Equipment
Spotted: Mizuno MP-18 Irons
Mizuno’s JPX-900 Tour irons are one of the hottest models on the PGA Tour, but it appears there’s a new iron in the works at Mizuno that’s designed with the best golfers in the world in mind.
Here’s a photo of what looks to be Mizuno’s next muscleback iron, the MP-18. We’re guessing it’s the follow-up to Mizuno’s widely praised MP-4 and MP-5 muscleback irons.
Discussion: See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the MP-18 irons in our forum.
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Driver: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (10.5 degrees)
Mini driver: TaylorMade BRNR Mini Copper (13.5 degrees)
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus (19 degrees)
Irons: TaylorMade P790 (4-8, PW), TaylorMade P760 (9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09, 56-10, 60)
Putter: Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 Prototype
Check out more in-hand photos of Drew Brees’ clubs here.
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We always get some great photos of some phenomenal putters at tour events and love to share them. Here are a few from the 2024 Zurich Classic that caught our eye and seemed interesting. (And as a reminder, you can check out all our photos from New Orleans here)
MJ Daffue’s Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype
MJ is going with the new Scotty Cameron T-11 Prototype this week. The putter is a multi-piece mallet that puts an emphasis on stability with the wings on the back. Daffue’s putter does have a design that differs from retail with a monotone finish, which eliminates the black paint on the aluminum parts that we see at retail. He also has a half siteline milled into the top and an L-neck welded on for some additional toe hang. The face features a deeper milling that should offer a softer feel and slightly quieter sound.
Scotty Cameron T-7.5 Prototype
We spotted a few different Scotty Cameron Phantom models with modified rear flanges. It looks like the straight black flange was cut into a half circle for a little softer look at address. On this T-7.5, you can still see the raw aluminum from the back view, so this might have been a last-minute job to get them out on tour. The semi-circle also has a white line on it, maybe to frame the ball differently.
Alex Fitzpatrick’s Bettinardi SS16 DASS
Alex’s SS16 is made from Bettinardi’s famous D.A.S.S., or double-aged stainless steel, for a softer and more responsive feel. The face has a unique diamond pattern milling and features a logo that I feel like I have seen before, but can’t put a name to. The putter is a classic mid-mallet style with a simple, single white siteline on the top. The sole is clean with just the SS16, DASS, and a green triangle logo on it.
Steve Stricker’s Odyssey White Hot No. 2
This putter has made some amazing putts in its long career! Stricker’s White Hot No. 2 might be in the top 10 of most famous putters in golf. When you see all the dents and lead tape, you know the heel will be up and it will be sinking putts! The soft White Hot insert looks to be in good shape and has less wear on it than the rest of the putter. We don’t know how much lead tape is on the sole, but it has to be multiple layers compacted down over the years.
Doug Ghim’s Scotty Cameron T-7 Prototype
This T-7 should win the award for “best color finish” in this list with its deep chromatic bronze. It looks like Scotty added a cherry bomb dot to the heel of the deep-milled face and filled it with a very dark blue paint. The rest of the putter looks pretty stock with its single site line on the topline and twin site lines down the “fangs” of the putter. Twin 5-gram weights are installed in the sole and the putter is finished off with a gloss black double bend shaft with a fill shaft offset.
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Project X’s Denali wood shafts have been seen in more and more golf bags this year as we start off the season. As a refresher, Denali Blue is the mid-launch and mid-spin model while Denali Black is for players seeking lower launch and spin.
Denali combines great feel with stability and increased ball speed. Currently, Project X only offers Denali Blue and Black in wood shafts, but we spotted a hybrid shaft in Daniel Berger’s bag at the 2024 Zurich Classic.
The shaft looks to be a Denali Blue 105G – HY in TX flex. No word on details from Project X yet but we can assume that this is a mid-launching shaft that weighs around 105 grams in Tour X-Stiff flex.
Berger has this shaft in his TaylorMade P770 3-iron, likely for some added launch and spin to hold the green from longer distances.
Hopefully, this means we will see some more shafts coming under the Denali name in the future, as I think many of us would like to try one in a hybrid or utility iron!
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- Check out in-hand photos of Daniel Berger’s full WITB here.
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Michael Thomas
Jul 30, 2017 at 1:38 pm
ANOTHER FORUM FOR IDIOTS !
