What's your Mizuno story?

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Hello from a newbie.

My Mizuno story started back in the mid 80's with a set of TP-9 irons. I then, as I still often do, move onto another brand but returned almost immediately with a set of Faldo ID. They stayed in the bag for quite a while, probably my longest surviving set.

Not long afterwards I went for a fitting with an independent, hoping to return to Mizuno but the numbers just didn't stack up. I've probably had half a dozen different fittings down the years, with different fitters, and each occasion got the same results. The spin rate with Mizzy irons was just too high.

Fast forward to a few weeks back and a visit to the local pro shop. The MP4 irons were just beautiful, and an impulse buy followed. I didn't even have a hit with them. A barely used set of MP4 irons with Project x 5.5 shafts are now in my bag. Unfortunately I've only managed a few gentle chips - currently out injured.
 

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Welcome on board Hobbit. Great choice of irons.

Hope the injury clears up soon, had a few weeks off with back problems earlier this season. When you are back I highly recommend joining up for forum meets, hopefully see you there.

Noticed your home course, which I played a couple of weeks ago with my dad & we both loved it. I will definitely be returning. Stunning views with some great holes & a couple of quirky ones too & 1 of the friendliest clubs I've been to. Well worth a visit for anyone in the area, even with the other fine courses nearby.
 

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Hobbit said:
Hello from a newbie.

My Mizuno story started back in the mid 80's with a set of TP-9 irons. I then, as I still often do, move onto another brand but returned almost immediately with a set of Faldo ID. They stayed in the bag for quite a while, probably my longest surviving set.

Not long afterwards I went for a fitting with an independent, hoping to return to Mizuno but the numbers just didn't stack up. I've probably had half a dozen different fittings down the years, with different fitters, and each occasion got the same results. The spin rate with Mizzy irons was just too high.

Fast forward to a few weeks back and a visit to the local pro shop. The MP4 irons were just beautiful, and an impulse buy followed. I didn't even have a hit with them. A barely used set of MP4 irons with Project x 5.5 shafts are now in my bag. Unfortunately I've only managed a few gentle chips - currently out injured.
A big "furry boots" welcome to you Hobbit. I used to live in Pitmedden but that was about 3 decades ago now.... 

Why not join us on the 2017 Northern Forum event?? Great bunch of guys (and quinnes) and top facilities. 
 
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zombie said:
Hobbit said:
Hello from a newbie.

My Mizuno story started back in the mid 80's with a set of TP-9 irons. I then, as I still often do, move onto another brand but returned almost immediately with a set of Faldo ID. They stayed in the bag for quite a while, probably my longest surviving set.

Not long afterwards I went for a fitting with an independent, hoping to return to Mizuno but the numbers just didn't stack up. I've probably had half a dozen different fittings down the years, with different fitters, and each occasion got the same results. The spin rate with Mizzy irons was just too high.

Fast forward to a few weeks back and a visit to the local pro shop. The MP4 irons were just beautiful, and an impulse buy followed. I didn't even have a hit with them. A barely used set of MP4 irons with Project x 5.5 shafts are now in my bag. Unfortunately I've only managed a few gentle chips - currently out injured.
A big "furry boots" welcome to you Hobbit. I used to live in Pitmedden but that was about 3 decades ago now.... 

Why not join us on the 2017 Northern Forum event?? Great bunch of guys (and quinnes) and top facilities. 
Have we played together before at Craigielaw? Jonathan?? 
 
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MX 25-I won some Titleist products by giving a slogan to a website.  I traded a couple Fairway woods for a set of used Mizuno MX 25's.  Loved them.  Best irons that I've ever hit.  Swore up and down, that I would never trade them.  But had a weak moment and traded the set for Nike's.  Biggest mistake, I've made in golf clubs.  Just recently picked up a set of Mizuno JPX 850s (similar to the 25') with boron.  As quick as I hit them, I remembered the feel of the 25's.  

Keep em coming Mizuno.  
 

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Hi there,

Started with a couple of Hybrids in the early 2000's with me and Mizuno. Just over two years ago I joined a decent club to give golf a proper go, was only a now and them thing prior to that... anyhow, not long after joining I went and got fitted and the 825 Pro's came up as one of the options. Have had them in the bag for the last two years, have since added S5 wedges, JPX 850 driver and most recently JPX EZ 4 hybrid.

Heading in for another fitting this Thursday with the thought of moving to MP's, blending what ever gives me the best numbers out of the H5's, 25's and 5's.

Cheers,

Dean 
 

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1) a few years back made my first Mizuno brand purchases, which were baseball gear products for my son.

2) earlier this summer I made my first Mizuno golf product purchase, a set of MP5 irons.

3) I liked the MP5's so much I soon purchased a 2016 model JPX-EZ driver, plus 3 and 5 fairway metals.

4) I liked the MP5 irons and JPZ-EZ metal woods so much I then purchased a Mizuno MP-A306 putter

5) to hold the above clubs I have purchased both a Mizuno stand and cart bag.

6) to improve my on course appearance I now wear Mizuno branded pants and shirts.

7) for exercise walking I recently purchased a pair of  Mizuno Wave Unite 2 trainer shoes.
 

