Saqra Golf INB-2018 Forged Irons
Earlier this week we posted a Blog & Forum topic on the Saqra INB-1150 Forged Muscle Backs by Doc Niimi, Today we reveal the INB-2018 Forged Cavity Backs by Saqra. It’s a Mid Sized CB shape produced of S25C precision one piece forged carbon steel + CNC milling.
V Groove 2010 R&A Conforming and available 4-PW [...]
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Saqra INB-1150 Forged Muscle Backs
Last week we teased our readers with a lone image of the new Saqra precision one piece forged INB-1150 Muscle Back Irons. As promised here is the skinny on these new sweet sticks.
Produced by Niimi Kiyonari who I have known for many years as the international agent of Epon Golf, Niimi-san has created his own [...]
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New Ozik Program 130 Iron Shafts
Ozik Program 130 Graphite Iron Shafts
The Ozik Program 130 Graphite Shafts are not designed as an alternative to steel shafts but rather to replace it! That’s a pretty bold thing to say but from the perspective of someone who has extensive experience with both steel and high end graphite shafts I do buy into [...]
Mizuno New Cross Eight 501 5 Piece Golf Ball!
Mizuno is releasing their all new high performance next generation Cross Eight ball on September 10th. Like Taylormade and it’s FIVE ball, the new Cross Eight 501 will feature a premium 5 piece construction. The new 501 ball is made for soft feel and big carry off the tee. The distance comes from the compression [...]
Diamana ‘ahina Shaft!
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 the original white board and utilizes the same Multi-Dimensional Interlay technology (M.D.I) as the more recent Kai’li model. The combo produces a very stable low launch [...]
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New Tourstage GR Line Clubs in the house!
Today was our annual Kiminomori summer matsuri (festival), so I was rather busy gathering at Mugiwara park with all the other neighbors in 5 Chome and 3 Chome who share this day for family fun. It was a scorching 35C all afternoon and when I got back late in the day I was happy to [...]
Saqra Golf Clubs
(Saqra Golf – New Brand from Master Niimi Kiyonari aka Doc Niimi)
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Fourteen MT-28 JSpec III Wedge
Fourteen MT-28 J.SPEC 3 Wedge!
Recently we received some samples of the all new Fourteen MT-28 J.SPEC III Wedge. Produced of Forged of what they are calling Nickel steel and featuring 2010 conforming grooves the J.SPEC III features a reverse top blade + mini cavity carved into it. By reducing the weight of the sole and [...]
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Gold’s Factory Tiger Tribute + Model w/Weights!
The Gold’s Factory Tiger Woods Tribute putter has been a hot seller for TSG in recent months. Master Sasaya has created a new version that includes adjustable weights on the sole. These should be available in the next week in the TSG ProShop so keep an eye out. ( There is no weight adjustment being offered [...]
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Yururi Wedge Builds Part 4 – Seida Rupas Testing at Hirakawa CC
One of the neighbors I play with on a regular basis is a member at Hirakwa CC, a private club about 10 minutes from Kiminomori here. I got the chance to play there today with him and get the Seida Rupas in for another round. Hirakawa is a top 7115 yard championship level course and [...]
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Taylormade Japan Burner Forged and R9 Forged Comparison
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 in time from Taylormade for the initial test. Because of the delay I had broken the test into 2 groups, with the Burner Forged and [...]
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New Royal Collection BBD’s Tour VS Fairway Wood
Royal Collection has always excelled as one of Japan’s top producers of athlete and better player fairway woods with tour presence all around the world with their various utilities and woods. Their recognizable channeled sole is a design borrowed and imitated by many. Their previous generation 304T, 304F and limited 304P were top sellers among [...]
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Sky Dream Jump new conforming irons and wedges!
Three Luck’s Sky Dream Jump has been a very popular brand at TSG and in Japan where it’s wedges have appealed to many golfers for premium feel and great looks and performance. With a large amount of pros and competitive amateurs in Japan using Sky Dream Jump wedges and irons, it is only natural that [...]
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Tourstage New X-Blade GR Irons – Image of the Day
We’re waiting for our new Tourstage demos to come in some time after Japan’s Obon holiday. In the meantime we’ve got some preview pics of the new X-Blade GR Iron and GR Forged.
Both are great looking irons with the mid sized GR Iron featuring a pocket cavity and a nice new modern back face. The [...]
Yururi Nantetsu Forged Putter
I’ve been busy reviewing Yururi’s new Rupas and Tour wedges and all the while a new putter they sent me was also sitting patiently in the corner for me to test. Yururi’s new putter is simply called Nantetsu which means Forged Mild Carbon Steel. Nantetsu is made for premium soft feel. It has a classic [...]
