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WRX Spotlight: Miura CB-301 irons
Product: Miura CB-301 irons
Pitch: From Miura: “The CB-301 takes Miura’s world-renowned forging process and blends it seamlessly with a Tour-inspired shape. The CB-301 combines the feel and playability of a player’s iron with the forgiveness and distance to improve golfers of all skill levels. The full cavity-back design is engineered with a larger sweet spot to ensure greater control and improved performance on all shots. Each club is engineered with a variable sole and cavity thickness designed to optimize center of gravity.”
Our take on Miura CB-301 irons
Even in today’s world packed full of information about club fitting and technology, I can’t begin to tell you how many times when talking to golfers outside of the equipment “know,” that they believe forged clubs are only for lower handicaps and pros. Without getting off topic in the second sentence, all I will say is forging and casting are just processes used to manufacture and have no effect on the forgiveness of an individual design — mass properties do!
Now back to the review…When it comes to a forged iron that offers a traditional shape and styling, along with forgiveness, the Miura CB-301 is a great place to start. Launched at the beginning of 2019, the new CB-301 builds on the long legacy of Miura cavity backs, including the original CB-301, CB-201, CB-501, Passing Points, and the more recent CB57.
You’ve most likely heard the story by now — nobody forges a club the way Miura does. Well, they’re right, and for good measure, thanks to the company’s unique process of spin welding the hosel onto the rest of the head. By their, accounts it keeps the grain structure extreme tight in the head, which helps produce the signature “Miura Feel.”
Heres a great video from Miura on the history of the company and the process.
Here’s where the CB-301s separate themselves in the Miura lineup: They offer slightly more offset than the previous models in the Miura CB family, which helps create a look that is more appealing to a larger number of players looking for forgiveness without looking too “game improvement.” Along with the slight increase in offset, the appearance from the top line again fits right into the middle of the players CB and mid-sized cavity category. Add all of this together with the longer heel-toe length and thinner top line, and you have a club built for both distance and forgiveness without sacrificing looks.
Speaking to the distance game, the CB-301s are a bit stronger-lofted than what you would typically see from a Miura product, with a 44-degree pitching wedge and a 48-degree gap wedge available in the set. With these specs, there are plenty of options for adjustments that could take offset off. For example, bending them weaker or building a nice combo set with the MC-501s like shown below
CB-301
4-iron: 22 degrees
5-iron: 26 degrees (bent 1 degree weak)
6-iron: 30 degrees (bent 2 degrees weak)
MC-501
7-iron: 34 degrees
8-iron: 38 degrees
9-iron: 42 degrees
Pitching Wedge: 46 degrees
This is just one example since there are plenty of ways you could do a combo or not, along with making sure everything is properly gapped through a full iron fitting session. Whether you are looking for a forged distance iron set or some extra forgiveness into the longer irons in a combo, the Miura-CB 301s could be exactly what you are looking for.
And as a reminder, Miura irons are available through their extensive list of fitters and dealers around the world, as well as now directly through their website and e-comm platform.
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Whats in the Bag
Team McIlowry (Rory McIlroy, Shane Lowry) winning WITBs: 2024 Zurich Classic
Rory McIlroy WITB
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees @8.25) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X (45 inches)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9) Buy here.
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB) Buy here, Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59) Buy here.
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3 Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x Buy here.
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Shane Lowry WITB
- Shane Lowry what’s in the bag accurate as of the Cognizant Classic.
Driver: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (8.5 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ White 70 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Stealth Plus Buy here.
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 8 X
Irons: Srixon ZX Utility (3, 20 degrees) Buy here, Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4, 5) Buy here, Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW) Buy here.
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 120 X (3), KBS Tour 130 X (4-PW)
Wedges: Cleveland RTX 6 ZipCore Tour Rack (50-10 MID, 54-10 MID) Buy here, Cleveland RTX Full Face (58-8) Buy here.
Shafts: KBS Tour Wedge X Black
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour Z Buy here.
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Srixon Z-Star XV Buy here.
The winning WITB is presented by 2nd Swing Golf. 2nd Swing has more than 100,000 new and pre-swung golf clubs available in six store locations and online. Check them out here.
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Whats in the Bag
Steve Stricker WITB 2024 (April)
- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2024 (April)
- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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rex235
Apr 4, 2019 at 1:47 pm
Ryan-
You are in Canada, so-
Are Miura CB-301s still RH Only?
Asking for a friend.
Scooter
Apr 2, 2019 at 10:20 am
Looks like a lot of offset to me.
D
Apr 2, 2019 at 1:41 am
The glitter is gone, now that it’s available everywhere
Miura is no longer special
DOA
Their stuck on hosel is nowhere near as good as Mizuno
Funkaholic
Feb 17, 2020 at 3:32 pm
What load of rubbish. Just say you can’t afford them and you are bitter because of it.
Miuralovechild
Apr 1, 2019 at 6:41 pm
I’ll pass cb 202 SL ALL day long!
I own most of them. Cb202 SL/mb001 combo forever! No offset
The best players combo Miura has!!! *
* baby blades would work also
Peter
Apr 2, 2019 at 10:54 am
I have cb202 and love them,but I wish I would of got the combo set you have
Funkaholic
Feb 18, 2020 at 4:21 pm
I don’t know, I hit these at a fitting the other day, they not only didn’t look “offset”, they looked like a better players cavity. They were also crazy soft and had a great ball flight.