![]() ![]() I didn’t tell him that I was on my way home from a Miura fitting, and that I’d just put four of the company’s heads to 100 or so golf balls. ![]() ![]() I didn’t care, but I had neither the heart nor the courage to let tell him that, or that I am a Sox (and more recently a Tiger’s) fan, or that baseball was the farthest thing from my mind today. One sat next to me and recounted how he and his friends had left the game early – well before the Bronx Bombers erased 6 run deficit in dramatic fashion 3 grand slams, a major league record. While the ride into Manhattan was nothing to speak of, on the return trip a group of mostly in the bag Yankee fans boarded my train. His perspective, that of a man who has seen nearly everything the industry has to offer, would ultimately cement my belief that a small company in Himeji Japan, one whose products many American golfers still haven’t tried, is producing what are without a doubt the world’s finest forged irons. While 189 miles (378 round trip) is a long way to travel for an iron fitting, having already heard from Miura, and having experienced their clubs for myself, the journey wasn’t so much about hitting golf balls as it was spending some time with a fitter who could provide me with the critical missing 3rd perspective on Miura’s legendary irons. To mitigate any risk of getting lost in the city’s sequentially numbered streets, I took an early train, making sure to arrive early for my 3:00 appointment. Shortly before 11:30 on dank, rainy Thursday morning, having already driven 45 minutes from my home just outside Saratoga Springs, NY, I boarded an equally dank south-bound Amtrak that would transport me to Penn Station in mid-town Manhattan. If you believe you deserve better than off-the-rack, and that you deserve the very best your money can buy, then I believe you deserve Miura. When it comes to spending your hard earned money, you deserve nothing less than a Tour Van quality finished product built to exacting specifications with whatever level of customization you desire. You absolutely should expect that every iron in your set will be perfectly weighted and balanced. It’s your right to expect that if a club is supposed to be 27°, it’s 27° – not some number in between 26 and 28 (if you’re lucky). What you need to realize is that as a consumer you have the power to demand better. As consumers, when we don’t realize what’s possible, too often we settle for what’s on the rack. Custom ferrules? Anything you want…as long as it’s black. “Sorting is done by the shaft manufacturer, we just assemble them”. Want custom grips? Absolutely…just pick from these 3.and no, we don’t stock IOmic. Sure, big OEM clubs cost less than the so-called boutique brands, but unless you win some sort of contest, you’ll quickly find out that even so-called “custom orders” have their limitations. While you’ve been busy checking price tags you many not have even realized that big golf companies haven’t simply taught you to spend less (but spend often), they’ve actually conditioned you to expect less. Worse yet, there remain some who have heard of Miura, but can’t see a degree past the cost. ( By GolfSpy T) Almost inconceivably there are some of you who still haven’t heard of Miura. ![]()
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