Maruman Majesty Prestigio Gold Premium Irons Review
When it comes to choosing golf clubs, every player has a different level, swing and in many cases, budget. For those living outside of Japan, mainstream Japanese golf clubs from brands like, Tourstage, XXIO, PRGR, TM Japan, Callaway Japan etc. are already considered very expensive. However there is a whole other level that thrives in [...]
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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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ONOFF 2010 Fairway Arms Plus Review
Being able to try a lot of different clubs from a lot of different brands sure is a lot of fun but at the same it can make sticking with the right clubs in my bag difficult as there is just too much to choose from. One trend I do seem to find though is [...]
Forged Cavity Back Shootout Part A1 – Design and Aesthetics
First of all I wanted to apologize for the amount of time its taken to do this one particular blog post. Reviewing such a large number of clubs at one time has proven much more difficult than I anticipated. It’s not that it was hard for me to hit the clubs or even study them [...]
- Tags: comparisons, forged cavity, golf, irons, japan forged, japanese, performance, review, tests
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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 [...]
- Tags: 50t, 80t, high end shaft, japan, performance, premium carbon, quadra
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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 [...]
- Tags: comparison, distance, egg, feel, japan, looks, performance, PRGR, spoon
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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 [...]
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 [...]
- Tags: forged wedge, japan, kenzo sugiyama, maruman, zero bounce
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Maruman Mega Shuttle i3000x Irons Review
In the last 2 years, PRGR’s EGG irons have garnered tons of press as being the easiest and most forgiving average golfer irons on the market. Maruman Golf released the Mega Shuttle i3000x Iron, a similar hybrid style iron boasting similar performance and ease of use. So far magazines have chosen both as being the [...]
PRGR 2010 GN502 Tour Forged Iron Review
Pro Gear or PRGR as we all know it, the golf division of Yokohama Rubber Industries as been doing very well the last few seasons with their GN502 and EGG line raising popularity to new levels. We also saw PRGR release the limited TR500 Forged iron last year which sold out within weeks. The TR500 [...]
- Tags: Endo Forged, gn502 tour iron, japan tour, japanese, made in japan, PRGR, s20c
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MyGolfClubReviews.com Reaches #1 in Google but What’s Next?
Many may not know this but TourSpecGolf/GolfToImpress runs over a dozen websites in and out of the golf industry. One of our websites MyGolfClubReviews.com just recieved the top spot #1 ranking in google under one of golfs most important searches “Golf Club Reviews”. This may not sound like much but in the web world it’s [...]
- Tags: MyGolfClubReviews.com, Polls, Web
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PRGR RED 505 Irons Review
Today I’m going to look at the PRGR RED 505 Irons. The RED Series from Pro Gear the golf division of Yokohama Rubber Industries has typically been aimed at the average golfer looking for ease of use and performance. While the new RED 505 irons certainly fill that bill they actually bring a lot more [...]
- Tags: average golfer, distance iron, japan, PRGR, pro gear, red 505
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XXIO 2010 Driver Review
2010 zeh-ku-shi-oh Driver XXIO is a brand that is relatively unknown outside of Japan. A division of Sri Sports, it’s bigger brother Srixon is probably more well known overseas. However here in Japan, XXIO (pronounced zeh-ku-shi-oh) has been a market leader in the largest average golfer segment for the last decade. Their woods and irons [...]
- Tags: anti-slice, distance, driver, forgiving, japan, Japanese Golf, performance, SRI Sports, xxio
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Seven Hills Prototype Forged Wedge Build – Part 3
It was a hot, hazy and humid day today as we headed south of Kiminomori just past Mobara to La Vista Golf Resort. I was looking forward to trying out the newly shafted Seven Hills Prototype wedge as I mentioned yesterday in Part 2. There are plenty of bunkers and different lies at La Vista [...]
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Fourteen SF-410 & ONOFF Fairway Arms Plus + First Impressions
We received a couple more samples from the U.S offices of Fourteen & ONOFF Golf. Both brands are owned by the same parent company (Daiwa) but run separately out of Japan as well as the U.S. We were sent the new Fourteen SF-410 Fairway Wood as well as the new ONOFF Fairway Arms Plus+ model for photo’s [...]
Epon AF-502 joins the Forged Cavity Shootout
I’m happy to report that Epon has agreed on letting the AF-502 take part in our forged cavity back shootout in June. I’m looking forward to see how it stacks up especially against the Ping Anser Forged which has a similar size and design with a cavity that absorbs vibrations and creates feel. Should be [...]
