The special grind on this wedge was done by Yoshitaka Miura, himself
a master craftsman after more than 20 years of training under his
father, Katsuhiro Miura at the family forging facility in Himeji,
Japan. The 'Y' on the sole not only represents Yoshitaka's mark
on the club, but also signifies the special and limited production
of this club.
The Miura family's (Katsuhiro and his sons Yoshitaka and Shinei)
research for the Series 1957 Y wedge included trips to North America
and Europe to study a variety of playing conditions and turf structures.
The family's goal was to create a wedge with the heal and toe
relief that many golfers are now looking for, but at the same
time not compromise the basic fundamentals of a high performance
golf club. The challenge was to find the perfect balance between
the heal and toe relief and the rolled trailing edge on the sole,
which Yoshitaka has done. When this "special grind"
is combined with the unique characteristics that separate Miura
clubs from all others, such as density of grain structure, balance
and feel, the result is a wedge that is eminently playable in
a broad range of conditions. The feel and precision of the Series
1957 Y wedge can't be explained in words, it must be experienced
to be understood.
Miura's forging techniques rearrange the molecular structure
of the mild steel in a pattern that is uniform throughout the
hitting area of the club in a manner that is unique to his clubs.
This tightness in the grain structure of the metal is what gives
Miura made clubs the controlled, soft feel that other manufacturers
cannot achieve.
Miura also uses a proprietary 'spin welding' process to produce
the industries' most consistent hosel. This unique procedure ensures
that the bore depths and hosel heights are identical on every
Miura made head and the shaft of every club will be perfectly
centered.
This new Miura 'Series 1957' Yoshitaka wedges 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.