Mizuno JPX919 Hot Metal Iron Review

I bought JPX 919 Hot Metal irons (from 5 to PW) a month ago with Dynamic Gold 105 regular shafts: simply stunning irons with perfect feel. Aesthetics are really perfect and far from the luna-park appearance of other game improvement irons.

Only one note: I'm going to change the Dynamic Gold 105 shaft with NS Modus 3 105 which is smoother and with a bit higher launch angle.

I play the JPX 900 Hot Metals and they have transformed my game as I am sixty and for the first time a single figure golfer. I have been looking at the JPX 919 Forged but am reluctant. I am looking to hit the ball higher. Do you think the forged would assist this or is it just a swing fault.

GOLFALOT: I think if you need to hit it higher and have been successful with the Hot Metal then I would stay with that model as it will have a higher launch than the Forged. Check with a Mizuno fitter though as the right shaft could help the launch too.

Thanks for posting that picture of the sole! Coming from the 850 Forged I was hesitant to try to 900 Hot Metal because it looked big. Then I saw a picture of the 900 Hot Metal next to the Ping G sole and decided the 900 Hot Metal would be a good compromise club. Unfortunately it looks like the 919 is even bigger, been waiting to see a picture just like that to have some frame of reference.

GOLFALOT: Glad you like it. There is actually very little in it and the camber on the trailing edge of the 919 Hot Metal is greater so there is an argument that it could play thinner. This section is chromed so gives the optical illusion of being bigger when it probably isn't. Go try and see as it is the grind/bounce rather than the width that determines playability.