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MIZUNO PRO 24 SERIES IRONS // The best irons of 2024?!



Today, Ian and Mikey are in the bay testing on the new Mizuno Pro 24 series and are quickly shocked by the impressive results!

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Filmed at: Club Champion Toronto
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TIMECODES:
00:00 – Introduction
02:31 – Mizuno Pro 245 (PW)
04:54 – Mizuno Pro 245 (7 Iron)
07:07 – Mizuno Pro 245 (4 Iron)
09:41 – Mizuno Pro 243 (PW)
11:22 – Mizuno Pro 243 (7 Iron)
12:55 – Mizuno Pro 243 (4 Iron)
14:39 – Results
18:29 – Final Thoughts

LINKS FROM VIDEO:
Club Champion Media “Mizuno Pro 24 Series Unboxing & Testing” Live // Monday, January 8th: https://youtube.com/live/oFEkiDIKF7s
BEST OF SERIES: BEST PLAYERS DISTANCE IRONS //The gap between player’s and game-improvement irons: https://youtu.be/yGkEbXaKKm4
NEW TITLEIST T-150 vs MIURA MC-501 // Mikey’s new irons? // Bonus T-200 Long Irons Review: https://youtu.be/yuFjTm8xOVQ
MIZUNO PRO 223 VS MP20 MMC irons // Head to head, is newer better?: https://youtu.be/lp4_21JA_kg

I just don’t think I’ve ever really seen you hit long IRS like this before like the confidence to hit it with a for iron like that is easy that’s just the one where you catch it you caught that high in the blade right still over 205k but it just it

Gets its peeking and stays there because the spin comes down a little bit launch goes up a little bit and it just it just sails so if that’s your miss you know it’s it’s phenomenal all right guys welcome back to the channel so I like filming this on embargo day Michael

Brand new Pro irons um 22 or so 24 1 2 43 245 replacing two two series um it’s been a little bit of a longer than sort of usual cycle for uh for Muno with this particular IR it ends up last than two and a half years yeah it’s

Uh long time long time but I think they’ve with this line obviously we tested it on our live Monday live and um there was both the 43 and the four five were not surprisingly amazing but they were very good I was I was happy with obviously the 241 the blade I mean the

Blades the blade I think they’ve done a nice job with it as well but that um you know the 43 and four five we’re going to test it and see see how they perform yeah I think I think the the meat of the the audience is going to one and0 at uh

243 and 245 yeah rightly so right the blade has got its place it will be certainly tried by the really Elite ball Strikers but I think for more people I think we’re going to want to get fit into either the three or the five so we hit it on the

Live um we could have got some initial Impressions which I think is quite a cool thing to to certainly do before you dive into this test um could see what Muno are talking about smaller package for sure totally uh but obviously this is where we’re going to dive into well

With the smaller package are they able to unlock are they still able to get the performance out of it are there more things coming coming it sounds like there are soundss like there’s more speed sounds like there’s some sort of you know little subtle um you know CG

Adjustment things that they they’ve made in order to make them more stable and and obviously um a little bit sort of better either a distance or or accuracy standpoint definitely okay you’re going to do 2 43 I’m going to you’re going to do 245 I’ll do 2 43 uh we’re on our

Testing grounds here oh Dubai welcome back kind like this over here I need get we Corporate Home yeah all right let’s start with that okay Mart savich okay you’re over there looking like you’re uh swinging a set of blades there oh I thanks you love it that would

Just fuel your ego I don’t have an ego in golf oh I let’s see it 130 you want me bump that back a we but you’re a big not really you’re a big boy just easy easy work you know yep this 245 like for a pitching W it does

Feel very good very uh t150 esque there’s a bit more to the the feel off the face this year yeah a little bit of a a different Construction in the wedge Mikey you’ve got kind of nine H pitch and wedge gap wedge have you know a little bit less

More of us kind of still a hollow body but it it doesn’t have the tungsten there’s for of tungsten in the 8 to2 iron previous iron had so quite an upgrade um so definite change but these should feel nice and solid the the original 225s

Looked kind of in a weird spot if they would look like a game improvement iron especially the six iron not a game improv but like players distance this to me especially the pitching wedge like it does look very blady almost 2 two or two 43 now they well that’s that’s why so if

You look at the back of it and you see the 245 yeah that is because on the Shelf they were finding like people weren’t couldn’t differentiate that’s why that’s 245 so all the other ones have it in the hosle 2 43 and 241 um but

