Mizuno MP 58
Written: Oct 25 '09 (Updated Nov 02 '09)
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Pros: Superior, Balance, Feel, Performance, Technology, and A Dash of Forgiveness
Cons: Still Too Much Club for my swing
The Bottom Line: These are the best blades to hit the market in many moons. Low cappers and scratch players are going to fall for these in a big way.
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| berniez40's Full Review: Mizuno MP 58 Irons |
Best New Blade
I'll be the first to admit, that when it comes to playing blades, I'm not the most exacting player. I currently play to an 11 handicap, and am usually, as of late, more of a 15. Still, I kid myself from time to time that I am going to buy a new set of blades someday, and get back down to the single digits. These are some of the first blades in a long time, that really tempted me. But then, reality reared it's ugly head on a couple of nasty dog legs where I overcooked both my draw and my cut. C'est la vie! If I ever do get back to a bit better level of play--these are the clubs I would purchase. Please allow me the opportunity to tell you why.
Workability--5 Stars
Yeah I just admitted that I overcooked my cuts and draws with these on a couple of critical shots, but that should tell the more skilled amongst you just how easy these irons are to work. As a mid-capper such as myself, that can be a double-edged sword. I've always got just enough rope to hang myself with when it comes to working laser like weapons such as these. Still, more easily worked shots such as funky lies around waste bunkers and uneven lies around fairway mounds were virtually child's play. Give me something around a tree or other more intricate lie, however, and suddenly I am playing with a bit more club than I am able to take advantage of.
Feel and Workmanship--5 Stars
Best feeling irons in the business. Mizuno is big on tour for a lot of reasons, with feel being one reason that rates right up there. The old cliche, "feels like buttah" is just the beginning with these. Mizuno went out of their way to make these the most technologically advanced blades in a long time. While sticking to good old fashioned craftsmanship and grain flow forging optimizes the feel of technology, the technology optimizes the performance of the old world craftsmanship. How so?
The muscle back is actually a double muscle, with titanium mixed into the soft 1025 carbon steel. Mixing the lightweight high performance titanium with the super soft high carbon content 1025 steel results in a muscle back that packs plenty of whallop while allowing for a lot of weight to be shifted to the perimeter. Basically, you've got that lovely powerful piercing tractory of a blade with darn near the same forgiveness as a cavity back. Toss that in with that legendary grain flow forged feel and you've got a winning combination. I'd like to think of this as a whole new spin on mixed materials.
Forgiveness--5 Stars
Let's keep one thing stright--the 5 stars of forgiveness is 5 stars relative to other blades--not to other irons. These are still player's clubs in every sense of the word. What they do have, however, is almost zero Hogan Sting on a miss hit, and not nearly the distance loss of an off the toe hit. There is still minimal offset, but--a rolled leading edge, a flattened sole, and a rolled trailing edge make hitting off of and out of funky lies a whole lot easier.
Shot Making Ability--5 Stars
These irons are truly amazing in this category. No they will not make the shots for you. What they do, however, is allow you to make the most of your ability through superior balance, excellent craftsmanship, cutting edge technology, and common sense design mixed with cutting edge technology. Where others have used carbon and other composites in the past, Mizuno has found a way to mix Titanium with 1025 Carbon steel. No they didn't simply slap a titanim face on a steel headed iron, they literally mixed the metals. This is a huge step forward in metallurgy. Better yet--they still have high spin U-Grooves, yet they conform to the new 2010 rules of competition. Any iron in this set, provided you hit down on it properly, can make the ball spin like a Channuka dreadle. Pretty amazing stuff here.
Lofts and Specs
The irons are ever so slightly lofted to the strong side vs. tradition. Here goes:
3I = 21*
4I = 24*
5I = 27*
6I = 31*
7I = 35*
8I = 39*
9I = 43*
PW = 47*
These more old-fashiopned lofts are well mated to old fashioned shaft choices. Yeah--these guys come out of the factory with the old war horses from True Temper, i.e. the Dynamic Gold R 300 and S 300. You can contact the factory for custom options, but then again, if you're going this far old school, who would want to use anything different, save for maybe some old Rifle Project X hot rods.
I'd like to thank my CL Abraham for providing the link that made this review possible.
Recommended:
Yes
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