Nick Price WITB at the Honda Classic Pics

[moonshine]

1. Hitting a hosel rocket is no reason to sell a club, that responder can do it with any. Actually, the sweet spot is very close to that area IMO.
2. To me, mp63 is not a compact head by any means.
3. Hey, Mcoz, not everyone is perfect like you...wait a minute...errr...not even you are. Relax a bit with the nastiness and self praise. Opinion forum, remember?
4. It's a shame he had to put lead tape all over that nice forging. Messes the whole thing up for me.

[A.G.Blade]

[quote name='cheeks' timestamp='1299086170' post='3019344']
[quote]The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact.[/quote]
I tend to agree with Mr. Miura.

I am a 10 handicap and have tried and owned several 460cc drivers and although supposedly forgiving I never have blistered the sweet spot with any consistency. One day on the range I was repeatedly nutting my Titleist 906f4 3 wood ....off the tee, off the turf, it didn't matter, every swing was almost an afterthought....and wondered why everything couldn't be this easy. Thus I have moved back down to a 350cc Titleist 983e which I hit on the screws much better. I'm also smoking a 280cc Sonartec driver and may move to it once I find the right shaft.

Over the last two decades I have run the gamut on my irons as well, now back to compact heads and gaming MP-63s. I pulled my buddy's old school King Cobra oversized 4 iron out of his bag last summer, the clubs that kinda started this whole oversize mess, and wondered how the hell he hits that thing. Honestly I don't know how you can ask a high handicapper who already has issues to hit a golf ball with a highly offset snow shovel and compress it like it's supposed to be done.

I agree that more than a little of this game improvement stuff is marketing hype. The only "myth" I've bought into are (non-offset) hybrids which I do believe are the real deal.

Different strokes for different folks, play what you think works best for you. But before you do, at least take notice and contemplate the words of a wise man with boatloads of experience, like Mr. Miura
[/quote]


I couldn't agree with you more, No offset hybrids are great; but all the other stuff givees me trouble. I'm a 3 and have gone back to my Mizunos mp33's and simply play better. The "band-aid" effect doesn't allow you to learn how to swing, thus "the Tour Striker" comes out. I have a 50 year old putter, 8 years old wedges, my blades, and a 460 driver, guess what gives me the most trouble. I understand I need to adapt too, but I dont think you'll improve long term until you play clubs that make you produce a proper downward strike. Interesting nick has lead tape on his higher lofted irons.

[A.G.Blade]

[quote name='freshprince99' timestamp='1299137954' post='3021866']
[quote name='MCoz' timestamp='1299137473' post='3021863']
[quote name='cheeks' timestamp='1299086170' post='3019344']
[quote]The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact.[/quote]
I tend to agree with Mr. Miura.

I am a 10 handicap and have tried and owned several 460cc drivers and although supposedly forgiving I never have blistered the sweet spot with any consistency. One day on the range I was repeatedly nutting my Titleist 906f4 3 wood ....off the tee, off the turf, it didn't matter, every swing was almost an afterthought....and wondered why everything couldn't be this easy. Thus I have moved back down to a 350cc Titleist 983e which I hit on the screws much better. I'm also smoking a 280cc Sonartec driver and may move to it once I find the right shaft.

Over the last two decades I have run the gamut on my irons as well, now back to compact heads and gaming MP-63s. I pulled my buddy's old school King Cobra oversized 4 iron out of his bag last summer, the clubs that kinda started this whole oversize mess, and wondered how the hell he hits that thing. Honestly I don't know how you can ask a high handicapper who already has issues to hit a golf ball with a highly offset snow shovel and compress it like it's supposed to be done.

I agree that more than a little of this game improvement stuff is marketing hype. The only "myth" I've bought into are (non-offset) hybrids which I do believe are the real deal.

