- Tags: 78t, diamana X, Japan, Mitsubishi Rayon, tough-QURE
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Mitsubishi Rayon has once again decided to delve into the high modulus carbon shaft segment currently dominated by Crazy, Quadra, Bangvoo, ATTAS and others. They have decided to release …
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Miura Giken Japan has introduced their all new WMF-06 Forged wedge for the 2012 season (introduced late 2011). The WMF-06 is aimed at the better player wanting top notch spin …
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- Tags: distance, forged, japan driver, kamui works, kamuipro
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Kamui Works sent me two of their new KamuiPro drivers to check out. The new KamuiPro heads are available only in conforming versions with a specially designed 4 piece structure. …
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- Tags: driver, forged, Japan, kamui works
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Just got this driver head in and its dark outside so I can’t take pretty pictures. Here is a little teaser until tomorrow. It’s a 4 piece head, white crown …
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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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- Tags: custom grind, Golds Factory, Japan, master, putters, Wedges
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It’s been a while since we posted up some Gold’s Factory eye candy. Gold’s is busier than ever with many many modifications, refinishes and custom created putters as well as …
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- Tags: Club Making, made in japan, tools
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With so many enthusiasts and hobbyists these days building and working on their own club, we’ve decided to start offering an array of club making tools. We’ll carefully select club …
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Today I’m going to look more closely at Keigekiku Yururi’s current wedge lineup. As you may have seen on the blog a few weeks ago, I covered the different forged …
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Every year I wait for October to roll around so I can get my copy of Gakken’s SHAFT & TUNE publication. I use this “Mook” (they call publications which are …
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- Tags: forged wedge, raw, spin, square grooves, Yururi
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As I mentioned last week I have all of Yururi’s current model lineup here for some photo taking and side by side comparisons. I was outside today snapping shots of …
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- Tags: Drivers, Fairway Woods, hi cor, ryoma, special tuning
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This is just a reminder to everyone that the window for pre ordering the new and Limited Edition Ryoma Special Tuning Hi COR heads closes this Sunday at midnight EST. …
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It’s not everyday that we are lucky enough for a manufacturer to send over their entire product lineup for us to review and photo shoot but that’s exactly what Keigekiku …
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- Tags: crazy shaft, high grade carbon, Japan, manufacturing
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With increased demand and huge growth in popularity all throughout Japan, Crazy has opened a new manufacturing facility right next to the Crazy Factory in Adachi. As many people know, …
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It’d hard to believe how time flies and we’re more than halfway through September already. Many Japanese brands are already preparing or in the process of announcing Fall releases and …
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- Tags: fairway wood, hi cor, Japan, ryoma non conforming
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I received more detailed information today from Ryoma on their new Hi-Cor driver model as well as the much anticipated new fairway woods. Due to an NDA however I cannot …
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- Tags: 420cc, distance performance, forged driver, geotech, Japan
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Getoech Golf has really been going all out at producing a wide variety of club heads to suit many different target audiences of golfers, all without breaking the players wallet. …
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- Tags: epon af-902, forged titanium utility, Japan
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We introduced the all new Epon AF-902 a few weeks ago and today (it is the 9th here in Japan) is the official launch of this wonderful utility. The AF-902 …
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- Tags: forged iron cnc, Geotech Golf, Japan, Tour Issue
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Geotech Golf sent me their new GT Forged Tour Issue CNC Iron to review (Tour Issue means the head sports conforming grooves). It’s a very nice looking iron forged from …
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I was sure able to learn a lot by spending 4 hours or so at Crazy last Tuesday, so the posts with Crazy info continue. When I sat and talked …
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- Tags: Custom Putters, Golds Factory, modifications, Wedges
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Ever since Gold’s Factory was featured in Golf Digest as the premier custom putter maker and modifier, Master Sasaya has had a lot of work to do. Besides creating his …
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- Tags: average golfer, crazy 460, distance, royal decoration
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On Tuesday when I was at the Crazy Factory, besides talking about new products like the CRZ-435II which I previewed in an earlier post, we also talked about current sales …
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- Tags: components, geotech, Japan, utility
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After testing the Geotech GT N SWS Fairway Wood the other day, I was confident that the new GT N SWS would be just as good. So instead of just …
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- Tags: af-902, Epon Golf, forged utility
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Epon Golf has announced their all new AF-902 utility which will go on sale officially September 9th. The new AF-902 is quite a change from the first generation AF-901 utility …
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One of my meetings yesterday was to drop by the Crazy Factory in Adachi to to talk to the Crazy folks about their products and take the time to test …
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Related posts: As the Swing Changes… so do the clubs – Part 1 The Heavier and stiffer club setup – Update Part 2 The dreaded Driver… Many of us dream …
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- Tags: fairway wood, Geotech Golf, Japan, performance
