Mizuno says MP-650 is the “ultimate player’s” fairway wood (VIDEO)

Mizuno's MP-650 fairway wood

Mizuno is best known for its irons – particularly its MP series of irons designed for better players. But the company also designs some of the better fairway woods on the market. The latest is the MP-650 fairway wood, a great looking club that features five-piece Titanium Construction.

Chris Voshall,  golf club engineer at Mizuno, calls the MP-650 fairway wood the “ultimate player’s” fairway wood. Watch and listen as Voshall describes the MP-650 fairway wood’s construction, multi-thickness cup face that deliver greater ball speeds for distance, and discretionary weight savings for fine tuning Center of Gravity (COG) and Moment of Inertia (MOI).

Like the MP-650 driver, the MP-650 fairway wood has a classic pear shaped head with a deeper, open face angle produces a straight to slight fade ball trajectory. That’s the trajectory many top players want to see. The MP-650 fairway woods come in lofts of 13.5, 15 and 18 degrees.

 

4 Responses to “Mizuno says MP-650 is the “ultimate player’s” fairway wood (VIDEO)”

1. Anonymous February 18th, 2012

   Hey Steve, why do they want to promote a left to right ball flight with these?

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   • Brian Sommer February 19th, 2012

     Bob,
     I believe that the reason Mizuno has designed their fairway woods and drivers to promote a left to right ball flight is because most low handicap amateurs and professionals prefer that ball flight.

     Some also suggest that a fade is easier to control/play than a draw or hook, which tend to fly farther due to the type of spin created. Furthermore, if I was hitting a fairway wood into a par five I would want to create a high soft ball flight which allowed the ball to land softly on the green limited roll. The left to right ball flight provides this type of shot result more often than a right to left ball flight.

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2. Anonymous February 19th, 2012

   So when what do you do when you have a 3 wood shot that you want to roll onto the green on long par 5 or if you’re using your 3 wood for a tee shot and want it to roll?

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   • Brian Sommer February 19th, 2012

     Bob,

     Great questions. Even though the golf club manufacturer states that the club is internally weighted in such a way to promote a left to right ball flight most amateur golfers default to the belief that the club will now enhance their slice. Interestingly this does happen but not because of the golf club itself. I believe that it is misleading to think that just because the club is internally weighted a particular way will make it more difficult to curve the golf ball the opposite direction.

     So to answer your question by all means it is very possible and not overly difficult to hit the golf ball from right to left adding some distance and creating the roll that is necessary to roll the golf ball onto the green or hit off the tee. I have found the easiest way to curve the ball both left to right and right to left is to shift my center of gravity depending upon the direction I would like the ball to travel.

     Brian

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