Different strokes for different folks, play what you think works best for you. But before you do, at least take notice and contemplate the words of a wise man with boatloads of experience, like Mr. Miura
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Maybe you should work a little more with clubs that can help. As a 10 hdcp after 2+ decades and trying to sell anyone that smaller and less corrective clubs are the way to go----isn't selling anyone but yourself. More than half of the tour players can use the stuff you essentially despise. You really think you have a clue after 20+ years and still a 10?? Not one tour player is using a driver of less than 380cc and there may only be 2-3 of those. As a plus 2 who plays with many tour players who have to give me 2 or more a side, reality is tough medicine. Play with some tour players who are going to give an honest 10, 7-9 a side. With the clubs you are talking about, once they see what you have in the bag they will gladly up the stakes on the first tee to what ever you have the guts to play for. [b]The only sign a tour player will be wary of is an old-timer with an old well worn putter which usually indicates a very good putter to be leery of.[/b]
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yup, all the PGA tour players are terrified of 85 year old men with worn out acushnet bullseyes.

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HA! Love it!

[floyd]

Looks really good, Nick has always loved blades.

[cheeks]

Hard to believe Nick shot a [size="5"][b]60[/b][/size] this week with this stone age technology in the bag. Something must be wrong........

[MCoz]

[quote name='moonshine' timestamp='1299326198' post='3027669']
1. Hitting a hosel rocket is no reason to sell a club, that responder can do it with any. Actually, the sweet spot is very close to that area IMO.
2. To me, mp63 is not a compact head by any means.
3. Hey, Mcoz, not everyone is perfect like you...wait a minute...errr...not even you are. Relax a bit with the nastiness and self praise. Opinion forum, remember?
4. It's a shame he had to put lead tape all over that nice forging. Messes the whole thing up for me.
[/quote]
My comments are no different than what any club pro, teaching pro or tour pro would say in the same case.

[MCoz]

[quote name='cheeks' timestamp='1299997467' post='3050688']
Hard to believe Nick shot a [size="5"][b]60[/b][/size] this week with this stone age technology in the bag. Something must be wrong........



[/quote]
Yeah that 2 Hybrid and Long putter are from the Stone age along with that "funny looking" White headed 440cc Driver, that has been pretty pure must have had nothing to do with his 60. Judging by his comments on what that club has done to his game, I don't think he is missing his old Atrigon too much or their money that they forget to pay him, back in the day.

[Snufles]

[quote name='proquick72' timestamp='1299158439' post='3022065']
[quote name='MCoz' timestamp='1299137473' post='3021863']
[quote name='cheeks' timestamp='1299086170' post='3019344']
[quote]The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact.[/quote]
I tend to agree with Mr. Miura.

I am a 10 handicap and have tried and owned several 460cc drivers and although supposedly forgiving I never have blistered the sweet spot with any consistency. One day on the range I was repeatedly nutting my Titleist 906f4 3 wood ....off the tee, off the turf, it didn't matter, every swing was almost an afterthought....and wondered why everything couldn't be this easy. Thus I have moved back down to a 350cc Titleist 983e which I hit on the screws much better. I'm also smoking a 280cc Sonartec driver and may move to it once I find the right shaft.

Over the last two decades I have run the gamut on my irons as well, now back to compact heads and gaming MP-63s. I pulled my buddy's old school King Cobra oversized 4 iron out of his bag last summer, the clubs that kinda started this whole oversize mess, and wondered how the hell he hits that thing. Honestly I don't know how you can ask a high handicapper who already has issues to hit a golf ball with a highly offset snow shovel and compress it like it's supposed to be done.

I agree that more than a little of this game improvement stuff is marketing hype. The only "myth" I've bought into are (non-offset) hybrids which I do believe are the real deal.

