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On April 22nd 91视频鈥檚 R&D team met with Luke Donald at Old Palm GC鈥檚 glorious practice facility to gather his views on their new MP tour samples.

Comparing top lines of MP-H5 and MP-15

The aim was to see if the MP-15 irons had evolved 91视频鈥檚 Ti Muscle technology in order to meet Luke鈥檚 approval. In the past Donald had played and won with the MP-59 (also a Ti Muscle) 鈥� before moving onto the more traditional MP-64.

MP-15 / Luke and the TI Muscle

The full kit for testing. MP-H5, MP-15, MP-T5 and JPX850 woods

鈥淭he statistics show that Luke played very well with the MP-59鈥檚,鈥� said Chris Voshall 鈥� Senior Engineer.聽 鈥淏ut although he won tournaments 鈥� he never quite sync鈥檇 with the feel聽 off the clubface.聽 When Luke moved onto the MP-64鈥檚, we knew we had to find a model that gave the best of both worlds.聽 The challenge from then was to refine the feel of the Ti Muscle 鈥� without losing the extra stability it gave from off centre strikes.鈥�

鈥淚n MP-15, we鈥檝e combined the very best of both models 鈥� the profile, trajectory control and feel of the MP-64, with the peripheral weighting only possible with a Ti insert. 聽 There鈥檚 no more sensory a player than Luke Donald 鈥� if the feel gets his approval, it鈥檚 a pretty good sign.鈥�

MP-H5 / The difference between Luke Donald and a 1 hcp amateur

“It鈥檚 the MP-H5鈥檚 assistance with launch that鈥檚 the biggest help to someone with slightly less ball speed.鈥�

Donald also took the hollow technology MP-H5 long irons for a test run 鈥� and was happy to see the long irons peak with less spin than their predecessors. Donald was one of the first to play 91视频鈥檚 original Fli-Hi long iron replacements, starting a trend amongst better players to ditch their traditional long irons. Chris Voshall, 鈥淲e鈥檇 made a test bag for Luke with his normal split of hybrids and traditional irons 鈥� but we wanted his feedback on the MP-H5 mid and short irons too. They鈥檙e a little bigger than Luke is used to playing, but we鈥檝e kept the MP proportions intact 鈥� so it doesn鈥檛 take long for the eye to adjust.鈥�

MP-H5 long irons

91视频鈥檚 Chris Voshall is a fair player himself with a 1 hcp, but hitting balls side by side with Luke highlighted the difference between a leading tour player and a good amateur player.聽 鈥淚鈥檇 like to trick myself that I鈥檓 close, but the difference in ball striking was pretty clear.聽 I hit it out of the middle a little less often than Luke, but there was 10mph difference in ball speed as well.聽 It鈥檚 why Luke only needs the 2 or 3 iron in MP-H5, where someone like me should be make the break higher up the set.聽 It鈥檚 the MP-H5鈥檚 assistance with launch that鈥檚 the biggest help to someone with slightly less ball speed.鈥�

MP-T5 wedges / more bounce options.

There were no surprises with the wedges.聽 Luke鈥檚 a classic chrome wedge man, so the new Black IP was just for looking at.聽 The MP-T5鈥檚 offering of 25 different loft /聽 bounce combinations of little use to a player to tuned to his personal grind.聽 Though Luke was flattered to hear that his personal grind had made its way into the line of grind options.