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 [...]
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Callaway Japan 2010 Tokyo Golf Fair HD Video
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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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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Keyakizaka Teppanyaki Japanese Resturaunt: Out of Bounds
Just a couple of nights ago we had dinner at one of Tokyo’s more popular Teppanyaki restaurants “Keyakizaka” that just happened to be located in our hotel the Grand Hyatt Tokyo Roppongi Hills. TourSpecGirl is a major foodie and collects menu’s from Michelin Star restaurants and Keyakizaka had a one star rating so we had [...]
Crazy Shaft Brand Set to Release Japan Forged Wedge!
Crazy Shaft Company located in Tokyo Japan recently announced the release of it’s first wedge. Produced in very limited numbers and forged of S25C in Himeji Japan it has no official name yet so let’s just call it the 2010 Crazy Wedge.
- Tags: 2010 Crazy Wedge, Crazy Shafts, New Products, Wedges
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Bettinardi Putter w/ Custom PZ Milling by Gold’s Factory: Image of the Day!
( Master Sasaya Custom Bettinardi Putter featuring PZ Milling & Japanese Refinish )
Epon AF-102 Driver
( Epon AF-102 Driver )
- Tags: AF-102 Driver, Drivers, Epon Golf, New Products
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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 [...]
- Tags: Crazy Shafts, Long Drive, New Products, Shafts
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Yamaha 2010 Tour Model Irons!
The all new Limited Edition V Forged Tour model is the flagship of the Yamaha line. This pro model compact cavity has only 1200 sets available for ALL of Japan. The V Forged has a blade like setup and is forged from Premium S20C steel for ultimate feel and control. It has very little offset [...]
Gold’s Factory Prototype: Image of the Day!
( Gold’s Factory Prototype Wedge Grind minus official release engraving )
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The Callaway Collection High End Apparel for Japan
In the TSG forum there was a topic on Japanese golf apparel and I wanted to get a little more in depth with some of the apparel brands starting with Callaway and it’s collections. Callaway in Japan runs several side brands such as Collection by Callaway, CHEV18, Callaway X, WarBird, and Tweety .
The Callaway Collection has a [...]
TourStage Finishes Year with #1 Most Win’s in Japan!
The TourStage company owned by Bridgestone produces high performance and quality golf equipment, apparel, and accessories. In the states they are fairly new and known as Bridgestone Sports while in Japan they have been around for decades and operate at least a dozen other co brands in the golf industry. With huge backing like that behind [...]
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New Iomic Limited Edition Colors: Image of the Day!
( Iomic Limited Edition Color Grips )
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Korea 2009 Sales Rankings!
The largest golf retailer in Korea announced its sales data this month and according to the info posted SRI Sports XXIO brand has a dominant lead in the Korean golf market in all major categories. Please have a look at the data collected below:
Driver Sales: 1. XXIO Driver, 2. Taylormade Burner 09, 3. Majesty Driver
Fairway [...]
- Tags: Sales Rankings, SRI Sports, xxio
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This Weeks Geotech Contest Winner!
( Congrats to member Goodsie Thank you for your contributing comments! )
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Titleist Golf Ball Christmas Campaign
Titleist Chritmas Ball Campaign
Titleist is offering a new incentive to purchase their golf balls over the Holiday season this year. It’s the Titleist golf ball christmas campaign, Titleist is offering customers the free Christmas box. I’m not sure how many of you will get excited over the box your golf balls come in having a festive [...]
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Epon i33 Putter Ad: Image of the Day!
( Epon i33 Limited Edition Putter )
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Odyssey Damascus Grand Putter Images
The Odyssey Damascus Putter its an extremely rare anser style putter from Odyssey Golf, only 15 pieces were produced and offered to select VIP accounts. An event was held in Japan and Mr. Toshi of Anserfreak a famous Japanese golf writer was able to snap these images with the putter in hand.
What is Damascus Steel? [...]
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Scotty Cameron “Ball Tool” in Circle T Fashion!
Circle T and other custom Scotty Cameron ” Ball Tools” have been poping up recently between collectors in the United States & Japan. The fourty dollar alignment aid can now rise in price like the rest of the Cameron gear that sports the Circle T or one of his other special markings.
What a great idea [...]
- Tags: Ball Tool, Putting Aids, Scotty Cameron
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Geotech Wedge Contest Winner!
( Congratulations BogeyDog you WIN a Geotech Special Grind Wedge Head! )
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TourStage X-Drive 703 In Depth
Top brands in Japan have just recently announced their new winter releases and TourStage & Yamaha appear to take the cake as far as the quality of design goes. We will be highlighting new products from both brands as more information becomes available. Today we will go in depth and take a look at the [...]
- Tags: Drivers, tourstage, X-Drive 703
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Gold’s Factory 2010 Series Prototypes
Masayuki Sasaya is known to produce some of the best putters in the world. With the launch of Gold’s Factory USA in America in the early part of 2009 he has expanded awareness of his brand to an international scale. All 2009 series GF USA putters have sold out as we eagerly await a peak at whats to come [...]
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Geotech Wedge Contest: This Weeks Winner is…
( Congratulations iDRIVE you have won a 58* Geotech Special Grind Wedge! )
WIN a Japan Forged Geotech Special Grind Wedge Each Week!
For the next 2 months we will be running a contest where the winner gets a Geotech Special Grind Wedge Head in 58*!
THE PRIZE
Geotech’s Special Grind Forged wedege is a smaller sized wedge made for the better player seeking maximum versatility coupled with soft feel and controllable spin. Forged in Japan of S25C the Special Grind [...]
