PXG Secret Weapon Mini Golf Driver Review

Key Features: 

• 300cc compact clubhead – Sits between a driver and a fairway wood for increased control
• Explosive ball speed – Designed to maximise distance while maintaining accuracy
• Adjustable weighting system – Allows fine-tuning for higher or lower launch and fade or draw bias
• Customisable shaft length – Can be shortened to 3-wood length or extended closer to driver length
• Tour-validated design – Created with input from PXG’s professional players

If you typically find yourself struggling to find the short grass from the tee with your driver, chances are the time has come for you to put the big dog away and find a new Mini Driver. The solution to your problem? How about a certain new 'Secret Weapon' from PXG? 

Yes, that's right, the new PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver could very well prove to be one of the best golf drivers you want to hit more fairways this season and beyond.

The mini driver is very quickly becoming a must-have club for golfers who seek more control off the tee while still maintaining solid distance.

Now don't get us wrong, you will lose a little bit of yardage by switching into a mini driver, but can you really put a price on finding more fairways? 

If you’ve ever struggled with a traditional driver or even found your 3-wood lacking a bit of firepower, then a mini driver might just be the perfect solution for you. 

We took this PXG Secret Weapon Mini Golf Driver for a test drive to learn more about it and discover who will benefit most from it. 

GolfMagic put the PXG Secret Weapon through its pace at Downshire Golf Complex in Wokingham and also tested it on the course in a controlled environment using a launch monitor to track key metrics such as ball speed, spin rate, launch angle and dispersion pattern. 

Let’s take a closer look at its key features and see why it's becoming a favourite among golfers of all levels...

Player Level

The PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver is tailor-made for a golfer who is typically searching for their tee shots in the trees. This club can be used by just about any standard of player, right from a golf beginner through to a PGA Tour pro such as Jake Knapp, who often uses this club in competition as an alternative to his driver. Yes, you will lose a bit of yardage as the clubhead isn't as bulky as a standard driver, but the Secret Weapon from PXG is absolutely perfect for someone who wants to find the straight and narrow more often than not. 

Looks and Feel

Let's start with the aesthetics of the PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver. 

Out of the box, the club makes instant appeal with its awesome headover that would not look out of place in a Bond film. 

It offers intrigue before you've even whipped the leather cover on the ground. 

The skull with the No.26, in case you are wondering, commemorates PXG founder Bob Parsons' service as a rifleman (0311) with the 26th Regiment of the United States Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. 

It's probably the best standard headcover I've ever seen in my 14 years working at GolfMagic. 

After ripping off the headcover and taking a closer inspection of the clubhead, the PXG Secret Weapon is, as expected, much smaller in size compared to its big brother, the PXG Black Ops Driver and the rest of the best golf drivers on the market this season. 

With the Secret Weapon Mini Driver, you have a compact 300cc volume clubhead as opposed to the larger 4600c offering with something like the Black Ops Driver.

When placing the clubhead down at address, I must admit it gave me throwback vibes to the classic TaylorMade R-300 Driver I used to thrash off the tee as an ardent Ernie Els fan back in 2001. 

It felt a bit weird some 24 years later to be looking down on a driver that is much more compact, but after a few hits it gradually set in and I became more comfortable with my strikes. 

For those wondering whether the Secret Weapon resembles more of a shrunken-down driver or a pumped-up fairway wood, I'd consider it bang in the middle. But I think that is very much the goal of this club to give you two different options out on the course. 

In terms of the sole of this mini driver, you've got four adjustable weights to play around with at the top, bottom and sides, all courtesy of PXG's clever Precision Weighting Technology. 

The Secret Weapon Mini comes standard with two heavier weights (15g) and two lighter weights (2.5g), so depending on what configuration you want to encourage you have plenty of options ranging from draw bias, fade bias or neutral bias if you don't want to have one particular shot shape. 

The adapter also allows you to use this club anywhere from 11.5 degrees to 13.5 degrees. We favoured this club at 13 degrees to allow us to greater use this club from both off the tee and off the deck. 

