Finally Rick, you adjusted everything on the fly for us to see and showed
us the numbers. Please please please do more of this as it really does make
the videos a lot more interesting for us average joes 🙂 Great as always.?
Thanks for the vid – shame you didn’t middle one Rick. Feedback from the
tour is that this is a VERY low spin driver if you put the weights to the
side ports. We’ve had a few tour and aspiring tour players go with the
weights back and central. Some more info on the weights here – for those
that haven’t stumbled into the R&D video. http://youtu.be/kUD_yBTtr-k?
By far the best driver youve hit….. straight and decent length. You wont
bag it purely coz of the name?
All apart from 1 hook that has to be one of the straightest driving reviews
I’ve seen you do, it really suited your draw. Surely straight and long is
better than huge and off target. I’ve got the SLDR 460 not that long ago so
if it wasn’t for that I’d defo give this one a serious look. Great review?
With the weights on both sides it gives the straightest flight…*hits a
duck hook*?
Hmmmmm VERY interesting club!
Maybe the sleeping giant that is Mizuno has finally woke up?
The last major club that they plugged was the T-Zoid back in the early –
mid 90’s.
TaylorMade & my favourite, Callaway, have flooded the market of late with
adjustable Woods, but damn it, this one may be the best yet and possibly
the one with the most longevity.
It looks like they have really spent some time in R&D to develop it. I’m
massively impressed!
Rick, your 3rd & 4th shots on the vid were deffo the best strikes despite
higher spin rates compared to later on. Plus compared to your first two
shots you completed your backswing a lil more (Dr Dobby in the house).
A great review buddy. Really liked it.?
When is your match against meandmygolf coming.?
4 or 5 lovely straight hits. Then the switch to the setting designed for
straight hits….and a duck hook lol!! Delivered on the lower spin though.
Another good video. Love the feature whereby we can see the ball flight.
Think Parfield will have to step up with the same!?
Can you review Mizuno MP4’s??
I liked how you showed a little of the contents of the manual and you also
zoomed in on the changing of the weights. You also showed the club head at
address. The ball flight path is always great. All these little touches
make for a far more interesting review than many others. As for the club
itself, I thought the build quality looked brilliant and classy compared to
some other recent adjustable drivers (SLDR anyone?). Thanks for the review
Rick?
Hey Rick, question about the weighting system. Let’s say you add equal
perimeter weights, perhaps 10 gram or more, to older model drivers with
adjustable weighting (R11, R11s specifically) and adjustable loft, would
you get the same effect of high launch, low spin??
This driver is very very good. low spin, smaller head, has forgiveness, and
adjustability. Played the ping g30 this summer with a fujikura pro shaft,
and that was a great driver. The mizuno is better (for me granted) 10 to 15
yards longer, higher ball speeds and better spin numbers are the
difference. Not a mizuno snob, play callaway apex irons, but people should
really give this driver a try. The stock shaft is amazing. If mizuno
offered two more quality stock shafts to fit a wider group of golfers, and
also had a black head option, in my humble opinion they would sale a ton of
drivers. Bottom line I ordered my JPX 850 yesterday after a fitting
session, and had no intention of buying a new driver. Go hit this thing,
you may grow fond of mizuno blue after being further down the fairway. ?
Putting the loft up to 11.5 seemed to hinder you there Rick?
Mizuno JPX 850 Driver Review
@MizunoGolf_News #BrandNew #Mizuno @Golf_Mizuno?
Seeing how much the adjustability changes the flight and shape makes me
like this club even more. Might be time to ditch my i25.?
This guy is a crossfield wanna be !!! Lol your channel almost mirrors his
!! Are you taking the piss ??
It’s ugly :(?
@RickShielsPGA thank you for the review! It is good to see the spin
numbers drop once you moved the weights! I would really have loved to see
you hit a solid middle with that setting. I guess the question for me is
how important is custom fitting? I know with the SLDR, D3, and I think G30
you were custom fit for those prior to doing video testing.?
Another superb vid….luv the way u kept wanting to hit another one to get
to 300 lol
What would be awesome is if you could get say an average 14-18 handicapper
to hit it and see the stats…..the club looks nice but as much as I would
think about getting it…..your stats are just too awesome so not sure how
I’d compare etc, hence an ameatuer would be a more fairer
comparison…..hope that makes sense. Keep up the great work?
Very impressed with Mizuno! they’re stepping up their game. Beautiful
looking club and very impressive results. When you changed the weights it
preformed like Mizuno said it would. Too bad I just got a Ping G30 or I
might think about getting this club.?
Another great vid……love the passion you show….agree with the majority
it’s a great club, by far and away the straightest you’ve shown. Any chance
of putting a centre line on your flightscope to show how close, or how far
the shot is off line ( we can all see the bad ones but it would be nice to
see how good the good ones are)
Keep up the good work.?
I think this club should probably be more popular… Mizuno have given
players exactly what they’ve been asking for – Simple looks, 440 head,
adjustable, 45″ stock length, etc. Maybe Rick never got it to 300, but he
was hitting way more fairways. ?
Prefer black to blue. Just a marketing thing?
One thing of note is he normally swings it 115MPH on his biggest hits. If
you were to add 4-6mph club head speed to these hits he would’ve been well
over 300 just like the SLDR 430 and the Titleist 915D3. He might have
actually been longer. His ball speed with 110mph was 155mph. With the
Titleist he was at 115mph and 162mph. Pretty sure this Mizuno with a proper
shaft is probably every bit as long as the Titleist and the TM.?
Great stuff Rick! Can you do a FW vs on JPX 850 vs Titleist 915 F? Those
are the ones I think I will demo to drop the G25 4wood out of the bag..?