Different strokes for different folks, play what you think works best for you. But before you do, at least take notice and contemplate the words of a wise man with boatloads of experience, like Mr. Miura
[/quote]
Maybe you should work a little more with clubs that can help. As a 10 hdcp after 2+ decades and trying to sell anyone that smaller and less corrective clubs are the way to go----isn't selling anyone but yourself. More than half of the tour players can use the stuff you essentially despise. You really think you have a clue after 20+ years and still a 10?? Not one tour player is using a driver of less than 380cc and there may only be 2-3 of those. As a plus 2 who plays with many tour players who have to give me 2 or more a side, reality is tough medicine. Play with some tour players who are going to give an honest 10, 7-9 a side. With the clubs you are talking about, once they see what you have in the bag they will gladly up the stakes on the first tee to what ever you have the guts to play for. The only sign a tour player will be wary of is an old-timer with an old well worn putter which usually indicates a very good putter to be leery of.
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Do they offer a 1 and 2 iron? Noone really does anymore

Also, people have certain clubs that look right to their eyes. I grew up playing my grandads old macgregor blades that were super hard to hit. I play once in a while with a set of arnold palmer tru-matics and a set of Mac 71 customs. The small head looks right to my eye. I hate offset. Some pros can hit GI clubs and some cant break 70 with them. Whenever I play with my friends clubs I cant play well, due to the offset or larger clubhead. Dont knock peoples preference in clubs. Maybe GI clubs would make his game worse. Reality is finding which clubs help you pay better, not the Golf Channel telling you that you need the biggest club possible because Charlie Howell does. "To each his own". I do believe people should hit the most forgiving club that they can bare to look at. For some, its a tiny blade. For some its Super Game improvement club.
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I'm pretty sure if he can get chrome babies Mr. Miura could whip together the 1 and 2 for Nick.

[ceasterb]

[quote name='youngwaldo' timestamp='1299100220' post='3020205']
I play mbs and they look hard to hit.

wk
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but, are they?

[BD57]

it just occured to me that this is the first set of miura baby blades sold to someone who can actually hit them.

 

:good: SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO true.

 

Nick's bag should have a disclaimer "Do not attempt to hit these irons at home .... I am a professional."

[JORDANF1]

Ive been playing the baby blades for 2 years, love them ! absolutely easy to hit ! [attachment=746654:Sydney-20110206-00032.jpg]

And yes you can have them chromed !

[cop]

Nick Price puts in the Miura "Small Blade".

 

What I find so interesting is the explanation on the Miura website about these heads. Here is a quote from Katsuhiro Miura... "I have a special pride in this club," Mr. Miura says. "That's because it's so easy to hit."

 

http://www.miuragolf...ies57_blade.asp

 

This new Miura "Series 1957" Classic design blade 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. "I have a special pride in this club," Mr. Miura says. "That's because it's so easy to hit."

 

A small blade? Easy to hit? In Mr. Miura's innovative mind, it makes sense. He doesn't buy in to the myth that small, blade-like heads have to be hard to hit. Instead, he encourages recreational golfers to try this pleasing design. The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact. But Mr. Miura was careful to make the face dense and substantial, to deliver a robust impact and an aggressive ball flight.

 

The smaller head also glides through the turf easily -- and Mr. Miura added key touches in the design to enhance this advantage. For instance, examine the heel and the toe. The corners are ground upward ever so slightly. It's barely enough to notice, but it's enough "relief" to ensure the best path for the club through the turf.

 

"I'm always looking for new ways to help the recreational player hit the ball more easily," Mr. Miura says. "With this design, you really just have to put your swing on it" -- and here he smiles -- "In a way, we've done the thinking for you, so you can just play and enjoy."

 

 

 

 

Are the with conforming grooves? I can't see the cirkel K

[freshprince99]

Ive been playing the baby blades for 2 years, love them ! absolutely easy to hit !

 

And yes you can have them chromed !

 

 

hey i took pics like that too!

 

 

 

 

miura and bmw, goes together like peanut butter and jelly!

[Ray Jackson]

I have been playing the baby blades for about a year now. From a playability perspective, on off center hits you lose a few yards compared to probably GI irons, but my overall carry distances went up anyway from the tour burners i played before. I love mine.

