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Ai Miyazato Warm Up Drills…

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Videos, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, LPGA Tour, japan
  • Posted on: August 22nd, 2010 by: gocchin

Ai Miyzato just one the Safeway Classic on the LPGA for her fifth win of the year. After dominating the Japanese tour and then moving over to the US and going through many growing pains, Ai-chan has finally used that beautiful smooth swing to her advantage. She is not known to be long off the [...]

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GDO Ping Anser Forged and TM R9 TP Forged Videos!

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Videos, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: July 31st, 2010 by: gocchin

Golf Digest Online Japan has a few new videos up for our viewing pleasure. Respected tester and former Japan tour player Taichiro Kanatani tests both the Ping Anser Forged and Taylormade Japan R9 Tp Forged Irons.
Kanatani Pro finds both irons on the soft side with the Anser Forged rather forgiving even for a supposed players [...]

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Como!Come! New 2010 Promotional Video

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf News, Golf Videos, Industry Insider, JPGA Tour, Japanese Golf
  • Posted on: July 30th, 2010 by: gocchin

Check out Como!Come!’s new Promo Video for 2010 featuring their image golfer Kayoko. Beautiful swing, beautifully shot video… funny captions and great style! We’ve got some cool new items coming soon from Como!Come! So look for them in the pro shop!
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Fourteen J.Spec III Forged Wedge Video Preview

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Golf Videos, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, New Equipment
  • Posted on: July 3rd, 2010 by: gocchin

Fourteen’s MT-28 J.Spec line of wedges is year in year out one of the best selling average golfer models. The new 2010 J.Spec III Forged has just been released and top tester Taichiro Kanatani over at GDO has a new video checking out the key points and performance of the new wedge. He also has [...]

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Japan Golf Show Highlight Video

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  • Posted on: April 14th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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PRGR EGG Spoon Video Review!

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  • Posted on: March 31st, 2010 by: gocchin

I’ve been getting a lot of inquiries lately about what the PRGR EGG Spoon sounds like at impact so I thought I would take the opportunity to do my first every video review.  Nothing fancy here as I took the pictures and video this morning with a simple Casio Exilim EX-FC100 point and shoot digital [...]

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TourStage 703 Limited Edition Quick Clip

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  • Posted on: March 29th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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PRGR GN502 Tour 440 Driver Review

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  • Posted on: March 28th, 2010 by: gocchin

Pro Gear or PRGR as most of us know Yokohama Rubber’s golf wing as, was kind enough to send me a few demos including the new Tour Driver and Forged irons as well as the RED 505 driver and irons. Having both the new RED 505 and 440 Tour side by side really showed what [...]

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Burner TP Iron and Shinobu Moromizato: Image and Video of the Day

  • Categories: Golf Videos, Image of the Day, Japanese Golf, LPGA Tour, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: March 22nd, 2010 by: gocchin

Last summer Taylormade Japan put a prototype soft cast Burner iron in the bag of JLPGA pro Shinobu Moromizato. She went on to win 4 tournaments in Japan with this iron which drew a lot of interest from golfers following the tour scene in Japan. In many surveys done with average and recreational golfers, when [...]

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Geotech Golf 2010 at the Japan Golf Fair

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  • Posted on: March 20th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Callaway Japan 2010 Tokyo Golf Fair HD Video

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  • Posted on: March 1st, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

Callaway Golf had a terrific display this year featuring the new FT-Tour, Odyssey BackStrike Putters, Callaway Japan Only Legacy & Legacy TOUR Drivers as well as the Legacy Forged Irons, Fairway Woods, Hybrids, and a ton of amazing accessories.
Follow the Jump and click “Read More” to watch the TSG Callaway Golf Japan 2010 Tokyo Golf Show [...]

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R9 TP Forged Irons & R9 SuperDeep TP: Quick Vid

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  • Posted on: February 26th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

( R9 TP Forged Iron & R9 SuperDeep TP Driver Quick Vid )
Both the R9 TP Forged and R9 Superdeep TP are now available for pre order in the Pro Shop!

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Fourteen Golf ST-110 Driver and SF-410 HD Video

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  • Posted on: February 23rd, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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PING Forged ANSER Irons HD Video

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  • Posted on: February 21st, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Titleist VG3 Driver Release at Japan Golf Show!

  • Categories: Featured, GTI Exclusive, Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Golf Videos, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, New Equipment, Recommended, Recommended Posts
  • Posted on: February 21st, 2010 by: gocchin

With the official showing to the public of the new Titleist VG3 driver at the Golf Fair this weekend here in Japan, I thought I would go into a bit more detail on what will most likely turn out to be one of the most in demand drivers of 2010.
Titleist has long been known as [...]

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2010 Taylormade Japan Golf Show Video HD!

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  • Posted on: February 20th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Shots of the Week: Northern Trust Open 2010

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  • Posted on: February 11th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Shots of the Week: Bob Hope Classic

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  • Posted on: January 27th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Nike Golfers React to PGA Grooves Rule Changes

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Opinion, Golf Tech Talk, Golf Videos, PGA Tour, Uncategorized
  • Posted on: January 20th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Shots of the Week: 2010 Sony Open in Hawaii

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  • Posted on: January 19th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Final Round Highlights: 2010 SBS Championship

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  • Posted on: January 11th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Kyoei Golf Videos

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  • Posted on: January 8th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

Kyoei Golf

Forging

Plating

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Epon i33 Putter Review

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  • Posted on: January 7th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

The Epon i33 putter was produced late in 2009 and available to only select accounts. Only 300 pieces were produced which were sold out extremely quickly in Japan and globally. Endo factory has not produced many putters, in fact I ‘m really not sure if they have ever produced any putters in the past.
The i33 was [...]

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Time Lapse Video of Mt Fuji, Miyajima, Iwate

  • Categories: Golf Videos, Japanese Golf, Out of Bounds, Special Promotions, Uncategorized
  • Posted on: December 19th, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer

(autumn) from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo.

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TM Japan Insider Video – Yuko Mitsuka Driver Swing

  • Categories: Golf Videos, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, LPGA Tour, Manufacturer Focus
  • Posted on: November 17th, 2009 by: gocchin

Taylormade Japan has an admin that regularly films top Japanese pros practicing, getting their grips changed or simply sitting around and chatting. They have a couple of videos of Yuko Mitsuka hitting her driver. She is one of the most powerful Japanese ladies on tour and hits her drives regularly around 270 yards with some [...]

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Wie wins first-ever LPGA title

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  • Posted on: November 16th, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Yamaha Inpres 2010 New Gear – Video of the Day

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Videos, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: November 6th, 2009 by: gocchin

Yamaha has released an all new promo video for their 2010 lineup which includes 4 new drivers, a new power spoon and 4 new iron models. Video is in Japanese of course but you don’t need to understand to check out the new gear!
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Taylormade XFT Wedges: Hands on in the Tour Van!

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  • Posted on: November 2nd, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer

( Big Thanks to Rob at SandBox8.com )

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Monday Backspin: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospital Open

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  • Posted on: October 19th, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer
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Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

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  • Posted on: October 14th, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer
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