Mizuno MP v MS, differences?

[OsnolaKinnard]

Looking at irons I see Mizuno MP in the various iterations and MS, what are the differences?

 

mainly looking at the MP and MS 11 models.

[SteveNZ]

52 minutes ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

Looking at irons I see Mizuno MP in the various iterations and MS, what are the differences?

 

mainly looking at the MP and MS 11 models.

Lots of good info here:

 

https://mizunotp.tech.blog/

[NRJyzr]

12 hours ago, OsnolaKinnard said:

Looking at irons I see Mizuno MP in the various iterations and MS, what are the differences?

 

mainly looking at the MP and MS 11 models.

 

It seems to be a change just for the primary market.  I'd once read the MP were for US and the MS for Asia, but I don't know that's accurate.  Similar with the TP models in the UK, though the numbering was different; the TP-11 appears to have been the same as the MP9/MS9.

 

I admit I don't know if the above is true, either.  Really some mildly inspired speculation. 

 

When I got my MS-11 set, I sent an email to Mizuno USA asking if they had specs.  It came back with those specs, showing them to be for the MS-11/MP-11.

 

[No_Catchy_Nickname]

IIRC, Mizuno used MS in the NorAm market up to 1990, when they changed it to MP (but kept using MS in Japan).

 

Some models were not released in Japan, and some were only released in Japan. For example, the wingback TP-9s were released as the MS-7s in North America, but were not released in Japan (though they did release a club called the Altawand in Japan in 1984 that looks very much like the MS-7s, but it wasn't part of their MS lineup.

 

I have some MP-5s that are NOT the MP-5s from a few years ago, but rather MS-5s that were released in or after 1990, so they got the MP stamping.

[Foozle]

On 5/29/2022 at 12:53 PM, No_Catchy_Nickname said:

IIRC, Mizuno used MS in the NorAm market up to 1990, when they changed it to MP (but kept using MS in Japan).

 

Some models were not released in Japan, and some were only released in Japan. For example, the wingback TP-9s were released as the MS-7s in North America, but were not released in Japan (though they did release a club called the Altawand in Japan in 1984 that looks very much like the MS-7s, but it wasn't part of their MS lineup.

 

I have some MP-5s that are NOT the MP-5s from a few years ago, but rather MS-5s that were released in or after 1990, so they got the MP stamping.

Thanks for the information. Like NRJyzr I had heard that MS was used for the Eastern market which made me curious as to how my set of MS11'S ended up in the UK. I now know they are more likely to be of North American origin which would also tie in with the vendor. They remain very rare in the UK but are exceptionally nice irons and the softest feeling of any of my Mizuno irons. Given how proud Mizuno are of their soft forgings, that is quite an accolade!