Khamelion
Tour Winner
I know it's another I've bought a new club thread, but after seeing the Mizuno JPX850 Driver last year and waiting until today to have a fitting, I was hoping that it wouldn't disappoint, and it didn't.
Looking down at the deep blue colour is gorgeous, the slightly smaller 440cc head, which doesn't look that small sits behind the ball nicely and with a Motore Speeder 67g stiff shaft and the head set to 10.5 upright weight in heel and front middle I could get the ball out to 250yds total distance, but more over I was getting them to go straight. I know its the swing and not the club that determines the ball flight, but most were straight, some with a little fade in the direction I wanted them to go.
On the numbers as someone is bound to ask, my current driver (Titleist 913 D2 9.5 set to C3 which is draw bias and .75 up so 10.25 loft with Adila RIP 60g 2.9 Stiff shaft) as getting out to around 230yds.
I was handed me the 850 set to10.5 upright with the weights in the heel and front middle positions with the off the shelf Orochi stiff shaft. After looking at my Titleist swings he thought I needed help in tuning the club head over and a bit more forgiveness in the shaft tip. Off I went smacked a few balls and it just didn’t feel right, distance was up, as was ball speed, but so was the launch angle (14.4) and spin (3,800), I told the fitter it felt to whippy and loose at the club head. He looked a little puzzled at my comments, more as if the numbers, his thoughts and my comments just didn’t add up.
Anyway he put in the Motore Speeder stiff 67g and the difference was immediate, spin was down to just over 2,000, launch was down to around 12.5-13, oddly ball speed was down, but smash was up and so was distance, in fact it was up a good 20yds, overall distance was a little over 250yds, I’ve not hit that far for a good while.
So I'm one very happy golfer with a new shiny soon to be in e bag
Looking down at the deep blue colour is gorgeous, the slightly smaller 440cc head, which doesn't look that small sits behind the ball nicely and with a Motore Speeder 67g stiff shaft and the head set to 10.5 upright weight in heel and front middle I could get the ball out to 250yds total distance, but more over I was getting them to go straight. I know its the swing and not the club that determines the ball flight, but most were straight, some with a little fade in the direction I wanted them to go.
On the numbers as someone is bound to ask, my current driver (Titleist 913 D2 9.5 set to C3 which is draw bias and .75 up so 10.25 loft with Adila RIP 60g 2.9 Stiff shaft) as getting out to around 230yds.
I was handed me the 850 set to10.5 upright with the weights in the heel and front middle positions with the off the shelf Orochi stiff shaft. After looking at my Titleist swings he thought I needed help in tuning the club head over and a bit more forgiveness in the shaft tip. Off I went smacked a few balls and it just didn’t feel right, distance was up, as was ball speed, but so was the launch angle (14.4) and spin (3,800), I told the fitter it felt to whippy and loose at the club head. He looked a little puzzled at my comments, more as if the numbers, his thoughts and my comments just didn’t add up.
Anyway he put in the Motore Speeder stiff 67g and the difference was immediate, spin was down to just over 2,000, launch was down to around 12.5-13, oddly ball speed was down, but smash was up and so was distance, in fact it was up a good 20yds, overall distance was a little over 250yds, I’ve not hit that far for a good while.
So I'm one very happy golfer with a new shiny soon to be in e bag
