mizuno's

Recently I have fallen in love with the Mizuno MP 60's, I've been reading a lot about them and it seems that they are very forgiving considering they are blades (not strictly pure blades as they have a very shallow cavity) and when struck out of the middle are nothing short of unbelievable. I'm strongly considering looking into buying these irons later on in the year because of everything I've read, how they look and reputation etc. Now, my question is this... am I kidding myself thinking that I can hit these irons consistently enough to enjoy using them and my game benefitting. I shoot in the low to mid 80's (although I reckon I could be at least a few strokes better if my putting was better). I'm currently using Callaway X16's and I'm starting to dislike the chunky looking topline when I look down especially in the 7-PW range and this was one of the reasons I bought them in the first place. I've drooled over them a few times in golf stores and didn't feel intimidated by the thin topline and smaller head (maybe the 3,4,5 irons were a little scary!) I just keep wondering to myself what golfers did before cavity backed clubs were designed?...they had no choice but to use pure blades, and surely they still enjoyed the game and were able to play reasonably consistently with these clubs otherwise everyone would have given up the game! Would using these clubs potentially make me a better player? because I'd surely have to concentrate more on making a good strike, keeping good rhythm etc? I don't know of any places I can demo them on the course, the best I can get would be to hit them into a net when getting fitted. Does anyone out there use these clubs, what do you think of them and what kind of handicap do you play to? Has anyone else made this switch from chunky cavities to forged blades? I'd really appreciate some feedback on this.

The MP60's are fantastic Jesper. Get yourself properly fitted and enjoy, they are no harder to hit than any other club I have used and I have used Callaways and Pings in my time. My recommendation for you would be an R300 shaft with the full velvet cord grip option.

If you get the right shaft all the head does is provide a big target for the ball to get in the way of. The MP60 heads arent frighteningly thin from the topline, but at the same time they dont look like a 5 pound lump hammer.

I would just get a demo and compare it to the callaways and see if there is any real difference in performance. I compared mines side to side with the MP32's, the MP37's, the Taylor Made TP's and the Callaway X-Tours. The Callaways were first out the list.....

D.

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Jesper,

I play the Mx-23's and love them. I'm a 17 handicap, but it's my driving that keeps me down not my iron play. I don't know much about the MP 60's, but the MX-23's may be a better buy if money is an issue.

I know this should be given very little attention in matters of club selection ...

But I find the Mizuno MP-60 the sexiest thing I've ever seen (except certain members of the opposite sex of course).

I think they would inject a whole lot of 'feel-good' into my golf for sure.

A friend of mine has justed switched from a set of older Callaways to the MP-60s and absolutely loves them. The biggest difference he's noticed already is the additional feel from the forged "blade" rather than a cast cavity back. He's a fantastic iron player so it might be a bit misleading to say he finds them easy to hit.

I made the switch from Hogan cavity backs to full blades (Titleist 690MB) last year. It's taken some time to get used to the totally different feeling of the blades but I'm now hitting my irons so so sweetly and these clubs just make me feel so darn good.

Turning logic on its head a little; cavity backs are called game improvement clubs but actually I think the reverse is true as switching to blades has forced me to work on improving my game and particularly my tempo with very satisfying results.

Either way, you're spending a big chunk of money so get them custom fit if you can. Mizuno's in particular have standard shafts that are a little on the short side and thin grips.

I have the MP-32's and they are very nice to hit.....and not that difficult to hit either compared to a lot of blades I have tested.