Equipment
Mizuno teases its MP-18 irons on Nick Faldo’s birthday

You might know that July 18 is National Caviar Day, or maybe even that it’s Nick Faldo’s birthday. That last bit matters for this story about Mizuno’s latest video that teases its MP-18 irons. The video includes birthday boy Nick Faldo (he’s 60 today) gushing over Mizuno’s newest muscleback irons… which, mind you, have “18” in their name. Beautifully executed, right?
GolfWRX first spotted the MP-18 irons at the Masters, where Jhonny Vegas debuted them on the PGA Tour. Mizuno isn’t offering any additional details about the irons at the time, but the company usually launches its new products in the fall.
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Equipment
Adam Scott makes 3 more big changes to his equipment setup at the Memorial

If you thought Adam Scott was slowing down on the equipment changes, you’d be wrong.
GolfWRX got the first look at the retail version of Adam Scott’s Miura AS-1 irons back at The 2023 Players Championship, but it wasn’t until this week at the 2023 Memorial Tournament that he actually put the new irons in the bag. He was previously using the original Miura prototype heads that, coincidentially, he first put into play at last year’s 2022 Memorial event. In exactly a year’s time, Scott replaced those prototype heads with the Miura AS-1 irons that were recently made available to the public.
This week, we also got an in-hand look at Scott’s new Srixon ZX Mk II driving iron, which he’s now equipping with a True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shaft.
Additionally, Getty Images spotted Scott with a new TaylorMade BRNR Mini driver in the bag this week.
According to TaylorMade, Scott is using a Stealth 2 Plus driver in combination with a BRNR Mini this week, and he’s currently leading Strokes Gained: Off the Tee after the first round of the Memorial, where he shot a 2-under 70.
Scott’s Stealth 2 Plus and BRNR Mini specs and launch numbers
Head: TaylorMade Stealth 2 Plus (9 degrees, with 10 degrees of actual loft)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7X
Length: 45 and 1/8 inches CUT (tipped 1 inch)
Weights: 19g back, 15g front
Swingweight: D3.5
Stealth 2 Plus launch conditions: 11.5° degrees launch at 2400 spin, 305 carry, 320+ total, 181 ball speed
Head: TaylorMade BRNR Mini (13.5 degrees, with 13 degrees of actual loft)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7X (tipped 1 inch)
Length: 44 inches
Weights: 13g back 5g front
Swingweight: D3
Launch Conditions: 11 degrees at 2800 spin, 282 carry, 305 total, 173 ball speed
“The BRNR Mini driver went into the bag for Adam this week because of the golf course and the distance gap between his driver and 4-wood,” said Adrian Rietveld, TaylorMade Senior Tour Manager, according to TaylorMade. “At Muirfield, drivers run out and the gapping with his 4-wood left him too far behind. As he told us during testing, with BRNR Mini, he can play the golf course instead of the golf course playing him.”
The Adam Scott equipment-centric weekly reality show continues on, and it’s appointment television at this point. Check out what the GolfWRX Forum members are saying about Scott’s latest switches in our forums.
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Whats in the Bag
K.J. Choi WITB 2023 (June)

- K.J. Choi what’s in the bag accurate as of the Memorial Tournament. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Radian Tank Technology 6 X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
Irons: Srixon ZX Utility (4), Srixon ZX7 (5-PW)
Shafts: AeroTech SteelFiber i110 cw X (4), Project X 6.0 (5-PW)
Wedges: Cleveland RTX6 ZipCore Tour Rack (50-10M, 54-10M, 60-09M), RTX Full-Face (50-9, 54-9, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #7S
Shaft: BGT Stability Tour 2 Polar
Grip: SuperStroke Traxion Tour 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
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Whats in the Bag
Rose Zhang WITB 2023 (June)

Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 5 S (45.5 inches)
3-wood: Callaway Rogue ST LS 3+ (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6 R (43 inches)
5-wood: Callaway Rogue ST LS (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6 R
Hybrid: Callaway Paradym 4H (21 degrees @20)
Shaft: KBS Tour Hybrid
Irons: Callaway Apex ’21 (5-PW)
Shafts: Nippon 850 R
Wedges: Callaway Apex ’21 A (49), Callaway Jaws Raw (54-10S, 58-08C)
Shafts: True Temper XP95 R300
Putter: Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K Double Wide
Ball: Callaway Chrome Soft X Star
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Tom54
Jul 19, 2017 at 5:57 pm
Thank you TCJ for the link on the Mizuno logo. I can see that it is a ” running bird” I still preferred the old logo but at least I now know what that thing represents now. At a glance I thought it looked like the Texas Longhorns.
TCJ
Jul 19, 2017 at 9:15 am
Thank you Mizuno for thinking of us lefties this time around. Not sure I can resist these beauties!
Tom54
Jul 19, 2017 at 8:33 am
I thought Faldo was no longer with Mizuno. Last I saw he was using Taylormade. Anyway I recall during his heyday he used the MP-29 which was a beautiful set of irons. Of course being one of his fans I had a set of them too. I’m still not sure why they changed their logo from the “M” to that strange looking design emblem. Anyone know what it is or represents??
TCJ
Jul 19, 2017 at 9:16 am
http://insider.mizunousa.com/2016/01/05/the-history-of-mizunos-famed-runbird/