Mizuno makes the best clubs on the market. This driver is no exception. It is very long and forgiving. You may read comments from others about Mizuno shafts being whippy - and maybe they are if you buy the wrong one! For heaven's sake, if you are going to spend over $250 for a club, have the sense and patience to be dynamically fitted for it - it doesn't cost anything, and you wind up getting the shaft your swing dictates. Sorry for the sermon, but hey, it's true. Give the Mizuno a try (with the right shaft), it is an awesome club !

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sold my 975d due to shaft changes aplenty and very costly. purchased the new 2000 tzoid forged driver 9* based on the reputation of Mizuno and the overated titleist products. The driver is incredibly consistent and long and i am especially surprised that i love the accel arc shaft stiff that comes with it. Was skeptical always using a low lofted club due to height on my shots but the 9* stays low and boring. I have played two rounds and numerous bucket s and am totaly satisfied with the club. Typical Mizuno (First Rate).

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Pardon if this sounds just like Roy's review:

I initally bought this driver with the stock reg-stiff shaft. Yuck. Duck hook with a vengeance. After seeing several comments on the internet, I had a ProForce 65 installed. Sure the purple and gold shaft clashes with the speedboat blue Mizuno, but you can't argue with one thing, PERFORMANCE!

This combo rockets the ball. Real good workability, as I am able to hi-lo, draw-fade with ease.

This replaced my Cobra Ti driver, and the Mizuno is about 15 yds longer. I also spent some time with the Liquidmetal driver, which was a few yards longer, but the BIG LQM head was hard to control for me.

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When I first got this driver I tried it out on the range with the stock shaft (stiff). The stock shaft did hit the ball long but was very whippy. Meant for someone who has trouble getting the ball in the air. At somewhere around ball 40 of the first bucket the head blew off the shaft coming through the ball. Rather embarassing to retrieve your club head at the 150 marker on the range. The dealer gave me a new club within an hour. I then had the new club reshafted with a Proforce 65 stiff. I'm here to say that this is the best driver on the market. Nothing else comes close. Easy swings go 280. Swings with purpose see well over 300 yards. Sweet and very, very straight. I did try the Ping TiSI. It felt awkward and was light in the head.

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I had heard about how long this driver was so I went and bought one off Ebay for $225. First of all I must say that this driver is the best looking driver out there. The head is the perfect size, not too big not too small and is a beautiful deep blue color. I got the 9 degree with the Accel-arc stiff shaft and found it hard to hit at first. Swinging this stock shaft takes a little time to figure out. It requires a smooth yet powerful downswing to get great results. At first I was slicing every shot using my old hard swing but after slowing down my backswing and coming down smoothly, long straight shots resulted. I am now consistently hitting it straight and around 300 yards. The ones that have claimed that this driver is hard to hit just didn't give it chance or was unwilling to change their swing for this driver. I have been buying and selling a lot of drivers lately trying to find the perfect one for me. This ones going to find a place in my bag for a long time to come.

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Originally got a reg-stiff shaft, but had inconsistent ball flight and the ball flew too high. Went back and traded it out for a 9-degree Professional with a Tour Stiff shaft.....ALL THE DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD. PERFECT ball flight and long. I used to use (and still have) the T3, but this is better. And for the price - especially compared to the Titleist - best driver out there. Get the right shaft, though.

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I'm not spraying my drive shots like before and my off center shots are pretty decent too. Drives are longer thought must use a easy swing to keep ball in fairway with the stock stiff shaft. Feels sooo sweet when nailed from the center of the face and a nice trajectory too. I found my love!

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TM SuperSteel...nice but lacked distance.

I have the matching 3 and 5 fairway woods with TT dynamic gold steel s-300 shafts and I love them. They are the most accurate fairway woods I have ever hit. So I figured I'll pick up the matching driver and see how that goes.... For some reason I can not control this driver to save my life. I am capable of generating club head speed around 130 mph but I have to cut that in half to get any consistency with this club, which leaves me with drives around 180 yds. I'm taking it to my local pro shop and am going to have them stick a TT DG S-300 or 400 shaft in there similar to the ones my fairway woods have. Hopefully this will straighten things out(literally)
~Mitchel

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I just played a round with the Mizuno Forged 9* Driver and it is every bit as long as I heard: on good swings, 20 yards easy past my 975D and McHenry Metals Tour Pure. My playing partner and I both hit it by far the furthest we ever have on several holes. The stock shaft gives way more variable results, though, due to the reported too-high torque. A re-shaft is worth it without doubt. The most accurate is the McHenry, the longest is the Mizuno, but I'll take the middle of the fairway 20 yards back anytime until I get a reshaft on the Mizuno.

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On the occasional hole where you can unleash a big drive, this club is wonderful. Very reasonable control, terriffic distance with stiff graphite staft. I'm averaging 320 yds. off the tee & it cost over $100 less than any comparable Titanium driver. A winner!

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