They put it in the back of this one cuz that’s how you can tell when I picked it up I I double took like I was like oh maybe I grabbed the wrong one but yeah it looks good I mean it does fuel the eagle a

Little bit well you like it you love be better that oh toy mean you’re swimming any other time look at that you you’ve missed you’ve missed the grooves you’re in the Chrome really yeah nice very nice you’ve got 135 in this of all day yeah it’s

Easy I mean this is the money Club isn’t it this thing I like that just sounds so good that was a thin like I missed a little bit but I don’t want to sound like a PR it just below the The Sweet Spot great ball speed out of that I’m

Going to actually nudge you back a few yards say that again can hear you say again for the people in the back it sounds like a t-150 not you know it’s not it feels the same as my it does feel the same doesn’t it I thought that sounds hit it I’m

Like great strike 122 123 Round Up 19 footer good T right rude first of all just the flusher these days look at that high and handsome 180 on a seven IR tell you’re this isn’t the big league Stu for you I know you’re just elevated aren’t you yep 140 tons of

Ball5 Round Up 125 110 ft in the air quality oh D is’s feeling it feeling it easy game so if we’re looking at this from a carry distance perspective what are the increments we’re going to need to be to fill the 45 yards 15 yards a club yeah so you’re

Going to have to hit your ner and 148 you’re going to have to be 163 with the eight iron to be 178 with the seven iron starting to stretch things out a little bit for for for someone that you’ve you know really great grow in speed but it’s not you’re not quite

There yet where that makes sense no I don’t think and I’m seeing a lot of that I’ve I’ve I’ve seen a lot for a while of you know when wedge goes as far as a wedge should seven iron and five iron six go far really yeah miles all right

Let’s hit four and here’s the other side of it 15 yards so 178 one was that 1 n 193 on six yeah 208 you think there’s no way this going 21 it’s not that’s why it doesn’t make sense right so let’s go maybe if it hit the carpa that’s about it let’s go

205 still still a healthy bite let’s see it can’t Dove this one no I tell you as far as long IRS go I don’t know if I’ve seen you hit a better one no I know 205 that flew okay if the for could go 100 feet that first 100

Feet in the air all the time sign me up have we chance maybe a long hand could go back in your bag with one of these that’ be nice tell what you could redeem yourself within the eyes of our audience the commentator the five hybrid that’s a better swing yeah it’s

Lovely so nice isn’t it I just don’t think I’ve ever really seen you hit long hands like this before not like it just it feels like the confidence to hit it with a for iron like that is easy typical it’s going to bleed a little to the right yeah yeah exactly I probably

Could nudge the lle up a little bit on it well and I’m I’m being unfair because to be honest every other one we’ve hit we’ve had the aim to the the right anyway you’re forgiven this is so good he the Muno for might be going a stream song that’s for sure outstanding

Unseen unseen footage of you I took a couple lessons over the holidays with a new coach I hope you did because it was to me that’s just the one where you catch it you caught that high in the blade right still over 205k but it just it

Gets it’s peing and stays there because the spin comes down a little bit launch goes up a little bit and it just it just sails so if that’s your miss you know it’s it’s phenomenal it now starts to make a bit more sense you could you could genuinely start to think about

This and and the PE you know the people have watched over the last few months and have seen like you struggled badly with four AR yeah yeah yeah and to be honest struggled a bit with five AR yeah no not with this you won now that

Spin is low for sure but it’s because of that you typically miss it a little high in the blade yeah it’s an option all right your turn okay for as 243 mhm again the story of smaller faster we had a customer that got a set of

243s early early on he got them out of Japan we saw them went oh these These are quite nice um quite a small quite a bit of a smaller profile now Mikey totally thought I think the kind of the we talked about earlier the mmc’s the 223 is good iron

But I think making it a little bit faster is is key for this because I thought it was again A little sluggish than compared to like a T100 or or something in that realm definitely definitely all right let’s let’s get into some wedges what you got me 136

Good it’s a very strong ball flight Mikey yeah got a hair in the neck a little Healy yeah good result not bad tell face open but like you said earlier you could kind of stand there all day and do that yeah it did feel good yeah good strike

Swing I think that’s maybe the one there that these irons are better at this year wasn’t a very good strike just get away with it yeah it really did like didn’t it didn’t deviate on speed or spin just it just stayed kind of in line with what

