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Scratch Golf 1018 Controversy Test Results!
Test results are in! For those who have missed it there was a big controversy about Scratch Golf’s advertising claims that spanned across multiple forum’s and blog websites. Here were the claims I made against Scratch Golf last week:
1. It was my opinion that they did not use 1018 carbon steel for their Irons & Wedges
2. [...]
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R9 TP Forged vs Burner TP – Taylormade Iron Comparison
I got my hands on a few demos from Taylormade Japan. They were kind enough to send me the new R9 TP Forged along with the Burner TP, Japan R9 and R9 Max irons for comparison. I am sure many people are interested in comparing the two TP models so I would like to note [...]
Superman Golf Clubs: What do you guy’s think?
Three years ago we showed you images from the 2007 Japan Golf Fair that featured Warner Bros. licensed golf products with the Superman Logo on them. That driver was actually produced by Endo factory in Japan and had amazing performance and feel. Over a thousand pieces sold out very quickly, not in the USA or [...]
- Tags: Drivers, irons, New Products, Superman Golf Clubs, Wedges
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My Golf Magazine Rant…
I subscribe to most major golf publications to try to stay on top of marketing in the U.S golf industry. Its actually quite affordable right now as Golf Digest is offering 12 issues for only 12 bucks a year, can’t go wrong with that deal and it beats buying it for full value at the [...]
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Driver Real Loft Real Face Angle Real Specs
So after a week of being away in the very hot tropical island of Palau, I am back in the golfing world here in Japan. The weather was great, the water was crystal clear and diving was fun, but it was hard to believe a place as beautiful as Palau did not have a golf [...]
- Tags: 2010 drivers, Burner, custom, japan, MachSpeed, real face angle, real loft, real specs, superdeep, vg3, viq, x-drive, xxio
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2010 Epon Driver Comparison: AF-102 / AF-151 / EM-S
In the last several months Epon Golf has revealed 3 new drivers with the most recent being the AF-102 set to release this month. With all three drivers in my possession I felt like It was my duty to test, compare, and submit my honest opinion to the readers of GolfToImpress & TourSpecGolf.
Ever since [...]
- Tags: AF-102, AF-151, Drivers, EM-S, Endo Forged, Epon Golf, New Products
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CRAZY FX-435 Driver Gains Top Spot in Japan Rankings!
Rating Gate is a free independent golf club review source with a team of about 5 JPGA players who give unbiased reviews of many of Japan’s top selling drivers, shafts and irons. They have quickly grown into one of Japan’s most respected and premier golf equipment sites as they do not hesitate to tell it [...]
Scratch Golf 1018 Controversy Update: Scratch Responds!
The controvery continues and for those who know me I welcome this sort of debate. I first want to say this is nothing personal against Scratch Golf or Ari Techner. As a person Ari is a wonderful guy, very positive and helpful to all that encouter him. Nothing personal Ari and you’re welcome to come [...]
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How much do you think you know about Japanese Golf Club Manufacturing Part 1
Over the last several years we have been asked a good amount of questions about 1018 Forged steel also known as “soft steel”, and for the last several years I have been inquiring about its availability in raw head form and bar form for our projects with various Japanese brands.
All is not what it appears [...]
- Tags: 1018 Forged, Forgings, made in japan, Miura, Scratch
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Cleveland CG15 Forged Japan Only Model
Most of our readers already understand that the Japanese golf market gets the all the best and premium gear. How it usually works is a Japanese company purchases the rights to a U.S golf company that includes all U.S product models as well as the ability to create their own product line. This is a [...]
- Tags: CG15 Forged, Cleveland Golf, japan only, Wedges
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Gold’s Factory Putter Tune Up: Black Edition Cameron’s
Putter Guru and Master CraftsmanMasayuki Sasaya of Gold’s Factory has had his hands full recently enhancing other putter companies products. He has been working on many Odyssey, Scotty Cameron, and Bettinardi Putters working miracles and improving performance and aesthetics for the player.
