Need Help Deciding If I Need New Irons

[dweso]

I currently play mizuno mp-60 irons, but the more I look at them, the more I feel I have used them too long. I included some pictures of the 7 iron and PW below. I am a 14 handicap, but I play these irons as well as any others i've tried including game improvements. I hit a lot of bad iron shots, but its operator error and has nothing to do with the irons themselves. That's the part of my game I'm trying to work on the most, but I could just use some opinions on how worn my irons seem and if so maybe some suggestions for some new ones. As you can tell, I play a lot, usually 4 rounds a week minimum. Thanks in advance guys!

[Harmonious]

I'd say you should clean the face and grooves. Using a brass brush will remove the rust spots. Unless the grooves are really worn, they look Ok to me. I've got MP 57's and they would look the same as yours if I didn't take care of them.

[dweso]

I don't think it's rust, I literally just think its worn away from me striking the ball on the same spot so many times, I do take care of them. Does a brush take those wear spots away though?

[Harmonious]

Mizuno's are made from forged mild steel. What you see is rust. Once you clean it off (Google "remove rust from golf clubs"), you will see a wear area where you have hit the ball. You, of course, can send them in and have the faces re-chromed but it's expensive and not really necessary, so long as the grooves have not been damaged.

[dweso]

Even with those marks they look good to you though, like grooves and all? I don't really care about the chrome, that lasts like a month on new golf clubs.

[Shorty]

Depends how much use they have had.
If you bought them second hand, they were owned by an exceptionally good player who seems to have practised with his 7 iron and nothing else.

Do the others look like the 7 iron? If so, it may well be time to get some new ones. I am guessing that they were pretty well worn out when you got them.
As for this comment of yours: "I literally just think its worn away from me striking the ball on the same spot so many times" , what else would it be? A 14 handicapper who says he hits a lot of bad iron shots is most unlikely to have irons with wear spots like that 7 iron.

[TourSpoon]

It's always time to get new clubs...

Yours are fine...clean them up...bring them to a club guy to see if they are damaged. When you see a player that has short irons looking like your seven iron, you ask for a lot of strokes.

[JaredSS]

Don't listen to these guys, BUY SOME NEW ONES!!! If you got the money go for it! Or, do as the rest of us do, and do what your wife says....if you have one

[dweso]

Depends how much use they have had.

I actually bought them brand new 4 years ago. The marks are from me, I used to be a single digit, now I suck. By a lot of bad iron shots I just mean i either hit it too far or too short a lot.

The main thing I'm asking is just whether the wear marks could be taking away any playability or whether they're alright and just need a little cleaning. I'm not a huge proponent of buying new clubs, I tend to think people do it too much, especially when it comes to irons, because the only real advances I've seen worth buying new clubs for have been in drivers over the past 5 years.

[sean_miller]

I actually bought them brand new 4 years ago. The marks are from me, I used to be a single digit, now I suck. By a lot of bad iron shots I just mean i either hit it too far or too short a lot.

I've hit quite a few balls over the years with my Mizunos (purchased 2nd hand in about 1994) and they look like new compared to those.

[Harmonious]

Even with those marks they look good to you though, like grooves and all? I don't really care about the chrome, that lasts like a month on new golf clubs.

Clean them up and take them out to the course. You will know whether they are playing well or not.