That forged feeling........am i missing something?????

[Hallsy]

I play at present Taylormade SLDR irons. Im happy with them, they have a nice topline midsize head and are quite forgiving on miss hits. Ive always wanted a set of Mizuno forged irons but not blade type as i dont feel im a good enough striker of the ball so when a set of 850 Forged came up for sale i thought id give them a go. They are exactly the same size as my sldr irons and i couldnt wait to try them last night for the first time. Now i know i have to get used to them and it was my first hit with them but i was really surprised that when i hit them i didnt feel that buttery feel that people talk of. Infact i tried them side by side with my irons and if anything mine felt a lot sweeter to hit. Im going to try them again but i came away a bit disheartened to be honest. Is it me or has anyone else hit some forged irons and not got the feel from them they were expecting?

 

[BoadieBroadus]

truth be told i hit some forged mizunos for the first time last week and the earth didn't move for me either. but i have a set of forged titleists that do feel incredibly soft and unlike anything else i can remember.

 

[chrisd]

I've been a serial club changer and had several sets of forged clubs and bought some JPX850 forged Mizuno's about 18 months ago. I hit them well when I was on good form but I never ever felt that buttery forged feeling with them and realised that my old Callaways were easier to hit. I swapped out my JPX's last week on the American Golf trade in deal for a set of TM RSI 1's and they seem a really good set, easy to hit and much prettier than the Callaways

 

[Hallsy]

truth be told i hit some forged mizunos for the first time last week and the earth didn't move for me either. but i have a set of forged titleists that do feel incredibly soft and unlike anything else i can remember.

I know they arent as soft as the MP line but was expecting more. I hit my playing partners Psi 8 iron the other day thats forged and it felt lovely.

 

[Hallsy]

I've been a serial club changer and had several sets of forged clubs and bought some JPX850 forged Mizuno's about 18 months ago. I hit them well when I was on good form but I never ever felt that buttery forged feeling with them and realised that my old Callaways were easier to hit. I swapped out my JPX's last week on the American Golf trade in deal for a set of TM RSI 1's and they seem a really good set, easy to hit and much prettier than the Callaways

i must admit im not getting any younger and im thinking of something easier to hit although im hitting the sld's quite well at the mo. I was thinking of the Cobra F6 range but they look a bit bulky

 

[User62651]

Not sure if you were hitting off a range mat or turf but anything will feel bad off a range mat with one piece range balls.

You're not middling the ball in the clubface if you can't feel the difference. I've played all kinds of irons over the years from bricks to small headed blades and the forged Cleveland CG1 blades I had were so buttery but so easy to mishit, if you middled a 7 iron with those you knew about it. I grew in up in 80's playing Ram Tour Grind blades (when Ram were good) when Ping Eye's were the only real cavity back about.

Correct shaft and perhaps ball will also be important, if the shaft flex is too stiff it wont feel buttery and if you hit a pinnacle (are they still around?) it'll feel like a rock whatever.

 

[patricks148]

might me the quality of strike isn't good enough to feel the difference.

Ive MP4's and when its a poor strike you can't tell, but if you really middle it, then you get that buttery soft feedback. Ive had JPX forged in the past and they were more or less the same, just a bit more forgiving than the MP4.

 

[Hallsy]

might me the quality of strike isn't good enough to feel the difference.

Ive MP4's and when its a poor strike you can't tell, but if you really middle it, then you get that buttery soft feedback. Ive had JPX forged in the past and they were more or less the same, just a bit more forgiving than the MP4.

I must admit there were a few off the bottom shots that i could really feel but there were quite a few that were caught out of the middle that flew well but i just didnt get the feel i was expecting. Im going to try them again definately but perhaps i was expecting too much.

 

[Hobbit]

I changed back to Mizuno's, MP-4's, earlier this summer and my first impression with the short irons was wow, that felt good. I recognised the feel straightaway. But after half a doz rounds I got fed up of struggling with the long irons, and put the TM Rsi Tp's back in the bag. They were no better, it was my shabby swing at fault.

The Mizzie's went back in a couple of weeks ago, and I'm back with the wow feel and hitting them well - all the way down to the 4 iron. The TM's did the journey to American Golf earlier this week, committing me to the MP-4's.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

This comes from someone who cant feel the difference between golf balls, soft, hard or cheap or expensive btw and play with callaway x14s.

