champx2 Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I recently picked up a set of mp-37 from a tour player. Not being a Mizuno expert by any stretch, I cannot find any distinguishing marks on these nor would I even know what to look for. Is there any way to distinguish between a tour set versus a retail set? Any help would be appreciated Thanks in advance JC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I recently picked up a set of mp-37 from a tour player. Not being a Mizuno expert by any stretch, I cannot find any distinguishing marks on these nor would I even know what to look for. Is there any way to distinguish between a tour set versus a retail set?Any help would be appreciated Thanks in advance JC If the set was built custom or Tour it will have a Y### serial # on the hosel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 they dont all have y####'s on them i have had a couple of sets of tour issued mp-33's and none had serial #'s and they looked just like retail. only difference was slightly higher cog and each head was picked for weight. they were awesome. jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 2, 2005 Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 To be honest, I'm not sure if Mizuno U.S has the ability to create their own Custom Tour clubs.. As far as I know they order through the factory in Japan for their tour players or pick them a consistent OTR set that is close to specs or weighted as they require. In fact, the pros in Japan have huge offset MP33's fat top line MP-33's All kinds of custom MP series clubs where as the U.S & Euro pro's play chrome retail looking models no Y or T stamps that look exactly like the OTR's. I wonder what Mizuno U.S would say to a Mizuno staff PGA pro if they requested Satin M stamp MP-32's with X-14 like offset and a thicker top line? My guess is he would end up playing a perfectly weighted OTR chrome set of 32's from the U.S stock pile. I have seen zero Mizuno PGA staffers with anything totally custom on the U.S tour, where as the majority of JPGA players under mizuno have exactly what they want. Same goes for Tourstage, The top staff pro's have XCB's forged and hand done in Himeji instead of Endo with multiple offset and top line options. I too have seen many Tour sets of Mizuno Irons. Only the Tour Issue in Japan or the Custom's have the Y or T stamps. i am not exactly sure why but I guess that is because they build them for the players instead of hand picking retail heads. Thats just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champx2 Posted February 2, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2005 I guess I should have been more specific. The set in question is from a US tour player. The info on Japan tour sets is very informative as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 yeah u.s. tour is probably a little different, but they will do stuff for guys on the big tour. there are a few sets with no stamps except for mizuno. other than that the clubs look pretty stock there are some different sole grinds from what i have heard. anyway the tour mizuno's that were mine i watched them make them on the tour van. the weight were perfect and that is the most important part to me, the retail head size, shape and offset were pretty much what i wanted. champx, you have a sweet set of clubs to play. if you want to sell them though, probably wont get much more than a set of retails (150-200 more). but just knowing they are tour is sweet enough sometimes. j. mac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 yeah u.s. tour is probably a little different, but they will do stuff for guys on the big tour. there are a few sets with no stamps except for mizuno. other than that the clubs look pretty stock there are some different sole grinds from what i have heard. anyway the tour mizuno's that were mine i watched them make them on the tour van. the weight were perfect and that is the most important part to me, the retail head size, shape and offset were pretty much what i wanted. champx, you have a sweet set of clubs to play. if you want to sell them though, probably wont get much more than a set of retails (150-200 more). but just knowing they are tour is sweet enough sometimes.j. mac You watched a set of Iron heads get made in a Tour Van? :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
champx2 Posted February 3, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Very confusing. Mizuno makes some awesome irons. I saw these on ebay and I passed because I did not know enough to authenticate them as legit tour. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW That price seems LOW if those irons are genuine Mizuno tour issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PxExG Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Darren Clarke has a totally custom set of MP-33s before he signed with TM. Different blade length & topline from what I remember Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb990 Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 So did Tommy Bjorn before he went with srixons. Shorter length blade with more offset and thicker topline. His srixons were carbon copies. regards rb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Very confusing. Mizuno makes some awesome irons. I saw these on ebay and I passed because I did not know enough to authenticate them as legit tour. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...ssPageName=WDVW That price seems LOW if those irons are genuine Mizuno tour issues. Never ever seen such a stamping on any Mizuno Irons. Wouldn't exposing the copper create a problem for rust in the future? Its interesting that this set has stampings on its neck & ferrule. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 yeah u.s. tour is probably a little different, but they will do stuff for guys on the big tour. there are a few sets with no stamps except for mizuno. other than that the clubs look pretty stock there are some different sole grinds from what i have heard. anyway the tour mizuno's that were mine i watched them make them on the tour van. the weight were perfect and that is the most important part to me, the retail head size, shape and offset were pretty much what i wanted. champx, you have a sweet set of clubs to play. if you want to sell them though, probably wont get much more than a set of retails (150-200 more). but just knowing they are tour is sweet enough sometimes.j. mac You watched a set of Iron heads get made in a Tour Van? :-D i never said iron HEADS, i said my mizuno irons. they had the heads on the van and i watched them assemble them. sorry if you were confused. jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+TourSpecGolfer Posted February 4, 2005 Report Share Posted February 4, 2005 yeah u.s. tour is probably a little different, but they will do stuff for guys on the big tour. there are a few sets with no stamps except for mizuno. other than that the clubs look pretty stock there are some different sole grinds from what i have heard. anyway the tour mizuno's that were mine i watched them make them on the tour van. the weight were perfect and that is the most important part to me, the retail head size, shape and offset were pretty much what i wanted. champx, you have a sweet set of clubs to play. if you want to sell them though, probably wont get much more than a set of retails (150-200 more). but just knowing they are tour is sweet enough sometimes.j. mac You watched a set of Iron heads get made in a Tour Van? :-D i never said iron HEADS, i said my mizuno irons. they had the heads on the van and i watched them assemble them. sorry if you were confused. jason No dont be sorry I am confused, Its my bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerryMB Posted February 6, 2005 Report Share Posted February 6, 2005 Hi Guys, why are all these pro's getting more offset? sounds like they would like the MP-29's JerryMB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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