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Just got this driver head in and its dark outside so I can’t take pretty pictures. Here is a little teaser until tomorrow. It’s a 4 piece head, white crown …
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Thanks to the popularity and success of the Prototype RF700 Hi Cor Alpha Spec driver, Geotech has released a conforming model due to demand from those better players who play …
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PRGR sent over its all NEW iD435 driver for some photos and testing. This new athlete model 435cc conforming driver will be released in Japan on October 15th. I had …
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One of my meetings yesterday was to drop by the Crazy Factory in Adachi to to talk to the Crazy folks about their products and take the time to test …
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- Tags: driver, impressions, Japan, Preview, prgr eggbird
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I’ve been sitting here in my office staring at the new PRGR eggbird Driver. The driver has been right next to me for 3 days as I sit at my …
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Akira releases a new H2XX Series driver as part of their higher end tour player focus Prototype line. The new H209 (9*) and H210 (10*) is a premium 4 piece …
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- Tags: driver, Japan, kamui works, non-conforming
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I put together the new Kamui Ray last night . I really do like the looks of the driver without the paint fill. I did leave the KAMUI in black …
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- Tags: components, driver, geotech, gt 45n sws, Japan
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The 2011 golf season is getting into full swing and Geotech has their new line up of components for budget minded players who want bang for the buck. The first …
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- Tags: 50t, distance, driver, performanc, quelot, re10, ryoma d-1, ryoma golf, xdb
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I finally got out for my first round of golf of 2011. Whenever my neighbor across the street invites me to go to Hirakawa Country Club, I can never say …
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- Tags: distance, driver, forgivness, geotech, gold silver, Japan, quelot, re10, royal excellence
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The temperatures in Chiba cooled this morning as I headed to the driving range to test both the Quelot Gold and Silver model drivers. This concerned me a bit as …
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- Tags: 90t, driver, geotech, high grade carbon, Japan, modulus, quelot, review, royal excellence, test, xdb
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I’ve got a couple of interesting products I’ll be checking out for the GTI blog over the next few days. I quickly snapped some shots before the sun set so …
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- Tags: amazing spec, driver, honma, Japan, perfect switch
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Honma has officially launched the Perfect Switch driver and TSG has the new drivers for order in the pro shop. The English Honma site only shows the Perfect Switch 460 …
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With the dominant performance and popularity of the Crazy 435 driver and already a Crazy 455 driver in the stable (though in fact just a George Spirits 455 driver in …
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I’ve finally got a chance to start testing the new PRGR iD line for 2011. As I mentioned earlier on the blog, I’ve got the entire demo lineup here so …
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- Tags: 2011, driver, Fairway Woods, Forged Irons, ID, New Clubs, PRGR
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The new PRGR 2011 iD demo clubs showed up today. I’ll be spending the week with the clubs and testing each individual one and writing up a few reviews as …
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- Tags: Bridgestone, driver, gr, Japan, performance, tourstage, x-drive
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I had the chance to take a quick spin with the new 2010 Tourstage X-Drive GR which was released back in August. Around 3-4 years ago when the GR line …
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- Tags: driver, Japan, performance, r9, supermax, taylormade
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I had a chance recently to spend a couple of weeks with the new R9 Supermax from Taylormade Japan. As you all know, Japan gets all the global models in …
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Here’s what everyone’s been waiting for, Yamaha’s yearly promotional video. They make one every year and it’s always filled with great footage of the clubs being hit by Hiroyuki Fujita …
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- Tags: apex, Callaway, chemically milled, crown, driver, face, hyperbolic, Japan, legacy
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Along with Callaway Japan’s announcement of the new RAZR line of clubs, they will be releasing an all new Legacy Apex driver as part of Callaway Japan’s flagship Legacy line …
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Demos have begun appearing of the new Tourstage X-Drive 705 type 415 driver and they look great. Only 415cc but still confident looking at address with deeper face and higher …
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Srixon has revamped the Z-TX driver to make it more oriented towards the better player. Under the Sri-Sports umbrella, Srixon has always been geared towards the athlete golfer while it’s …
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Today was our annual Kiminomori summer matsuri (festival), so I was rather busy gathering at Mugiwara park with all the other neighbors in 5 Chome and 3 Chome who share …
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- Tags: burner 2.0, driver, fairway wood, irons, japanese, JDM, r9 supermax, Taylormade Japan, utility
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Edit: updated post to include driver info! Had a chance to speak with Taylormade Japan today and they faxed over some promo sheets of their fall club releases. They’ve got …
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- Tags: anti-slice, distance, driver, forgiving, Japan, Japanese Golf, performance, SRI Sports, xxio
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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 …
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- Tags: distance, driver, Endo Forged, Japan, performance, premium, PRGR
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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 …
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In trying to learn more about how Crazy shafts work and perform I have learned a lot about my own swing along the way. After much contemplation, I built a …
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This weekend I’ll be lucky enough to test 4 great drivers side by side, the Tourstage X-drive 703 Limited, Titleist VG3, Taylormade Superdeep TP and Burner Superfast TP Black. I …
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- Tags: 80t, control, crazy shaft, distance, driver, Japan, Long Drive, performance, premium carbon
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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With the official showing to the public of the new Titleist VG3 driver at the Golf Fair this weekend here in Japan, I thought I would go into a bit …
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(ONOFF Red XD. Driver) Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business operation roles at a major Canadian financial institution. Before …
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- Tags: drive, driver, Golf Opinion, Japanese Golf, longest, sweet spot
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As you can imagine I still get so many emails asking, what’s the longest driver you sell, or what’s the hottest driver on the market you have. Many average golfers …
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Titleist VG3 Driver! Titleist has a large following all around the world and very much so in Japan as well. But as an American brand in Japan they have not …
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Thanks to our friends over at GDO we’ve got an early preview of the new PRGR GN502 Tour 440 driver. Top PRGR Pros Azuma Yano and Hideto Tanihara had requested …
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Z-TX Clubs in the house I received a box full of Srixon clubs for testing recently including the all new Z-TX Driver, Fairway Wood, Irons and new Srixon Hybrid. I’ll …
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Kamui Works 456 Silver Since introducing the Kamui Works 456 Silver driver back in September, it has been a very popular choice for many golfers who visit our pro shop. …
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Give me your longest driver… I get tons of emails every day asking for recommendations on clubs from the Japanese market. As I mentioned in previous posts, one of the …
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With the upcoming launch of the all new Callaway Japan Legacy Tour driver as posted by Tourspecgolfer earlier, Callaway held a mini test session at the Callaway Virtual Test Center …
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That title probably doesn’t make much sense but what I’m talking about is Kamui Works, a very prestigious hand made golf club maker in Toyama City. Kamui Works has been …
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- Tags: driver, Fairway Woods, Long Drive, r9, taylormade
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Coming October 2009! The R9 Max Type E driver is a Japan only product designed for increased distance, it features an overall lighter weight, low deeper center of gravity design …
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