I have never hit forged irons upto a couple of weeks ago. I bought some cobra fly z+ irons off here, that my son nicked as his Christmas pressie , but I have managed to hit a few balls with them(probably 6 times). I don't think these ones are meant to be the softest forged irons out there from the reviews.

However there is definitely a difference in feel (plus sound) between the cast irons I have tried and these. Probably out of the 6 I hit, 3 were good strikes and 3 were poorish(one being pretty thin).

The good strikes felt looooooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelllllllllllllllyyyyyyyy like a hot knife going though butter, just feels like you have pured it. The 3 strikes did not feel nice and the one I thinned felt real bad.

With cast irons I have tried, you just feel like you have hit the ball without much feedback apart from toe, heel, middle, almost a lot of strikes feel the same.

 

[Junior]

I can't really tell. My ping i15's and subsequently my Ping i's feel as soft as anything I have ever hit. I tried the Ping i's along side Mizuno mp5's . MP25's, AP2's , Cobra's Forged tec, Srixon 745's and to be honest, I couldn't tell that much difference at all.

 

[Hobbit]

I can't really tell. My ping i15's and subsequently my Ping i's feel as soft as anything I have ever hit. I tried the Ping i's along side Mizuno mp5's . MP25's, AP2's , Cobra's Forged tec, Srixon 745's and to be honest, I couldn't tell that much difference at all.

Stop playing with Pinnacle's...:ears:

 

[Hallsy]

Im playing sunday so il give them a go on course and with a chrome soft and will do my best to middle them but so far the Sldrs are staying lol

 

[Junior]

Stop playing with Pinnacle's...:ears:

Molitors actually

 

[Trojan615]

I've got mp5s in the bag and having had mp 58s and jpx as well the jpx are not even close when it comes to a pure feeling

That said I've decided to go and check out a fitting at golf principles and trust the numbers for next season...

Miss hitting an mp5 in the July sunshine is one thing.. but blading one in a frozen November morning is just outright terrifying..

 

[freddielong]

Any cavity backed iron will not feel like a forged blade it is just not designed to.

Having a Mizuno cavity is like deciding to buy an Aston Martin and going for the Cygnet.

 

[guest100718]

I play at present Taylormade SLDR irons. Im happy with them, they have a nice topline midsize head and are quite forgiving on miss hits. Ive always wanted a set of Mizuno forged irons but not blade type as i dont feel im a good enough striker of the ball so when a set of 850 Forged came up for sale i thought id give them a go. They are exactly the same size as my sldr irons and i couldnt wait to try them last night for the first time. Now i know i have to get used to them and it was my first hit with them but i was really surprised that when i hit them i didnt feel that buttery feel that people talk of. Infact i tried them side by side with my irons and if anything mine felt a lot sweeter to hit. Im going to try them again but i came away a bit disheartened to be honest. Is it me or has anyone else hit some forged irons and not got the feel from them they were expecting?

Because its hokum

 

[Hobbit]

Because its hokum

Well it is nearly Halloween

 

[Foxholer]

I play at present Taylormade SLDR irons. Im happy with them, they have a nice topline midsize head and are quite forgiving on miss hits. Ive always wanted a set of Mizuno forged irons but not blade type as i dont feel im a good enough striker of the ball so when a set of 850 Forged came up for sale i thought id give them a go. They are exactly the same size as my sldr irons and i couldnt wait to try them last night for the first time. Now i know i have to get used to them and it was my first hit with them but i was really surprised that when i hit them i didnt feel that buttery feel that people talk of. Infact i tried them side by side with my irons and if anything mine felt a lot sweeter to hit. Im going to try them again but i came away a bit disheartened to be honest. Is it me or has anyone else hit some forged irons and not got the feel from them they were expecting?

The shafts also contribute (quite significantly in some cases) to the 'feel'!

I like the feel of forged heads. Most cast heads I've used don't provide the feedback that I've become accustomed to, so seem to need. There is nothing like flushing one - and not feeling anything. As opposed to simply not feeling anything and not knowing whether you've hit it well or not!

 

[Robobum]

6 posts before "buttery" 😂