In this blog post I wanted to highlight some of the recent Black Edition Scotty Cameron Putters he [...]
- Tags: Custom Putters, Golds Factory, putters, Scotty Cameron, Tune Up
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Would you Sacrafice Shaft Durability for MORE Distance?
We have been speaking with many Japanese Shaft manufactures recently and they have concerns about how some Americans abuse their golf clubs as well as the capabilities of a large portion of U.S club makers.
The .350 tip size is used in the states mostly to increase durability. Often golfers use the driver as support when [...]
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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 IRONS – 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 [...]
- Tags: forged iron, japan, ping anser, review, test
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Taylormade R9 SUPERDEEP TP Driver Coming in March!
The New R9 SuperDeep Driver by Taylormade was announced at the Japan Golf Fair yesterday for an expected March Release. This 460cc bad boy has the appearance in person of a 400-420cc driver. The first thing I noticed was the letters BBLB in a cool font written on the sole. I’m not sure what that [...]
Taylormade R9 TP Forged Makes Debut at Japan Golf Show!
The Taylormade R9 TP Forged Iron made its debut today at the 2010 Japan Golf Fair. It looks very similar to the last TP Forged model released almost 2 years ago. The new R9 TP Forged is 2010 USGA Groove Conforming and produced with design supervision from major champion Nick Faldo.
While offset numbers are similar to previous [...]
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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Matrix Ozik Radix – Ozik Phi – Ozik Reign Shafts Coming Soon!
Matrix Shafts is about to release several new offerings that were highlighted at the 2010 PGA Golf show in Orlando Florida.
Matrix Ozik Radix
Radix- Latin for “root” or “base” is built over the HD mandrel so it will have a technology story under the $150 price point. Will have weight classes from high 40g to high 70g. [...]
- Tags: Matrix Phi, Matrix Radix, Matrix Reign, Matrix Shafts, New Products, Ozik, Shafts
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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 [...]
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 [...]
- Tags: drive, driver, Golf Opinion, Japanese Golf, longest, sweet spot
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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 [...]
Bridgestone J38 Driver, J38 Forged Irons, J38 Dual Pocket Irons
Thanks to Rob over at Sandbox8.com for his early reports from the Bridgestone Golf USA demo tent in Orlando Florida. Rob showed us some of the new items that Bridgestone will be releasing in the USA like the J38 driver, J38 Forged Cavity back irons and J38 dual pocket forged irons that will be coming in March.
Bridgestone J38 [...]
Mitsubishi Fubuki Alpha Shaft
Fubuki Alpha Shaft
Mitsubishi has released several new products recently like the next generation Diamana’s, Tour Prototype Stingers, and now the all new Fubuki Alpha Shaft. The new Alpha features enhanced torsional stability, low spin rates and a new updated bend profile.
The Fubuki Tour shaft that has been out for a little while was a [...]
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PGA Tour Equipment Update from the Sony Open
Callaway FT-iZ in Play
Ernie Els became one of the first golfers to put the new Callaway FT-iZ driver to use in the Sony Open last weekend. The Callaway FT-iZ is set to release soon and features a triangle shape which the company claims to be their best driver ever produced. The FT-iZ features a [...]
A Look into the “Crazy” Shaft Brand
Many Golfers stateside have never heard of the Crazy Shaft brand from Japan. I must admit off the start I thought the graphics were cool some of the best to ever be placed on a golf shaft but would substance follow design?
In the last 2 years Crazy has exploded in Japan becoming one of the [...]
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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 [...]
Mizuno Bio Gear Review
For those who have not heard of Mizuno’s Bio Gear performance apparel it isn’t your average thermo underwear one would expect to wear during winter play. Instead Mizuno has built upon their virtual body design technology to help actually provide a tangible sports benefit while playing golf.
Made in Japan of proprietary types of polyester fibers and [...]
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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 [...]