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I got the chance today to test out the new GT N SWS Fairway Wood from Geotech Golf. The GT N SWS is in fact the most advanced fairway wood …
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- Tags: heavier, Japan, reshafting, Shafts, swing change
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So as I had mentioned in my post last week called “As the swing changes – so do the clubs”, I had decided to counter my increase in swing speed …
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- Tags: Geotech Golf, Japan, prototype, rf700
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Geotech Golf has always been known to make some very nice metal woods with very good cost performance attractiveness. Geotech’s roots afterall were in the metal wood manufacturing business beginning …
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- Tags: club choice, clubmaking, Fitting, reshafting
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Golf is an ever changing game and for the average and weekend golfer so can be their swing. We all go through swing changes, from the time we first pick …
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- Tags: Crazy Steel Shafts, iron, Japan
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Crazy has provided me with official info on the new Target Tour Steel shafts from their new Crazy Sports line. There will be two different finishes as well as two …
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- Tags: Crazy Driver, CRZ-435II, Japan
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Crazy has officially announced their new CRZ-435II driver which will be released late August to early September. A joint design with JBeam and manufactured by JBeam for Crazy, the new …
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- Tags: forged wedge, geotech, Japan, spin, Tour Issue
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The other day Geotech Golf sent over a box of new clubs for me to check out including the new GT Forged Tour Issue Bite V2 wedge. When talking to …
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- Tags: custom, Golds Factory, Golf Digest, putters, waggle
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Gold’s Factory is off to a great start this summer with special features in both Weekly Golf Digest and Golf Waggle. Two of Japan’s top golf publications showed of works …
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- Tags: Crazy, Japan, steel shafts
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Crazy will be releasing new next generation carbon reinforced steel shafts. There will be 105 and 120g models that are designed to live up to Crazy performance. We’ll have more …
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- Tags: custom finish, Epon, Forged Irons, Japan
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As many people know Epon’s standard finish on its irons is an NiCr or nickel chrome plated finish which is polished to a mirror look. Epon does also offer custom …
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- Tags: dance with dragon, Japan, putter grips
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We were able to secure a few of every color for the new Dance with Dragon Camo and Impact Putter grips. They certainly are not cheap but pretty stylish and …
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Mitsubishi has released their all new W Series Bassara shaft. The W stands for Wyvern, a legendary reptile like creature with a dragon’s head. The Wyvern was often symbolized as …
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- Tags: attas 3, high grade carbon, Japan, low spin, UST Mamiya
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High grade carbon, low spin and strong trajectory… Limited Edition first delivery of 1000 shafts for all of Japan at the end of July. Official release in September. Get both …
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We received some preview pictures of the new Crazy 435II driver which looks very very nice. Like the original 435, it will be 445cc in size (yes its 445cc but …
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About 2 years ago when we first introduced Kamui works to our readers and customers, their Silver 456 driver became quite the hit thanks to its unrivaled custom options, superb …
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Akira releases a new H2XX Series driver as part of their higher end tour player focus Prototype line. The new H209 (9*) and H210 (10*) is a premium 4 piece …
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- Tags: driver, Japan, kamui works, non-conforming
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I put together the new Kamui Ray last night . I really do like the looks of the driver without the paint fill. I did leave the KAMUI in black …
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- Tags: axiv vpsec, hi cor, Japan, kamui works, non-conforming, ray driver
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Kamui Works sent me my hand made Ray driver today. It came spec’ed just as requested with 10* real loft, 60* real lie, 200g on the dot and a 0.5* …
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Very popular grip maker Nowon has released all new white colors in all sizes. The following colors will be available in each series: 50 Series: White x Black, White x …
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We’ve been lucky enough to watch Crazy Shafts grow from a virtually unknown cult type brand to premium high performance brand in a few very short years. The great thing …
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- Tags: components, driver, geotech, gt 45n sws, Japan
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The 2011 golf season is getting into full swing and Geotech has their new line up of components for budget minded players who want bang for the buck. The first …
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Crazy has announced a few new products which are very exciting for those Crazy fans and those who have always wanted to play Crazy. Crazy has long focused on making …
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- Tags: 50t, distance, driver, performanc, quelot, re10, ryoma d-1, ryoma golf, xdb
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I finally got out for my first round of golf of 2011. Whenever my neighbor across the street invites me to go to Hirakawa Country Club, I can never say …
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- Tags: 50t, Club Making, hi cor, install, Japan, non-conforming, quelot, swing weight, xdb shaft
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So with the very promising performance of the Quelot Royal Excellence drivers in my earlier testing, I decided to build myself an ultra light performance driver using the Quelot. Though …
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Shown in the Video above is Master Sasaya adding a sightline to the the Odyssey Black Series #9. This is the same setup that Ryo Ishikawa uses and has become …
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