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2020 Mizuno JPX Fli-Hi: Long game launch with precision

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Talking combo sets and “flow” is commonplace with irons, and after giving the full rundown of the all-new JPX 921 iron series, Mizuno has one more trick up its sleeve for golfers to increase long game precision and maintain proper gapping into their longer clubs—the new 2020 Mizuno JPX Fli-Hi.

What will make the new JPX Fli Hi hybrids interesting is they won’t be found on the shelves at any retail shops and instead will only be available through custom order. They are designed to be the perfect compliment to golfers looking to fit proper hybrids into their long iron gapping with JPX 921 irons, and as a bonus, they will be the same price as the iron they might be replacing.

The technology behind the design

The new 2020 JPX Fli-Hi has gone through a full redesign to expand the COR Area for improved speed, while still offering all of the benefits of the previous line, including lie adjustability—something you don’t hear about with hybrids too often.

Unlike the previous Fli-Hi with the stepped down crown, the conversion back to a standard shape has allowed the 2020 JPX Fli-Hi to have improved acoustics and a lower deeper center of gravity. Engineers achieve this with the traditional shape because the geometry allows for the crown to be thinner. When paired with the progressive head width and face heights to keep the CG better aligned relative to the loft of the club for consistent flight windows, it creates true long iron replacements.

No gaps in this Mizuno Fli-Hi story

To further assure the JPX Fli-Hi’s remain true iron replacements and don’t create further gapping issues, a lot of time was spent to dial in the specs for each club. They feature 3/4-inch graduated lengths instead of the standard half-inch progression like with a traditional iron set, which is still shorter than standard hybrids which can be more than a full inch longer than their iron counterpart.

  

Specs, price, and availability

Since the JPX FliHi’s will only be available through custom order there is no stock option, but Mizuno is offering any (non-exotic) shaft along with your choice of grip for $125 per club, which is the same price per iron at the JPX921 Hot Metal series irons. it will only be available right-handed and specs ca be found below.

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Ryan Barath is a club-fitter & master club builder with more than 17 years of experience working with golfers of all skill levels, including PGA Tour players. He is the former Build Shop Manager & Social Media Coordinator for Modern Golf. He now works independently from his home shop and is a member of advisory panels to a select number of golf equipment manufacturers. You can find Ryan on Twitter and Instagram where he's always willing to chat golf, and share his passion for club building, course architecture and wedge grinding.

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  1. Michael

    Aug 15, 2020 at 12:39 am

    I currently play the JPX919 Forged, from my first round with them I was in love and wanted more and more Mizuno products. Problem with that I am a Lefty. It is getting very annoying and almost anger inducing to continue to see these amazing new products Mizuno keeps launching only to see at the end of the article: Right Handed Only. A company as big as Mizuno should be very much able to make every club they release in both right handed and left handed. I know we are “rare” in the golf community but we constantly get the shaft.

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Daniel Berger WITB 2024 (April)

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  • 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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Heavy Artillery: A look at drivers in play at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans

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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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Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)

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  • 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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