RIduffer Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Heading out to San Diego for some work and visit the family. Bonus, I get 3 rounds with the vacation bag that I leave at my brother's. Almost a brand new bag excluding the 3,5 and 7 woods which are the Miura Precious Editions with UST v2 in stiff. The rest of the bag consists of 51, 56, and 61 degree Scor Golf wedges with the UST 95g graphite wedge shaft; Miura baby blades with the Fuji Rombax 115i in a tipped stiff flex and lastly what I am most anxious to hit; the Miura 390 10.5* with the GD P9003x. Have never played the Scor wedges before but should be an interesting experiment. Have hit the Miura's a couple of times with the Rombax shafts, but am looking forward to some more in depth comparisons to the Tourstage 905/Crazy combo I have at home. The coup de gras is being able to compare the 390cc Miura to the 380 Yonex and the 11.5* RC since I will have had the P9003x in all three heads. Will be curious to see if the shaft causes ballooning like it does with the RC head or if it will retain the low penetrating flight I get with the Yonex 380. I really like the shaft in the Yonex, consistently 290+ yds low penetrating flight with lots of rollout. Will be bringing the copper Blade Golf irons home and will need to pull the N SP Blue shafts from them and shaft with something, the question is do I try the new Crazy steel or continue the heavy graphite iron shaft experiment? -RIDuffer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMCMB Posted September 30, 2011 Report Share Posted September 30, 2011 Crazy steel wedge shafts are fantastic, and I know they're available in the dark chrome again.... All of my wedges are getting the Crazy 120 wedge shaft, current, and future... I normally don't play a wedge shaft at all, I prefer to keep a constant feel from my irons to my wedges, but these are def good enough for me to ignore the difference in feel from my iron shafts.... I've hit all of the new Crazy steel shafts, irons and wedges, and although I really, really like the iron shafts(I'll do a little right up on them after a few more rounds), I find the wedge shafts to be perfect for me and exactly what I wanted, and stand out even more than the iron shafts to me.... Very sturdy feel to them, but with a nice controlled punch right at impact that is very consistent with the lively but stable feel of the other shafts in the Crazy lineup and make them more enjoyable to play for me than other shafts, just more subdued considering it is a wedge shaft.... low, VERY strong trajectory to these, they bring the flight down nicely on full shots from the fairway, not to low, but low enough to maximize controllability, one thing I have always disliked about various wedge shafts is a slightly harsh feel, these do not have that problem for me at all.... I noticed that it was very simple to generate the exact amount of spin I desired from shot to shot with all types of swings(full, half, quarter) I can't say this was solely the shaft, but they def contributed to it.... I really can't say enough about these, they really needed to be great for me to start gaming them instead of the various iron shafts I game in other wedges, and they were, def everything I wanted and expected and even a few nice surprises that blew me away... Def worth a good, hard look if your looking for wedge shafts... J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idrive Posted October 1, 2011 Report Share Posted October 1, 2011 Nice vacation bag. The Miura PE's are as solid as they come. Nothing fancy, they just perform. Have fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted October 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2011 Finished up playing the vacation bag the other day and finally had a chance to sit down and put some thoughts into the Miura PE with the P9003x shaft. Had the club built to play 44.5" so in that regard it play play a little bit more as a control driver than on for flat out distance. Have to say it worked. On normal drives, I was putting the ball about 265-275 yds predominantly carry. There was some rollout but it was minimal, especially when compared to the 9* 380cc Yonex. The flight as you can guess was high-mid and very stable. Other than the distance loss I felt I could pick up my tee and know it was down the throat of the fairway. Very reassuring. The set up of the Miura head is a very classic one. Nothing extraneous on the thing at all, not even a center dot. At one point during the first round out, the two gentleman I had gotten paired up with had already hit their drives and I was waiting for a person in the group in front of us to hit their third shot. One of them commented to me unless you are going to put that 300 yds+ you might as well hit. I responded, if all goes well they are in my wheel house. Definitely glad I waited, 325 yds later... As we approached my ball I said, It feels good to stand up and deliver a bomb right after you've been talking smack about how far you can hit... Overall the P9003x was a performer of a shaft in the Miura head and the Miura head although not a technological tour de force can deliver consistently pleasing drives. I doubt I will ever launch one over 300 again as the wind was in my favor and I hit it on the screws, but I can take the combo to almost any course and be comfortable with the distance I will get out of it. Not sure why in the 11.5* RC I had so many issues with ballooning when in both the Yonex 380cc and the Miura I had nothing but stable ball flights. Maybe it was just a little too much loft on the head, but a world of difference between them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Finished up playing the vacation bag the other day