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Hi, I'm Graham Green, part of the Leaderboard golf group, and today I'm going to do a product
review for the new Mizuno JPX EZ Iron. So, first and foremost, this is really quite different
from what you'd expect for Mizuno to bring out in terms of their small forged, bladed
style golf clubs; it's a nice big chunky cavity, plenty of forgiveness, massive sole on the
bottom -- you'd expect a nice easy high ball flight. I'm going to have a few shots with
it, give it a go, and I'll come back and tell you guys exactly what I think. So let's try
it out. Boom. Nice. So there you go guys, I've hit
a few shots so I'm going to come back now and tell you what I think. I'm going to start
off with the feel. Mizuno claim they've got this hit technology in this golf club head
which is harmonious impact technology, supposed to give you a really nice sound and feel to
the golf club which is supposed to be like you'd expect from a Mizuno iron with their
forged irons and nice soft feel from the golf club. For me, it was the complete opposite.
It was a much harder feel. It wasn't brilliant, it wasn't the worst thing I've ever felt,
but it was quite a hard impact from the club face; the ball did shoot out there of course,
but it wasn't the greatest feel. I'm not sure that technology is really doing much to the
golf club. I'll give that about a seven out of ten.
In terms of forgiveness, it was great. You can see the big cavity in there, nice wide
sole, it gets the ball right up in the air, really easily. You can chunk it, it still
gets it up there. It may be a little bit high on the ball flight for some golfers, and I
do think you lose a little bit of distance because of it, but if you don't mind that,
if you want to see the ball get up in the air and you want some help with that, it definitely
helps. You can hit it all over the club face; like I say, nice big cavities, so it helps.
I give that eight out of ten. In terms of adjustability and custom fitting,
as you'd expect from Mizuno they do the full spectrum from the lie angle, so more upright
or flatter head angles. You can increase the loft, decrease the loft, you can look at different
shaft options in terms of steel or graphite, also the shaft length, longer or shorter,
and of course they'll change different grips and grip thicknesses to suit. So if you are
going to buy this model, go and try it out, but make sure you see your PGA professional
for a proper good full custom fitting, and get the clubs made to measure before you purchase
them, because it's really important. In terms of the look of the golf club, I like
it. It's got a nice kind of tumbled finished, sort of satin chrome finish to it. It's a
bit chunky, that's the only thing I would probably say I dislike about it, a very big
cavity, really wide sole that you can actually see on the base of the club there, that does
help with the performance and getting it airborne but it does give it a very chunky look when
you put it down. And I guess for middle to high handicappers, this maybe won't put you
off so much, but there will be a bunch of you out there that just don't like that, it's
just probably not aesthetically pleasing enough. So I'll give that about a seven out of ten
as well. So when we come to the golf club overall,
like I said it performs well, it shoots the ball off nicely, it gets the ball up in the
air really quick, I would say you probably lose a little bit of distance because of that
but not too much, but a nice golf club. Bit *** the feel, that's the only thing I
think really lets it down, but overall, good golf club, seven out of ten.