VANCOUVER, British Columbia-Japanese golf-club manufacturer
Miura Golf,
which has been making the world's highest-quality forged irons for 44
years-is
officially introducing its CB-501 forged cavity-back irons, the company
announced today.
The official introduction of the CB-501 irons is
exciting news for golfers, as
Miura Golf-which has never had a fixed time frame for new-product
introductions, only debuts new models when the quality of new technological
advances demands it.
The CB-501 boasts a W nickel (satin) chrome
finish and is available in a 3-iron through pitching wedge set, right-hand
only. The CB-501 can be tested by visiting
www.miuragolf.com to locate the
closest Miura dealer.
Like all Miura irons, the mild-steel CB-501s are hand
precision-forged and custom crafted by Katsuhiro Miura, Miura Golf Inc.'s
67-year-old founder, whose forged clubmaking skills over the past 49 years
have prompted the Japanese to claim he has "the Hands of God." Mr. Miura is
director of manufacturing and product development at his Japanese company,
Miura Giken Co. Ltd., which operates manufacturing facilities in Himeji,
Japan.
"We obviously are very excited about the CB-501
irons," says Bill Holowaty, VP of Operations for Miura Golf in North
America. "During development, Mr. Miura's goal was to combine the best
features from his favorite Miura irons, both past and present. Well,
needless to say, Mr. Miura has done it again."
Mr. Miura's goal was to create an iron that featured
the ideal ball flight, enough offset to promote playability, the perfect
head size and a sole grind that would accommodate a broad range of players.
He started with a full cavity back that possessed a
bit more offset than the company's CB-202, which has almost no offset. Mr.
Miura worked on the sole grind until he had something that would not only
appeal to a Tour player, but also was forgiving enough for a mid-handicap
golfer. At that stage, the ball flight was still not what Mr. Miura
envisioned, so he borrowed a design feature from the company's past-the
sweet-spot muscle-back, which was used in a very different Miura iron, the
CB-1003, back in 1996.
In all, Mr. Miura spent two years integrating these
design variables in different ways until he found the blend that worked
best for the widest range of golfers. The result is the CB-501-a
cavity-back iron featuring a small muscle-back located behind the sweet
spot that delivers the trajectory of a blade iron when the ball is struck
on the center of the face. This style of iron also offers cavity-back
forgiveness and ball flight, as the contact point moves away from the
center of the face.
"Golfers who are connoisseurs of forged irons should
make it a point to hit the CB-501 irons," Holowaty says. "We are confident
the CB-501s will quickly become your new best friend if you do."
Besides the new CB-501, Miura Golf's current product
line also includes the Tournament Blade; MC-102 (Mid-Size Cavity Model);
CB-202 (Cavity Back Model): CB-301 (Cavity Back Model); Wedges (Wedge
Series and Black Wedge Series, each available in six lofts); Series 1957
Small Blade Irons; Y and C Grind Wedges; Blade and Classic putters (two
models); Precious Edition Driver, Fairway Wood and Utility Wood.
