Having played the clubs for 2 years and having improved my handicap from 22 to 14 through various lessons, change in swing, theory; and having bot Miura MB-5003 so that I can finally put some words, good words for Honma Beres MG801.

First, I have modest swing speed (86 to 90 mph) so I always pick graphite shafts over 20 years of playing until recently (Miura MB5003 with NSPRO 750GH). MG801 with B54 shaft is quite amazing in 2 ways: 1) distance 2) rolling control. Honma tends to put 1 club less loft on the same club number. So, for MG801's 7 iron, the loft is mostly equivalent to other club's 6 iron. This does give help in distance. However, amazing thing about MG801 is its stopping power. Many times, when I hit even 5 iron and it can land on green not rolling over 5 yard, if hitting right. Compare to other 5 iron, the distance is twice as much in rolling upon landing. I had hit 7 iron not rolling more than 5 ft and 8 iron rolls back on green occasionally.

Secondly, distance of these iron are about 10 yards longer. Here is comparison of my average distances. (bad shot s vs super good shot).

7 Iron:
MG801 = 155 yds (145 to 160)
MB5003 = 147 yds (135 to 150)

9 Iron:
MG801 = 135 yds (125 to 140)
MB5003 = ~128 yds (~120 to 135)

Forgiveness is fairly good; distance from off center hit is quite impressive; better than that of MB5003 (obvious). Hitting on sweet spot feels minimal vibration and it will give you a nice "click" sound from forged set (I don't believe any other Beres line are forged, including 901, 902 or 903). You can definitely tell hitting on sweet spot vs not hitting on sweet spot. I had tried Beres MG702, although very far and extremely forgiving, I can't tell if I am hitting "light" bad or good shots.

Trajectory of this irons is medium to low, depends on you style. I have retrain my swing so that I hit low relatively.

Hope this help those of you out there. If you have any question on the irons, please feel free to ask.

This post has been edited by mogulpal: Jul 17 2008, 04:37 PM