Mizuno 's line of MP-series irons have always been ridiculously easy to use. I remember my first round using a set of Mizuno MP 53 Irons a decade ago,then I bought MP 58. Both of them are easy to hit,with more forgiveness than my previous irons but without sacrifice of distance.
The most recent one of the series is the MP 68 Irons,which is also the key irons I would like to introduce to you. Mizuno’s first move was to get rid of the Mizuno MP 67 and design the new club. Engineers first took the very best elements of the club's predecessors, identified any flaws, ironed them out, added new technology and finally made it look gorgeous. Then it was time to sit back and watch the irons fly off the shelf.
The MP 68 is not just a new model for the sake of it. Great strides in design technology has enabled Mizuno to improve not just performance and consistency, but also the one area for which the Mizuno MP line is rightly famed: feel.
Where club design once relied on the craftsman’s eye, the all-seeing computer can now detect things that can’t even be seen. By using 'modal' analysis to record the vibration and sound frequencies going through a club at impact, Mizuno engineers are able to gauge the ‘feel’ and manipulate it accordingly. When Mizuno's Tour players 'blind tested' the new irons against the MP 62, 80 per-cent preferred the MP-68.
But tuning the head was just one part of the jigsaw. A muscle-pad behind the clubhead ensures pure feedback, while a more centred CG (centre of gravity) location makes for a penetrating ball flight. These qualities – which are clearly sought after by the skilled players – are immediately apparent when playing the Mizuno MP-68,which is easy to get in golf shop at discount price.
Feel at impact can only be described as soft. It’s lovely, and with a repeatable swing the feedback is quite superb. You know exactly how you’ve hit each shot, and there is certainly no disguising a poorly-struck effort. Not that there are too many of those, thanks to the cleverly tweaked sole. The leading and trailing edges have been rolled while the midsole has been flattened. It sounds a little complicated but it essentially means that the way the club make contact with the turf (known as 'interaction' in the trade) has been analysed so that any drag on the ground is minimised.
There's also a consistency of strike off the clubface. There are no jumpers or fliers and the dispersion is predictably tight. The Mizuno MP 68 Irons don’t feel like the longest iron on the market but at this level of play, distance is not a problem. Precision is everything, and the MP-68 delivers. The spin generated by the clubface is something else that deserves mentioning – even from the 7-iron, the ball was spinning landing.
Overall, I feel the Mizuno MP Series are a great buy for those who want to gain good feel. Or even in itself, these Mizuno MP Irons are fantastic at what they do and for that, so I doubtlessly rate them "Highly Recommended".
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