But as we always recommend here at GolfMagic, we encourage you to work with a certified custom fitter to dial this club in to your specs in order to make it perfect for your game. 

My one slight niggle is that the head has quite a glossy finish, and I must be honest I do prefer a matte black finish with my woods. 

As you can see from the image below when standing over the ball, you do get quite a bit of glare when there's a lot of light over you. 

However, looks are very much personal preference and no doubt many of you will like a bit of gloss to your clubhead. 

Aside from that, I love the overall shape and profile of the PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver. 

The white line around the edge of the crown also frames the ball nicely, and you've also got a little X positioned in the middle to help with your alignment. 

In terms of feel, the PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver ticks plenty of boxes.

It's got slightly more of a muted feel than compared to the TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver, but on the whole it provided us with a solid sensation from across the face through impact. 

This club just felt very easy to control, so much easier to control than a standard driver. The shorter shaft - MCA Diamana Stiff 60 - definitely helped me improve my control and accuracy during initial testing. 

Overall, this club felt very stable but also much more powerful than a 3-wood or 5-wood from the tee. 

Performance and Forgiveness

As a 14-handicap golfer, I'm more than happy with the average numbers above, albeit I am losing approximately 10 to 15 yards on my average drive.

Some will consider that a lot, but I would much rather be losing yardage and playing my approach shot in the short grass rather than spending three minutes looking for my ball in the pine straw. 

The biggest positive to me was the control and accuracy of the PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver. 

It's a fairway finder, plain and simple as that. 

While mishits are of course unavoidable, my misses were nowhere near as exaggerated as a standard-sized driver.

The adjustability of this club is superb, too. As far as adjustable mini drivers go in 2025, you absolutely have the best in the business right here. 

You can play around with the launch, spin characteristics and most importantly your shot shape. 

As we say above, make sure you work with a club fitter to dial this mini driver into your specs to ensure you maximise its performance. I favoured this club with a touch of fade bias to give me that desired left to right ball flight I am seeking off the the tee.

Overall, my dispersion pattern on the whole was nice and tight from the tee. I did hit a couple of pull shots here and there but that was more where I was swinging far too hard to try and squeeze a bit more distance out of it. I therefore would not encourage that - just take some nice easy swings and stride down the centre of that fairway to play your next shot. 

I also wanted to use this mini driver a fair bit off the deck as well as off the tee peg to test its overall performance.

While hitting a standard driver off the deck is only really encouraged for a Tour pro or very good ball striker, I was pleased to see that I could still hit a few decent shots with the Secret Weapon from the fairway and even out of the intermediate rough. In fact I found this club to be the easiest mini driver I've ever hit from off the ground. Granted, a lot of my shots were of a fairly low trajectory - using this club in 13 degrees - but these types of shots would not be something I would typically be able to hit off the deck with a standard driver. 

The PXG Secret Weapon Mini will take a bit of getting used to from off the deck, because it is a little trickier to hit than a 3 or 5-wood for example, but with a bit more practice I think this club could very much become a 'Secret Weapon' to many of you because of its versatility. 

Should you purchase the PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver?

Without a doubt the Secret Weapon is a fantastic option for anyone like me who typically struggles to consistently hit accurate shots with their standard driver. 

The two biggest positives with this mini driver are its versatility, since it can be used off both a tee and in the fairway to help you reach those long par-4s and shorter par-5s, and its accuracy from the tee. 

You will have to unfortunately sacrifice a bit of distance with this club, but it's still got plenty of bang for its buck that's for sure.

As I say, I am more than happy to lose some 10 yards off the tee and take an extra iron from there in the fairway instead of chopping something back out from the trees - or even worse, reloading from the tee box. 

The PXG Secret Weapon Mini Driver is without question our favourite mini driver out there in 2025.

This club can be used by just about any level of golfer, from a beginner all the way through to PGA Tour star and PXG staff player Jake Knapp who regularly uses this club in competition as an alternative option at the top end of his  bag. 

It's fairly chunky at £429, but can you really put a price on finding more fairways?

Much of that will likely depend on how seriously you take this sport.