they've done another amazing job of setting something up totally different than anything else on the market please. Very much unique, very much PXG and honestly it looks super but address and frames the ball incredibly well. So before I give you my opinion on how this thing performs and how it looks what are yours and what are yours in terms of A this unique look and B the price point again so like I said the premium line returns but nothing like what it was before I think Gen 2 drivers when the first out 875 it's now a 550 product in UK pounds massively different but it still would sit it at the top end in terms of its price point so is this going to be on your list are you going to try it what do you think of it general feedback down below I love to hear your comments. Right that is testing on the course finished and now what we need to do is collect some dry ball data and ultimately what you all want to know now is how does it fare on our long drive challenge so back to for goal. The Gen 4 drivers come in three very different profiles each of the head shape very different from the other and a game providing characteristics that fit your preferences. The crown is a hybrid of titanium in the heel and toe whilst the centre is carbon fibre the combination that helps lower the CG and increase M.O.I. then this visible white panel on the crown is an aluminium vapor which increases the stiffness and stability of the carbon element of the crown. A TI 412 titanium is responsible for the high speed face but once again it's the ability to precision weight your driver at custom fit which is really interesting it gives endless options to weight and change the master optimise your individual needs. Right that was a great morning down at Conway that was last week and I've now the small and collected data which I'll go through at the end of the video what I can tell you is it's performed pretty much exactly as you'd expected to yet again another drive that it's the ball and comes in around the sort of 240 odd carry for me but it's been it's performed well. We've got our own course we're going to hit a few balls while the camera's on just talk about the way it sets up but address which you didn't mention that greatly and how it sounds as well and we'll just hit a couple of shots into this fairway that we've got set up on trackman. I'm interested as I've already asked about the way this sort of club sits at address for me it's quite a surprise I've just been speaking to somebody who's just walked in actually and they commented the same thing where it does look very much different than the images that I have seen online and it really sits nice behind the ball but let's hit a few and see how this thing sounds. What they do what they do well and we've got a I'll just see where that ball's going it looks a decent drive to be fair we've found the fair it's a great course it's Sebenach I think it's called which held the US open for the ladies not too long ago. Yeah it's they do a really good thing like it or not in making these clubs sound that balance between sound and those other zipping off that club face and they're it's not so much soft but it's very much responsive and I love that combination and they've done it in these drivers it's so different for me and again one of the criticism that I had of the O211 driver and the O211 fairways they had that very much hard sound and it's not for me it doesn't make a great deal of difference to a lot of golfers but for me it's I sound and feel a huge in my buying decisions so for me the O211 driver was just that little bit too harsh I likened it again Ping G425 range again super performance on real but if you had one criticism of both of those things it would be the sort of sound and feel and that's what they've changed massively with the driver into this into this gem 4 range. I hope you can hear it again it's you know it's very hard to pick up the audio inside I think we've probably found a couple of fairways there which is quite decent. Yep mind you there's a bit of room you're avoiding the bunkers is a bit of a job but we've managed to do that and found the fairway. I think we've got this price point I mentioned earlier since I found out it's 465 so I've got the number wrong and 465 pound pitches this driver in amongst it now so in amongst the top end of the tailor made sim the Calaway epic range again that Ping G425 so it sits right in there it's again a low there premium product it's so so different in terms of where it's pitched and I think this is all down to you're going to be in that realms where you try this driver and it's going to perform incredibly well. Incredibly well just as the sim does just as the Calaway epic does just as the G425 does the things you're going to pick your driver on now are going to be based on how it looks and how it feels and I think they're the massive difference and maybe that other one thing is your brand loyalty as well they're the things that are making you choose drivers right now because in performance wise this will no doubt stand up against all of those drivers it's been extremely consistent that's another thing to consider when you're making your decision in terms of your own performance dispersion wise chef choice and again maybe worth mentioning I've got this even flow at Ripside CB in a stiff and again I think that's a really sort of friendly shaft it's again in that regular option I think it'll suit a lot of golfers so I think for me that's it in terms of trying the club you've seen it out the fair where we've got some data I'll just quickly go through these numbers at the very end and we'll leave it there I think. Let's have one last shot while the camera's on that's probably the best one out of three we find another fair we that could be too good and in the bunker now it's in a bunker right so I think just rounded up with a quick look at these numbers which have been to be fair really impressive we've got that sort of clubhead speed 99.2 on average 145 ball speed 2650 spin and already those three numbers those correlations between the three are really really good and optimum what I've been most impressed with is sort of the consistency in all those numbers and if you look at the carry distance I mean 242 on average we've got two balls under that 240 mark on the others that's again pretty much my optimum performance but again the launch angle 14.7 peak height of a 100 feet it's kind of like in my eyes and the way I look at analyze the data that's pretty much hit every number and ticked every box you'd want it to do but it's added to maximum now in terms of what we're expecting to see in terms of clubhead performance and I'm just going to throw up at the end there and on the last screen is the dispersion and once again you'll see average goal for this myth that one club is all of us are going to be everything grouped down the middle it's absolutely ridiculous it's going to be where I've it what have I forced slightly off to the left we've got one down the middle and two lead drives we're probably fine in a fair ways with them arguably those three down the left to find in a first cut or rough but again my performance with it is is ultimately where we finished up in terms of my swing my overall assessment is as ever it's a simple one it's like if you're in the market for a new driver then now and you're in that sort of budget in terms of what we mentioned during those four brands then this now sticks it into that equation and every reason why you should try it and then couple it up with the kind of the waiting system you've got to go and get custom fit for this driver you've got to make sure that you use every option there is in terms of getting the best benefits out of the club itself and the way to do that is get custom fit mess around that waiting system and that is the key to this driver I think maybe being well as much to your preference as you can possibly get out there and then the rest of my frame is down to you anyway that's me done review over I'm off now to Chester Gold Club to review a couple of fairway words from PXC so keep an eye out for that one and I'll see you soon