subject: Maximum level of performance offered by Mizuno MX 700 Fairway Wood [print this page] Maximum level of performance offered by Mizuno MX 700 Fairway Wood
Mizuno Golf isn't the first name that comes to my mind when I think of fairway woods. Not that they haven't been making them for quite some time, it's that they don't quite have the same or really anywhere close to the following they get with the irons (and if you've ever hit a Miznuo iron flush, you know the feeling). For a company that makes outstanding irons, their woods have always left a little something to be desired.
The Mizuno MX-700 line looks to change that history with offering some serious technology and what I can only describe as one of the hottest faces I've ever hit on a fairway wood. While the MX line traditionally has been geared to the mid and higher handicap range, the MX-700 certainly won't scare away anyone who has one goal in mind, hit the ball long and straight. Regardless of your handicap, that is a good thing.
Design and Technology
The MX-700 fairway woods use the same "Hot Metal" technology offered up in the MX-700 driver by plasma welding an extremely strong, thin, and light weight ES230 steel face to a stainless steel 17-4 body. This setup delivers an larger COR area and increased ball speed for what can only be defined as big-time distance. The combo is quite lethal and lightweight and allows you to generate a great deal of clubhead speed.
Performance
Through my years playing golf, my fairway wood was either for off the tee or off the tee. Rarely did I encounter a situation in which I needed or really had the ability to hit one off the deck. With some instruction and little practice, I've gotten better at it and will pull that shot out from time to time.
With the MX-700, that shot becomes much easier to pull off as it launches the ball quite easily and quickly without a whole lot of effort. The sole slides through the turf quite nicely as well whether you're in the fairway or the rough. With the ES230 steel face and Hot Metal technology, the ball comes off quite hot and seemingly goes for ever. If you struggle for distance, the MX-700 can certainly give you quite a boost. Going for a par five in two has never been quite so fun.
