Equipment
Mizuno S5 wedges: What you need to know
Mizuno’s new S5 wedges ($129.99, steel only) will be in stores September 18. They’re available in White Satin (RH or LH) or Blue Ion (RH only) finishes in lofts of 50-62 degrees.
- Stock Shaft: True Temper’s Dynamic Gold Wedge
- Stock Swing: Weight: D4
What you need to know
- The S5 wedges are forged from the company’s 1025E Grain Flow Forged Carbon Steel.
- They’re larger than the company’s MP-T5 wedges, which were known from their compact size, yet smaller than the company’s JPX wedges. They’ll appear quite similar in size to Cleveland’s wedges.
- The “T” in Mizuno’s MP-T5 stands for “Teardrop.” The “S” in S5 stands for silhouette, and the wedges have a slightly more rounded shape compared to the MP-T5 design.
- The S5 wedges use Quad-Cut, loft-specific grooves. The 49-53 degree wedges have narrower, deeper grooves for more consistency on full shots, while the 54-62 degree wedges have wider, deeper grooves for more spin on open-face shots. The faces are also CNC milled for more surface roughness, which creates more spin or lower-speed wedges shots.
- The higher-lofted S5 wedges (54-62 degrees) are available in two sole grinds — one narrower, one wider. The wider-sole wedges have more bounce, which means they will dig into the ground less than the narrow-sole options. Wide-sole wedges tend to be better for golfers with steeper attack angles, or those who play courses with softer turf conditions.
- Mizuno will stamp six letters on a custom-ordered wedge for no additional charge, however, increased wait time does apply.
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This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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DB
Jul 23, 2015 at 12:52 am
My bad, didn’t see the first chart.
DB
Jul 22, 2015 at 11:57 pm
Is this a typo?
The 58 comes with either 4 bounce or 16? Uhhh… Really? So really low or really high? What’s wrong with like 12 bounce?
Tom Bowles
Jul 23, 2015 at 4:29 pm
Bounce makes a wedge more forgiving. Bounce is your friend.
KK
Jul 22, 2015 at 11:46 pm
I don’t see the big deal with them looking like JAWS wedges. Other than those and Ping, most wedges have virtually the same look anyway.
cmyktaylor
Jul 22, 2015 at 4:11 pm
Blue Irons must be a cultural thing. Not sure that’s going to sell in the States. I’ve been very happy with my T4s (56 & 60).
Tom Duckworth
Jul 22, 2015 at 6:31 am
If you really look at the two designs the JAWS comparisons are just on the surface. Where the white badges are is not as wide as the area on the JAWS and the weight pad at the top is more compact on the JAWS. An even bigger difference is where the Mizuno logo is. It’s really a deep cavity, on the JAWS that is more of a raised area.
Peter Overlien
Jul 21, 2015 at 6:13 pm
Uffdah. Was really looking forward to an upgrade on my mp t11s. I think this is my time to step off the MIZZY train. Boron and blue jaws. I think I will upgrade the driver and putter rather than mp25 and s wedges.
Tom Duckworth
Jul 21, 2015 at 4:42 pm
I can see the JAWS look there but that doesn’t mean they play the same JAWS were pretty high bounce wedges.
I LOVE the blue color I would almost buy them for that reason alone. Mizuno has been turning out some very nice wedges of late. I think they were one of the first ones to use different grooves on different lofts. Now many are doing it I also like the more rounded leading edge these have. Looking forward to a test. Wedges seem to be the hardest clubs to get a feel for in stores. Please make note of how the blue holds up.
Timbleking
Jul 21, 2015 at 11:50 am
To me, the S5 looks like this Callaway Jaws of old. Almost carbon copy.