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Mizuno and Forgiving Irons?

Mizuno has been known for its great forged irons, but not forgiveness. Our staff loves the traditional look and workability of forged Mizuno blades, but they have been known to have a sweet spot about the size of a dime. The new Mizuno-300 irons really are forgiving and still are great looking!

With a traditional appearance and minimal progressive offset, they have modest sole width. They look good at set up.  Instead of punishing your mis-hits, the MX-300’s really are forgiving. With an aggressive player profile, Mizuno claims they have a Y-Tune Pro technology to enhance feel and ball flight control. This technology is engineered into a specially configured cavity back design to concentrate mass behind an enlarged sweet spot.
The MX-300s feature a milled pocket cavity in the 3-7 irons, allowing for redistribution of 17 grams of discretionary weight low and deep; this provides a high penetrating launch. The scoring irons (8-GW) have a power bar design for a solid feel and pin-attacking precision.

“We realize that many players are looking for added forgiveness, but prefer a more traditional head shape and profile in the playing position,” says Dick Lyons of Mizuno. “The MX-300s are the perfect irons for those players.”

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The New Game Improvement Irons From Callaway

Despite a hokey looking back, these really are game improvement irons that perform. Callaway calls the notched back, precision notched weighting that precisely positions more weight to the perimeter of the iron to create a higher moment of inertia (MOI) for greater forgiveness and stability while maintaining the center of gravity position that produces ideal trajectories and feel.

It is a very solid club with enough sole weighting to get the ball airborne from just about any lie.

The X-22 sets up well and has a slightly thinner top line than its predecessors. Our guys say that it is forgiving with a large sweet spot that boosts confidence. The engineers say that the X-22 has advanced version of the original Tru-Bore design, the polycarbonate tip plug at the end of the shaft dampens vibration for enhanced feel and performance. The design maximizes ball speed and perimeter weighting for more distance and forgiveness. They claim that removing weight from the hosel and repositioning it in the perimeter of the clubhead maximizes ball speed and perimeter weighting for forgiveness. The 360-Degree Undercut Channel maximizes perimeter weighting by moving the center of gravity lower and farther back in the club head, enlarging the hitting area and stabilizing the club head.

Our pros and low handicap golfers found the irons very solid, but everything felt pretty much the same. Not enough feedback on off-center hits. Our mid-range handicapper loved it. He hit everything high and relatively straight.

The standard set 3-PW comes with relatively strong lofts. For example, the PW has only 45 degrees of loft with a 7 degree bounce angle. The wedges do have a lot of bounce which can be beneficial for week end golfers, but also can be a detriment for lower handicappers.

Our recommendation is that for a mid to high handicapper, these irons will prove long and forgiving.

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