Miura Golf Reacts To High Demand For Passing Point 9003 Straight Neck Irons

[Tony Covey MGS]

Just a quick announcement from the team at Miura. They've decided to offer their Passing Point 9003 in a straight neck (less offset) model. The 9003 had just come out when I was fit for my 501s, and the added offset was one of the things I didn't love about the iron. 

 

Given that the PP-9003 is the closest thing to a game-improvement club in the Miura lineup, the offset makes sense. Of course, when you also consider that nothing in the Miura lineup qualifies as a true GI iron (at least not by the current standard), it makes sense Miura would offer a more player-centric look for a club that otherwise would appeal to better players.

 

It's an interesting approach, and one I'd love to see more OEM's take. A SpeedBlade with leff offset would certainly be appealing. Same with PING's G25, Cobra's BiO Cell...the list goes on and on. I don't expect we'll see that. One of the benefits of Miura's smaller corporate size is that it makes them nimble; more able to react to specific consumer demand.

 

Anyway...that's my 2 cents, here a dime's worth of what Miura has to say.

 

 

Vancouver, BC -- In response to golfer demand, Miura Golf has increased production of its special Passing Point 9003 Straight Neck iron. New sets are now in stock and on their way to Miura dealers worldwide.

 

The Passing Point 9003 Straight Neck, like its sister model, the "regular" Passing Point 9003, offers golfers forged feel - the famous Miura Purity of the Strike - plus the benefits of

perimeter weighting and a slightly wider sole. The SN model has less offset, so the players who prefer that look, or who don't need substantial offset to get the flight they want, will have just enough and not too much.

 

"Initially, we weren't intending to make a straight-neck model," said Adam Barr, president of Miura. "But the 9003 was so popular with so many players because it's very easy to hit and has a great flight. When some of those new 9003 players talked with us about their flight preferences, we knew there was a class of 9003 lovers who didn't want or need all the offset of the original.  So we began to make a less-offset version, and that became the Passing Point 9003 Straight Neck. 

 

"We sold out the initial run so quickly that we thought we'd better make more," Barr said.

Both models of Passing Point 9003s provide marvelous forged feel, thanks to Miura's insistence on fine-grain, void-free steel in its clubheads. The cavity in all 9003s is carefully engineered to put the mass in the right places so golfers can get the optimum contact - and forgiveness - from the club's perimeter weighting. And the sole of the 9003s, while never out of proportion, is somewhat larger than in more blade-like models, allowing for easier turf travel through impact and overall more consistent flight.

The difference comes with the offset. In the regular model, offset ranges between 5.6 mm in the 4-iron and 3.5 mm in the gap wedge. But in the Straight Neck model, the range is from just 3.8 mm in the 4-iron to 1.8 mm in the gap wedge - depending on the club, offset can be 50 percent to 70 percent less than in the regular 9003.

 

Both models of Passing Point 9003 are available in 4-PW plus gap wedge. The clubs can be tested by visiting www.MiuraGolf.com to locate an authorized Miura dealer/fitter. Price per club begins at $225; this can be higher depending on fitting options chosen, especially the shaft.

[whiskey golf]

It's good to see Miura listening to customers and what they want, I realize that they are a smaller company than the big companies like Taylormade but it's still nice to hear. I think if more companies released straighter necked GI irons then more people would try them and take them more seriously, even though their games would probably benefit from it even with the normal offset. Just label the club as something like "Speed Blade Tour Issue" or "G25 Pro Version" to grab the customer's attention.

[AH1980MN]

this is great- hopefully the big (by volume) boys will take note- i know folks who need help, but are actually hurt by the offset in thier gi/sgi clubs. just because you are a higher 'capper dosent mean you need more offset and/or draw bias. it may be true most of the time, but not always. not long ago a friend of mine (terrible golfer [also refuses lessons to correct his awful swingpath, but thats another story] but has fun playing) finally got back into a driver after years of not even bagging one after i sugested he try a used driver adjusted to open faced position while we were waiting on regripping. bam! he finally hit the fairway, and is now waiting for someone to make adjustable irons.

[PlaidJacket]

No biggie to me really but that photo of the clubs looks odd. I wonder why they didn't set the clubs at the came square lie? Looks like the one on the left is shut and somewhat hooded even which gives the impression it has more offset. The club on the right appears slightly closed too. To me if both clubs had been photographed the same (square) there would be little noticeable difference to the offset. Hmmm?

[EJ Mac]

this is great- hopefully the big (by volume) boys will take note- i know folks who need help, but are actually hurt by the offset in thier gi/sgi clubs. just because you are a higher 'capper dosent mean you need more offset and/or draw bias. it may be true most of the time, but not always. not long ago a friend of mine (terrible golfer [also refuses lessons to correct his awful swingpath, but thats another story] but has fun playing) finally got back into a driver after years of not even bagging one after i sugested he try a used driver adjusted to open faced position while we were waiting on regripping. bam! he finally hit the fairway, and is now waiting for someone to make adjustable irons.

Interesting, I wonder if this is why I have such a hard time with game improvement irons? I can definitely benefit from some of the thing used in them but may it is the offset that ends up in disaster.