Mizuno release tech-packed JPX-800 iron
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When setting out to create the new JPX-800 iron, Mizuno steadfastly stuck to the mantra that forgiving didn’t have to mean big and ugly.
Instead, they wanted to develop a game-improvement iron that would outperform everything else on the market not only in terms of performance, but in looks as well.
The JPX-800 signals the end of the popular MX-line up of Mizuno irons and replaces the MX-1000 iron.
The JPX-800 is is a mid-size head which appears even more compact and versatile than it is thanks to a triple-cut sole design which sees the leading a trailing edge beveled and the mid sole cambered.
The new iron features the hottest face (highest COR – spring-like effect) of any iron in the company’s history while also being the most forgiving. This is achieved thanks to a thinner, more uniform iron face to reach the maximum allowed limits for ebergy transfer.
Like other new Mizuno irons in the range, the JPX-800 also features a flow cavity design with smaller heads and cavities as you work through the set from long iron to short.
David Llewellyn, from Mizuno’s R&D dept, said: “The JPX-800 is an incredible iron that’s hard to pigeonhole. To achieve these ball speeds and MOI numbers, you’d expect to compromise by adding lots of offset, or thick top and bottom edges. But our design challenge was to pack all this performance into a head shape that a Tour player wouldn’t reject.
“It’s much easier to create an iron just to either feel great, or be very forgiving, or extremely long – but balanced performance is much more a challenge.”
For more information on the JPX-800 irons pick up issue 274 of Today’s Golfer magazine on sale from September 9, 2010.
To find out about all the new irons in Mizuno’s range for 2011 click on the links below.
