While in a golf store I had someone ask me if I'd heard of Miura Irons, and Hiro Honma Irons. Who makes them?

Question

What type of player are they meant for. Has anyone tried them so I can give an honest review?

Answer 1

These are both made and used mostly in Japan.  I have never used them but seem to be pretty popular.

Answer 2

You can look them up on Ebay...I'm at work or I'd post the link.

OK...here's the link:

http://sporting-goods.search.ebay.com/ho...

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll...

Answer 3

They are Japanese brand of irons. Their focus is similar to Mizuno and aim their clubs towards the single digit handicapper.

The amazing thing is that they are extremely expensive and sometimes twice as much as Callaways or Titelist irons. I’ve heard of a Honma set costing $2000.

I’ve hit them and pure shots don’t feel any better than forged Titleists or Mizunos.

Personally, they’ve done some incredible marketing and tricked very wealthy Asian golfers into buying these irons. Remember that only the extremely wealthy in Japan and Korea play golf. There are almost no public golf courses and so getting these private rich golfers to buy these irons isn’t that hard.

In the US, they’ve taken this richy-rich reputation from Asia and are now marketing to average income Asian golfers.

I don’t understand the hype and cost mark-up.

Answer 4

Miura Irons are among the best clubs in the world. In years past, when a PGA Tour player did not like the irons his sponsor made, he would have Miura make him a set and stamp their sponsor's name on them (i. e., Taylormade). They've only been selling them under their actual brand name for a couple of years now, which is why they are not well known (and sometimes hard to find), along with the fact that they are very expensive (about $1200 a set).

Miura makes several models of irons. Most of them are designed for better golfers, but they have models geared towards middle and somewhat high handicappers (maybe 15 or less).

Miura are among the best of the best. I have literally never heard a person who owned a set say a bad word about them. If money is no object, or that is your price range, you should certainly look into them. I would also suggest looking into a company called Scratch Golf. They are an American company making clubs that are in the same league as Miura, and have a few different models that may better suit your game.

If you don't want to spend that kind of money, you can gets clubs almost as good for far less from custom clubmakers. I use a set of forged clubs from a company called KZ Golf that cost several hundred dollars less that Miuras, and I would not trade for anything.

Answer 5

players iron immaculate workmanship . to beutifil to hit  incrediable feel  . high entry price  worth it maybe