We’ve got some exciting news from Titleist Japan, we’re going to be able to get our hands on a few very limited Ryuji Imada tour wedge sets! The Vokey Design …
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Yonex Golf EZONE 380cc Ryo Ishikawa Driver At the 2011 golf show one of the most highly anticipated releases was the Yonex Ezone Series. Up until now Yonex was known …
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ONOFF never fails to have one of the classiest setups at the Japan Golf Fair and this year was no different. It’s never one of the largest exhibits nor does …
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At the Tokyo Golf Show Miyoshi-san creator and head designer for Yururi Golf revealed what on the surface appeared to be the same design as the previous KM-0107 iron of …
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Tourspecgolf is proud to announce that it will now be carrying Norio Kemochi’s hand grinded forged wedges in our pro shop. We had the chance to check out the Kenmochi …
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After a few days away from the blog and entertaining Tourspecgolfer (Chris) and Tourspecgirl (Jacquelyn) here in Japan, its time to get back to blog posting. We did have a …
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TourspecgolferChris (aka TourSpecGolfer) founded TourSpecGolf in 2002 while living in Japan and has been recognized for introducing the Japanese golf industry to the rest of the world. His obsession and …
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While many Japanese golf brands are relatively unknown to the masses outside of Japan, Mizuno Golf is one brand with a presence worldwide. However their MP Craft Line and JPX …
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Sri Sports has long rivaled Bridgestone and Mizuno for sports equipment supremacy in Japan. As 3 of the biggest brands, their battle for a share of the lucrative golf market …
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Callaway Golf had a Lamborghini Diablo center stage at their booth this year evidence of its focus on the Diablo line. It’s a shame really as that black car drew …
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Honma Golf had a huge booth at the fair to promote their new and completely revamped 2011 lineup. The definition of “Revolution” is a sudden change or a fundamental change …
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Fourteen Golf is one of those smaller under appreciated and sometimes overlooked brands that we all wish people would know more about. It is companies like these (RC is another …
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Every year Taylormade Japan has one of the most popular booths at the Japan Golf Fair. This year, was no different. Popularity aside, there certainly were other differences, the most …
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Tourstage is considered one of the largest brands in Japan and their booth size always reflects that by being one of the bigger ones at the show. The golf wing …
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Titleist Japan has catered well to the Japanese market by c0nsistently producing Japan Market clubs to satisfy all levels of golfers. Last year they introduced their Endo produced VG3 driver …
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Royal Collection has made some really great clubs recently and 2011 looks to be no different. They did not have a big booth at the Japan Golf Fair like many …
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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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In the last year or so, Ryoma Golf has been talked about a lot when it comes to its D-1 Driver. Magazines and blogs all around Japan rave about its …
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I just got back from the Tokyo Auto Salon 2011 at Makuhari Messe, a long 12 hour day of photo taking. I’ve got over 900 photos to sort through so …
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Taylormade Japan has made their first official product launch announcement for 2011 and we hope this is the start of many to come. We all know already that that the …
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Chris aka TourSpecGolfer here… I’ve been somewhat missing in action for the last 6 months with Jacque (TourSpecGirl) and I out making a difference in the world for the less …
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2010 has flown by so quickly. It seems every year does. Christmas is a couple of days away and while it’s not a holiday here in Japan, many still consider …
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The temperatures in Chiba cooled this morning as I headed to the driving range to test both the Quelot Gold and Silver model drivers. This concerned me a bit as …
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Tourstage has released 2 wonderful looking players forged cavities for 2011. I received two 7 iron demos last week for testing of the new X-Blade 705 Type M and 705 …
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ONOFF has produced some very hot drivers over the years. Year in and year out they’ve always been known to produce drivers that are easy to hit and great for …
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The weather in Japan is still very wacky with today hitting 19C. Very hard to believe it’s almost mid December but that’s totally fine with me as it means the …
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Last weekend was some crazy weather here in Japan. On Saturday temperatures reached 24C but winds were howling like a summer monsoon. I was pretty concerned as I knew I’d …
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Last year Fujikura co produced their highest end and most technologically advanced shaft ever with a company called muziik. The BangVoo was born produced of a 3 axis high modulus …
