I always thought of Mizuno as player’s clubs, but the new Mizuno MX-900 Ironsare a forged club with a host of player improvement features. And they’re a beautful looking set, too.

If there’s one lesson I learned from playing golf this last summer, it’s that the utility wood is an indispensible part of my bag. Every time I took my utility clubs out, my scores went up. Not only do they make long approaches much easier and more accurate, but I can use them for all kinds of shots around the green. Being able to chip with a utility wood has reduced the number of shots lost to skulls with a wedge.

Now that the season is coming to a close, Cobra Golf’s King Cobra SZ Baffler Utility Wood can be had for a really nice price at retailers like The Golf Warehouse. It’s a utility metal with features such as bulge and roll and a low and back center of gravity location for higher trajectory.  The Baffler is offered in four iron replacement lofts in men’s, women’s and senior models. 

Cobra Golf says that:

The combination of a uniquely contoured sole plate and low and back center of gravity makes the King Cobra Baffler Utility Metal easier to hit than long irons from any lie and turf condition with a higher trajectory and superior carry distance.  The body of the Baffler is constructed of 17-4 Stainless Steel.  A large face area features a thin, hot 465 Maraging Stainless Steel face insert, offering an expanded Sweet Zone for maximum ball speed from all nine points across the club face.  A high Moment of Inertia helps stabilize the club head at impact for superior forgiveness and greater accuracy.  A unique brushed steel top-line promotes greater confidence and accuracy alignment at address.

I always thought of La Jolla as a company that produced clubs for women and children. My kids started with Snoopy Clubs (excellent, by the way) and a couple of the girls on the team I coached had clubs from the company.

But now, LaJolla has caught my eye with their new La Jolla Mens Knife Irons for men. La Jolla says:

The Knife Iron is one of the most innovative and unique designs developed by La Jolla Club.  The iron features shallow patented three-blade technology while maintaining a classic profile and topline. Shallow blades allow the golfer to better move the ball (left to right or right to left) and control the ball flight.  Hollow core weighting provides perimeter weighting for more forgiveness.  A tungsten ring back weight provides a low/back center of gravity for higher trajectory, longer, straighter shots and more consistency on off center hits.  A vibration absorption ring on the back of the club imparts a solid feel at impact.

Boy, would I like to try a set of these!

Monza Corza Putter

Grade: A
Teachers’ Comments: Adjustable weights allow a player to customize the club’s weight for the playing conditions.

The Rossa Monza Corza putter is TaylorMade’s first excursion into the world of adjustable weight putters. Like the adjustable weight drivers, such as the R5 TP, the fairwaywoods and the new adjustable weight Rescue Dual, the Corza has two ports where you can adjust the club’s weighting by screwing in variously weighted plugs.

Tom Watson’s victory in the British Senior Open has focused some attention on Adams line of golf clubs—what with all of those “What’s In The Bag” columns and the fact that he recently cracked the driver he won with.

I’ve owned some Adams clubs in my golfing career and have always found them to be reasonably priced and reasonably easy to hit. Adams says that it’s Adams GT2 Undercut Irons

feature easy-to-hit oversize heads with a great, clean, contemporary design. An undercut channel positions the CG low and to the back for better distance. Progressive offset makes it easy to square the face and the high-launch 3 and 4 irons provide shots that go far and land softly on the green.

* Low and deep CG allows for maximum distance.

* Oversize heads and wide soles make for confidence-inspiring, easy-to-hit shots.

* High MOI makes for easy-to-hit shots.