Tour players switching to Mizuno irons

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Spotted this.
 

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Hopefully we'll see a bit more of this.  Already had Nick Watney spotted with JPX900 Tour some months back.
 

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I'd be very surprised if just these two moved over. Would be good to get a regular contender on the rota.
 

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Who's next?
 

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Vegas hits it a country mile, that would be an awesome launchpad to showcase the 900 driver.
 

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hursty said:
Vegas hits it a country mile, that would be an awesome launchpad to showcase the 900 driver.
TM woods though, it'll just be the irons I'm guessing. But would be worth giving it a pop :)
 

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Along the same lines as Nike, I wonder what will eventually happen to Taylormade. They've been for sale for a while and personally, I haven't heard a single rumor of anyone being interested in them.

Imagine the scramble if they go out of business.

In the meantime, I've heard their problem was caused by putting out new lines too frequently, but they seem to be maintaining the same marketing plan. That can't be healthy.
 

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Difficult to predict. Ping have introduced a new "i" range and the new-ish Srixon clubs Z545 / 565 also look good. But who plays them?

Mcilroy hit some wonderful shots with his Callaway Apex MB in SAfrica, but he also hit some dross. Maybe not just the clubs after all.

I guess the also-rans will always take the money from TM etc, leaving the cream to choose what's best for them.
 

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Mcilroy hit some wonderful shots with his Callaway Apex MB in SAfrica, but he also hit some dross. Maybe not just the clubs after all.
If you look at McIlroy's irons, they look exactly like his muscle back Nike irons. They are not a model available to the general public, not that is is anything we haven't seen in the past.

If I was involved in the marketing of a golf equipment company, I'd really try to have our tour pros play a club the fans could recognize.
 

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DennisMiller said:
OhBoy! said:
Mcilroy hit some wonderful shots with his Callaway Apex MB in SAfrica, but he also hit some dross. Maybe not just the clubs after all.
If you look at McIlroy's irons, they look exactly like his muscle back Nike irons. They are not a model available to the general public, not that is is anything we haven't seen in the past.

If I was involved in the marketing of a golf equipment company, I'd really try to have our tour pros play a club the fans could recognize.
He should be playing MP5 ;)
 

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DennisMiller said:
OhBoy! said:
Mcilroy hit some wonderful shots with his Callaway Apex MB in SAfrica, but he also hit some dross. Maybe not just the clubs after all.
If you look at McIlroy's irons, they look exactly like his muscle back Nike irons. They are not a model available to the general public, not that is is anything we haven't seen in the past.

If I was involved in the marketing of a golf equipment company, I'd really try to have our tour pros play a club the fans could recognize.
McIiroy cleary stated last week that "they(Callaway) made me a special set of irons and they are in the bag this week.As for next week i don't know. He was in Dubai on the range the previous week and said "every OEM had sent him equipment to try.He was like a kid in a sweet shop".Doesn't sound like he settled on a permanent set up as yet
 

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From Jordan Smith's Instagram.
 

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RobB2 said:
McIiroy cleary stated last week that "they(Callaway) made me a special set of irons and they are in the bag this week.As for next week i don't know. He was in Dubai on the range the previous week and said "every OEM had sent him equipment to try.He was like a kid in a sweet shop".Doesn't sound like he settled on a permanent set up as yet
I haven't been able to watch any golf on tv for the past couple weeks, so I never heard that. I wonder how many of the tour players are playing some custom set not available to us?
 

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On Twitter today.
 

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Good work, always liked Ross Fisher.

Just need to get him to game the 900 woods as well :)
 

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Seems a few of the ex Nike Guys are trialing Mizuno irons, but nearly all are bagging TM woods.  Performance or Cash?

I always thought £££££'s, but are they really the best woods out there?
 

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Celtic_Bil said:
Seems a few of the ex Nike Guys are trialing Mizuno irons, but nearly all are bagging TM woods.  Performance or Cash?

I always thought £££££'s, but are they really the best woods out there?
I think the 900 driver will shake things up a bit and give them something else to consider.

Callaway Epic and Epic Sub Zero is also going to give them headaches
 

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For a company who caused its financial problems by putting out new products too frequently, to the point that they have to be sold, Taylormade doesn't seem to have changed the way they work. They seem to be pursuing more and more players and introducing new drivers every 6 months. I don't get it.
 

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For a company who caused its financial problems by putting out new products too frequently, to the point that they have to be sold, Taylormade doesn't seem to have changed the way they work. They seem to be pursuing more and more players and introducing new drivers every 6 months. I don't get it.
I think that the new M1/M2 may have been in the pipeline before the issues surfaced hence them going ahead with the launch.

Will be interesting to see if they continue this way with product launches.
 

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Hi Paul - You may be right, but the level of advertising here, whether in the monthly magazines or on tv during tournaments is still a much more frequent level than any other company. In the magazines, Taylormade still has the front inside cover, usually a fold out spread across 3 pages plus the opposite side of the folded page.

Those are the most expensive ad spaces in any mag and as long as Taylormade has been in trouble, they could have modified or gotten out of those ad contracts.

It just seems so odd, as if they aren't doing anything to try to save the company or make it more attractive to a buyer for its position in the market.

Can you imagine how much fun it would be if Taylormade can't be sold? At some point, they will have to reorganize under bankruptcy laws or like Nike, simply stop making equipment. I wonder how many tour pros that would turn loose to look for new equipment?

Secondary to that, I wonder if there are small companies like PXG waiting in the wings to bloom into a bigger market? I don't think I've heard of anyone else making professional quality clubs.

Imagine a market with the brands people can actually afford being limited to so few companies... Titleist, Callaway, Cobra, Wilson Staff, Ping, Cleveland, Adams, and of course, Mizuno. I don't see PXG or Honma as reasonable alternatives considering their high costs.

Who else is there?
 
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