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is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese sports equipment
Sports equipment

Sports equipment is a general term for any object used for sport or exercise.Examples for sports include:...
 and sportswear company, founded in Osaka
Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
 in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear, including equipment used in golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
, football, skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
, cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
, judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
, and athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
.

no is a leading manufacturer of golf club
Golf club (equipment)

Golf clubs are used in the sport of golf to hit a golf ball. Each club is composed of a shaft with a lance and a clubhead. woods are used for long-distance fairway shots; iron , the most versatile class used for a variety of shots, and putter , used mainly on the green to roll the ball into the cup....
s and accessories, being particularly noted for their forged iron
Iron (golf)

In the sport of golf, an iron is a class of golf club used to hit a golf ball. The situations in which irons are used vary widely, but are most often used when hitting an approach shot onto the golf course#Putting_green, a shot from the fairway on a long hole, and for "odd" shots such as hitting out of the rough, out from underneath trees o...
s which have been, and continue to be, used by many of the world top professional golfer
Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who plays for money even once usually loses his or her amateur status permanently and is banned from all amateur tournaments....
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is a Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
ese sports equipment
Sports equipment

Sports equipment is a general term for any object used for sport or exercise.Examples for sports include:...
 and sportswear company, founded in Osaka
Osaka

is a Cities of Japan in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshu.Osaka is a City designated by government ordinance under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture....
 in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation
Corporation

A corporation is a legal entity separate from the persons that form it. It is a legal entity owned by individual stockholders. In British tradition it is the term designating a body corporate, where it can be either a corporation sole or a corporation aggregate ....
 which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear, including equipment used in golf
Golf

Golf is a sport in which players using many types of Golf club including wood , iron , and putter , attempt to hit golf ball into each hole on a golf course in the lowest possible number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis

Tennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber Tennis ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's tennis court....
, baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...
, volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
, football, skiing
Skiing

Snow skiing is a group of sports using skis as primary equipment. Skis are used in conjunction with ski boots that connect to the ski with use of a ski bindings....
, cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
, judo
Judo

, meaning "gentle way", is a modern Japanese martial art and combat sport, that originated in Japan in the late nineteenth century. Its most prominent feature is its competitive element, where the object is to either Throw one's opponent to the ground, immobilize or otherwise subdue one's opponent with a grappling manoeuvre, or force an opponent...
, and athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
.

Golf

Mizuno is a leading manufacturer of golf club
Golf club (equipment)

Golf clubs are used in the sport of golf to hit a golf ball. Each club is composed of a shaft with a lance and a clubhead. woods are used for long-distance fairway shots; iron , the most versatile class used for a variety of shots, and putter , used mainly on the green to roll the ball into the cup....
s and accessories, being particularly noted for their forged iron
Iron (golf)

In the sport of golf, an iron is a class of golf club used to hit a golf ball. The situations in which irons are used vary widely, but are most often used when hitting an approach shot onto the golf course#Putting_green, a shot from the fairway on a long hole, and for "odd" shots such as hitting out of the rough, out from underneath trees o...
s which have been, and continue to be, used by many of the world top professional golfer
Professional golfer

In golf the distinction between amateurs and professionals is rigorously maintained. An amateur who plays for money even once usually loses his or her amateur status permanently and is banned from all amateur tournaments....
s. For example, Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods

Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time....
 used Mizuno golf clubs while he was in college and continued to use them after he turned professional in 1996 including for his first US Masters victory in 1997, despite being contracted to Titleist
Titleist

Titleist is a brand name owned by the Acushnet Company, headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts, which produces golf equipment. Acushnet is best known for its Titleist golf balls, but also produces Golf club and other equipment and accessories under the brands Cobra Golf, FootJoy and Pinnacle in addition to Titleist....
 at the time.

Equipment

Mizuno manufacture a full range of golf clubs and accessories.

Drivers
  • MP-600
  • MX-560


Irons
  • MP-52
  • MP-57
  • MP-62
  • MP-67
  • MX-100
  • MX-200
  • MX-950
  • MP-32
  • MP-60
Fairway Woods
  • F-60


Hybrids
  • CLK FLI-HI
  • MP FLI-HI
  • MX FLI-HI


Wedges
  • MP-T
  • MP-R


Putters
  • Black Carbon Series
  • C Series


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