Worldwide Golf Shops INSIDER PODCAST #314! In this installment, we chat with Chris Voshall, Club Engineer at Mizuno Golf. Chris walks us through Mizuno's success with MP-20 and how that series gave Mizuno the ability to branch out into markets that weren't just about the "players" iron. JPX 921 irons consist of JPX 921 Forged, Hot Metal, Hot Metal Pro, Tour, and SEL. Please click the play button, sit back, relax, and enjoy it INSIDER Edition Podcast.

JPX 921 Irons - Photo by Worldwide Golf Shops

You can find JPX 921 Products HERE

PODCAST TRANSCRIPT

Tom Brassell 

Welcome to the worldwide golf shops insider podcast. 

Episode 314. 

Tom Brassell 

Hello Everyone, Brassell here. Thanks so much for joining us. So glad you could make it for a first-timer, full-timer or somewhere in the middle. Doesn't matter. You're with us today an that's a good thing. We have a good friend of ours. He hasn't been on in awhile, but it's always great to catch up with him from Mizuno Golf. Mr. Chris Voshall. 

Tom Brassell 

Chris, thanks so much. Great to have you with us today my friend. 

Chris Voshall

It's always great to be on here, especially around the time of when everybody's playing a ton of golf and we got new. 

Products we talked about it couldn't speak to you. 

Tom Brassell 

I know, and hey, I'd look back and it's been. I think two or three years since you and I have done this. Share with our listeners a little bit about your role at Mizuno and what's your day today looks like. 

Chris Voshall 

So yeah, so my role is actually changed a little bit since we talked last. I think it was right around the MP 18 launch when we were. 

Chris Voshall 

Left if I don't. If I recall correctly, but you know, at the time I was a club engineer and I've been it basically on the R&D side of the world. For, you know, since I started with Mizuno back in 2004, so I was always one of the guys who was really heavily involved in the development side really, and that the really dug into everything. So about two years ago I change roles. 

Chris Voshall 

Slightly where I'm still on the product side, but I'm basically managing and directing a lot of the direction of the product, so still working very closely with RND. Still working closely with the two or staff, but really just analyzing the market, making sure we're bringing the right things to the market and I feel like Mizuno has caught a stride in the last couple of years and I feel like everything is going. Everything is clicking on all cylinders right now. 

Tom Brassell 

Well, we love catching up with you because when we do, it always means there's something new and this is the JPX 921 series. And let's go into that because it looks like there's some a little bit of something for everybody in this line, isn't there? 

Chris Voshall 

Yeah, you're right. So I mean JPX what it's done for Mizuno when the last couple of years and a couple generations from the 900 to the 919. Now the 921. 

Chris Voshall 

You know it's taken mizuno from being a company that was really only viewed as a better player company to now having product across the board. So the cool thing about the 921 line is you know JPX. Instead of being that quote Unquote game improvement brand now features all levels of playability.