John
Apr 4, 2017 at 5:35 pm
the real april fools joke is if they announced they were going to release their top model again in LH. Mizuno is a joke until they stop ignoring 25% of the golf population
Mike
Jul 12, 2017 at 4:20 pm
mate i don’t think that golf has a disproportionate mix of left handers to the general population. Read anywhere its 10% on average.. so for you lefties… learn to play the RIGHT way.
Fred
Jul 26, 2017 at 9:22 pm
Went into my local Golf Galaxy the other day. They had a section full of left-handed clubs. Was told they hardly ever sell any.
Jim H
Apr 4, 2017 at 11:37 am
I’ll stick to my MP-32’s and MX-20’s from the Mizuno brand as part of my rotation which includes Titleist 714 AP1’s.
Dave
Apr 2, 2017 at 10:50 am
Hate ‘matte’ finish on musclebacks. Looks cheap. But to keep the chrome looking good you gotta put covers on them. Which sucks. Also, they had such good lines on the MP-4/5 series, this looks ridiculous.
Golfandpuff
Apr 5, 2017 at 10:37 am
LOL!
1. Looks cheap? Not even close…
2. Covers? I wish I had a dollar for every good player I saw with beat up blades. They are tools…next nice set around the corner.
S Hitter
Apr 1, 2017 at 8:01 pm
I hope it’s April Fools
Jojo
Apr 1, 2017 at 6:19 pm
Titleist 714 knockoffs. Lol
S Hitter
Apr 1, 2017 at 8:00 pm
You said it. Shank! And I was so looking forward to the news of the new blades. I’ll pass. That graphic in the centre is FUGLY. Can’t do it
Craig
Apr 2, 2017 at 3:08 pm
Graphic? Isn’t that just the light??
S Hitter
Apr 3, 2017 at 3:48 am
Naw. It’s that black line graphic with the name of the club on it. Kinda like the T5 wedge with the black band, except on this MP, the name of the club is on it. Kills me. Too much, too busy. Not that I’m looking at the back of the iron to hit the damned thing, I just think it’s unnecessary
sumsum
Apr 3, 2017 at 6:37 am
I’m pretty sure it’s not a graphic, Mizuno never puts ‘graphics’ on their MP lines. Could be a simple polish line being reflected by the light. The picture is pretty obscured.
S Hitter
Apr 3, 2017 at 12:24 pm
The MP-18 writing is in that bar across the middle. I don’t like the cut bar section across the middle, nor the name of the club written there.
Chris
Apr 3, 2017 at 12:50 pm
If you look closely, I think it’s a chrome ‘strip’ against the brushed finish. There is no badge or bar there. Look @ the 6 iron…
NFL sux
Apr 4, 2017 at 3:27 am
By bar he meant that there is a strip. Strip, bar, what difference does it make. It’s a strip-bar-slash-dash-line across the middle. Ugly.
Will
Apr 22, 2017 at 7:29 pm
Looks like the black line similar to the mp25 model. Not a big deal to me they still are not too “busy” though they look similar to the ping iblade imo, though they are at least forged.
joro
Apr 3, 2017 at 11:30 am
New Blades? A blade is a blade whether it is new or 10 yrs old, a blade is a blade and the older ones work just a well and maybe better. It”s all in marketing and staying inbusness. Enjoy whatever you have or want.
S Hitter
Apr 3, 2017 at 12:26 pm
Right, but they’re not going to just reproduce the same MP-14 or 29 every year like they should, so this is what we are left with. And with very few MP numbers left to name these clubs, when they could just continue to make the same models like MP-68 or 69 and call it a day
Bert
Apr 1, 2017 at 5:12 pm
Beautiful but more than I can handle.
Tom
Apr 1, 2017 at 10:08 pm
that makes two of us
Mark Walgren
Apr 30, 2017 at 11:34 pm
Thats what she said.
Philip
Apr 1, 2017 at 4:39 pm
They look like a bag full of wedges (T4s or T5s) turned into a set of clubs – could be nice transition from my 32s
david
Apr 1, 2017 at 1:25 pm
hook line and sinker. got me good.
Tom
Apr 1, 2017 at 1:40 pm
it’ was all in fun…play through my friend
Friedeggsfan
Apr 1, 2017 at 12:59 pm
Whoop whoop!!! #blades
Tom
Apr 1, 2017 at 12:02 pm
lol…Callaway knockoffs!
david
Apr 1, 2017 at 12:43 pm
WHAT!? callaway irons? THESE look nothing like any callaway iron ever.
cash me ou’side
Tom
Apr 1, 2017 at 12:59 pm
david..I thought I’d try out my trollin shoes.