New Mizuno Shaft Optimizer and Fitting System

Anyone who is serious about buying new clubs or anyone who is serious about making sure they have the correct shaft in their irons must go through this fitting process. The new shaft optimizer tool is the easiest way to ensure that your shafts are fit precisely for your swing. Described as "Find Your Swing DNA", this tool will dissect your swing and record 5 key data points to help choose the right shaft. The shaft optimizer will find the following:

1) Clubhead speed

2) Tempo

3) Toe Down

4) Kick Angle

5) Release Factor

The best part is that it takes only 3 swings. You will swing the shaft optimizer which is a 6 iron with a micro-processor attached to it and strain gauges running down through the graphite and into the clubhead. It's really an amazing tool to help the fitting process. After these 5 data points are collected, they are entered into a computer program and the top 3 shafts are selected. There are constant weight shaft options, graphite shaft options, and variable weight shaft options. Mizuno has more shaft options than most other manufacturers out there. You can choose:

• Dynamic Gold


• Dynamic Gold S/L


• Dynalite Gold XP


• GS95


• KBS Tour


• Project X


• Rifle


• Nippon 950


• Grafalloy Axis


• Exsar IS4


• Exsar TourSpec

Should you be playing a stiff flex shaft? Regular flex? Heavy shaft? High kick point? Steel? Graphite? The easiest and most precise tool to help you find these answers is the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer. Find your local golf shop that has the Mizuno Shaft Optimizer at Mizunomatch.com. What's really great about the Shaft Optimizer is that two individuals could have the exact same clubhead speed and have a different tempo and they will be fit into different shafts. For example, if there are two golfers with a clubhead speed of 80 mph with a 6 iron and one golfer has a tempo tested at 6 (on a scale of 1-9 with the shaft optimizer with 1 being slower tempo and 9 being fast tempo) and the other is tested withe a tempo of 2, the golfer with a tempo of 6 will most likely be fit into a shaft that is stiffer and maybe heavier.

Once the shafts have been selected, you can then confirm which shaft is best suited for your game by using the Mizuno Performance Fitting System. There are 27 heads and 44 shafts to test in order to make your decision the right decision.

You may also find more information at http://www.mizunousa.com/