In 1994, Katsuhiro Miura’s son, Shinei, joined the company to usher in the next era of Miura Golf. During this time, Miura introduced the Players Cavity Back design, adding it to their lineup of forged irons. Now, over 30 years later, this category remains the clubhead that best represents the Miura style. The half-cavity design provides exceptional feel and control while offering a high level of forgiveness on mishits. With half a century of skilled craftsmanship and a spirit of constant innovation, the Players Cavity Back continues to meet the evolving needs of golfers at various skill levels.
This new category of irons was born from the pursuit of achieving a perfect balance between muscle-back and cavity-back designs. The result is a clubhead that delivers the performance professionals and skilled players have long desired—solid impact feel, a strong trajectory that cuts through the wind, and remarkable maneuverability, allowing players to control the ball with precision in any direction. The Miura family’s hands-on involvement from day one has ensured that each evolution of this series reflects the knowledge gained from previous models—something that sets Miura apart from many other golf club manufacturers.
Miura operates with the mantra, “We will never produce a new club until we can improve an existing one.” It took years of careful refinement to develop an iron that could build on the success of earlier models, such as the TC-201, which won professional tournaments and received widespread acclaim. Like a fine dining chef perfecting a new dish, Shinei Miura understood that while the core elements were already exceptional, there had to be something that could elevate them to the next level.
How did he achieve this? Through feedback from professionals, top amateurs, dealers, and distributors, as well as data gathered from launch technology, Shinei identified that the key improvement lay in center mass weight distribution, a concept previously seen in the Miura CB-57 iron. This design feature ensures solid thickness at the impact area, with weight concentrated in the upper portion of the iron, maintaining stability throughout the swing.
Before proceeding with the development of a new CB iron incorporating these features, Miura first had to perfect the sole design to complement the overall club design. The evolution of the Y Grind leading edge (named after Katsuhiro Miura’s other son, Yoshitaka) has significantly impacted turf interaction, and Miura was careful not to compromise the essential characteristics of this grind during the redesign.
The result is an iron that retains the best qualities of the TC-201, including optimal turf interaction through a carefully engineered sole grind and a variable-depth flow design specific to each club in the set. At the same time, it incorporates a well-constructed cavity design that places mass in the ideal locations. This reintroduces center mass weight distribution, enhancing both the feel and playability of the club. The outcome is a firm, controlled hit with excellent operability.
With that, we introduce the new TC-202.
The back cavity design of the TC-202 reintroduces center mass weight distribution through a new feature called the T-Weight Bar. The thickness flow at the impact point and the weight distribution shift toward the topline to help control trajectory and spin across long, mid, and short irons. The clubhead’s rigid structure, which wraps firmly around the ball at impact, provides vertical distance stability—a key feature for professionals and advanced players—while delivering an exceptional feel and responsive operability.
The TC-202 also features variable depth through the T-Weight Bar, ensuring that each iron, from the 3-iron to the gap wedge, is uniquely optimized for its intended shot.
- Long irons: The weight bar is thicker, and when combined with heel-toe weighting, it lowers the center of gravity, providing a level of forgiveness typically not found in long irons.
- Mid irons: The T-Weight Bar occupies more of the cavity, enhancing feel and control, allowing for a solid, confident strike—similar to the feel expected from short irons or wedges.
- Short irons: The deeper cavity makes the center mass more prominent. The precise positioning of the weight bar ensures optimal center-of-gravity placement, delivering the trajectory and distance control typically reserved for muscle-back irons, even on off-center strikes.
A unique aspect of this CB design—especially compared to the TC-201—is that weight previously positioned in the toe of the TC-201 has been shifted to the T-Weight Bar. This adjustment promotes a clubhead shape that naturally returns to square at impact.
The sole of the TC-202 works seamlessly with all other design aspects. Over the years, Miura has refined the Y Grind leading edge, and the improvements in turf interaction are evident in the TC-202’s performance.
The real standout, however, is the T-Weight Bar and its impact on the golfer’s experience. In an age where 3D printers and CNC milling machines are commonplace, forging a product like this remains a true challenge. It’s a testament to Miura's intricate forging process, which maintains the tightest tolerances in the industry. This attention to detail extends from the dies used in the initial forging to the craftspeople who shape the clubs by hand—nothing is left to automation.
Every club is handmade from start to finish.