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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A neighbor asked me if I wanted to go down to Chonan and play the Abiding Club Golf Society today. I checked the course online and it turned out to …
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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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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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It’s been a while since we posted up some Gold’s Factory eye candy. Gold’s is busier than ever with many many modifications, refinishes and custom created putters as well 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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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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Geotech sent me their new Prototype RF700 driver to check out. The great thing about this driver is its their Alpha Spec model which is Hi Cor/Non conforming at close …
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As I mentioned last week I have all of Yururi’s current model lineup here for some photo taking and side by side comparisons. I was outside today snapping shots of …
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I got the chance test the PRGR Red Eyes Pocket multi speed tester on Monday at Katsuura so its time to give some feedback on its operation and functionality. Pro …
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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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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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There are currently 4 great Yururi forged irons golfers can choose from but which one is for you? All four models are premium forged in Japan from S25C steel and …
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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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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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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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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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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 other day at Katsuura CC I picked up a sleeve of the Taylormade Japan Five TP balls to try. I usually don’t play TM balls and I knew that …
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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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Royal Collection has long dominated the fairway wood and utility market here in Japan especially for the better player and professional. Compact, wonderful feeling and top performing woods have been …
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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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I was sure able to learn a lot by spending 4 hours or so at Crazy last Tuesday, so the posts with Crazy info continue. When I sat and talked …
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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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On Tuesday when I was at the Crazy Factory, besides talking about new products like the CRZ-435II which I previewed in an earlier post, we also talked about current sales …
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Epon has released their new caddy bags for the Fall season including an all new full sized tour bag featuring the very popular Epon dog. It’s 5.5kg and high grade …
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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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I brought the TRC Driving Spoon 13* to the range today to try it out before I go and play a round with it. I had my Nikon D5100 with …
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Related posts: As the Swing Changes… so do the clubs – Part 1 The Heavier and stiffer club setup – Update Part 2 The dreaded Driver… Many of us dream …
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As the summer is coming closer to the end, news of new releases dubbed late 2011 or 2012 models are beginning to come out. PRGR has already announced a new …
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So as I had mentioned in my post last week called “As the swing changes – so do the clubs”, I had decided to counter my increase in swing speed …
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Geotech Golf has always been known to make some very nice metal woods with very good cost performance attractiveness. Geotech’s roots afterall were in the metal wood manufacturing business beginning …
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Golf is an ever changing game and for the average and weekend golfer so can be their swing. We all go through swing changes, from the time we first pick …
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Crazy has provided me with official info on the new Target Tour Steel shafts from their new Crazy Sports line. There will be two different finishes as well as two …
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