Finally Rick, you adjusted everything on the fly for us to see and showed
us the numbers. Please please please do more of this as it really does make
the videos a lot more interesting for us average joes 🙂 Great as always.?
Thanks for the vid – shame you didn’t middle one Rick. Feedback from the
tour is that this is a VERY low spin driver if you put the weights to the
side ports. We’ve had a few tour and aspiring tour players go with the
weights back and central. Some more info on the weights here – for those
that haven’t stumbled into the R&D video. http://youtu.be/kUD_yBTtr-k?
By far the best driver youve hit….. straight and decent length. You wont
bag it purely coz of the name?
All apart from 1 hook that has to be one of the straightest driving reviews
I’ve seen you do, it really suited your draw. Surely straight and long is
better than huge and off target. I’ve got the SLDR 460 not that long ago so
if it wasn’t for that I’d defo give this one a serious look. Great review?
With the weights on both sides it gives the straightest flight…*hits a
duck hook*?
Hmmmmm VERY interesting club!
Maybe the sleeping giant that is Mizuno has finally woke up?
The last major club that they plugged was the T-Zoid back in the early –
mid 90’s.
TaylorMade & my favourite, Callaway, have flooded the market of late with
adjustable Woods, but damn it, this one may be the best yet and possibly
the one with the most longevity.
It looks like they have really spent some time in R&D to develop it. I’m
massively impressed!
Rick, your 3rd & 4th shots on the vid were deffo the best strikes despite
higher spin rates compared to later on. Plus compared to your first two
shots you completed your backswing a lil more (Dr Dobby in the house).
A great review buddy. Really liked it.?
When is your match against meandmygolf coming.?
4 or 5 lovely straight hits. Then the switch to the setting designed for
straight hits….and a duck hook lol!! Delivered on the lower spin though.
Another good video. Love the feature whereby we can see the ball flight.
Think Parfield will have to step up with the same!?
Can you review Mizuno MP4’s??
I liked how you showed a little of the contents of the manual and you also
zoomed in on the changing of the weights. You also showed the club head at
address. The ball flight path is always great. All these little touches
make for a far more interesting review than many others. As for the club
itself, I thought the build quality looked brilliant and classy compared to
some other recent adjustable drivers (SLDR anyone?). Thanks for the review
Rick?
Hey Rick, question about the weighting system. Let’s say you add equal
perimeter weights, perhaps 10 gram or more, to older model drivers with
adjustable weighting (R11, R11s specifically) and adjustable loft, would
you get the same effect of high launch, low spin??
This driver is very very good. low spin, smaller head, has forgiveness, and
adjustability. Played the ping g30 this summer with a fujikura pro shaft,
and that was a great driver. The mizuno is better (for me granted) 10 to 15
yards longer, higher ball speeds and better spin numbers are the
difference. Not a mizuno snob, play callaway apex irons, but people should
really give this driver a try. The stock shaft is amazing. If mizuno
offered two more quality stock shafts to fit a wider group of golfers, and
also had a black head option, in my humble opinion they would sale a ton of
drivers. Bottom line I ordered my JPX 850 yesterday after a fitting
session, and had no intention of buying a new driver. Go hit this thing,
you may grow fond of mizuno blue after being further down the fairway. ?
Putting the loft up to 11.5 seemed to hinder you there Rick?
Mizuno JPX 850 Driver Review
@MizunoGolf_News #BrandNew #Mizuno @Golf_Mizuno?
Seeing how much the adjustability changes the flight and shape makes me
like this club even more. Might be time to ditch my i25.?
This guy is a crossfield wanna be !!! Lol your channel almost mirrors his
!! Are you taking the piss ??
It’s ugly :(?
@RickShielsPGA thank you for the review! It is good to see the spin
numbers drop once you moved the weights! I would really have loved to see
you hit a solid middle with that setting. I guess the question for me is
how important is custom fitting? I know with the SLDR, D3, and I think G30
you were custom fit for those prior to doing video testing.?
Another superb vid….luv the way u kept wanting to hit another one to get
to 300 lol
What would be awesome is if you could get say an average 14-18 handicapper
to hit it and see the stats…..the club looks nice but as much as I would
think about getting it…..your stats are just too awesome so not sure how
I’d compare etc, hence an ameatuer would be a more fairer
comparison…..hope that makes sense. Keep up the great work?
Very impressed with Mizuno! they’re stepping up their game. Beautiful
looking club and very impressive results. When you changed the weights it
preformed like Mizuno said it would. Too bad I just got a Ping G30 or I
might think about getting this club.?
Another great vid……love the passion you show….agree with the majority
it’s a great club, by far and away the straightest you’ve shown. Any chance
of putting a centre line on your flightscope to show how close, or how far
the shot is off line ( we can all see the bad ones but it would be nice to
see how good the good ones are)
Keep up the good work.?
I think this club should probably be more popular… Mizuno have given
players exactly what they’ve been asking for – Simple looks, 440 head,
adjustable, 45″ stock length, etc. Maybe Rick never got it to 300, but he
was hitting way more fairways. ?
Prefer black to blue. Just a marketing thing?
One thing of note is he normally swings it 115MPH on his biggest hits. If
you were to add 4-6mph club head speed to these hits he would’ve been well
over 300 just like the SLDR 430 and the Titleist 915D3. He might have
actually been longer. His ball speed with 110mph was 155mph. With the
Titleist he was at 115mph and 162mph. Pretty sure this Mizuno with a proper
shaft is probably every bit as long as the Titleist and the TM.?
Great stuff Rick! Can you do a FW vs on JPX 850 vs Titleist 915 F? Those
are the ones I think I will demo to drop the G25 4wood out of the bag..?