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DGMP said:
1) a few years back made my first Mizuno brand purchases, which were baseball gear products for my son.

2) earlier this summer I made my first Mizuno golf product purchase, a set of MP5 irons.

3) I liked the MP5's so much I soon purchased a 2016 model JPX-EZ driver, plus 3 and 5 fairway metals.

4) I liked the MP5 irons and JPZ-EZ metal woods so much I then purchased a Mizuno MP-A306 putter

5) to hold the above clubs I have purchased both a Mizuno stand and cart bag.

6) to improve my on course appearance I now wear Mizuno branded pants and shirts.

7) for exercise walking I recently purchased a pair of  Mizuno Wave Unite 2 trainer shoes.
WOW!.... However you haven't mentioned wedges, hat and belt... best be sorting that ;)
 

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ruley said:
DGMP said:
1) a few years back made my first Mizuno brand purchases, which were baseball gear products for my son.

2) earlier this summer I made my first Mizuno golf product purchase, a set of MP5 irons.

3) I liked the MP5's so much I soon purchased a 2016 model JPX-EZ driver, plus 3 and 5 fairway metals.

4) I liked the MP5 irons and JPZ-EZ metal woods so much I then purchased a Mizuno MP-A306 putter

5) to hold the above clubs I have purchased both a Mizuno stand and cart bag.

6) to improve my on course appearance I now wear Mizuno branded pants and shirts.

7) for exercise walking I recently purchased a pair of  Mizuno Wave Unite 2 trainer shoes.
WOW!.... However you haven't mentioned wedges, hat and belt... best be sorting that ;)
Now that you mention it....

1) I do not like the plastic emblems on the backside of Mizuno's current wedges, so I play Vokey.

2) I do have two Mizuno hats, one white, one black. Tech fabric with a metallic runbird logo.

3) I have a couple of the inexpensive, cut-to-size,  colorful fabric Mizuno golf belts.
 

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I have recently just picked up a second hand set of Mizuno clubs, and a stand bag for £60 after starting up playing again for the first time in 9 years.

The irons are MX15s, 3 - SW, and also came with a Driver and 3 wood.
Also came with an odyssey 2 ball, and a mizuno 0816 putter.
Picked up a 60 degree wedge separately.
 
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I started out with some Pings when I began golfing and then expanded my Ping collection.  I really like the feel of the BeCu clubs and then ended up trying some BeNi.  Such a better feeling than many big name clubs.
I read a lot of golf forums and golf related websites and got interested in Miura so I ended up grabbing a sweet set of MC102's.  Really nice clubs with a sweet feeling and a lot of feedback from them.  I have a few friends who have gamed Mizuno's and I had a few bucks burning a hole in my pocket so I thought I would try some Mizuno's because everyone talks about how buttery they feel.  That is how my Miura's feel to me. 
So after trying to decipher the naming convention on them I went to the store and hit what they had for used and new and only really liked the MP 5's.  They were not for sale so I started browsing the web and looking at the images of the heads and really liked the look of the MP 67's.  I ended up finding a nice set and got a pretty good deal on them.  I got 3 - W with new grips on them and DG S330 shafts.
I have put them in play twice now and really like them.  They have a really nice ball flight and they were going rocket straight or had a nice little draw to them.
The only odd thing was that they were 1, 2 & 4 degrees greater than my other clubs and I was hitting them a lot further with the same swing I always use.  I had to club down 1 to 2 clubs.  It was strange but I adjusted to it and I think I have them dialed in pretty good now.  Hope to get in a few more rounds before that ugly white stuff covers the ground.
 
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Hi Dennis! 
Funny to say but those do rhyme!  Good to see you over here as we are both playing Mizuno's now.
 

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You're going to love it here. This is one of the nicest bunch of guys I've met on the web.

Show them some pictures of your old Pings and the Miuras.
 

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First set of clubs were Pinseeker Blades in 1989 when I was 8 years old. Then moved onto Titleist DCI and then my first set of Mizuno's when I was 16. I had some Mizuno T-Zoid, then upgraded to the T-Zoid XV the T-Zoid forged and finally the Comp EZ.
After a few years experimenting firstly with Nike CCI's and then with Nike VR Pro Combo's I came back to Mizuno with the MP-54's and then now onto the MP-25's. Will probably never go away from Mizuno again.  
 

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I was thinking about an aspect of this thread I can't remember seeing before.

Has anyone's Mizuno story CHANGED?

In my case, a simple thing like Mizuno's use of a lighter head on longer clubs created lots of opportunity for me to come up with a set of irons more properly fitted to me without being too heavy. It allowed me to go to graphite shafts in my irons and wedges with less experimentation and cost.

I guess all in all, it just made me feel more brand loyal than I was before, and that's hard to imagine.
 

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After reading all of these, we got Mr Faldo on camera telling his Mizuno story.  We'll post here on the 23/12/16 - assuming I can figure out how to embed the video.
 

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MPX said:
After reading all of these, we got Mr Faldo on camera telling his Mizuno story.  We'll post here on the 23/12/16 - assuming I can figure out how to embed the video.
C'mon MPX.... How many times do we need to tell you how to do that!!! :lol:
 

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A couple more Deemac.
 
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