Taylormade Japan Burner Forged and R9 Forged Comparison
As many of you may have read, the Taylormade Japan Burner Forged and R9 Forged were supposed to be part of my forged cavity shootout however they demos never came in time from Taylormade for the initial test. Because of the delay I had broken the test into 2 groups, with the Burner Forged and [...]
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Forged Cavity Back Shootout Part A1 – Design and Aesthetics
First of all I wanted to apologize for the amount of time its taken to do this one particular blog post. Reviewing such a large number of clubs at one time has proven much more difficult than I anticipated. It’s not that it was hard for me to hit the clubs or even study them [...]
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What do you think of color steel shafts?
There was a time where may customers and members asked about black tinted steel shafts for irons and wedges from both KBS and Shimada. People still seem to have interest. How about colored steel shafts?
Dagalo Japan in collaboration with Shimada Shafts are introducing colored shafts based on Shimada’s top performing steel shafts. These new Design [...]
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Crazy shafts? How about Crazy Zippo Lighters?
Crazy Shafts is not only know for making some of the hottest performing premium grade carbon shafts in Japan. They also make cool clothes, shoes, and accessories.
Crazy worked together with Zippo USA to make a couple of limited edition Crazy Zippo Lighters, the Monogram and the Emblem. TSG has a few to offer for those [...]
GDO Ping Anser Forged and TM R9 TP Forged Videos!
Golf Digest Online Japan has a few new videos up for our viewing pleasure. Respected tester and former Japan tour player Taichiro Kanatani tests both the Ping Anser Forged and Taylormade Japan R9 Tp Forged Irons.
Kanatani Pro finds both irons on the soft side with the Anser Forged rather forgiving even for a supposed players [...]
Como!Come! New 2010 Promotional Video
Check out Como!Come!’s new Promo Video for 2010 featuring their image golfer Kayoko. Beautiful swing, beautifully shot video… funny captions and great style! We’ve got some cool new items coming soon from Como!Come! So look for them in the pro shop!
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Greenon Plus Global Positioning System for Golf
Today I received my new GreenOn Plus GPS unit. For those of you who don’t know, GPS stands for Global Positioning System. It works using satellites around the earth to pinpoint your location somewhere on the earth and can typically be found in common places like car navigation systems. I had a chance to choose [...]
New TSG Forum Design – Mobile, Facebook, Twitter and more!
As some of you may have noticed we’ve gotten around to upgrading our forum to the latest Invision Board which includes a complete overhaul of how the forum works and looks. While its still a work in progress getting it to work properly there are a bunch of great new features such as automatic mobile [...]
Most holes of golf in a day?
I know there are many people who have played 36 holes or more in a day but up to last week I had never played over 18 holes in Japan in one day. In Japan the golfing day is long… 2 1/2 hours IN then 1 hour for lunch and 2 1/2 hours OUT then [...]
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The History of Maruman Golf
Maruman Golf is a company that offers something for everybody, from more entry level budget minded clubs like their Verity Red line to most premium Majesty line which made Forbes Magazine’s “Most Expensive List” as the most expensive golf clubs in the world. Some of you may be surprised to know that Maruman has been [...]
New Taylormade Limited Edition Tour Caps and Visors
Taylormade Japan has just released a few new caps and visors that are Tour Professional models. These are the same caps worn by Taylormade Pros on the Japanese tour. They are all limited editions and numbers are very limited. Like most Taylormade items in low supply they will sell out fast. So this is a [...]
Epon Driver Comparison – Different Models for Different Player Types
There are 4 current driver models in the Epon lineup, the most ever at one time. In the past, Epon typically had two models, one distance control model aimed at the better golfer and a more forgiving, high launch model aimed at the average golfer. So with 4 models to choose from, which is the [...]
Introducing Tour G Next Generation Golf Grip
With big names like Iomic and Nowon dominating the soft and sticky grip market in Japan is there room for a new up and comer to join the fray? Tour G sure thinks so.
Tour G is a premium Acrylate-Butadiene Rubber grip, made in Japan, which utilizes a synthetic polymer for premium grip and control. The [...]
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Ping Anser Forged Iron Japan April Release!
We were lucky enough to get a chance to try the new Ping Anser Forged iron at the Japan Golf Fair yesterday. The Anser Forged is slated for an April release here in Japan and features a sharp toe and straighter toe matched with a premium forged 8620 Carbon Steel body (this is a correction [...]
