MIzuno Releases MP-15 at Open Championship

[rehmwa]

I just went to the store to see if they had them.  I like the sales pitch from the company and want to play them to see if it's real....

I'm anywhere from an 8 to a 12 or so.  I currently play MP-53's - regular cavity model - I like them fine

Since I bought the 53's and took a couple lessons and play a bit better, I WISH I had bought the MP-64's - player cavity (whatever that means) - but every time I go to the store, I hit them and REALLY like the feel, look and flight

So the MP15's were advertised as essentially for the skill/experience level of the 64's, but the insert allowed them to increase the perimeter weighting a little.  Idea is a similar level of club, but bonus a little on forgiveness.

So I hit a ton (just the six irons) of MP-64 next to the MP-15's

1 - Love them both.

2 - The 64 seemed a little longer to me per the data, but it wasn't a complete eval session.

3 - The 15's were quite a bit 'softer' to the touch (to me) - and I find the 64's to be pretty buttery anyway.  The 15's were better.  Clean contact is obvious like there isn't even a ball in the way.

4 - Could shape the shots pretty good.  But didn't have the right equipment to see about lofting/delofting......

I was hitting decent shots, so I didn't mishit during the time - heck I'm not good enough to mishit on purpose so I took what I could get - the assumption is that on mishits, the 15 would treat me better than the 64's

5 - really pretty at setup, not too thick, pretty much looks like my 53's and 64's.  I'm very comfy with that look.

Simulator bay was on "sell" mode - I don't hit 6 irons as far as the machine was telling me.  It was a bit ridiculous.  Most of my assessment was just on quality of contact, sound, feel.

When will Mizuno offer a few sets to the Sandtrap?  I'd love to review.

I have a new favorite iron to try and own someday now.  Would love to replace my 53's with 15's (P-> 5i), get more aggressive face wedges LW/SW/AW (liking the mack daddy 2's), and then go and play with hybrids and woods again (though frankly, the Nike VR ii pros are treating me very well lately - I've had a lot of success lately with Callaway and Taylormade loaners too - so I assume those are all likely to be a wash)

[rehmwa]

Finally got to hit them at the range

very sweet - you really know when you hit the sweet spot

It does tell you if you miss, but not in a jarring way like the MP64's do

I think the sweet spot is a little smaller than my 53s - in fact I'm sure it is

It's SUPER consistent distance when the strike is clean - and I'm getting about 10 yards farther than my 53s with the same lofts and what seems to be similar flight lines.

-but a lot more penal on non-sweet contact vs my previous MP53s

-and super pure contact (you know it when you hit it) nets another bump in yards, not sure if I want that...

(So I guess I better work on clean contact - I'd rather hit a 6i 175+/-10 yards 8 out of 10 times with the miss being another 10 yards either way, instead hitting it 185+/-10 yards 6 of 10 times and then the 4 misses being like 20 yards off normal - but that's where I am now - possibly just because it's the first range session so far)

really easy to shape (left right)

and control (up down lofting) the ball

much easier to get a good soft shape out of these than the 53s

pretty club at address clean lines

I think I'm going to have a lot of fun with these and learn more about my game