2010 PING Scottsdale Putters Revealed!
2010 Ping Anser 2 Putter Revealed!
Lot’s of new products are scheduled to be released by Ping including a 14 new putter models under the scottsdale name. One of our content partners Toshi of the popular Japanese blog Anserfreak was recently able to visit the Ping Japan headquarters and warehouse to see first hand what was [...]
Gold’s Factory Tiger Woods Style Design Putter
Masayuki Sasaya of Gold’s Factory is now offering putters visually similar to what Tiger Woods plays on the PGA Tour. This putter is based off of the Gold’s Factory Private Stock No.2 Design which in many ways resembles the Scotty Cameron Newport 2.
One of Tiger’s back up putters will cost you about forty thousand U.S [...]
This Weeks Gold’s Factory Custom Tune Putters!
- Tags: Custom Tune, Golds Factory, Masayuki Sasaya, putters
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Out Of Bounds: Ford Raptor 6.2
About Four weeks ago I took delivery on a new 6.2 Ford Raptor that I had ordered back in December 09. It finally arrived! Picked it up with 30 miles and began the break in process. The Raptor was designed by Ford SVT (Special Vehicle Teams) and is based off of the latest F150 platform [...]
- Tags: Ford Raptor, Out of Bounds, Vehicles
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Gold’s Factory Custom Aftermarket Tune Up
- Tags: Aftermarket, Custom Tune, Golds Factory, irons, putters
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Cavity Back minus Cavity equals Muscle Back?
Have you ever given any thought to as how impact would feel if there was no cavity design in your cavity back iron? I did while working on a couple of new design prototype irons in Japan. The iron in the picture above is fully forged of S25C. Each head is about 10 grams heavier [...]
- Tags: Club Design, irons, prototype
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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 [...]
- Tags: Club Reviews, Crazy, Epon, PRGR
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Scratch Golf 1018 Controversy Test Results!
Test results are in! For those who have missed it there was a big controversy about Scratch Golf’s advertising claims that spanned across multiple forum’s and blog websites. Here were the claims I made against Scratch Golf last week:
1. It was my opinion that they did not use 1018 carbon steel for their Irons & Wedges
2. [...]
- Tags: 1018, Scratch Golf, Test Results
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Superman Golf Clubs: What do you guy’s think?
Three years ago we showed you images from the 2007 Japan Golf Fair that featured Warner Bros. licensed golf products with the Superman Logo on them. That driver was actually produced by Endo factory in Japan and had amazing performance and feel. Over a thousand pieces sold out very quickly, not in the USA or [...]
- Tags: Drivers, irons, New Products, Superman Golf Clubs, Wedges
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My Golf Magazine Rant…
I subscribe to most major golf publications to try to stay on top of marketing in the U.S golf industry. Its actually quite affordable right now as Golf Digest is offering 12 issues for only 12 bucks a year, can’t go wrong with that deal and it beats buying it for full value at the [...]
- Tags: Golf Magazines, Polls
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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 [...]
- Tags: 1018 Forged, Forgings, made in japan, Miura, Scratch
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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 [...]
- Tags: Callaway, Japan Golf Show, japan only, New Products
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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 )
- Tags: Golds Factory, New Products, Wedges
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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 [...]
- Tags: Japan Golf Industry, tourstage
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Time Lapse Video of Mt Fuji, Miyajima, Iwate
(autumn) from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo.
New Iomic Limited Edition Colors: Image of the Day!
( Iomic Limited Edition Color Grips )
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