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I’ve finally got a chance to start testing the new PRGR iD line for 2011. As I mentioned earlier on the blog, I’ve got the entire demo lineup here so …
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Taylormade R11 Driver The New Taylormade R11 Driver will be showcased at the 2011 Tokyo Golf Show and as usual you can expect GolfToImpress/TourSpecGolf to have plenty of HD Video …
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Adjustable drivers are all the rage and Honma Golf has decided to join the party. Honma announced the December release of the new Amazing Spec Perfect Switch Driver. The term …
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I had a chance recently to spend a couple of weeks with the new R9 Supermax from Taylormade Japan. As you all know, Japan gets all the global models in …
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Year in and year out, Yamaha’s irons dominate the market in Japan thanks to awesome designs, premium materials and manufacturing and what counts, performance on the course. Every year the …
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Information has been floating around the last few weeks about Yamaha’s 2011 model announcment, even though Yamaha didn’t make it official until today. Fans of Yamaha seem to have figured …
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Royal Collection is probably best known for it’s awesome fairway woods and utilities but they also have produced some really stellar irons. Many golf enthusiasts in the West may be …
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Taylormade always offers quite a nice balance of irons between the athlete golfer and the average golfer segments. In the summer TM Japan announced their new R9 Supermax lineup, clubs …
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Since the Titleist VG3 irons were announced earlier this summer and since their release at the end of August, I’ve talked about the iron many times on the blog as …
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I finally got some time to whip together a post on my testing for the forged cavity back shootout. Part 1 feature a focus on each irons design an aesthetics …
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The all new Royal Collection BBD’s Tour VS line is now available in the TSG pro shop so I thought I’d take the time to test out some Tour VS …
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When it comes to choosing golf clubs, every player has a different level, swing and in many cases, budget. For those living outside of Japan, mainstream Japanese golf clubs from …
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New Diamana ‘ahina Shaft Mitsubishi Rayon is set to release their all new Diamana ‘ahina shaft in Japan on October 16th. The Diamana ‘ahina features a similar bend profile to …
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As many of you may have read, the Taylormade Japan Burner Forged and R9 Forged were supposed to be part of my forged cavity shootout however they demos never came …
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Being able to try a lot of different clubs from a lot of different brands sure is a lot of fun but at the same it can make sticking with …
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First of all I wanted to apologize for the amount of time its taken to do this one particular blog post. Reviewing such a large number of clubs at one …
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I’ve had the chance to really play with Crazy shafts and I do say that I’ve been very impressed with their feel and performance. It’s time now to give another …
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The other day when the new Egg line demo clubs arrived at my house from PRGR, you can imagine how excited I was to try the new Egg Spoon. It …
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I was very excited to open up a package from PRGR today to find the new Egg Spoon PX-03D and Egg Spoon Forged Iron! The first thing I did was …
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2010 Ping Anser 2 Putter Revealed! Lot’s of new products are scheduled to be released by Ping including a 14 new putter models under the scottsdale name. One of our …
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Anyone here suffer from Chronic Low Back Pain or Neck Pain? I have been struggling with back pain for the last 4 years. It’s been a daily struggle! I’ve been …
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Since I saw Maruman’s KS Zero Bounce Forged Wedge back at the Japan Golf Fair I’ve been wanting to try one, mostly out of curiosity as to how a zero …
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In the last 2 years, PRGR’s EGG irons have garnered tons of press as being the easiest and most forgiving average golfer irons on the market. Maruman Golf released the …
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Pro Gear or PRGR as we all know it, the golf division of Yokohama Rubber Industries as been doing very well the last few seasons with their GN502 and EGG …
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Today I’m going to look at the PRGR RED 505 Irons. The RED Series from Pro Gear the golf division of Yokohama Rubber Industries has typically been aimed at the …
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2010 zeh-ku-shi-oh Driver XXIO is a brand that is relatively unknown outside of Japan. A division of Sri Sports, it’s bigger brother Srixon is probably more well known overseas. However …
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New UST Mamiya ATTAS T2 shaft was first spotted at the Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Tour last week and is landing in the hands of many Japanese tour pro’s and top …
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