[Mitchell]

Nick is truly one of the class guys in the game, have numerous experiences to back this up and still have a set of no-logo irons that he used for a while that were designed by Tom Stites back in the old Impact Golf Technologies days. His irons through the years have kept a very consistent profile and the same x300 DG shaft.

[capt.murphy]

they are beauties for sure, but if im playing for money im gaming my trusy old ping g5's.

[dunn]

The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact.

I tend to agree with Mr. Miura.

 

I am a 10 handicap and have tried and owned several 460cc drivers and although supposedly forgiving I never have blistered the sweet spot with any consistency. One day on the range I was repeatedly nutting my Titleist 906f4 3 wood ....off the tee, off the turf, it didn't matter, every swing was almost an afterthought....and wondered why everything couldn't be this easy. Thus I have moved back down to a 350cc Titleist 983e which I hit on the screws much better. I'm also smoking a 280cc Sonartec driver and may move to it once I find the right shaft.

 

Over the last two decades I have run the gamut on my irons as well, now back to compact heads and gaming MP-63s. I pulled my buddy's old school King Cobra oversized 4 iron out of his bag last summer, the clubs that kinda started this whole oversize mess, and wondered how the hell he hits that thing. Honestly I don't know how you can ask a high handicapper who already has issues to hit a golf ball with a highly offset snow shovel and compress it like it's supposed to be done.

 

I agree that more than a little of this game improvement stuff is marketing hype. The only "myth" I've bought into are (non-offset) hybrids which I do believe are the real deal.

 

Different strokes for different folks, play what you think works best for you. But before you do, at least take notice and contemplate the words of a wise man with boatloads of experience, like Mr. Miura

Maybe you should work a little more with clubs that can help. As a 10 hdcp after 2+ decades and trying to sell anyone that smaller and less corrective clubs are the way to go----isn't selling anyone but yourself. More than half of the tour players can use the stuff you essentially despise. You really think you have a clue after 20+ years and still a 10?? Not one tour player is using a driver of less than 380cc and there may only be 2-3 of those. As a plus 2 who plays with many tour players who have to give me 2 or more a side, reality is tough medicine. Play with some tour players who are going to give an honest 10, 7-9 a side. With the clubs you are talking about, once they see what you have in the bag they will gladly up the stakes on the first tee to what ever you have the guts to play for. The only sign a tour player will be wary of is an old-timer with an old well worn putter which usually indicates a very good putter to be leery of.

 

 

Do they offer a 1 and 2 iron? Noone really does anymore

 

Also, people have certain clubs that look right to their eyes. I grew up playing my grandads old macgregor blades that were super hard to hit. I play once in a while with a set of arnold palmer tru-matics and a set of Mac 71 customs. The small head looks right to my eye. I hate offset. Some pros can hit GI clubs and some cant break 70 with them. Whenever I play with my friends clubs I cant play well, due to the offset or larger clubhead. Dont knock peoples preference in clubs. Maybe GI clubs would make his game worse. Reality is finding which clubs help you pay better, not the Golf Channel telling you that you need the biggest club possible because Charlie Howell does. "To each his own". I do believe people should hit the most forgiving club that they can bare to look at. For some, its a tiny blade. For some its Super Game improvement club.

i would agree.......i have a hell of a time hitting bigger irons and bigger drivers.........in my mind i wont be able to rotate and square the face in my backswing.......thats where it always gets messed up, the takeaway and the top of the BS.....i hit smaller forged clubs better ( not blades though)....though if i only had a choice between mumbo GI irons or a set of blades i would take the blades.....more like mp60 or any of their newer models......i also have a forged mizuno 3 wood that i can stripe solid almost everytime ( direction is subject though) and i cant hit my cleveland hi bore driver for s***.......and i am talking about contact.....direction is a whole nother story

 

also i am a digger....i take a pretty mean divot and players irons seem to cut through the turf easier.........the SGI clubs are like mallets, and even most of the GI clubs are mallets, they dont cut through the turf......maybe if i was a sweeper it would be different, but i was tought to compress and hit down on the ball from the very first time i swung a club

[gugamania]

Seems like his muscle is different from the retail version but more like a lefty version TB. No doubt he can hit the BB, but did he really bag them?

