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Posted on: January 26th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 20112 MH-1112, forged cavity, Japan, Yururi
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I was in Akasaka yesterday attending the Pro Support meeting for the LPGA. I met up with Miysohi-san from Yururi and we headed out after the meeting for lunch and …
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Posted on: January 23rd, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: Japan, kiminomori, snow
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Coming from Canada, snow is nothing new for us. As a matter of a fact we got so tired of shoveling snow we moved to Japan. (^_^) Here in central …
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Posted on: January 22nd, 2012 by: Tourspecgolfer
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If you are interested in any of these items please email Sales@tourspecgolf.com or PM TourSpecGolfer in the Community Forum! Wedges: PRGR id Forged Wedge 56* 9/10 Steel SSIII Shaft …
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Posted on: January 22nd, 2012 by: gocchin
In case you haven’t noticed, we’ve relaunched our blog, pro shop and forum with an all new look and color scheme. Along with the new look, we’ve also got two …
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Posted on: January 19th, 2012 by: gocchin
We received samples of the new Yururi Seida KM-0312 Forged iron today. They look simply fantastic. Before shafting them up for some testing I thought I would post a little …
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Posted on: January 16th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 2012 tokyo auto salon, d-1 drift, Video
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Having a press pass at the 2012 Auto Salon also meant covering the Option D-1 Drift event out on the track next to Makuhari Messe. When I got to the …
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Posted on: January 16th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 2012, atv wedge, deep milling, forged, gloire, Japan, r11-J, taylormade, titanium, tour preferred ghost
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Taylormade added all their new 2012 Japan market offerings to their site today so I will briefly go over some of the products and you can see what the lineups …
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Posted on: January 15th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: distance, fairway wood, forgiveness, Japan, ryoma, titanium
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There has been a lot of hype for the new Ryoma F fairway woods. It has the reputation of its driver counterpart the Ryoma D-1 to live up to. The …
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Posted on: January 15th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 2012, gloire, premium performance, Taylormade Japan
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Taylormade Japan has been teasing with a special site they created called GLOIRE, named after their new Japan Market lineup that will be announced tomorrow. GLOIRE pronounced GU-RO-RE, sounds like …
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Posted on: January 13th, 2012 by: gocchin
I received a press pass to cover the 2012 Tokyo Auto Salon here in Chiba. I went yesterday as the first day on Friday is always the least busy and …
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Posted on: January 12th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 2011, best golf clubs, Forged Irons, Japan, TourSpecGolf, vg3, yamaha
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Today in part 2 of Tourspecgolf’s best clubs of 2011 I’ll quickly take a look at what was hot when it comes to irons. As I had mentioned in part …
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Posted on: January 11th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: Japan, Ryogoku Kokugikan, sumo, wrestling
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I have a been a big fan of Sumo since my father in law first took me back in 1999. Its a big part of Japanese culture and is always …
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Posted on: January 9th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: 800 ad, fourteen tc-930, Japan, mizuno jpx forged
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As we lead up to the Japan Golf Fair at the end of February we will begin to see many new product announcements come rolling in. Taylormade Japan and Titleist …
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Posted on: January 6th, 2012 by: gocchin
- Tags: off season training, Supplements
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Winter is officially upon us and the courses are browning nicely. What that means is colder weather and unfortunately less golf for me even though golf is year round here …
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Posted on: January 4th, 2012 by: gocchin
With the holidays winding down in Japan its time to get back to more regular posting on the blog. We hope everyone is energized and recharged for the new golf …
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Posted on: January 1st, 2012 by: gocchin
I posted a Happy Holidays and New Year message last week but since New Year is actually here now I thought I’d make another since most people are now off …
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Posted on: December 26th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: coupons, discounts, sales, TSG Boxing Day
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A lot of people took advantage of our recent Cyber Monday sales so due to popular demand we are releasing coupons again for our Boxing Week Sale! These coupons are …
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Posted on: December 25th, 2011 by: gocchin
My wife took her parents out for a Christmas dinner today and we let her dad choose what we would have. Of course he chose sushi so we were off …
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Posted on: December 24th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: Christmas, holidays, new year, seasons greetings, TSG, year of the dragon
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Well it’s 9:40pm on Christmas Eve here in Japan. While Christmas is not a widely celebrated holiday in Japan, nor does everyone celebrate Christmas, I thought I would take the …
