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Industry and Tour Insider: Made Where, Assembled Here and There

  • Categories: Club Making, GTI Exclusive, Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Golf Opinion, Golf Tech Talk, Industry Insider
  • Posted on: April 30th, 2010 by: gocchin

I was in Tokyo earlier this week and had the chance to go for a meal with some Japan golf industry insiders including representatives from both OEM brands and actual manufacturers. We talked golf and gear while enjoying some delicious ramen and yaki gyoza and as always I listened carefully to pick up some interesting [...]

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  • Tags: assembly, Club Making, factory, forged, golf club, japan, made in japan, manufacturing, titanium
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Gold’s Factory Featured in Golf Digest Japan!

  • Categories: Featured, Golf News, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, Recommended
  • Posted on: August 24th, 2009 by: gocchin

Masayuki Sasaya has worked hard at being the premium custom putter maker in Japan and while many hardcore enthusiasts know and love his work, Gold’s Factory has long been a boutique/niche brand with a smaller high end clientele. That may have all changed with Octobers issue of Golf Digest here in Japan.
Gold’s Factory’s Sasaya-san is [...]

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Gold’s Factory Answer No.2 SUS303 available again

  • Categories: Gear Sneak Peaks, Golf News, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus, New Equipment
  • Posted on: August 17th, 2009 by: gocchin

After talking today with Master Sasaya at Gold’s Factory, he decided he would again begin producing the Answer No.2 in SUS303. It was a premium high end head that was sold out due to supply of highest grade JIS (Japan Industry Standard) SUS303 (same thing as Scotty’s GSS) but the master was able to source [...]

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A look inside Epon Golf’s Flagship Store

  • Categories: GTI Exclusive, Golf News, Japanese Golf, Manufacturer Focus
  • Posted on: August 15th, 2009 by: gocchin

Tourspecgolf has visited the Epon Factory/Endo Manufacturing several times in the last few years. With the growing recognition of Epon Forged golf clubs both in Japan and worldwide,  Epon opened a flagship store as part of the factory in Niigata, Japan. The store itself has grown a lot, with part retail space, part fitting area, [...]

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Visiting Gold’s Factory

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

Tourspecgolfer posted up parts ONE & TWO of the Gold’s Factory Interview as well as the video he took while we visiting Master Sasaya in his workshop. While TSGolfer was busy taking videos, I had a chance to photo document our visit and here it is for your viewing pleasure! We only had the morning [...]

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Dance with Dragon putters now available at TSG!

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  • Posted on: May 22nd, 2009 by: gocchin

Great news for the many fans of Dance with Dragon and Gold’s Factory!
Dance with Dragon putters which are hand crafted by Master Sasaya at Gold’s Factory are now available at Tourspecgolf!
Previously only available to the Japanese Market, Tourspecgolf will now be bringing DWD putters to the world. The first three models available are Missile, Rocks [...]

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