Miura Combo Set - TB and ??

P.Lay · May 23, 2011

I have just bought a set of 7-P Miura Tournament Blades in which I plan to put KBS C Taper. Assuming I like them, I will eventually add long irons (4-6) to the set. But not sure which Miura long irons.

I carry an ~ 8 hcp but am a decent iron player with putting and driving being by far the worst part of my game.

Two questions:

What will be the best long iron compliment to the TBs? There is a poll but would love thoughts as well.

How hard to hit are the TBs?

rebby · May 23, 2011

Buy the rest of the TB's. They're great clubs. As an 8, unless you have a terrible iron game, you should be just fine. Just watch out for the blade haters...

myu3777 · May 27, 2011

I started with a set of 301 (3~pw). Later mixed in 7~P TB just like you(except with KBS Tour 90). Few months later added 5/6 TB but kept 3/4 301. TB are actually pretty forgiving in my opinion, don't think it's any harder then GI or SGI sets specially on short irons. Confident is the key I think. I don't really think about mis-hit when I set up but rather how nice the club looked at address (ok, PW and 9 iron does looked a little off compared to others, but I've gotten used that ). I kept 301 for 3/4 irons in the bag mainly I still have doubts "sometime". If you are decent iron player I wouldn't worried about it. Have fun with your new set.

P.Lay · May 28, 2011

Thank you. Good input here. Maybe I will give it some time to get used to the 7i and then figure out where to go but I am thinking 4-6 202 or 301.

P.Lay · June 4, 2011

Well, I can at least provide a little update on the Tournament Blades. I played 18 holes today for the first time since mid-April so did not expect too much out of the round. The Tournament Blades are butter sweet :yahoo: , but so are the MP53s :miz: The TBs probably feel a tad sweeter when pured but nothing substantial. More of a muted, yet more solid, feel. I have been to the range a couple of times in between to try them out against my Mizuno MP-53 with KBS X. I decided to pass on the C-Tapers for now and instead, the TBs have Rifle 6.5 shafts in them (old favorite) - I may ultimately put KBS Tours in the TBs to try them out - I think I need the extra spin, although I did suck a 9 iron that landed pin high back 20 feet on a par 3 today :fool: . I still only have TB 7-P so I used my Mizuno long irons which, oddly, didn't seem like a problem except for the distance gap between 7i and 6i. The TBs are about half a club shorter at least compared to the Mizunos but I don't know if that is all attributable to the shafts. Certainly, the TBs are 2* weaker than the MP-53s which accounts for some of the distance loss, maybe all?

While visually there is a big difference between the TB 7 iron and the MP-53s 7 iron, I don't find that playability suffers. I hit the 7 iron TB fine. I'll probably leave them in the bag for a bit and if I continue to like them, I will get the cb202s.