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Japan Golf Fair 2010 Update and Recap Info

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf News, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf
  • Posted on: February 21st, 2010 by: gocchin

So the Japan Golf Fair 2010 is officially over. There were some great previews at the show including the Ping Anser Forged Irons, the Taylormade Superdeep TP driver, the Titleist Japan VG3 Driver, Fourteen’s MT-28 V5 Wedge and Mizuno’s MP Craft Forged Putters were among some of the highlights. We’ve got lots of pictures, videos [...]

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  • Tags: 2010, Clubs, fair, girls, japan golf, New Equipment, pictures, show
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Kamui Custom Hand Made Fairway Woods Now at TSG!

  • Categories: Featured, GTI Exclusive, Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, Recommended, Recommended Posts
  • Posted on: January 23rd, 2010 by: gocchin

After many requests from customers to get Kamui’s fairway wood in the pro shop, so we thought we would get a few heads in to check out. Yesterday I received a custom 3 and 5 wood from Kamui and they are indeed a simple and clean design with a very traditional shape and mid height [...]

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TSG’s gocchin – What’s in the Bag

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf Opinion, Japanese Golf, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: November 26th, 2009 by: gocchin

Magazines and websites love to cover what’s in the bag for all the top pros on tour. One of the things I find most interesting is what’s in the bag of your fellow peer or average golfer. There are so many brands out there and what each person plays is not only a testament to [...]

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PRGR New 2010 Products Announced!

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: November 22nd, 2009 by: gocchin

PRGR a subsidiary of Yokohama rubber and one of the most cutting edge golf companies in Japan has announced a slew of new products for the 2010 season.  Along with new balls, putters and chipper, some of the new products we will see in a February launch right before the golf show will be: 1. [...]

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New Yamaha Custom Club Program at TSG!

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: November 17th, 2009 by: gocchin

We’ve got some great news for customers in our Pro Shop. Not only will we be carrying the new Yamaha Inpres 2010 Line up, but we will now offer full customized specs as well as upgraded shafts direct from the Yamaha factory. We can quote you on any specs and any available shaft and even [...]

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Yamaha Inpres 2010 New Gear – Video of the Day

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Videos, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: November 6th, 2009 by: gocchin

Yamaha has released an all new promo video for their 2010 lineup which includes 4 new drivers, a new power spoon and 4 new iron models. Video is in Japanese of course but you don’t need to understand to check out the new gear! Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required [...]

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Taylormade Innovation – Prototype Evolution

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  • Posted on: September 19th, 2009 by: gocchin

Taylormade releases a lot of new golf clubs on a regular basis. This is because their R&D department is always working away at producing new designs and trying new things. Some people say they come out with too many products too fast but this is in fact a strategy used by TM emulated from believe [...]

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Interesting Golf Digest Online Surveys

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  • Posted on: September 5th, 2009 by: gocchin

Golf Digest Online or GDO as it is better known as here in Japan recently released an all new Free magazine called GDO Style Book. This magazine focuses more on trends in the golfing world and the lifestyle aspects of both professional and recreational golfers. Volume 1 which just came out has Ai Miyazato on [...]

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Japan Tour Gear Report Graphite Design

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus
  • Posted on: August 7th, 2009 by: gocchin

Graphite Design the Japan Tour Leader Graphite Design has long been the leader for shafts in play on the Japanese tour.  Their Tour AD series of shafts have held an over 30% share on the JPGA and JLPGA for 7 years running. With improving technologies and materials, many manufacturers including Mitsubishi Rayon and Fujikura are [...]

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Golf Clubs Made by Kyoei

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  • Posted on: August 7th, 2009 by: gocchin

A nice big box was delivered to my home office today by the very reliable Kuroneko (Black Cat) Yamato. The driver, Aoki-san who is a regular on this delivery route pulled out a long PRGR box which I gladly accepted.  I knew these were the new PRGR EGG II irons (which I will write about [...]

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Nathan Green’s RBC Canadian Open Clubs

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Opinion, Golf Tech Talk, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment, PGA Tour, Tournaments, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: July 29th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

It took a long, long time to finish, it took a lot of weather delays, a lot of waiting, pacing and hoping the rain would stop, and in the end, it took two playoff holes, but it finally ended.  When it ended, Nathan Green stood alone hoisting the trophy for the RBC Canadian Open, after [...]

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Tom Watson’s British Open Clubs Offer Glimpse

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Opinion, Golf Tech Talk, New Equipment, The Majors, Tournaments, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: July 24th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

We’ve taken a look into some pretty interesting golf bags on this blog, some of the biggest and best names in all of golf.  We’ve gotten to see what clubs they play, the lofts, the putters, the different golf balls and even their sponsorships coming out in flying colors.  Thanks to Tom Watson’s amazing play [...]

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PGA Players Turning Back to Irons for British Open?

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, PGA Tour, Rumors, The Majors, Tournaments, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: July 10th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

If you tuned in to even a single round of the wet, soggy and delayed golf that made up the U.S. Open, you most likely saw a few surprising things.  The most surprising of all being that a vast majority of the Pros taking part in the tournament pulled out their long irons from their [...]

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Hunter Mahan’s Runner-Up Clubs @ AT&T National

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, New Equipment, PGA Tour, Tournaments, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: July 8th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

We’ll say this for the guy, he made it an absolutely exciting battle.  Even though Hunter Mahan wasn’t paired with Tiger Woods for the final round of the AT&T National Tournament at the Congressional Country Club, he certainly gave him a run for his money and forced Tiger to keep completely on top of his [...]

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ONOFF Pro Division Clubs Now Available at TSG

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment, Recommended
  • Posted on: July 3rd, 2009 by: gocchin

Tourspecgolf – Golf to Impress is proud to announce the availabilty of tour drivers from ONOFF Golf’s Pro Division. These drivers are built to spec by ONOFF’s top tour craftsmen from the Pro Division tour support team.  We received a brand new driver today from them, an ONOFF Red with 1* open face, Roddio’s new [...]

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Steve Stricker’s Winning Clubs For Colonial

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf Tech Talk, PGA Tour, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: June 4th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

Looks like the sticks that Steve Stricker used to take home the top spot last Sunday at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial proved to be quite the asset, and if he’s using them again this week at the Memorial, he’ll be hoping that they treat him just as kindly.  After all, if it worked [...]

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Sabbatini’s Winning Byron Nelson Winning Clubs

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf Tech Talk, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment, PGA Tour, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: May 27th, 2009 by: Tyler Knott Gregson

The last putt has been sunk at the HP Byron Nelson Championship and we know that Rory Sabbatini won in convincing fashion, taking home top honors by two strokes and denying the fans yet another playoff finish at the Byron.  What we don’t know, or at least didn’t know until now, is what clubs Rory [...]

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  • Tags: Callaway Ball, Clubs, HP Byron Nelson, r9, Rory Sabbatini, taylormade
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