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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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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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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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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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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- 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The winter releases have only just kicked off recently with the arrival of the first batch of new 2012 models. It’s time for a little update on what’s hot in …
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It was a fun but busy few days testing out all the demos from Yamaha. They ended up sending a total of 31 different clubs when in fact there were …
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Before I undertake the huge task of snapping photos and doing writeups on Yamaha’s new Inpres X line for 2012, I thought I’d tackle something easier but equally as hot, …
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A huge, and I mean HUGE box filled with Yamaha demos arrived today. When the courier pulled up and brought out the box I thought he was delivering furniture as …
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Today we’re going to look at the new 2012 Yamaha Inpres X D Series lineup. In the past Yamaha had two lines the V Series for the athlete and better …
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There are a lot of new 2012 Yamaha models to cover so I’m going to start today with the V Series, especially because it features the two limited tour models …
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Yamaha today made the big announcement, 4 new drivers, 4 new irons including 3 forged models. A new power spoon. Clubs look awesome and I will be going into detail …
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I was invited to ONOFF’s 2012 product launch today in Aoyama and took the chance to check out the new 2012 collections. The launch included all the new 2012 model …
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NGS, a premium Japanese shaft maker who has brought us their top performing shafts in the past like the Mach Line Proto series and D Rev Tour lines has decided …
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- Tags: 2012 models, Japan, XXIO 7
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The season has begun for new announcements and releases of 2012 models. Today Sri Sports announced the XXIO 7th generation launch. XXIO has long been the leading mainstrem average golfer …
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PRGR sent over their New iD Forged iron for the 2011 fall season. The new iD Forged fits in right below the pro model iD BL iron as the new …
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Tourspecgolf is proud to introduce Titleist Japan’s all new Vokey Design FORGED Wedge!! Titleist Japan decided it was time to create their first ever forged Vokey wedge for the Japanese …
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PRGR sent over its all NEW iD435 driver for some photos and testing. This new athlete model 435cc conforming driver will be released in Japan on October 15th. I had …
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Today I’m going to introduce an exciting new product which really isn’t new. Since Bridgestone discontinued their Science Eye swing monitor which reads head speed and ball speed, we’ve been …
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- Tags: Golf Balls, Japan, kasco, kira, mizuno, peformance, super newing, tourstage
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We’re having very nice weather these days in Chiba. After typhoon number 15 cleared across Japan and swept away the humidity and moisture, days are much cooler now and great …
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The original Newing Brill released a couple of years ago has to be one of the most highly touted and best selling distance balls in Japan in a very long …
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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: Japan, sky dream jump, three luck, tour putter
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It’s Saturday night here in Japan and Sagawa just dropped off a box with the new Three Luck Delica Touch CSII Putter. This putter is designed by Sky Dream Jump. …
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We all wonder when a new model club comes out whether or not it is better than model it replaced or any older model from the same brand. Kamui Works …
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Gold’s Factory sent over a couple if their new Trinity series putters featuring the new Next Generation Premium Zone Milling. they are for a photo shoot I’m doing however it …
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Sometimes, these smaller boutique brands can be hard to deal with. Because they are small they are sometimes inflexible and difficult. I’ve found out that Ryoma’s new Fairway Wood and …
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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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A huge box arrived today from Royal Collection containing their all new SFD Black demo clubs for me to try out. The new SFD Black just launched on the weekend …
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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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Bridgestone Tourstage has long been a dominant force on the Japanese tour when it comes to golf balls. They rank right up there with Titleist and Srixon in the battle …
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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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The driver trend this year has seen the re-emergence of smaller more compact heads. The sub 425cc head has grown in popularity on the Japanese tour and manufacturers have obliged …
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- Tags: crazy shaft, Japan, steel, target tour
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There has been a lot of excitement since Crazy announced the release of their newly designed Target Tour steel shafts. People wondered what a company like Crazy, who specializes in …
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Epon has added a high trajectory model to their already very forgiving AF-152 average golfer model. The HT model sports 13* of loft which is quite an increase from 10.5* …
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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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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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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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