Bat Attack

The Bat Attack line runs across four releases on record: an original Bat Attack, the 2021 Battle Ready edition, a Bat Attack ZT, and the Bat Attack Gen2. PXG's page lists the 2021 Battle Ready model as a mallet-style putter built from aerospace-grade aluminum and high-density tungsten with perimeter weighting, and the maker's page notes a Center Shafted hosel option carried across the line. That construction, wing-shaped alignment design, and the multi-material build are the throughline the maker points to across the generations, even as the shape itself kept moving.

Reviewers who handled the original Bat Attack and the 2021 Battle Ready version did not always see continuity. Pluggedingolf.com, looking back at the original after reviewing the Battle Ready edition, wrote that you'd think there's no way that the same company designed the Battle Ready version, and elsewhere the same outlet called the newer head too big and too boxy to hold any appeal. Golf Monthly took the opposite view of that same 2021 edition, calling it easier on the eye with a slightly larger head and recommending it as one of PXG's top selling Battle Ready mallets. Golfsupport.com and 2ndswing.com were both positive on the 2021 release as well, with golfsupport.com calling it a rock-solid stable putter, with gorgeous looks and extreme forgiveness, and 2ndswing.com pitching it as the perfect weapon for golfers who demand the ultimate in forgiveness and consistency on the greens.

Feel is where opinion splits most sharply within the line. Pluggedingolf.com's own reviewers praised the feel on one release, writing that pxg absolutely nailed the feel, while flagging on another that there's nothing unique about the performance compared to a dozen other mallets that cost half or a quarter of what this does, and separately noting very little feedback in this putter. The 2021 Battle Ready edition drew praise from pluggedingolf.com for being incredibly solid and ultra stable, with modern, industrial looks, alongside a note that the M16 shaft is a strong upgrade.

The Gen2 marks the most recent entry on record, and 2ndswing.com's review leaned on forgiveness and alignment rather than feel, praising exceptional forgiveness, enhanced stability, improved distance control, and calling it the perfect choice for golfers seeking maximum forgiveness and alignment assistance in a unique and visually striking mallet design. The maker's page for the Gen2 describes a precision milled aluminum body, a pyramid face pattern, and a bat shape with extended heel-toe wings, extending the wing-and-alignment vocabulary of the earlier releases rather than abandoning it. Where the ZT fits in that arc is thinner on record, with pluggedingolf.com noting only a zero torque toe hang for that edition.