 Do I always find it a little bit weird when Ping release new golf clubs? Roll out. Because Australia seems to get them before anybody else. So if you're like me you'll have watched Alex Etch's worldwide exclusive of both the G430 irons and the G430 driver review. He's already done it and I now can't wait to try both products in my review which will probably come to you in January next year. But there is one thing I noticed and picked up on that I've got to share with anybody who might be thinking of pre-ordering G430 irons. Now my advice is always going to be get custom fit and don't just pre-order. But I know some of you won't take any notice and just can't resist that pre-order making sure you're first to get delivery in early January. Now the G430 irons from what I've seen look to be specced up in exactly the same loft as their predecessor's the G425 and also very similar to the G700's. And there's one thing about both those sets of irons which is very recognisable. And that is the fact that they are both extremely strong lofted sets of irons and the issue for me is down that long end of the bag where we all struggle. The 4 and 5 irons are 20 and 23.5 respectively in terms of their loft. That's a potential issue and I think I've got a potential solution. And you see, I would be deaf from me giving another new release of Pings ago before you go anywhere near pre-ordering those G430 irons. Can they ping shipper, pop the ball up over four bunkers and land softly? I'm not so sure and it's got nothing to do with this review but let's give it a go. This, what am I talking about? This ping shipper can do anything. But the new club that's been released by Ping that is of particular interest to me in this review is their new iCrossover. And I'll explain to you why it's a key club that you need to try before you go anywhere near the G430's. Well that was actually a little bit long. Can it redeem itself and get me up and down from the fringe? But the ping I crossover was the club that I really want to pay some attention to today. It's a fully adjustable driving iron and I think it can play a major role in eradicating a problem at the long end of the bag. And particularly one that I really stress time and time again when you're thinking of ordering a full set of irons because there's one thing you definitely shouldn't do. And that is order a standard set from pitching wedge through to four iron which I know so many of you do and that four and five iron they ain't going to do a job for you. It's a complete waste of money in my opinion because we just do not generate enough clubhead speed to see the difference in yardages between those two clubs. And not this club, the Ping I crossover could be that solution. So if your four and five iron are basically doing exactly the same thing then why I have two clubs in the bag when you can replace it with one and that's exactly what I feel like you can do with the I crossover. Don't forget this is fully adjustable and we can take loft between 1.5 degrees lower and 1.5 degrees higher than this standard four iron which I think is the first amount of flexibility that you're not going to get in your standard set with four and five iron included. But then it's how this thing performs in comparison to potentially what the G430 is going to do if it's anything like its predecessors and that performance is really interesting. I've got dry ball data that I'll tell a story very, very shortly, but I'm going to start off on this T box and we're going to play 180 into this flag. I'm going to hit two shots for the purposes of this exercise. I've got the G700, which is an older model, but it's lofted at 23 degrees. And like I said, my guess is that's exactly what will be with these G430s. What you'll see is two really good shots to be fair, which I was quite surprised that we managed to execute, but the difference in ball flight is significant. And now we've got a situation where the four iron crossover that I'm using, I've cranked up so it's lofted at 24 degrees and 23 degrees five iron. They've landed on the green. They got there in different ways. You'll see the ball flight is completely different. That ball flight being very key to making this game a little bit easier at the longer end of the bag. And you'll see from the dry ball data that I've put in front of you now that launch angle is significantly different. Two degrees is quite a lot. And I think from memory 18.9 degrees is it that the eye crossover is launching at is really high when you consider the strength of loft. And that's one of the key differences. Performance out here on the fairways is backed it up. There's a couple of other shots that you'll see me hit now, which once again seem a totally different ball flight. The ball lands in effectively the same position in terms of distance carried, but the bit that we struggle with at that end of the bag is launching the ball. And that ball flight is significantly different between the two, even though the lofts are almost identical. And it's something you really need to consider when building that top end of the bag. So please stop ordering, pitching wedge through to 4 iron, give yourself a little bit more wiggle room in that top end of the bag to change things around a little. And this eye crossover does that in terms of performance, but there's one other issue you need to consider. As you can see, they couldn't have finished any closer together in terms of on the green. And that really just demonstrates how similar they are in terms of distance and yardage travelled. But I did say there was another interesting factor that you need to give careful consideration to, and that is the price. You see, the eye crossover is retailing at £229 at the moment, and the likely odd is, although I don't have that information, is the G430s are probably going to be around £150 an iron. So if you use some basic mass, £300 for two irons, replace it with one eye crossover for £229, then you quits in. So in my opinion, this club potentially performs better than those four and five iron options. It's also potentially going to save you some money. And the third and final thing is it adds some flexibility into your bag. And what I mean by that is it allows you to adjust this eye crossover to a loft that better suits the gap that you've got in your bag. And the second point is we've just eliminated one club out of the bag, which means that you've got some extra room to add a hybrid or a wedge down at the other end of the game, depending on what you're looking for. But that extra flexibility that this club gives by replacing two for one in my book is priceless. The 16th at Cardin Park on the Cheshire is probably the toughest hole in my opinion. We've just played a nice couple of four irons on that ping chipper again. That could be a decent par with two four irons, one off the tee, one off the fairway, both light incredible. That club is superb in my opinion. But this video was about giving you a heads up on what's happening in January in terms of the G430s. And I'm just wary of everybody going out and pre-ordering without giving this eye crossover a little go. And you've got the opportunity to obviously to do that now. You might go out there and not like it and go ahead and do what you'd want to do with the G430s. But I don't think it'd be right of me not to say to encourage you to go out and give it a try. Because from what I've found it's incredibly good club. Nothing like a drive an iron that I would normally associated with in terms of its ball flight. Very easy to use that flexibility in that adjustable shaft for me is a real benefit as well. So there's a number of different reasons and I mean this was potentially flawed as well. Let's not forget I'm using a G700 here to test out this theory because it was a similar loft to what I expect to see in those G430 irons. I don't think it'll be too dissimilar in its performance. But who knows until I give them a try then I suppose I can't really give you a full answer. But it's about the flexibility, moving clubs out the bag, saving money. All those things for me lead you towards the eye crossover instead of having those four and five irons in the bag. So hopefully that message came across. Hopefully it's a good suggestion and one that you might consider. And also if you've tried the eye crossover as it's just recently been released then please let me know if you have found otherwise or similar to me. Right, that's it. Gorgeous morning at Cardin Park back on the Cheshire course which you've not seen for a while. And hopefully I'll knock that in for a decent par and I'll see you all soon.