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A NEW AGE OF FORGING
The foundation of the Mizuno Pro 241/243/245 irons is a unique, long-standing connection between Mizuno's club engineers and its Grain Flow Forging plant in Hiroshima, Japan. A relationship which enables increasingly sophisticated designs to be crafted flawlessly into finished equipment. Where every fraction of a millimetre and subtle curve matters.
The Mizuno Pro 245 is measurably quicker again from the face than the Mizuno Pro 243 but also easier to launch – due to a complex hollow body construction and internally suspended Tungsten weight. Packed into a staggeringly sleek chassis, the Mizuno Pro 245 showcases more than any model how rapidly Mizuno’s Grain Flow Forged process has evolved.
“There’s so much to the Mizuno Pro 245 for an iron of its size and shape. A multi-piece Grain Flow Forged Chromoly construction, suspended Tungsten weight and multi-thickness face. Impossible without Mizuno evolving its Grain Flow Forging process in Hiroshima. It takes a depth of manufacturing experience to push the envelope this far.”
DAVID LLEWELLYN – Director of R&D
Grain Flow Forged in Hiroshima, Japan: At Mizuno’s exclusive facility where Mizuno irons have been produced since 1968.
Hollow body GFF 4135 Chromoly face and neck (2-8 iron): With multi-thickness face configuration and laser welded 431 Stainless steel back piece for elevated ball speeds and launch.
Internal Tungsten Weighting (2-7): A 46g Tungsten weight is key to delivering improved launch, but is suspended to enable the sole to flex (key to faster ball speeds).
More compact partial hollow scoring irons (9-GW): Laser welded partial hollow construction, GFF HD 1025E body, with 17-4 back piece for a penetrating flight.
The deep dive into Mizuno Pro 245
The Pro 245 iron is a hugely complex model to create. From 2 – 8 iron the face and neck are created from springy Grain Flow Forged 4135 Chromoly steel. Inside a suspended 46g tungsten weight (there was 30g in the Pro 225) aids launch (except the 8-iron), while to create the hollow body a 431 stainless steel section is laser welded onto the back.
From 9 – GW each face and body is created from Grain Flow Forged 1025E which ups feel and feedback in the shorter scoring clubs. A cap of 17-4 stainless steel is then welded behind the hitting zone to create a partial hollow body construction. A more complex set of hollow body irons, that don’t benefit from CNC Milling, you won’t find on the market. A point that demonstrates exactly why Mizuno talks up their club engineers and forging facility working much more closely. These three new models really do represent a whole new era of forging for the company.
Through internal player testing Mizuno has compared the new Pro 245 to the previous Pro 225, and golfers can expect to see more ball speed and carry. Gains come through from both ends of the set rather than the 7-iron in the middle.
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Club | Loft | Lie | Length | Hand |
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#2 | 16.5° | 59° | 39.5" | RH |
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#3 | 19° | 59.5° | 39" | RH/LH |
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#4 | 21.5° | 60° | 38.50″ | RH/LH |
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#5 | 24° | 60.5° | 38.00" | RH/LH |
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#6 | 27° | 61° | 37.50" | RH/LH |
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#7 | 30° | 61.5° | 37.00" | RH/LH |
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#8 | 34° | 62° | 36.50" | RH/LH |
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#9 | 38° | 62.5° | 36.00" | RH/LH |
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#Pw | 43° | 63° | 35.50" | RH/LH |
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#GW | 48° | 63° | 35.25" | RH/LH |