Black Fubuki TP Shaft – Image of the Day
Very cool Mitsubishi Rayon Black Fubuki TP Shaft found in the Japan only Black Burner Superfast TP.
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Iomic X-Fusion Diarrow and Rombo Grips Introduced
Last year saw the introduction of the first cord grip ever from ultra popular minus ion, soft and sticky, super colorful grip maker Iomic. It was a very popular seller but Iomic discontinued it early this year. The reason why? They simply designed a better cord grip to replace it! Iomic took feedback from many [...]
Mizuno Forged MP Craft Putters at the Japan Golf Fair!
We all love putters don’t we? It’s the one club we don’t mind hording and having a huge collection of. It’s the one club we don’t hesitate to spend big bucks on. I remember at one time when the putter craze bit me and I had maybe 20 putters in my collection. You know the [...]
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Ping Anser Forged Irons Review – First Take
PING ANSER FORGED – A REVIVAL
It looks like the revealing of the new Ping Anser Forged irons has cause a bit stir in the golfing world and on lot of golf enthusiast sites around the internet. After posting about the new iron last Friday, we decided to head back to the Japan Golf Fair [...]
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Japan Golf Fair 2010 Update and Recap Info
So the Japan Golf Fair 2010 is officially over. There were some great previews at the show including the Ping Anser Forged Irons, the Taylormade Superdeep TP driver, the Titleist Japan VG3 Driver, Fourteen’s MT-28 V5 Wedge and Mizuno’s MP Craft Forged Putters were among some of the highlights.
We’ve got lots of pictures, videos and [...]
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Titleist VG3 Driver Release at Japan Golf Show!
With the official showing to the public of the new Titleist VG3 driver at the Golf Fair this weekend here in Japan, I thought I would go into a bit more detail on what will most likely turn out to be one of the most in demand drivers of 2010.
Titleist has long been known as [...]
Ping Anser Forged Iron Japan April Release!
We were lucky enough to get a chance to try the new Ping Anser Forged iron at the Japan Golf Fair yesterday. The Anser Forged is slated for an April release here in Japan and features a sharp toe and straighter toe matched with a premium forged 8620 Carbon Steel body (this is a correction [...]
PRGR 2010 TR Forged Wedge Review!
I was lucky enough to receive 4 brand new 2010 TR Wedges from PRGR for a review and some testing. The TR Wedge is a 2010 USGA conforming premium JIS S20C Forged wedge made by Endo for PRGR. PRGR or Pro Gear as it is known in Japan is the golf wing of Yokohama Rubber [...]
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Nike Machspeed Forged Iron – GTI Initial Review
I was lucky enough to have Nike Japan send me a demo for their new Japan Only 2010 Machspeed Forged Iron. I’ll be honest that I have had a mixed opinion when it came to Nike designs in recent years and when I saw the Machspeed line back in October I felt the irons might [...]
Taylormade Updates – R9 TP Forged, Five TP Ball, Monza Spider Max Putter
I spoke to TM the other day and arranged for them to send me the new R9 TP Forged for review along with the current R9, Burner Forged and Burner TP iron so it’ll be good to get some comparison pictures of all the new releases. The standard R9 Forged is slated for May so [...]
The Easiest Driver to Hit is the Longest Driver
As you can imagine I still get so many emails asking, what’s the longest driver you sell, or what’s the hottest driver on the market you have. Many average golfers and slower swingers and even faster swingers are always looking for what is dubbed “the longest driver”. If there was such a thing as the [...]
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Royal Collection 2010 Type Bite Forged Wedge Review!
Many people consider the wedge to be the most beautiful club in the bag. It’s simple design and shape is not cluttered by technology and and over design like many high tech cavity backs and woods today. I have learned to understand why so many athlete golfers long for the basic look blade and treat [...]
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Tour Only Tourstage X-Wedge 101HB M Grind Wedges
While at the driving range today I ran into Manami Ogawa, an up and coming 21 year old pro on the Japanese ladies tour. I happen to know her father from our Kiminomori community where he helped us out with our garden. She is a fully sponsored Tourstage pro and I noticed she had new [...]
2010 Demo Days Begin in Japan – inpres Day
With the 2010 season underway in Japan and only 3 weeks until the Japan Golf Fair, Demo Days are being held all around Japan for many of the top brands. I was lucky enough to get invited to a demo day today in Oamishirasato at the local driving range which is about 5 minutes from [...]