UST ATTAS T2 Details Released!
New UST ATTAS T2 Shaft!
TourSpecGolf is getting the Japanese pre release Mamiya UST ATTAS T2 shaft late August! Still no word on when it will hit U.S shores but based on the specifications it’s a very good match to the average player.
The ATTAS-T2’s official Japan Only release date is min September 2010 and is considered [...]
Quadra Fire Express Install Part 1
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 premium shaft maker a whirl, Quadra Composite Techno.
For those of you who do not know Quadra, they are a very high end graphite and carbon [...]
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What do you think of color steel shafts?
There was a time where may customers and members asked about black tinted steel shafts for irons and wedges from both KBS and Shimada. People still seem to have interest. How about colored steel shafts?
Dagalo Japan in collaboration with Shimada Shafts are introducing colored shafts based on Shimada’s top performing steel shafts. These new Design [...]
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Taylormade R9 Supermax and Burner 2.0 Info!
Edit: updated post to include driver info!
Had a chance to speak with Taylormade Japan today and they faxed over some promo sheets of their fall club releases. They’ve got a new line of R9 Supermax clubs which will only be for the Japanese market only.
The following releases will be out in September and October:
Taylormade R9 [...]
- Tags: burner 2.0, driver, fairway wood, irons, japanese, JDM, r9 supermax, Taylormade Japan, utility
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PRGR EGG Spoon Side By Side Comparison
So I’ve spent some more time with the new PRGR Egg Spoon PX-03D. While it still has not reached the lofty expectations created by the legendary first generation, it certainly holds its own and is slowly growing on me. Like with any new club, there is a period of adjustment required and while the new [...]
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Taylormade R9 Supertri Titanium Fairway Wood Spy Pics!
Pictures have surfaced in Japan of the new Supertri Ti Fairway wood for Japan. We don’t have much info on the club yet but as with previous JDM Japan Domestic Market Taylormade models like the R9 Max Ti FW, Burner Ti FW, r7 Ti FW, they are releasing a Titanium model for the Supertri. As [...]
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Titleist Japan VG3 Forged Irons Demo Day
Lotte Kasai Golf in Tokyo held a demo day for the new Titleist Japan VG3 Forged Iron. Like the driver which I have posted about many times here on the blog, the Japanese Market VG3 Irons are aimed at the average golfer and improving mid capper. The strong lofts (24* 5 iron) matched with low [...]
PRGR New egg Forged Irons Review!
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 turns out though, of the two clubs that I have here for testing, the new Egg Forged Iron which is released on August 28th may [...]
PRGR 2010 New egg Spoon Intial Impressions
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 step outside in the blazing hot and sweaty 35C weather to take some quick photos before heading over to the local driving range to get [...]
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2010 PING Scottsdale Putters Revealed!
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 content partners Toshi of the popular Japanese blog Anserfreak was recently able to visit the Ping Japan headquarters and warehouse to see first hand what was [...]
Gold’s Factory New Hand Grind Forged Wedge at TSG!
While most of the talk is usually about Gold’s Factory putters, former Gauge Design Chief of Tour Division Masayuki Sasaya’s true skills can be seen as a master grinder and craftsman from the wedges he produces. In the past he produced many different models of wedges including the stage 1 -5 Gold’s wedges as well [...]
Fourteen HI-610 Tour Spec Driving Iron Spotted!
Matt Kuchar was spotted carrying a New Prototype Hi-610 TS Driving Iron by Fourteen Golf at the British Open this week. Two versions are expected a standard Hi-610 and a Hi-610 TS (Tour Spec). Fourteen Golf is not sure if both models will make it to the retail market but stay tuned for more pics [...]
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Maruman KS Zero Bounce Forged Wedge Review
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 bounce wedge would work. We frequently get lots of requests for wedges with low bounce as possible which is actually not that common in Japan [...]
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Matrix Radix Overview and Images!
The RADIX HD Line was released several months ago by Matrix Shaft Co. Designed to be a mid priced golf shaft that provides equal performance to many of todays more expensive high end shafts. The word Radix is latin for “base” or “root” and the base for the Radix is it’s HD design.
The Radix has [...]
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Gold’s Factory 2010 Lucky Putter!
The Gold’s Factory USA Lucky Putter was first released in early 2009. The new 2010 version is designed using the PS.2 shape and features knife face milling with new stampings like the clover on the face as well as the lucky horseshoe on the sole. Now available exclusively at the TSG ProShop!
It comes with the [...]
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