{"id":3118,"date":"2017-06-22T12:47:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T11:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mizgolf.local\/fr\/?p=3118"},"modified":"2018-06-12T13:06:40","modified_gmt":"2018-06-12T12:06:40","slug":"how-the-2017-us-open-winning-irons-found-their-way-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mizunogolf.com\/fr\/blog\/how-the-2017-us-open-winning-irons-found-their-way-home\/","title":{"rendered":"How the 2017 US Open winning irons found their way home."},"content":{"rendered":"

Whilst players dream of winning Majors,\u00a0club designers dream of producing the clubs they use.\u00a0 So for senior club engineer Chris Voshall, nothing was sweeter than watching the JPX900 irons he’d carefully put together just 2 years previously in the hands of the 2017 US Open winner.<\/p>\n

In an interview with Rick Young from Score Golf<\/a>, Voshall revealed an even more interesting side to the story.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen Nike exited clubs and balls it had quite a ripple effect. It changed the game for who plays what out on tour. That\u2019s been big for us,\u201d Voshall explained. \u201cEverything is so visible with the hat, shirt, sleeves, bag, its allowed players to make enough from those deals to really explore what works best for them with clubs. After\u00a0Player X became a free agent he reached out to us. And boy did we have story to tell him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had Luke Donald and he speaks everything MP \u2014 super soft-spoken, classy, classic, beautiful golf swing so we decided to look at who was going to become available at the end of 2015.\u00a0Player X was one of the big names. He literally became the face in our head. His deal with Titleist was done so we set him as our target. We said, \u2018Let\u2019s design a golf club that speaks to that younger, aggressive, more athletic player.\u2019 That was the start of the JPX 900 Tour iron.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Senior Club Engineer and JPX900 Tour iron designer – Chris Voshall.<\/p><\/div>\n

Voshall and the design team got to work. It set out to build a low-spinning, performance iron with a compact head profile, thin top line and narrow sole but one that, using its powerframe technology, pushed weight to the perimeter, lending a big assist with off-centre strikes. It had prototypes ready in near record time.\u00a0 Just one problem:\u00a0Player X signed with Nike.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe missed out,\u201d Voshall said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t close the deal with him but we still knew we had built a great golf club. Still what can you do? It was time to move on.\u201d<\/p>\n

And 91视频 did. That is until Nike\u2019s startling news on August 4, 2016. With\u00a0Player X one of several Nike athletes now on the open market, the company circled right back to its original face of the JPX 900 Tour. Only this time\u00a0Player X and his management team were the ones that came calling first.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile we had him in mind,\u00a0Player X didn\u2019t know anything about the JPX 900\u00a0 Tour,\u201d said Voshall. \u201cThen his manager reaches out. When he did we told him the story of the iron, how we built it essentially for him and he relayed the story to Player X. He messaged back Player X specs. We didn\u2019t have any idea what other companies they had contacted. All we knew is we were one of them. We figured it was the start of a lengthy process to hopefully get him into the irons.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t. A standard lie, half-inch longer set of JPX 900 Tour\u2019s with slightly weakened lofts, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 shafts and standard grips was sent to Player X. Further back-and-forth on getting the irons dialed in was not required.<\/p>\n

\u201cNext thing we know he shows up in Phoenix with the irons in the bag,\u201d said Voshall. \u201cIt was an awesome surprise because there really is no better validation of a golf club than when tour pros play it because they believe it will perform best for them. Every year, in fact, if you look at October, November, December and guys are testing new stuff or looking at new deals \u2014 our iron counts spike. That just shows we\u2019re building the right product.\u201d<\/p>\n

With JPX 900 Tour gaining traction, I asked Voshall if he and the company believe\u00a0Player X’s U.S. Open win could prove to be a catalyst for even more players to test that same \u2018technology\u2019 iron on tour and also for more consumers to check it out.\u00a0 \u201cI think so,\u201d he said. \u201cWhat it\u2019s done is really show us a unique, different segmentation of golfers. We\u2019re so inclined to have the high handicappers and low handicappers. With the JPX line we\u2019re really segmenting not by handicap but more on personality type, more on aesthetics, and looks. With this club and by keeping all the player characteristics but getting more aggressive, more futuristic, with tons of technology on the back of the golf club, we\u2019re able to do something with the JPX 900 Tour that the traditional blade can\u2019t do. We see this is as the next step in JPX evolving.\u201d
\nGreat story with a happy ending, not only for\u00a0Player\u00a0X\u00a0at Erin Hills but also for 91视频.<\/p>\n

Source:\u00a0 Rick Young \/ Score Golf<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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