- Tags: AF-502, anser forged, comparison, Epon, forged cavity back, japan, Japanese Golf, PING, review, test
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PRGR RED 505 Driver Review!
Pro Gear or PRGR as we know it better has been on a great run of releasing top performing clubs in the last few years. As part of the sports wing of Yokohama Rubber, PRGR has created clubs to meet the needs of all different levels of players. It was discovered late last year that [...]
- Tags: distance, driver, Endo Forged, japan, performance, premium, PRGR
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PRGR’s EGG Spoon rules Golf Digest’s Distance Rankings!
I must have dedicated at least 4 or 5 posts on this blog to PRGR’s EGG Spoon including my original review here and an updated video review earlier this year here. That’s how long the Spoon has been around and how good it actually is. Golf Digest Japan’s June issue had a feature called 200y [...]
- Tags: distance, egg spoon, Fairway Woods, japan, japanese, performance, PRGR
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Kamui TEIOO Mid Air Irons Review
Kamui Works sent me their all new TEIOO Mid Air iron to dem0 and give feedback on. This is a hybrid performance iron made for the average golfer wanting the ultimate in forgiveness and distance. With lofts 2-3* stronger than most average golfer models (22* 5 iron) and an ultra low center of gravity, players [...]
- Tags: distance, forgiveness, irons, japan, kamui works, performance
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Taylormade R9 Superdeep TP vs Burner Superfast TP Comparison Review
So you are a big Taylormade fan and want to choose a new driver. You’re checking out both the Burner Superfast TP Black and the R9 Superdeep TP driver. Which do you pick? I’ve had a chance to spend a week with both models and I’m ready to give some feedback on both drivers. Both [...]
Fourteen MT-28 V5 Wedge Review
Another outstanding wedge hits the market this week with the new Fourteen MT-28 V5 Forged. I have had over a half dozen encounters with this new stick over the last couple of months and I’m very impressed. The design is what makes it special, their goal was a higher CG for tight and accurate shots. They raised the [...]
- Tags: Fourteen Golf, New Products, V5 Wedge, Wedges
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Long and Straight Driver Search – Crazy Install Part 2
So on to Part 2 of the Long and Straight Crazy driver build. For those who missed it, part 1 was back here and talked about the steps to finding the right driver shaft combo and the pieces I decided on for my build. To recap, I had decided on the Golf Digest 2009 Distance [...]
- Tags: 80t, control, crazy shaft, distance, driver testing, japan, longest driver, performance
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Titleist Japan VG3 Driver Another Look!
We’ve finally got an all new Titleist VG3 in the house for pretty picture taking. I tested the driver back at the Japan Golf Fair back in February and made a quick review back then explaining the the driver’s design aspects and development. For many years, Titleist has been accumulating data about golfers head speed, [...]
- Tags: distance, japan only, performance, titleist driver, tour, vg3
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Long and Straight Driver Search – Crazy Install Part 1
Who isn’t always looking for a longer and straighter driver? Finding the best performing driver unfortunately is not an easy thing. With so many models and shafts and specs, the first step is of course getting fit and knowing your swing. After that it comes down to getting the right pieces to create your driving [...]
- Tags: 80t, control, crazy shaft, distance, driver, japan, Long Drive, performance, premium carbon
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PRGR EGG Spoon Video Review!
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 [...]
Royal Collection SFDIII Fairway Wood Review!
Royal Collection has been known to make some of the best Fairway woods over the last 10 years or so. Many golf enthusiasts in the West may be familiar with their Driving Cavity design through that was borrowed by the now defunct brand Sonartec. Sonartec has long been a popular choice of many PGA and [...]
Club Testing Update: CRZ-450, AF-102, Custom AF-502, PRGR TR 500…
Many new clubs arrived to us over the last couple of weeks and I kinda got behind in club testing. Well last week I was able to get 2 full rounds and Lot’s of range time in. Our recent test clubs included the Limited Edition PRGR TR500 Forged Irons, The Crazy CRZ-450 w/ Longest Yard TJ-46, Epon [...]
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PRGR GN502 Tour 440 Driver Review
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 [...]
GTI Exclusive: Epon AF-502 w/Custom Black Finish & Crazy Longest Yard Iron Shafts
2010 has been the best year in a long while for golfers searching for the perfect players iron or semi players design. For a while it almost appeared that technology had maxed out in forged iron arena but when Epon released it’s AF701 model just over a year ago everything changed… The all new AF-502 like the [...]
- Tags: AF-502, Custom Options, Epon Golf, What's In The Bag
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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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