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[QUOTE name="Valleygolfer" url="/t/65832/why-are-the-mizuno-mp-33s-so-good#post_964749"]   [QUOTE name="Lihu" url="/t/65832/why-are-the-mizuno-mp-33s-so-good#post_964626"] I guess I should also add that I saw someone hitting MP33, and he insisted on making himself miserable hitting a 2 iron. He hit the face pretty cleanly, but was lucky to get 120 yards with it. I don't think he hit down on it enough to compress the ball. Honestly, there is no way I could hit these clubs even left handed. I am concluding that you need to be a pro or +2 handicap to really hit this club, and enjoy it.[/QUOTE] You can't try to hit the 2, it has to be a smooth swing. I am probably 80/20 on it. 80 percent of the time it is solid. 20 percent of the time it rattles you with a 120 yarder. Toe hits are usually the painful ones. [/QUOTE] Yeah, MP33 is really hard to hit well. They might be only good as a collectors item for me. I'll probably stick with my MP-32, until I get something like the i25, S55 or MP-54? The only thing I don't like about Mizuno is their minimal offering to lefties, which is why I like Ping.

I was shopping the MP54s, but like the AP2s a little more. I like ping but not sure if I want to buy another set again.

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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AP2 seem really good, too. I tested a 6i, and liked it.

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  • 3 weeks later...

I've been playing the mp33's for 13 yrs now. The feel of the clubs when you hit it in the middle is the same as any other blade, like a fluffy cloud giving you a nice handshake if a cloud had a hand. I actually was not impressed with the 32's, found they were a clunky feel but that could have just been myself hitting a club that weighed and felt different in my hands. Technology for blades won't progress enough to know the difference.

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The MP-33's were the best irons I've ever owned. I wore out 2 sets and was on my 3rd by the time life caught up with me and I decided to get something less demanding. They're deserving of every Mizuno cliche. 

If I ever come across a new or like new set, I will probably buy them just for nostalgia sake.

Cheers, Allan

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