Mizuno Corp.
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Mizuno Corporation (ミズノ株式会社 Mizuno Kabushiki-gaisha) (TYO: 8022) is a Japanese sports equipment and sportswear company, founded in Osaka in 1906 by Rihachi Mizuno. Today, Mizuno is a global corporation which makes a wide variety of sports equipment and sportswear, for golf, tennis, baseball, volleyball, football, rugby, skiing, cycling, judo and athletics.
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[edit] Golf
Mizuno is a leading manufacturer of golf clubs and accessories, being particularly noted for their forged irons which have been, and continue to be, used by many of the world top professional golfers. For example, Tiger Woods 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 at the time.[1]
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- ^ "Tiger Woods to switch to Nike irons soon". Golf Today. http://www.golftoday.co.uk/news/yeartodate/news02/woods19.html. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
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