Equipment

New Mizuno ST190 woods are ‘Speed-Engineered’

Published

7 years ago

Jan 7, 2019

The 2019 Mizuno fairway woods are the Mizuno ST190 and ST190 TS (Tour Spoon), which Mizuno is calling their lowest spinning and most forgiving fairway woods yet.

The new Mizuno ST190 is a fairway wood with a bonded hosel, while the ST190 TS comes equipped with a Quick Switch adjustable hosel to allow for different launch conditions.

Both fairway woods from Mizuno contain a deeper, high-energy HT1770 Maraging steel face, which flexes more like a driver than a conventional fairway wood, which aims to maximize ball speed.

The ST190 and ST190 TS also feature a composite crown which allows for redistribution of 4g weight lower in the head combining with the deeper clubface to provide golfers with a low spin ball flight. The composite crown also provides for a deeper, COR optimized face with a low Sweet Spot design.

Mizuno’s Amplified Wave Soleplate’s larger first wave creates a balance between stability and sweet spot height which aims to provide effective off-center forgiveness without excess backspin.

As well as lowering the sweet spot, Mizuno has increased the overall height of the head to improve both the overall COR and the low COR on the head, the combination of which aims to increase ball speed.

Speaking on the new fairway woods, Senior Engineer of Mizuno Golf, Kei Tsui stated

“The ST190’s deeper face is not just useful from the tee – it also gives the clubface a larger frame that functions more like a driver for higher ball speed. Normally that is compromised by a higher sweet spot and additional backspin, but by using our carbon composite crown and Wave Soleplate, we were able to combine high ball speeds with an efficient ball flight.”

Specs

Both clubs offer a fade trajectory, and are finished in black as opposed to Mizuno’s customary blue. The ST190 FW with bonded hosel costs $250, while the ST190 TS costs $300.

Whats in the Bag

Alex Noren WITB 2026 (June)

Published

1 day ago

Jun 6, 2026

GolfWRX Staff

Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D (9 degrees @7, draw setting)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD VF 6 X

3-wood: Callaway Quantum Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana BB 83 TX

Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black

Irons: Callaway Apex TCB (4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Callaway Opus SP (46-10S, 50-10S, 56-08C, 60-08C)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey O-Works #1W

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour

Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Noren’s clubs here.

Equipment

Spotted: Titleist GTS USWO headcovers

Published

2 days ago

Jun 5, 2026

Andrew Von Lossow

GolfWRX Tour Photographer Greg Moore was at Riviera Country Club this last week in Los Angeles for the U.S. Women’s Open. While browsing the photos, I spotted a recent major trend in headcovers. That is, the Titleist GTS headcover line expands the majors theme.

Seen on the bag of Natalia Guseva were the red, white, and blue Titleist GTS covers. This is the third time we have seen limited-edition Titleist major covers, the others being at the Masters and the PGA Championship. But with the launch of the GTS line back at the Texas Children’s Houston Open in March, this is the first time we have seen Titleist come out with major themed head covers for the season (driver headcovers through hybrids).

Check out some photos below.

At the Masters, we saw the familiar Masters green, white, and yellow. While the PGA Championship design was colors synonymous with the Philadelphia Eagles NFL team. This shows the season major drops continue full steam ahead for major OEMs. New opportunities for each major for designs and themes, and who knows, maybe a lucky spark for a player and a major championship for their resume. It gets the wheels turning for what major theme headcover you would keep on your bag for the whole season!