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Learnt to play with Mizuno MX15's then moved to the MP32, no better feeling than flushing a 3 iron blade.
To me the big difference is the flyer lie and nobody ever seems to talk about this. It’s the fact that suddenly you can hit a flyer with a game improvement large cavity back that goes forever and overshoots a green by 20 yards.
What a lot of people don't talk about enough is the sole width. I like them skinny but am wise enough to know blades aren't practical to my best golf performance /experience. Recently put the Vice I01s in have dropped three strokes already. Kinda look like a blade but at address the face looks and is very forgiving to me. Turf interaction is great too.
Having played with 718 CBs for five years im thinking about upgrading to 620 MBs this vinter. Love the look of blades…
I bought some mp32s for 9 and 8 irons because I loved my Vokey wedges…however I now have a big gap to my 7 iron because of loft strength as much as anything. My 8 and 9 iron shots are much straight now😊
Really enjoyed that Matt, superb quality of production 👌🏼
Great advice with the club's too, there really no point in making the game harder than it can be when folks are starting out, the JPX 925 HL are perfect clubs for beginners and even mid handicappers, blades really won't help a high handicapper gain confidence.
Are they the same loft?
So you go from 12y gap difference to 14y gap difference 🤔 the drop-off is about the same. And with one of them it will tell you while the other just feels the same? 🤷♂️
Anyway I love my 921's and the feeling. CB cast iron clicky sound and feel, no thank you! Mizuno is all about feel, right 😉
Only 2 factors determine my iron choice: sole width and visual of back of blade head. I can't stand to see the back of the head projecting into my vision (example: Mizuno JPX 7 iron through 4 iron – AWFUL). More than that, though, is sole width – don't know whether it is due to the fact that I started and learned to play using blades or whether its my delivery characteristics, but out on the course if the sole is too wide I can do nothing but thin shots no matter how hard I try not to.
The question is does the low handicap player gain anything to compensate for a 1+ club drop due to better distance? Also how much does being able to work a ball actually matter? And finally who doesn't miss hit the ball occasionally? Even good players miss hit it. I personally think using a blade is a vanity move for people to say they play a players club.
As a low handicapper who has used Mizuno blades for years and years, my iron game was transformed in 2024 by Mizuno Hot Metal Pro irons. Not forged, chunky, and so so easy to use. I would never have believed it.
Have always loved blades when I’m taking them out of the bag before I hit the shot. Not so much putting them back after hitting it.
I started with cavity backs and switched to blades once I got to a single digit handicap. Now, as my strength and flexibility have decreased, I am going to players distance irons for the look as well as game improvement features.
The cycle of golf.
I started out a year ago and got some second hand TM M2 game improvements, and I thought I hitting it well until I found out I'm a very bad ball striker and the clubs were doing overtime on forgiveness. As I broke few of them, I decided to get Mizunos MP20 HMB, and even though few weeks it was back to basics, I would not go back. That feeling of pure strike with those clubs has therapeutic effect on me.
Matt, as a high handicapper (19) and elderly (65 years old with bad arthritis limiting my golf swing), I have switched from cavity back to hybrids (Eleven). I still use a cavity back PW and Gap wedge. What are your thoughts, if any, on using the hybrids?
Played blades all my life, now need some distance due to age and medical issues, so tried P790 after a fitting, they look great, and hit the ball a mile. Its enabled me to remain low single figures, very happy. I get they are slightly jacked, 31 degree 7 iron, tungsten weighting gives the iron some pep, and flight, really cant fault them.
Golf is to be enjoyed, if hitting a shovel helps you get round effectively with a smile, play them
They're not pointless. Because I can't hit them for shit, but I am 9.4 index with my cavity backs. I also know my golfing buddy who is a +1 has a LOT more control with his PXG blades than he does hitting my cavity backs.
I’d like a jpx 925 without any offset. I like speed and forgiveness in an iron especially in winter. But my bad shot is a hook/ overdraw and there’s no option
I played golf occasionally over the years with cavity backs. No more than once per year, with cavity backs. When i took up golf seriously just over a year ago, I felt cavity backs lulled me into thinking I was better than I was. I was inconsistent and rubbish, but could hit ok shots with decent distance. So I got some blades to really learn to swing properly and to get maximum feedback. The results are, I now have a proper golf swing and down to single digits. I think blades are good for a certain type of beginner. I am a long hitter, so I don't need more distance than my Mizuno's offer. If you also get a buzz from puring a blade, you want to do it again and again, so want to practise. Nothing beats that feeling and if you have my type of personality, you want that feeling more. So I don't agree with Matt. It depends on the player.
The whole purpose of taking up a sport is to enjoy yourself. Choose whichever club makes you smile.
I started out playing golf as a teenager with game improvement irons and still play them today at age 45. I have and can hit a bladed iron, but with that being said, mis hits and poor strikes definitely affect the distance. I much prefer forgiveness with my game.
I’ve got a set of jpx 923’s and love them but would like to start to blend my set once my game improves just not sure which set to start blending with
This is why I love my i230s. Basically the best of both worlds.
Unless you’re breaking 80 consistently Blades are for the range. Fun to hit but golf is a hard game take the advantages you can. A low score is much cooler than a good looking bag.
Learned to play the game with blades
Set of old Fred smyth 😂
Lofts are a club different – no real difference there really
Use technology if needed and you don't need the feel that cast clubs offer. I play both, classic Hogans and Srixon 100 blades in the summer and Hogan and Srixon semi cavity in the winter.
I love my blades.
Those are not CB's, they're GI's lol how do you not know this?