The others were doing they are so significantly noticeably thinner yeah now I’m spending like more time hitting them I actually had to check there when I first grabbed the seven like I thought I’d maybe grab the blade T high in the head Mikey it’s going to be really good good numbers lots of

Spin little leaky good strike felt really good off the face again you talked about earlier those low strikes strikes you can you really get away with them now you can it’s quick as well yeah 126 little bit open blade out of the bottom of the club is it’s pretty good I

Mean seven iron like feels like if you know like a well struck one’s going to be like 128 129 now that’s that’s some speed on a seven yeah good swing that sounded better similar probably still 126 124 five just squared the face up a little

Bit here thin nice flight to it yeah it does and they don’t balloon on you either 1157 probably the one I was kind of talking about from a striking perspective yeah 129 really thin now yeah one of the things I’ve done a really good job of

Like is the progression of the the kind of like satin face sort of paint if you like or or that finish the seven iron kind of or the wedge has half the half the Top Line painted the seven iron has a touch more and then four has a touch

More so it’s giving you what they want you to think the top line is well actually it’s a bit thicker than that yeah yeah which is nice the nice thing with that iron too is when you look to the back you don’t see the the back badging or the muscle or anything like

That no that was crispy yeah felt good all over it felt good good flight lots of Muno staffers I think we would’ opt for a me that’s an impressive four iron smaller not as like it’s not super forgiving but definitely is that perimeter waiting you’re 2

Two what’ you carry that 220 220 120 ft in the air that’s a really good forarm com at 47 degrees that’s good strike as well bit similar to the last one probably I would aim a little right at that yeah yeah that’s kind of the shot shape I I’m trying for

I suppose with this is kind of some right of the guts yeah yeah some kind of high draw with it I really like the feel of this I really do but I don’t think I think I had to go 2 four five yeah in

The 4 IR in the four but this is amazing and lots of people will complete the set with this cuz it just looks unreal yeah didn’t honestly didn’t really get it quite as good so good it’s pretty damn good okay good stuff yeah really impressive just something I noticed

There so you and I are in club head speed so you’re 83.8 so we’re we’re not that far apart in Iron speed no Club head speed for me W well maybe a little bit a little bit yeah yeah yeah five so five miles hour but I’m just looking at

Like how how well those two four FS done if you look at my uh so 87.4 and 94 7 iron speed 135 and and 178 you’re exactly the same yeah yeah so the four irons were a little different that’s all yeah EXA same that’s how good that 245

Is yeah that 245 I will like I said earlier I always found the 225 even the 223 maybe a little on the sluggish side some I would never play especially 225 I thought it was too chunky too bulky the way they’ve slimmed it down and it is

Faster there’s no doubt about it I would play two four Fs in a second so we talked about you and in sort of um your gapping right we said it would be hard for the gaping to stay as consistent so we done the math right 2 three three

Sorry 1 3 three um 1 14 nine or eight yeah yeah so on so forth so if we go here and we kind of do the same thing we’re kind of obvious obiously it’s 15 yards effectively again between here and here but what I really loved about this

4 in was it was able to hold its barg yeah so like 178 6 AR call it um 1 193 5 AR at 208 and then four iron at 220 it’s kind of it’s kind of and even progress as youd want even if you thin that for iron

A little bit it’s not like it was too to 14 to 220 it was like 219 220 it was consistently that carry number which is which is huge it was it was um yeah so really really impressive what was your four ball speed just of Interest so 130 and 140 okay it’s just

It’s just how good that that the launch conditions at 245 crates it’s a real equalizer isn’t it yeah good irons impressive very good irons very very good irons um I think 223 243 has become a player IR a real player IR can almost thought you could kind of sneak somebody who was

Moving maybe handicap down ball strike getting a little better you could kind of move him towards that uh 223 last time yeah yeah I wouldn’t be as Keen to do that this time with 243 no I think it’s 245 is going to yeah do well in the

In the in the fitting base this year for sure if we just think of what’s popular in our base that is really going to now move into a two a 2100 MH you know competitor or scrapp or whatever you want to call it it just the look of it

Is going to be very competitive this 245 is moved into a 15050 um you know it’s it’s definitely not a you know a bigger cavity than that I think leave that to jpx now you know that’s where the Forgiveness lies these These are these are for the players Precision you know the

People who are looking for some more kind of maybe subtleties to the iron design but h I could be more impressed that 245 is yeah one to dabble with you face why not you’re so happy why not dabble if you can every the opportunities just are endless the drive

