Equipment
Review: Mizuno’s JPX-900 Hot Metal, JPX-900 Forged and JPX-900 Tour irons
In August, our Andrew Tursky covered all the technical aspects of Mizuno’s three new irons: JPX-900 Hot Metal, JPX-900 Forged and JPX-900 Tour irons. And of course, the story linked to all the in-hand photos one could possibly desire.
If you missed those stories or photo threads, make sure to catch up with the links below.
- Tech Talk: Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal and JPX-900 Forged irons
- Blurred Lines: Mizuno launches JPX-900 Tour irons
- In-hand Photos: Mizuno JPX-900 Hot Metal and JPX-900 Forged
- Comparison Photos: JPX-900 Tour, PXG 0311T, MP-5, iBlade and PSi Tou, X-Forged ’13 and MP-64
Up to speed? Great. Now watch Mark Crossfield put all of the irons through the paces in the videos below.
JPX-900 Hot Metal Review
JPX-900 Forged Review
JPX-900 Tour Review
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Whats in the Bag
Daniel Berger WITB 2024 (April)
- Daniel Berger what’s in the bag accurate as of the Farmers Insurance Open. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
6-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade Tour Preferred MC 2011 (4-PW)
Shafts: Project X Denali Blue 105 TX (3), Project X 6.5 (4-PW)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (50-12F), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-14F), Callaway Jaws Raw (60-08C)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (50), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (56, 60)
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Mini DB
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy PistolLock 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Wrap
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Check out more in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s clubs in the forums.
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Equipment
Heavy Artillery: A look at drivers in play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans
What are the driver and shaft combinations of the best golfers in the world? For gearheads, it’s an endlessly interesting question — even if we can only ever aspire to play LS heads and 7 TX shafts.
At this week’s Zurich Classic of New Orleans, GolfWRX got in-hand looks at the driver setups of a wealth of players.
Check out some of the most interesting combos below, then head to the GolfWRX forums for the rest, as well as the rest of our galleries from New Orleans.
Rory McIlroy
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Alex Fitzpatrick
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Daniel Berger
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees @9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Wrap
Rasmus Hojgaard
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
Grip: Golf Pride MCC
Alejandro Tosti
Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II LS (9.5 degrees @10.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS T1100 75 6.5
Grip: Golf Pride MCC Plus4
James Nicholas
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (8 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Kevin Streelman
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Sang-moon Bae
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9+ @8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 X
Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Russ Cochran
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke (9 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD TP 6 X
Grip: Golf pride MCC Align
MJ Daffue
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (10.5 degrees @9.5)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green RDX 65 TX
Grip: Golf Pride ZGrip Cord Align
Check our more photos from the Zurich Classic here.
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Whats in the Bag
Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)
- Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.
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Rick
Sep 16, 2016 at 5:22 pm
Play the 850 forged with boron….have yet to find anyone that hits them not say “I love how it feels” solid as can be….”Can I have them when you quit/die” common comment….
johnnythunders
Sep 16, 2016 at 1:30 pm
Hot metal was a few yards less than the forged by was launching higher, spinning 600 rpm more and for me fit my slower swing speed better.
I’ve hit these a couple times against the Steelhead and I picked the hot metal. Comparable distances, better feel and sound and no cost recoil 95 shaft upgrade fit me much better also you can get them for 112 a club at a number of places.
Mark
Sep 16, 2016 at 2:25 am
Saw the Tour and Forged heads last night. Tour head is stunning but the size of a traditional blade. Forged looks great and may make a move to my bag over the winter months. Only issue is price. £50 more for 4-pw than the MP25s and a full £120 more than AP2s. Ouch. Crazy money for 7 irons with steel shafts.
3-Putt Territory
Sep 15, 2016 at 7:15 pm
What is Chromoly anyway? Is that what rappers have on their escalades? I don’t know what Mizuno is doing? I remember when clubs were made IN AMERICA. Out of STEEL. This is just weird.
That said, you call something “Hot Metal” and I’m expecting the cover of the ball to melt off. I’m expecting hotter than my griddle on sunday morning. These were warm-ish. I guess Warm Metal wouldn’t move as many units.
In summary, I’ve seen more ballspeed on Pornhub.
Brian
Sep 15, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Shank
KK
Sep 15, 2016 at 9:43 pm
Wow. I feel sorry for your parents.
3PuttTerritory
Sep 15, 2016 at 10:10 pm
You know who I feel sorry for? Vanity handicaps who play Mizuno. But hey, to each his own.
Mu
Sep 16, 2016 at 3:17 am
What a dumb American, exemplified.
Steve
Sep 15, 2016 at 6:26 pm
Interesting that he hit the forged model longer than the hot metal one.
Golf Boy
Sep 20, 2016 at 4:34 pm
Rick Shiels also hit the forged model longer.
Nath
Sep 15, 2016 at 4:04 pm
Whats this!! crossfield isnt getting page hits desired on golfwrx.