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Posted on: December 22nd, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: bbd 305v, fairway wood, Japan, Royal Collection
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Royal Collection has released their all new Next Generation BBD 305V fairway wood. Today I received 4 demo clubs and headed out right away to test them as they simply …
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Posted on: December 21st, 2011 by: gocchin
I had forgotten to post this up when I got back from Yokohama. We’ve talked about this place before as its a favorite of TSG Staffers – Uogashi Standing Sushi …
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Posted on: December 19th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: ghost, itsy bitsy spider, Japan, limited, putter, taylormade
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Today I received the brand new Taylormade Japan Limited Edition Itsy Bitsy Spider Ghost Putter. While the Itsy Bitsy Ghost was previously seen only on Tour in the bags of …
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Posted on: December 17th, 2011 by: gocchin
It’s the weekend and the weather has been nice so I thought I would take a break from golf though I do need to post up my Itsy Bitsy Ghost …
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Posted on: December 16th, 2011 by: gocchin
ONOFF has always prided itself in creating well designed golf clubs that not only look good but make golf easier and more fun. The Fairway Wings has been their utility …
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Posted on: December 13th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: J101SFG000I4, plasma blue, side body mouldings, subaru, WRX Sti
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Roads and especially parking spots in Japan are very narrow. Consider that half the cars are Kei class, Japan’s sub compact sized car which is barely wider than a smart …
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Posted on: December 12th, 2011 by: gocchin
Thanks to the popularity and success of the Prototype RF700 Hi Cor Alpha Spec driver, Geotech has released a conforming model due to demand from those better players who play …
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Posted on: December 11th, 2011 by: gocchin
I was invited to the season ending Tour event at beautiful King’s Fields Golf Club here in Chiba. The Hitachi 3tours Championship is held at the end of every season …
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Posted on: December 10th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: average golfer, iron, Japan, onoff red, performance
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ONOFF is about to release their all new 2012 lineup and the first club I’ll look at today is the new ONOFF Iron or as some call it the RED …
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Posted on: December 8th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: 2011, carbon fiber center panel, forester tS, grb, grf, Japan, JDM, subaru, WRX Sti
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Another cold and wet day outside here in Japan which makes it hard to test golf clubs and modify the car. I was able to get out earlier before the …
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Posted on: December 8th, 2011 by: gocchin
A box of 2012 ONOFF demos arrived yesterday and as I noted when I first saw them at the ONOFF Product Launch in Tokyo in October, they look amazing. Top …
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Posted on: December 7th, 2011 by: gocchin
It’s been so busy lately with work and my brother’s visit, that I haven’t had the chance to get going on my new project which is Project JDM STi. Project …
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Posted on: December 6th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: distance, Japan, prgr egg spoon, ryoma fairway wood
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The weather sucks, its cold and raining. I can’t really get out and test these two wonderful fairway woods but I had a break in the rain today so snapped …
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Posted on: December 5th, 2011 by: gocchin
My brother flew in on Friday and we headed to Yokohama for a few days where the 20th Annual Hot Rod and Custom show was being run by Mooneyes. I …
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Posted on: December 1st, 2011 by: gocchin
The new Ryoma F Fairway woods arrived this week for testing. We received a 15* F3 and and a 18* F5, both with stock shafts. Initial visual impressions are that …
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Posted on: November 29th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: Bridgestone, golf ball, newing, one piece anime
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Bridgestone always comes out with cool anime related limited golf products like Doraemon and Lupin III. Now they’ve released the Newing 2 piece distance ball featuring the super popular Japanese …
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Posted on: November 23rd, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: Japan, Royal Collection, sfd black
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Royal Collection introduced a new SFD Black line which focuses on distance and stability. The clubs are all marked with the words “Super Fairway Drive” which stands for the objective …
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Posted on: November 20th, 2011 by: gocchin
Taylormade Japan has decided to release a limited edition Spider Itsy Bitsy Ghost Pure Roll Putter for the Japanese market. The Ghost will be available in 33 34 and 35″ …
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Posted on: November 18th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: crazy lefty driver, Epon Golf, onoff 2012
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We’ve got a few product announcements for today. ONOFF has officially announced their new 2012 line to the general public now and as I mentioned back in October the clubs …
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Posted on: November 16th, 2011 by: gocchin
- Tags: chonan, Japan, kasamori temple, kujukuri
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It was a beautiful day in Japan today so my wife and I decided to drive about 30 minutes south to the Kasamori Kannon in Chonan for some hiking and …
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