Home I’ll be thinking a lot if this was if this was Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory you’d be one of those we kids floating away in a cuz you the chocolate you float it away and you’re going to burst some you’re like Pala orange guy anyway anyway anyway enough of that

Um real real great job uh by Muno not easy definitely not easy to advance um a tough Market you know an already incredible iron but I think they’ve they’ve really got something I always think this though when we we test irons that perform this well or any club that

Performs this well what do they do next because they can’t go that much smaller yeah they’re already really really fast to the point where you know going fast I don’t know if that if is that much more beneficial yeah good point checky I think that like I said that from 225 to

245 that’s a big jump for them yeah that’s a competitor for t150 which is big for fitters like ourselves that’s a popular iron so um excited to see the trend and how that’s going to kind of work throughout the year I think you

Know a little two I think a 2 four5 2 43 combo set as well especially four and five and and two four five and then sort of wedge to to six iron and 2 43 24 five straight in for a lot fly high for iron

Oh I know tell you I just wait till you see that so good that thing is just on a different level all right guys we’re excited hope you are to lots of new uh products coming through the doors this is the time to get yourself booked in

This is the time to get ahead of the rush it will happen you know as as soon as kind of the The Ice and Snow were a long way away from here but as soon as that starts to thaw people are going to start flooding into the bay to see

What’s what’s new so um get ahead of that get ahead of that get booked in come and test your stuff against the new gear um and then give yourself a little bit of time to have it ready for the new season 100% good stuff all right stay

Tuned for more and we’ll see you again Soon

29 Comments

  1. They may be small and thin, but they seem extremely forgiving. Would a mid-high handicap be able to hit a 245?

  2. Would be interesting to see these compared against the new Wilson Staff CB & blade.
    Picked up an older set of FG Tour 100 and those fit my game great with the higher/weaker lofts compared to the players distance irons

  3. I wonder if Mr Mizuno is totally happy Luke Donald is in a 245. Your amateur golfer might reasonably think to himself forget 241 and 243, which is not ideal for a manufacturer producing 3 models.

  4. I would have gotten the older 223s but the gapping was bad from the wedges to the mid irons was way off. I remember you had to bend a few stronger when you reviewed them

  5. I bought my Callaway Epic Forged irons a few years back based on your review. I’ve been wanting to upgrade and I think the Mizuno Pro 245’s will be my next set! Thank you as always for such great reviews!

  6. Isn’t the loft on the 243’s slightly more? The 245 pitching wedge is like hitting a 9 iron.
    I purchased the 223’s last year, they are buttery when I hit the sweet spot. It tells me when I’m off slightly.

  7. These clubs could save you thousands of dollars! 225 4 iron… sell that $1,000 carbon driver! Just a slim Sunday bag with a strong hybrid, 4, 6, 8, Pw, Sw and a putter… 6 club challenge champion… who’s getting those heart healthy steps in walking too!! ❤🔥❤

  8. Awesome vid guys, another great watch 👍 these irons are mint and forgiveness to boot considering their profile. In the bag, here they come!

  9. Would it be possible to increase the loft to bring them closer in yardage and also get the PW closer to your first wedge.

  10. Interested in your thoughts please. I play the MP20’s HMB. 17 hdc (got down to 13). Looking at 245’s but wondering if going into the 923 family would be better for my game. I live the looks and feel of the HMBs.

  11. I find the iron reviews far more interesting than the endless 'farther/faster/friendlier than ever before' rhetoric surrounding 'new driver technology'.

  12. Now what was REALLY interesting about his "hit the chrome" swing – the toe-down was only .5° where his contact swings were ~4° toe-down. Just an interesting observation.

  13. As someone who can’t see his irons for all the head covers, I watch these tests with a certain feeling of nostalgia. More beauties from Mizuno. Sigh!!

  14. Literally just got fit for the 245 today at the new Calgary spot. Amazing feel and got more height and spin that I needed over my p790

  15. Wow, was really impressed with the length you guys were getting. At least, till I looked at the club loft…opps. Ya, and just like the T150's….

  16. Hi guys!! Performance wise would you guys still lean more towards the Titleist T150 over the Mizuno 245? Is the Mizuno 245 more forgiving than the T150? More like the T200?
    I would love to see a head to head with the 245 and T150!!
    Thanks, Joe

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