How About Mizuno MP-68 Irons?

These clubs are the creme de la creme of players' irons, delivering unmatched feel, workability and total ball control through the use of the cutting-edge 3D Muscle Pad.

By studying the vibrations and sound created at impact, Mizuno has tried to make a muscleback blade with even better sound and feel. Made from milled carbon steel, weight has been removed from non-critical areas of the MP-68 near the heel, toe, and top of the hosel, then repositioned in the back-toe area. The result, according to the company, is a sweetspot that's lower in the face along with a neutral ball flight preferred by many accomplished players.

The leading and trailing edges have been rolled while the midsole has been flattened. It sounds a little complicated but it essentially means that the way the club make contact with the turf (known as 'interaction' in the trade) has been analysed so that any drag on the ground is minimised.

There's also a consistency of strike off the clubface. There are no jumpers or fliers and the dispersion is predictably tight. The Mizuno MP-68 irons don’t feel like the longest iron on the market but at this level of play, distance is not a problem. Precision is everything, and the Mizuno MP-68 delivers.

Of course, there’s more to it that than. This Mizuno irons is not just a new model for the sake of it. Great strides in design technology has enabled Mizuno to improve not just performance and consistency, but also the one area for which the Mizuno MP line is rightly famed: feel.

Where club design once relied on the craftsman’s eye, the all-seeing computer can now detect things that can’t even be seen. By using 'modal' analysis to record the vibration and sound frequencies going through a club at impact, Mizuno engineers are able to gauge the ‘feel’ and manipulate it accordingly.

The greatest strength of this Mizuno club is its workability - the ability to move the ball through the air from right to left and left to right. With just the subtlest of adjustments in ball position, all manner of shot shapes can be delivered. And for the skilled player, that's crucial.