- Joined
- Mar 25, 2014
- Location
- Miami, Florida
- HCP
- Old Age
- Local club/country
- Killian Greens Golf Club
- Irons
- MX-1000
- Driver
- ST-180
Without going into too much detail, my game is deteriorating as rapidly as my arthritic spinal column. I need to invent a set of clubs that will let me keep playing.
I recently had the opportunity to play a set of the Cleveland HB Turbo irons that are all hybrids. I have to admit I was impressed, but I still have a bit of talent with short irons and wedges those huge soles don't let me take advantage of. The obvious answer would seem to be putting together a set of hybrids up to around the 7 iron and normal irons after that.
I came across what appears to be, by design, a mixed set of Mizuno irons on eBay, JPX-800, hybrids from the 3 iron up to the 6 iron and regular irons from the 7 iron through the gap wedge. My experiences with a one length set suggest to me that I'd do certain modifications to the irons, lengthening them, backweighting them myself, and basically creating a 2 length or 3 length set.
Can anyone fill me in on this model? My experiences with Mizuno clubs started with irons made after that model was a running number. I don't think I knew they existed. For the price and the apparent condition in the photos, I'd say it's a good value. It might be a cheap way to experiment with this kind of set design and upgrade it if the concept works for me.
I'd just like to know if anyone has experience with that era of irons to know if they were good, respected, had issues or what.
Your thoughts?
Thanks,
Dennis
I recently had the opportunity to play a set of the Cleveland HB Turbo irons that are all hybrids. I have to admit I was impressed, but I still have a bit of talent with short irons and wedges those huge soles don't let me take advantage of. The obvious answer would seem to be putting together a set of hybrids up to around the 7 iron and normal irons after that.
I came across what appears to be, by design, a mixed set of Mizuno irons on eBay, JPX-800, hybrids from the 3 iron up to the 6 iron and regular irons from the 7 iron through the gap wedge. My experiences with a one length set suggest to me that I'd do certain modifications to the irons, lengthening them, backweighting them myself, and basically creating a 2 length or 3 length set.
Can anyone fill me in on this model? My experiences with Mizuno clubs started with irons made after that model was a running number. I don't think I knew they existed. For the price and the apparent condition in the photos, I'd say it's a good value. It might be a cheap way to experiment with this kind of set design and upgrade it if the concept works for me.
I'd just like to know if anyone has experience with that era of irons to know if they were good, respected, had issues or what.
Your thoughts?
Thanks,
Dennis