and finally had a chance to sit down and put some thoughts into the Miura PE with the P9003x shaft. Had the club built to play 44.5" so in that regard it play play a little bit more as a control driver than on for flat out distance. Have to say it worked. On normal drives, I was putting the ball about 265-275 yds predominantly carry. There was some rollout but it was minimal, especially when compared to the 9* 380cc Yonex. The flight as you can guess was high-mid and very stable. Other than the distance loss I felt I could pick up my tee and know it was down the throat of the fairway. Very reassuring. The set up of the Miura head is a very classic one. Nothing extraneous on the thing at all, not even a center dot. At one point during the first round out, the two gentleman I had gotten paired up with had already hit their drives and I was waiting for a person in the group in front of us to hit their third shot. One of them commented to me unless you are going to put that 300 yds+ you might as well hit. I responded, if all goes well they are in my wheel house. Definitely glad I waited, 325 yds later... As we approached my ball I said, It feels good to stand up and deliver a bomb right after you've been talking smack about how far you can hit... Overall the P9003x was a performer of a shaft in the Miura head and the Miura head although not a technological tour de force can deliver consistently pleasing drives. I doubt I will ever launch one over 300 again as the wind was in my favor and I hit it on the screws, but I can take the combo to almost any course and be comfortable with the distance I will get out of it. Not sure why in the 11.5* RC I had so many issues with ballooning when in both the Yonex 380cc and the Miura I had nothing but stable ball flights. Maybe it was just a little too much loft on the head, but a world of difference between them. that is good to hear, you using the "P" you got from me on the miura? do you plan to leave it there or re-use in another head? i think the RC head is the problem as you were hitting lower drives with your 13* yonex FW right?? so whats next? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 that is good to hear, you using the "P" you got from me on the miura? do you plan to leave it there or re-use in another head? i think the RC head is the problem as you were hitting lower drives with your 13* yonex FW right?? so whats next? Yes it is the P that I got from you. I am intending on leaving it in the Miura. I travel out there 6 or 7 times a year and I know I will play each time I go so it is easier to leave them in CA than to check them on the airplane. Next on the agenda is a new putter, already being made, conforming wedges and a 17* or 18* hybrid. Found a guy that does custom grinds and weighting on JDM blanks here in the states and am thinking about going that route for the wedges. On the hybrid, still in a quandary between the Epon and the TRC. Also still toying with the idea of getting the RC blades or something from a 2012 lineup, alternately re-shafting the Blade Golf irons that I already have as a local back-up set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaman Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Excellent post. The Miura PE looks really nice and "hittable". Clearly a bit in the shade of the irons, but still a great head it seems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Yes it is the P that I got from you. I am intending on leaving it in the Miura. I travel out there 6 or 7 times a year and I know I will play each time I go so it is easier to leave them in CA than to check them on the airplane. Next on the agenda is a new putter, already being made, conforming wedges and a 17* or 18* hybrid. Found a guy that does custom grinds and weighting on JDM blanks here in the states and am thinking about going that route for the wedges. On the hybrid, still in a quandary between the Epon and the TRC. Also still toying with the idea of getting the RC blades or something from a 2012 lineup, alternately re-shafting the Blade Golf irons that I already have as a local back-up set i have had and tried the hybrids you mentioned. had a 17 and 20 trc and an 18 epon. edge goes to the epon but then again it dint work for my type of swing. im actually using my 3 year old driving iron with better success. must fix the swing before i give full fledged hybrids another go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted October 11, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 i have had and tried the hybrids you mentioned. had a 17 and 20 trc and an 18 epon. edge goes to the epon but then again it dint work for my type of swing. im actually using my 3 year old driving iron with better success. must fix the swing before i give full fledged hybrids another go. Does that mean you have a used Epon 18* for sale? Make me a deal, I already know shipping from PI takes a while... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 11, 2011 Report Share Posted October 11, 2011 Does that mean you have a used Epon 18* for sale? Make me a deal, I already know shipping from PI takes a while... gave it to my dad, he is using it as a 5w replacement. he loves it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIduffer Posted October 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 gave it to my dad, he is using it as a 5w replacement. he loves it. Newman!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spoon Posted October 12, 2011 Report Share Posted October 12, 2011 Newman!!!! I'm going to post a 3 way hybrid review Tom. All 18s with different shafts. Interesting findings for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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