Mizuno JPX One Driver and fairway metals

When Mizuno set out to create its all new JPX One driver, the engineers and designers knew that they had to create something that would stand out and something that would deliver real results.

Rather than rinse and repeat previous methods and materials, the golf division looked to the baseball team at Mizuno for some inspiration. Mizuno recently developed Nanoalloy material that went into their two-piece bats and saw incredible results on the diamond.

The golf team decided to test it on a driver and the results were exactly what they had hoped for. Increased ball speed, increased distance, an opportunity to save weight to add forgiveness and a driver that stands out as an incredible new development for the brand.

But what is Nanoalloy and how did it help Mizuno accomplish those goals? How does it help you, the golfer, hit the ball farther and what’s the science behind it?

“The easiest way I like to explain it is, when the ball hits driver, the ball compresses. The driver compresses a little bit less, because it’s naturally rigid and the ball is softer,” Mizuno Director of Golf, Chris Voshall, said. “Anytime you get compression, you get energy loss. So, what Nanoalloy does is, by introducing it in between the titanium behind it and the ball, whether it be a urethane, ionomer, doesn’t matter. What it does is it steals some of the compression from the ball.”

The Nanoalloy combined with titanium provides for a surface that steals some of the energy loss from the ball and essentially makes the ball firmer and compress less, which means faster ball speeds and more energy transfer off of the face.

The material properties of the Nanoalloy allowed Mizuno to go thinner on the titanium behind it because it’s also taking some of that compression away from the head of the club. That allowed for weight savings that can then be used to improve performance.

“When you save mass from the face, you can redistribute it in areas that are much more beneficial for the golfer in terms of MOI. What that means is you’re going to get a more consistent ball speed across the face from a larger core area,” Voshall said. “So, not only in our measurements, we were the fastest in the middle, but as you go away from that, MOI starts to play a role in it. We’re faster on those ends as well.”

The new drivers will feature the new Nanoalloy face for faster ball speeds and will also have a newly engineered CORTECH face in a 460cc head.

It will be available in JPX One and JPX One Select models with distinct differences between the two.

JPX One is the core model that will likely fit the largest number of golfers. It has a larger footprint than JPX One Select for more forgiveness and a larger center of gravity angle with less face progression designed for straighter trajectory. There is also an adjustable weight on the back for fine tuning.

JPX One Select is a more compact, player’s preferred shape designed for a better player looking for less spin. It has a deeper face than JPX One that brings the center of gravity more forward. It’s designed to have a slight fade bias.

No matter the model you fit in, Mizuno has reconstructed its entire driver to allow you to gain ball speed, forgiveness and distance in a beautifully designed package.

“It’s so clean, it’s so classic, it looks the part of a Mizuno. There are things that grab your attention,” Voshall said. “The ultimate product, in the JPX One, was worthy of that new name, it stands alone. It’s a new product, something totally different and hopefully it’s something that everyone gives a try.”