Mizuno Forged MX –25 Irons

Reveiwed by: Gordon Fallance
Handicap: 12

MODEL AND SHAFT PLAYED:
Mizuno MX-25 irons (3-iron to pitching wedge) fitted with regular Dynamic Gold
Lite steel shafts.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
The look of these irons in the bag and sitting on the ground at address just oozes class and quality. I was interested to see if the performance matched the looks.

VERDICT:
Prior to the road test I’d played with a set of big name branded forged irons, which I found to have quite a hard feel off the clubface, so I was more than interested to see how these Mizuno irons compared.

I soon realised that the MX-25s are in a different class and shots struck pure out of the clubface were buttery soft and felt absolutely sensational.

Throughout the road test I hit quite a few shots, both with long and short irons, where the impact didn’t register in my arms or hands at all, which was a really nice feeling.

These well struck shots had a nice trajectory and carried a little further than my current irons, whilst shots hit out of the toe or heel (yes, I also hit some of these) still went reasonably straight, but obviously were punished distance wise.

The shot of the day for me was a 3-iron from around 180 metres out from a green. Into a strong headwind, the shot felt great and it stayed on line and settled near the fl ag. I also loved the pitching wedge from the 80- to 100-metre range
but found I struggled a little with it on ‘touch’ shots around the green, where I tended to hit it too far past the pin.

Overall, I really enjoyed playing with these clubs and I found them incredibly easy to get used to. After only a couple of holes I felt confident and at ease with them, and as the round went on they felt even better. I would happily put a set in my bag.

PLAYER RATING
A 100% quality 10/10
Pl Easy to get used to 9/10
BaNicely weighted 9/10
FeButtery soft 9.5/10
Total 93.75%

From the March 2007 issue of Golf Australia