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Miura Golf Latest Offerings

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What’s on the horizon for Katsuhiro Mirua and Miura Golf?  Firstly, a Limited-Edition Small Blade forged iron.  A press release from the company earlier this week gave these details:  Legendary forged iron maker, Katsuhiro Miura of Himeji, Japan, and Miura Golf Inc. have introduced the Limited-Edition Small Blade forged iron. The Small Blade features a nickel (satin) finish and follows the fundamental design, manufacturing, and functional concepts of all Miura Golf clubs. However, the Small Blade’s muscle-back head is about 15 percent smaller than the company’s Tournament Blade iron head, and the new iron’s face is thicker than the Tournament Blade’s face. 

When asked why he would be introducing a smaller iron when the industry standard now seems to be mid-size and oversize irons, Mr. Miura responded “industry fads mean nothing to me. These fads are developed by the marketing departments of the equipment manufacturers simply to boost sales and have little to do with performance. What I care about is creating the most perfect performing golf clubs for golfers, and different golfers have different preferences. I believe there is a class of golfer who will very much appreciate the qualities of the Small Blade, and I have made this club for these golfers. This club is for two kinds of golfers – the first being the golfer who generally strikes the ball on the sweet spot and who wants to simply enjoy the unique pleasure of a perfect shot hit with a Miura club – the second being the golfer who really wants to improve and is looking for the most intelligent feedback on every shot he or she hits. Frankly, if people can cleanse their minds of the marketing hype that has been fed to them over the years, they might find that that forged blades are not necessarily only for the single digit handicappers. You are not penalized for mis-hit shots to the degree people believe and there are many advantages to these clubs, for example the Small Blade cuts through rough more efficiently than any other club."

Mr. Miura, who is director of manufacturing and product development at Miura Golf’s manufacturing facility in Hemeji, Japan, has been making the world’s highest quality forged irons for over 5 decades and is highly venerated in the Japanese golf media. His proprietary 14-step process assures that every Miura club meets the most exacting of golf industry standards.

The Small Blade iron is available in 3-iron through 9-iron, plus pitching wedge. A 2-iron is also optional. Suggested retail is $1799.00 for a set of eight (steel stock shaft, in right-hand only. A number of steel shaft options are available).

In addition to the blades, Miura offers other must-have additions to your bag:

Miura Putters are “Designed for players seeking the very best” says Katsuhiro Miura.  This new Miura “Series 1957” Blade putter goes through the same forging process which makes the Miura Irons so successful in the consistency of the strike of the ball and in terms of feel. The Miura craftsmanship has been transferred to this toe weighted off set blade putter with a classic oiled chrome finish which very much compliments its soft visual features.  This putter which comes at 350gms and confirms it is possible to match looks with performance. The milled face is extremely forgiving and produces a strike which transmits to the feel, distance control and in achieving the truest of rolls from reduced skid. (Model KM-350). 

“Designed for players seeking the very best from a classic design” says Katsuhiro Miura.  This new Miura “Series 1957” Classic design putter goes through the same forging process which makes the Miura Irons so successful in the consistency of the strike of the ball and in terms of feel. The Miura craftsmanship has been transferred to this toe weighted off set classic putter with an oiled chrome finish which very much compliments its soft visual features.

This putter which comes in two weights 350gms and 370gms confirms it is possible to match looks with performance. The milled face is extremely forgiving and produces a strike which transmits to the feel, distance control and in achieving the truest of rolls from reduced skid. (Models MP 005 – 350, MP 006 – 370)

Miura Hybrid:

The Miura Hybrids come in 17*, 20* and 23* degrees. The Tour Quality Hybrids launch the ball on a mid/high trajectory with mid/low spin and a slight draw bias. They are very solid and sit square at address with a slight offset. The feel and sound is more low pitched like wood (an indication of the quality of the head). The head cc sizes are not overly
large, but are certainly big enough to be easy to hit.

Miura Fairway Woods – Precious Edition Fairway wood

MS-3, MS-5, and MS-7 specifications

Material: Mild steel + Stainless steel (SUS)

Process: Precision forging Finish + metal casting composite

Finish: Titanium

Length (No.3): 38.5 inch

Grip type: Velvet Full Cord

Reported Features

·  Exceptional forgiveness and trajectory.

·  Expanded sweetspot and deeper centre of gravity.

·  Feel, feedback and forgiveness in a forged iron.

·  Precision & advantage of adjustability of the lie and loft.

The unique precision of Miura’s forging process provides a weight error of ±0.5g after polishing, a standard for quality that cannot be matched by any other golf club manufacturer. In addition to the playing characteristics of the forged mild steel golf club, it also has the added advantage of adjustability allowing a golfer to be able to have the lie and loft of his Miura clubs adjusted to fit his or her swing perfectly. 

Miura Golf’s corporate office is located in Vancouver, British Columbia and Miura Golf clubs are sold at the finest custom-fitting shops in North America. More information on Miura products can be found at www.miuragolf.com. 

 

 

 

 

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  1. James Lawler

    Oct 21, 2008 at 9:24 am

    Those irons look beautiful……..

    Why can’t all irons look like this????

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