Srixon Launches ZXi RKT Woods, the Driver That Won The Open

Srixon has officially launched the ZXi RKT metalwood family, a three-driver, one-fairway-wood, one-hybrid lineup the brand is calling its biggest metalwood overhaul in years. The announcement, distributed through Srixon's trade release and first reported by Irish Golfer Magazine on September 23, 2026, isn't really the start of this story. Ryan Fox already won a major championship with it.

• Srixon has officially launched the ZXi RKT metalwood family: three drivers (ZXi RKT, ZXi RKT LS, ZXi RKT MAX), one fairway wood, and one hybrid.
• Ryan Fox won the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale using a prototype of the line, reported in tour coverage as the ZXi RKT LS+, weeks before Srixon's official announcement.
• The family centers on a new RKT face architecture, a VR Titanium build, and Acousticore acoustic engineering shared across all three driver heads.
• The family is available for pre-order now in Europe, arriving at retail October 2; US pricing and availability haven't been confirmed yet.

From tour prototype to official launch

Fox added a prototype Srixon driver to his bag at the Travelers Championship in June 2026, roughly a month before The Open. He kept it in play through Royal Birkdale, where he closed with four birdies in his last six holes to win his first major by one stroke. On the tournament's decisive hole, he found the fairway with a 330-yard drive (302m) that set up the winning birdie. Tour equipment coverage, including Golf.com's gear desk, identified the club specifically as the ZXi RKT LS+, an LS-style prototype that isn't the same head as the retail ZXi RKT LS now on sale. Srixon's official lineup ships as Standard, LS, and MAX, with no LS+ listed as a retail SKU, so Fox won on a prototype in that design lineage rather than on the driver a customer can actually buy today. Fox's win wasn't the only result: Shane Lowry also used the low-spin prototype to win the Irish Open the same summer, according to aggregated tour reports, giving Srixon two tour wins on unreleased equipment before it officially existed as a product.

That sequence is unusual even by tour-gear standards. Manufacturers seed prototypes with tour staff constantly, but a driver rarely wins a major and then makes its retail debut still riding that result. For related context on how those prototype clubs fit into Fox's overall setup at Birkdale, see our recap of his Open Championship win.

What's in the ZXi RKT metalwood family

The launch covers three driver models, built around distinct swing profiles rather than a single one-size head:

• ZXi RKT is the standard model, offered in 9.0 and 10.5 degree lofts and positioned by Srixon as the fit for the widest range of players.
• ZXi RKT LS is the compact, low-spin model, built in a 460cc pear shape and offered in 8.0, 9.0, and 10.5 degree lofts, aimed at faster swingers who need to bring spin down.
• ZXi RKT MAX is the highest-MOI model in the family, with the largest profile and lofts running 9.0, 10.5, and 12.0 degrees, built for players who prioritize forgiveness over workability.

The family also includes a single fairway wood offered across four lofts (13.5, 15, 18, and 21 degrees) and a hybrid offered across five lofts (17 through 28 degrees), giving the range more loft coverage at the top of the bag than Srixon's previous metalwood generation.

The technology behind the launch

Srixon's release centers the family on what it calls RKT face technology, an update to the i-FLEX face design from the original ZXi generation, built with a VR Titanium material and variable thickness across the face to promote ball speed on off-center strikes. The release also describes a Rebound Frame with dual flex zones, meant to support ball speed on mishits rather than only on center contact. Alongside the face work, Srixon has put real emphasis on sound: the company's Acousticore system uses AI-optimized internal rib structures paired with a lightweight carbon fiber crown, tuned separately for each of the three driver heads. Srixon's release doesn't publish independent test data behind any of these claims, so how the face and frame changes translate into measurable ball speed or forgiveness gains isn't yet verifiable outside the company's own materials.

Pricing and availability

In Europe, Irish Golfer's report prices each driver at 679 euro, the fairway wood at 399 euro, and the hybrid at 329 euro. The family is available for pre-order now through Srixon and its retail partners, with full retail arriving October 2. US pricing and availability haven't been confirmed yet; this piece will be updated once those details land.

What to watch

With Fox's win and Lowry's Irish Open result already on the board, the real test starts once the ZXi RKT family reaches golfers who aren't playing at a tour swing speed. A driver built around a low-spin head tuned for fast swingers doesn't automatically translate into gains for the mid-to-high handicap golfers this family is priced toward, and independent fitting data against the ZXi RKT MAX and standard model will matter more for most buyers than another tour highlight. I've watched enough tour-to-retail launches to know a 330-yard drive under major-championship pressure says a lot about a player and comparatively little about how a driver head performs across a wider range of swing speeds. Expect the first outside fitting comparisons once pre-order units start reaching customers.

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