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Diamana ‘ahina Shaft!

  • Categories: Featured, Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Industry Insider, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment, Product Previews, Recommended, Recommended Posts, Uncategorized
  • Posted on: August 28th, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

New Diamana ‘ahina Shaft
Mitsubishi Rayon is set to release their all new Diamana ‘ahina shaft in Japan on October 16th.  The Diamana ‘ahina features a similar bend profile to the original white board and  utilizes the same Multi-Dimensional Interlay technology (M.D.I) as the more recent Kai’li model.  The combo produces a very stable low launch [...]

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Custom Diamana White Board Produced for Rickie Fowler: Image of the Day!

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Image of the Day, Industry Insider, PGA Tour, Spy Pic's, Uncategorized
  • Posted on: February 1st, 2010 by: Tourspecgolfer

( Oklahoma State Diamana Custom Shaft )
image via golf.com

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Mitsubishi Diamana ilima Review

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  • Posted on: October 22nd, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer

This is our first official Shaft review here at GolfToImpress, we have done quite a few golf club reviews and although feedback shows us to be brutal in our judgements and results we feel its very fair and honest. We try to put to the side the honeymoon phase that most golfers go through, we [...]

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New Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana ‘ilima Red Shaft

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

I posted a few weeks ago about the spotting of a new Diamana Red prototype on the Japanese tour. After speaking with Diamana Japan, they did in fact confirm that that prototype would be going retail in October. So the news is now official and we have Mitsubishi Rayon’s new Diamana ‘ilima shaft. As Mitsubishi [...]

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New Diamana Red Prototype Spotted – Japan Tour Report

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  • Posted on: August 25th, 2009 by: gocchin

A new Mitsubishi Diamana prototype sporting the Ion red colors of the old Diamana Redboard and the flowerband of the new Kai’li have appeared on the Japanese tour. This new prototype is currently being tested in the driver of Mizuno pro Toru Suzuki and in the driver and fairway wood of PRGR pro Azuma Yano. [...]

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Golf Shaft Rankings for July 2009

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  • Posted on: July 30th, 2009 by: gocchin

With July drawing to a close its time to update the Golf to Impress/Tourspecgolf Shaft rankings. These rankings are based on a number of criteria including sales, user reviews and feedback, media hype, and overall buzz and demand. This list is a part of our regular Golf Club Rankings Page here.
Golf to Impress and TSG [...]

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New Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana Stinger – Full Boron Prototype

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  • Posted on: July 29th, 2009 by: gocchin

Today a very pretty Diamana box showed up at our Chiba office and in it was the all new Mitsubishi Rayon Diamana Stinger Prototype. This full boron shaft as we reported before is the ultimate in high end materials from Mitsubishi Rayon.  When I first posted about this prototype, we were unsure about the name. [...]

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Diamana New Full Boron Prototype Shaft – Stinger 2009?

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  • Posted on: July 21st, 2009 by: gocchin

We’ve just been told by Mitsubishi Rayon Japan that an all new full boron prototype shaft will be released to only specially chosen dealers in Japan. Lucky for us we are one of them!  Could this prototype be the the 2009 version of the legendary tour Stinger shaft?
This new shaft features a profile and specs [...]

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Mitsubishi Bassara Griffin Prototype from the JPGA Tour

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  • Posted on: July 1st, 2009 by: Tourspecgolfer

Bassara Griffin Prototypes
I would like to thank our contributors on the JPGA Tour for helping us source some very rare and unique Tour Issue Mitsubishi Bassara Griffin Prototype Shafts.  The Bassara Griffin Prototype has become my gamer ever since first hitting it a couple of weeks ago.  Main reason being that not only did I see [...]

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Fujikura Motore Speeder vs. Mitsubishi Bassara Griffin

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  • Posted on: June 28th, 2009 by: gocchin

I’ve been writing a lot about shafts lately and for good reason. There are just so many good shafts out there to choose from. Today Yamato dropped by and delivered the new Mitsubishi Bassara Griffin that we have been talking about on GTI as well as the highly touted Fujikura Motore Speeder. These two new [...]

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Mitsubishi moves with Diamana Kai’li and Bassara Griffin

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, New Equipment, Product Previews, Recommended
  • Posted on: June 25th, 2009 by: gocchin

Tourspecgolfer broke the word on the new  Bassara Griffin series earlier but with its official launch in 3 days, I thought I’d share some more information now that the shaft has been added to TSG’s offerings. But let’s take a step back to last year first where it all started.
A New Focus on Elasticity for [...]

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Who’s this Azuma Yano guy at the US Open? A look at one of Japan’s Top JPGA Pros

  • Categories: Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, Recommended, The Majors, What's in the bag?
  • Posted on: June 20th, 2009 by: gocchin

With all the focus on Tiger and the rain and mudballs at this year’s US Open, most people probably haven’t noticed or had the time to ask who is that guy from Japan tied for 4th after the completion of two rounds? Shigeki Maruyama? Shingo Katayama? No it’s PRGR Pro Azuma Yano.
While well known in [...]

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