And the quite simple truth about PXG Gen 6 Ions right now is that they are very different than any other Ions on the market and the thing that sets them apart really does matter and that first thing that separates them while it is a non-negotiable fact PXG makes the thinnest iron face in golf and they just made it 15% thinner but why does that actually matter? Well quite simply it allows this face to flex a little bit more but that is not it in itself in terms of the performance of these Gen 6 Ions there's that clever phone that's injected into these hollow bodied Ions X-Core 2 as they call it there's a clever little power channel cut out on the back side of the club face which again aids that flex that phone injection is also dampened sound and gives an incredibly good feel of this forged body and face and then it creates what is an incredibly forgiving high M.O.I set of Ions but also one that creates incredibly high ball speeds all good so far but the second reason and quite honestly maybe the most important reason if you are considering buying these Gen 6 Ions then I want to take you back a few weeks to my visits at Arizona and the custom fit process which is really key in these Ions from PXG I will listen to this So we're you know we're going to just up this way and wait this is the interesting bit though isn't it in these Ions the fact that you come that's that's a big thing is over the PXG Ions and the thing with PXG when you're only coming in the world that can go through the entire spinning process tweaking the swing weight the entire time and still have the club perform and not the integrity of how it's going to interact with the turf and things like that good swing out of the field of the face to start real change to be honest with you yeah notable yeah icing so in the sound at the bottom too yeah absolutely contact off the face is great good swing yeah it's definitely soft enough of it isn't it no yeah I'm just sure you want to change shafts this you know I think that's like is that it only wish if that's really bad yeah numbers you mean you're still just a little upright yeah but dynamic lie nice and coming through flush 170 carry and stopping at 46 degrees so they enhance the tungsten waiting again so instead of the two pieces in the single weight now it's one big tungsten weight now it's the same core technology but on the flip side they got the face 15% thinner they never so the things face even got thinner yeah yeah with this so the feel should be a little bit different for you as well okay but that's in that player's head so what what weight did we have in the initial close the initial stock is eight grams now we're going to attend to the two grams in the head is going to raise this one with just the weight so how that works is any two to two now grams in the head is going to go up a point 15 grams in the shaft and then an extra half inch in the shaft all bring this one weight up a little bit okay and then as you add weight to the butt of the clover the grip it starts to bring this one way back down okay and that's kind of what you're explaining what you felt happened maybe when you added the bigger grips they start to feel a little bit interesting so that weight to me is so so important if you're are going to buy these ions and trust me it makes a considerable difference they're not only the performance of the ions but also the feel also the tempo of your own swing there's a huge difference in terms of the lowest weight and the highest weight i change around a fair bit to be honest you ended up with what is a 10 gram weight placed in the back of these ions and like i said that coupled with obviously the correct shaft choice then for me if you're choosing PXT ions and if you're going to look for the full benefits of what they potentially offer then custom faith is absolute necessity and really does separate them in terms of these ions and the drivers and fairways to be quite honest with you right now with that movable weight port now i've also picked up on something else that they've actually dropped a line out of this gen 6 what i mean by that is previous iterations had was a tall model a players model and an extreme forgiveness model now one of those has disappeared and it's a that's better players end the tall model it doesn't exist you've got two options in the gen 6 that's players or excess so why has that happened that i've got a feeling PXG have got something they're not telling us that by the way is the players model i know you can hear the sound what is so so good i mentioned very briefly out in a Arizona but one noticeable difference having played them now back in the UK in some miserable wet conditions and their sound and feel is definitely softened up again and perhaps move back to what i think was the best feeling i answered PXG produced and that was going back to gen 3 so now we've got something that they've added tungsten which i'm not always keen of in terms of sound and feel but for some reason x core 2 coupled with that thin face they've really softened up the face and the feel is superb anyway what's that secret or perhaps something the PXG i'll tell you what's right then well my guess at least is this if you are a player that fancies that kind of tall model so it all just becomes a more compact version of the pay then i would just hang around for a little while because my thoughts are that there could be another release coming from PXG if you recall the 0317 ST blade was introduced in this last six months or so and i think you're going to see something in between the 0317 ST and the P model in gen 6 that will be released but that is purely my guess but i don't see why they would drop this tall model out and not replace it with something so bit of a word of warning and it is purely guesswork if you fancy the tall model stick around because like i said i've got a feeling there could be another drop coming very soon from PXG so that's it you know what i'm finishing there there's not a lot more i can add it's a great experience for me personally in terms of that custom fit process but i've always said a real iop run as well like i said two main differences the thinnest facing golf just got thinner 15% thinner more flex more ball speed that added tungsten just a really good set of ions but like i said to get the most out of them and make sure they're the very best fit for you then custom fit is an absolute no brain it's something you've got to do it's what stands this ion apart i've not seen anybody else develop something that can be dialed in so significantly into your own personal preferences and like i said that's not just about performance it's also about the can of whole weight of the club how it feels in the tempo with a swing so for me they'll probably go in the bag i'm a PXG i am fan and that's unlikely to change and the developments and tweaks that they've made i am a fan of i love the soft the feel they've developed into gen 6 so all over for me very positive as you would expect because like i said again these ions currently but genuinely think they've got a real good club on the market interesting enough from a price point of your seeing them released in the UK around 1200 pound UK so that's going to be in and around the sort of p790 a lot of the calorie model so i think it's probably pitched in at about the right price as well in terms of hollow body ions competitors so they've really got something px-aver serious look at right that's what you've done it's a bit miserable but we're going to get plenty more golf and plenty more filming done here archfield links over the next few days so stay tuned and i'll see you tomorrow night