2010 Demo Days Begin in Japan – inpres Day
With the 2010 season underway in Japan and only 3 weeks until the Japan Golf Fair, Demo Days are being held all around Japan for many of the top brands. I was lucky enough to get invited to a demo day today in Oamishirasato at the local driving range which is about 5 minutes from [...]
New 2010 Mizuno Stability Style Golf Shoe
Today I’m going to take a look at Mizuno Japan’s all new 2010 Stability Style Golf Shoe 45KM0189. The original Stability Style shoe from 2008 was perhaps one of the best golf shoes ever made in Japan and that position was well reflected as it was the best selling golf shoe for both 2008 and [...]
Yamaha Custom Fitting Program in Full Swing!
Today I received my 2010 Yamaha Inpres custom fitting book with all Yamaha’s options and guidlines for custom clubs and fittings for customers. There are lots of awesome shafts available including new models like the Bassara Griffin, Diamana ‘ilima and Fuji’s new Motore Speeder VCX.1 Blue series which replaces the old red Motore Speeder. All [...]
Best Selling Golf Shafts of 2009
Lots of data are now coming in for the 2009 season when it comes to sales and trends in Japan’s golf market. Today I’m going to talk about shaft trends from 2009. Overall in general, we saw the trend move away from high launch max carry type of shafts to shafts that produce a lower [...]
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Golf To Impress- Tourspecgolf
In Japan, Christmas is not as big an event as New Year’s Day is. It is not considered a holiday as less than 1% of the population are Christian but many Japanese do embrace the idea and and festive atmosphere of Christmas regardless of their religious background. They do celebrate it as a reason to [...]
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Callaway new 2010 Legacy Drivers!
Callaway Golf is set to release their next generation of Legacy drivers. This time around for 2010, they will be releasing two drivers simultaneously to cater to different player audiences. The premium forged Legacy drivers have always been a best seller in Japan and know for awesome feel and great overall performance.
In February of next [...]
Japan Golf Fair 2010!
It’s that time of year again where we start getting ready for the Japan Golf Fair! The 2010 event details are out and as always it’s a 3 day get together from February 19th ti 21st at the Tokyo Big Sight. The fair is open to the public and admission is free.
As always TSG will [...]
TSG’s gocchin – What’s in the Bag
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 [...]
PRGR New 2010 Products Announced!
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. A [...]
Golf wear at TSG – and my blurb on pricing…
Demand for clothes…
Due to many requests from customers and vistors to Tourspecgolf, we’ve begun our little experiment at carrying golf clothing. We’ve actually been getting many requests for golf wear over the years but to be honest we never decided to make a commitment to clothes because it is probably the one most difficult [...]
Golf Wear and Accessories – Poll of the week
There are so many great brands to chose from when it comes to golf wear and accesories. Fashion is a huge part of golf. Some people swear by the brands they play and look like a sponsored pro. Others wear and use accessories they like regardless of brand association. Me, if I like the way [...]
Fourteen Golf new UT-409 Utility!
Back in 2006 Fourteen Golf released the UT-106 a larger sized utility based on forgiveness and ease of use to replace long irons. The knock on this model especially by better athlete level players was that the club was too big and did not give them the control they wanted. The UT-106 stayed on the [...]
Golf Shaft Rankings October
It’s time for an update to our golf shaft rankings which are base on not only sales but tour usage, and market hype in Japan. So here is the Golf to Impress and TSG Top 11 Shaft Rankings for October 2009. Previous Months Ranking in (-).
1. (1.) Diamana Kai’li – The Kai’li does not look [...]
Golf in the Olympics! 2016 Rio De Janeiro!
Golf in the Olympics! It’s a day for celebration for us and all golfers alike, the 2016 Olympics in Rio De Janeiro will include Golf as a true olympic event!
Yesterday in copenhagen in what was the last and final day of the IOC meetings various golf organizations and professional players such as Padrig Harrington, Susan Tason, and [...]
New Dance With Dragon Caps at TSG!
Dance with Dragon has released a few new caps as part of their fall collection. They’ve chosen some interesting names this time around, and I guess they always do! Stand out head wear include a new Damage American Cap and Visor with the visor also able to hold tees. There are also two new Inpakuto [...]
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