[Snufles]

[quote name='easyyy' timestamp='1299080813' post='3019085']
Nick Price puts in the Miura "Small Blade".

What I find so interesting is the explanation on the Miura website about these heads. Here is a quote from Katsuhiro Miura... "I have a special pride in this club," Mr. Miura says. "That's because it's so easy to hit."

[url="http://www.miuragolf.com/series57_blade.asp"]http://www.miuragolf...ies57_blade.asp[/url]

[quote]This new Miura [b]"Series 1957" Classic design blade[/b] 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. "I have a special pride in this club," Mr. Miura says. "That's because it's so easy to hit."

A small blade? Easy to hit? In Mr. Miura's innovative mind, it makes sense. He doesn't buy in to the myth that small, blade-like heads have to be hard to hit. Instead, he encourages recreational golfers to try this pleasing design. The smaller size -- 15 percent smaller overall -- makes the clubhead easier to square up at impact. But Mr. Miura was careful to make the face dense and substantial, to deliver a robust impact and an aggressive ball flight.

The smaller head also glides through the turf easily -- and Mr. Miura added key touches in the design to enhance this advantage. For instance, examine the heel and the toe. The corners are ground upward ever so slightly. It's barely enough to notice, but it's enough "relief" to ensure the best path for the club through the turf.

"I'm always looking for new ways to help the recreational player hit the ball more easily," Mr. Miura says. "With this design, you really just have to put your swing on it" -- and here he smiles -- "In a way, we've done the thinking for you, so you can just play and enjoy."[/quote]

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The muscle on these has a lot more curve than regular babies.

[deman77]

i also think the shape looks different. at the area where muscle joins the hosel.

having said that, shiny chrome makes a club look different - so could be just that.

can't imagine them building a bespoke set for him which then requires leadtape.

[Texsport]

it just occured to me that this is the first set of miura baby blades sold to someone who can actually hit them.

 

 

In all fairness, they are super small compared to today's offerings, but the sweet spot is still the same size. They aren't that much smaller than most good old school blades. What has really changed is the size of the golf ball compared to older golf balls. The 3 iron in this set is pretty intimidating looking down on as it's nearly the size of the ball now. With that said the 6i-PW aren't that unplayable for a decent player.

 

+1

 

If you can't hit the sweet spot every time, you can't play these well. If you can, these are spectacular sticks.

 

I've often wondered about posters who claim low single digit handicaps yet claim that this iron or that is hard to hit.

 

The statement of handicap doesn't match the statement of ball striking skill!

 

Texsport

[gnicolls]

The muscle def looks more rounded off than the other small bladesmi have seen

[spooky]

Looks more like an old Titleist shape.... oops, shouldn't say that....

[certifiedbodyman]

[quote name='avrag' timestamp='1299107964' post='3020634']
Bad news for Miura.
Historically, Nick Price playing their clubs equals kiss of death for the ecomonic well-being of a company.
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...sad but true coincidence...does anyone remember him playing/endorsing AVDP?...

[certifiedbodyman]

Ive been playing the baby blades for 2 years, love them ! absolutely easy to hit !

 

And yes you can have them chromed !

 

 

hey i took pics like that too!

 

 

 

 

miura and bmw, goes together like peanut butter and jelly!

 

gorgeous club...my first set of irons was a Gene Littler Rams MB vintage 1972-1975 from the research I was able to do...2I-PW I think...sweet to hit if you catch it good but murder otherwise...still have them but I play with Callaway X-18 Pro Series with the least offset...I like the GI aspect but I also like the clean look of the MB's...my Callaway's come close to having the best of both worlds in relation to the GI performance and the MB looks...I read somewhere that the old timers actually wanted that bit of rust on the face of their irons to generate more backspin...any thoughts?

[tembolo1284]

What shafts were in the miuras?