Optimal Vibrations…Huh?
You might be looking at these pictures of the new irons from Mizuno and thinking, “Ok they look great like usual…but whats the difference from last years irons?” Well Mizuno claims that the difference is in the feel, which surprises the MYGOLFSPY staff because we have always considered Mizuno’s to be some of the best feeling irons year in and year out. But…they claim they have found the optimal vibration that comes from a purely stuck golf ball which separates this lineup from all the other irons on the market and from previous Mizuno models.
David Llewellyn R&D Manager for Mizuno USA led the project, “While feel is very much subjective, we were able to find vibration patterns through our ‘Frequency Analysis’ that best communicated feedback to our research panel. Not just the tone, but also the length and curve of sound were key to hitting the most satisfying feedback”.
Mizuno’s research pinpointed ‘vibration’ as one of the key human criteria for evaluating feel. Using a system of ‘Frequency Analysis’ Mizuno’s engineers established a pattern of vibrations that best communicated a pure strike and set to enhance them within iron heads for different types of player – the MP-62, MP-52, MX-200 and MX-100.
Intoducing The Letter….”Y”
Mizuno says their irons aren’t good enough (could have fooled us)…so on their quest for the “perfect” feeling irons it seems like they have found that the letter “Y” actually answers all the remaining issues they say they do have.
David Llewellyn R&D says, “Y-Tune takes a large sweet area and makes it more effective by extending it toe-wards, exactly where most amateurs make the majority of their miss-hits. On testing we found the MX-25 to have a 25% tighter dispersion on 1″ toe shots – we normally only measure to ½”. It was 5 yards longer on center strikes than its predecessor and 9 yards on those 1″ toe strikes”.
Cast Irons No Longer Needed
The debate over (Cast vs. Forged) in golf has been tossed around about as much as (Ford vs. Chevy) in the Budweiser crazed world of Nascar. Most agreeing that Forged does feel better, but Cast irons have had their place as well. They not only kept prices down but they also were much easier to produce forgiving irons. Simply because of the difficulty that arises from forging complex shapes. But this might not be true any longer. Or at least Mizuno doesn’t think so.
“When forged irons are this playable, there aren’t too many reasons why a low or mid handicap golfer would still need to use a cast iron”.
Mizuno MX-100 Irons
Mizuno MX-200 Irons
Mizuno MX Fli-Hi
john sawyer
1 year ago
Hello;
Before you dismiss me off hand let me explain.
I’m a poor sod living off a small fixed income and starting up golf again after 35 five years of not playing. Hence I have to look for used clubs self fitted. I am playing a set of T-zoid comp power blades and love them. Now I have searched for and played quite a few hybrids and then bought a used mx 100 #5 hybrid senior flex and wow. yes! Now, I’m looking for the #3 and #4 I’m not only not finding many but the ones I’ve run across have many different lengths. Some say standard length. I need to find the specs for the mx fli hi hybrids as I have learned they are the same as the mx 100’s but with a #3 +4 in the mix. Could you send me the spec sheet on them it would help me out a lot. My #5 max 100 hybrid with the Is4 exsar shaft was stated as standard 38.75″ length but turns out to be 39″ I have found a #4 mx fli hi hybrid that states it has a standard length of 38.5″ I need to know the specs of the Mx fli hi hybrids to know which ones to buy.
So if you could help I would greatly appreciate it. I state again I’m not in the economic bracket to purchase new and fitted clubs but implore you to help anyway.
Thanks
John from Maine