New 2010 Mizuno Stability Style Golf Shoe
Today I’m going to take a look at Mizuno Japan’s all new 2010 Stability Style Golf Shoe 45KM0189. The original Stability Style shoe from 2008 was perhaps one of the best golf shoes ever made in Japan and that position was well reflected as it was the best selling golf shoe for both 2008 and [...]
Mizuno JPX AD Irons and Driver Live Pics
Testing sessions around Japan have begun for the prelaunch of the new Mizuno JPX AD line for 2010. Thanks to Nikkan Sports we were able to get a preview of the new clubs including the new JPX Maraging face irons, JPX Forged and JPX AD Driver.
Mizuno like many manufacturers have moved away from the titanium [...]
Taylormade 2010 Burner TP Iron One Month Update
So its been a month since the new 2010 Taylormade Japan Burner TP Iron was released and demand is still through the roof for this iron. Taylormade is having trouble keeping up with orders and they can’t produce enough sets fast enough. After receiving demos for testing I can see why. I had initially reported [...]
Masda Golf Slick Fit Grips – Get ready to race!
One of the great things about working for a golf company and living in Japan on a golf course is the opportunity to not only try lots of gear, but to discover new products that people have never heard of. Today I received a sample grip from Masda Golf called Slick Fit. At first the [...]
Titleist VG3 Driver Japan Only!
Titleist VG3 Driver!
Titleist has a large following all around the world and very much so in Japan as well. But as an American brand in Japan they have not followed in the same footsteps as Taylormade and Callaway when it comes to releasing Japan only products. Besides a few putters and the recent Vokey [...]
Sky Dream Jump Copper Power Wedge
Three Luck’s Sky Dream Jump line is slowly becoming known as one of the best wedge makers in Japan. Their D-Tour Type Bite, WS Type Bite as well as DP-2010 all suit the better player wanting premium feel and optimal spin in a great looking package. Recently, their CU Power wedge has grown in considerable [...]
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Kamui Custom Hand Made Fairway Woods Now at TSG!
After many requests from customers to get Kamui’s fairway wood in the pro shop, so we thought we would get a few heads in to check out. Yesterday I received a custom 3 and 5 wood from Kamui and they are indeed a simple and clean design with a very traditional shape and mid height [...]
PRGR Limited Edition TR500 Forged Iron First Impressions!
PRGR has put out some great irons in the past like wonderfully forged 900MD and 500bl athlete models, and while their GN502 line has moved to capture a large share of the average golfer market, they haven’t had a stand out forged iron for the athlete golfer in a while. This February, PRGR or Pro [...]
XXIO 2010 Iron Review
ze-ku-shi-oh, say that quickly…
There are many people outside of Japan who have probably never heard of the brand XXIO (pronounced ze-ku-shi-oh, say that quickly…). However, those who are in Japan or know Japanese golf equipment, know that XXIO, a wing of Sri Sports/Dunlop has long been the number one selling average golfer brand in Japan. [...]
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Yamaha Custom Fitting Program in Full Swing!
Today I received my 2010 Yamaha Inpres custom fitting book with all Yamaha’s options and guidlines for custom clubs and fittings for customers. There are lots of awesome shafts available including new models like the Bassara Griffin, Diamana ‘ilima and Fuji’s new Motore Speeder VCX.1 Blue series which replaces the old red Motore Speeder. All [...]
New 2010 Mizuno JPX AD Lineup Announced!
Mizuno has long been a competitor in the average golfer market with their JPX line. They have just announced the release of their new JPX AD line for 2010 which will be released right before the Golf Fair here in Japan. The last two generations of JPX clubs, including the A25 series and E600 [...]
PRGR New 2010 GN502 Tour Irons – Live Pics!
As always thanks to our friends at GDO we’ve got live pics of the new GN502 Tour Forged Iron slated for release next month. Last year we saw PRGR release the GN502 Forged iron which was meant to be a forgiving players CB but some athlete golfers as well as PRGR Pros Tanihara and Yano [...]
Best Selling Golf Shafts of 2009
Lots of data are now coming in for the 2009 season when it comes to sales and trends in Japan’s golf market. Today I’m going to talk about shaft trends from 2009. Overall in general, we saw the trend move away from high launch max carry type of shafts to shafts that produce a lower [...]
Taylormade 2010 Burner TP Iron: Initial Impressions
I was testing drivers on the launch monitor yesterday and had the chance to spend around fifteen minutes with the new 2010 Taylormade Burner TP irons. Unfortunately 15 minutes indoors hitting off a mat does not count for me as a review so I decided to write up this post as initial impressions. The demo [...]
