I’m in the midst of preparing a big Yamaha Irons review for tomorrow’s blog post. In the mean time I thought I would post up the new additions to my …
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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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It’s hard to believe we’re already into the first week of November. Some of our friends in the West have already seen their golfing seasons for this year come to …
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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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With so many enthusiasts and hobbyists these days building and working on their own club, we’ve decided to start offering an array of club making tools. We’ll carefully select club …
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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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One of common dilemmas when helping of fitting a customer for custom driver is what length they should get. Many customers simply say “I play standard length” or ask me …
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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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Today I’m going to look more closely at Keigekiku Yururi’s current wedge lineup. As you may have seen on the blog a few weeks ago, I covered the different forged …
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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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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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Every year I wait for October to roll around so I can get my copy of Gakken’s SHAFT & TUNE publication. I use this “Mook” (they call publications which are …
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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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This is just a reminder to everyone that the window for pre ordering the new and Limited Edition Ryoma Special Tuning Hi COR heads closes this Sunday at midnight EST. …
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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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Our featured customer today is Rob Harrand who is also know as Mjr. D on the TSG Forum. Rob was kind enough to write up his own introduction and save …
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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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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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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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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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Ever since Gold’s Factory was featured in Golf Digest as the premier custom putter maker and modifier, Master Sasaya has had a lot of work to do. Besides creating his …
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It’s always interesting to know others who are into Japanese golf gear and share our passion for top notch products. We are going to start featuring some of our members …
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Made in Japan and manufactured of SUS304 the Yonex Ezone EZM-01 is a slant neck mallet with a deep milled face. My initial impressions after trying it out is that it feels …
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They are sold out at the moment, because of Akira’s unique business model of only building clubs for their own tour players and the left overs being sold to the …
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Crazy has officially announced their new CRZ-435II driver which will be released late August to early September. A joint design with JBeam and manufactured by JBeam for Crazy, the new …
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It’s easy to look past Akira with their huge product line not to mention everything is named prototype and designated with a letter and numbers. Many customers have been emailing …
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If you did, your lucky… Last week we found out that only 50 sets were produced worldwide. I knew they were limited but not in such minimum quantities. The RB247 was …
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The Yonex ZERO Iron was first introduced at the British Open last year as a prototype for Ishikawa to use off the tee in battling the strong winds at the …
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Since Pro Gear or PRGR is they are more commonly known released their egg lineup over 3 years ago, it has consistently been known as the longest clubs in golf. …
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Gold’s Factory is off to a great start this summer with special features in both Weekly Golf Digest and Golf Waggle. Two of Japan’s top golf publications showed of works …
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Crazy will be releasing new next generation carbon reinforced steel shafts. There will be 105 and 120g models that are designed to live up to Crazy performance. We’ll have more …
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As many people know Epon’s standard finish on its irons is an NiCr or nickel chrome plated finish which is polished to a mirror look. Epon does also offer custom …
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Three Luck is another one of those smaller companies that goes by relatively unnoticed. It’s Sky Dream Jump wedges however have been very popular among hardcore golf enthusiasts looking for …
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It’s been a while since posting new video’s. New software new workflow but good news is I’ve got the basic’s down so expect more videos in coming weeks. In today’s …
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Callaway Japan has announced the release of their new Legacy Black series for 2011. Slated for September, the Legacy Black line will include a Legacy Black Driver, Legacy Black Fairway …
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Try saying ONOFF Labo Spec Fairway Wings Pro Spec Utility Wood 5 times real fast! It’s a mouth full of a name and a beauty of a utility club or …
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In 2010 the Japan Only Titleist TVD was one of our top selling wedges no doubt. This is the new 2011 model. What makes it so cool? well first it’s …
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We received some preview pictures of the new Crazy 435II driver which looks very very nice. Like the original 435, it will be 445cc in size (yes its 445cc but …
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It’s about time these arrived! We’ve been waiting since the end of February after getting our first sight at the Japan Golf Fair 2011. First thing I noticed upon inspection …
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The new EZONE Forged CB by Yonex is another reminder that Yonex is serious in its quest in appealing to the “better player” more than ever before. At the 2011 …
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Looking for an easy to hit 180-220 yd club? Introducing the new Yonex EZONE Utility Wood. It’s body is made of SUS630 stainless steel while it’s face is made of …
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About a month ago ONOFF provided TSG full access to their special and limited LABO SPEC RB-247 cavity back and Pro Spec fairway wings utility clubs direct from the Tour …
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We’ve seen a recent comeback of smaller volume driver heads with the emergence of sub 400cc heads from both Yonex and Tourstage selling very well in Japan this year. Not …
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PRGR wedges are often overlooked despite being designed using the latest cutting edge technology and manufactured by Endo manufacturing of S20C. TSG is currently doing a lot of wedge testing …
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I put together the new Kamui Ray last night . I really do like the looks of the driver without the paint fill. I did leave the KAMUI in black …
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Kamui Works sent me my hand made Ray driver today. It came spec’ed just as requested with 10* real loft, 60* real lie, 200g on the dot and a 0.5* …
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If you read the forums you may already know TSG is working on reviewing a massive line up of the latest JDM wedges. I wanted to highlight one that’s doing …
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We’ve got a lot of new wedges in for testing and I wanted to start with Tatsuro’s new favorite of the bunch the 2011 Yamaha V Forged Wedge. It’s Forged …
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I’ve been eyeing this shoe since it’s release, It’s the Mizuno Light Style #33 Limited Golf Shoe. I have no idea what the 33 signifies but I like it’s style …
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It’s been crazy here at TSG, the amount of new JDM equipment arriving with a shortage of club testers has really brought review capacity to a crawl. The good news …
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