Saqra Golf INB-2018 Forged Irons
Earlier this week we posted a Blog & Forum topic on the Saqra INB-1150 Forged Muscle Backs by Doc Niimi, Today we reveal the INB-2018 Forged Cavity Backs by Saqra. It’s a Mid Sized CB shape produced of S25C precision one piece forged carbon steel + CNC milling.
V Groove 2010 R&A Conforming and available 4-PW [...]
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Saqra INB-1150 Forged Muscle Backs
Last week we teased our readers with a lone image of the new Saqra precision one piece forged INB-1150 Muscle Back Irons. As promised here is the skinny on these new sweet sticks.
Produced by Niimi Kiyonari who I have known for many years as the international agent of Epon Golf, Niimi-san has created his own [...]
- Tags: INB-1159, irons, Muscle Backs, New Products, Saqra Golf Clubs
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New Tourstage GR Line Clubs in the house!
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 this day for family fun. It was a scorching 35C all afternoon and when I got back late in the day I was happy to [...]
Saqra Golf Clubs
(Saqra Golf – New Brand from Master Niimi Kiyonari aka Doc Niimi)
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Tourstage New X-Blade GR Irons – Image of the Day
We’re waiting for our new Tourstage demos to come in some time after Japan’s Obon holiday. In the meantime we’ve got some preview pics of the new X-Blade GR Iron and GR Forged.
Both are great looking irons with the mid sized GR Iron featuring a pocket cavity and a nice new modern back face. The [...]
Taylormade R9 TP Forged Irons 2010!
Taylormade Japan introduces their all new tour model iron, the premium 1 piece R9 TP Forged iron. The new R9 TP Forged is 2010 USGA Groove Conforming and with design supervision from major champion Nick Faldo, is designed to meet the demanding needs of the professional and low handicap golfer.
While offset numbers are similar to [...]
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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 [...]
- Tags: comparisons, forged cavity, golf, irons, japan forged, japanese, performance, review, tests
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Taylormade R9 Supermax and Burner 2.0 Info!
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 a new line of R9 Supermax clubs which will only be for the Japanese market only.
The following releases will be out in September and October:
Taylormade R9 [...]
- Tags: burner 2.0, driver, fairway wood, irons, japanese, JDM, r9 supermax, Taylormade Japan, utility
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New Tourstage GR Lineup Announced!
Tourstage held a press conference today to announce the all new GR lineup. The GR lineup fits right between the X Series and ViQ and is aimed at the low to mid handicap player (the X Series is aimed at pro to low handicap while the ViQ is aimed at mid to high handicap). The [...]
Dinesh Chand 2010 Yururi Muscle Backs!
Had no clue I would be getting these then I opened the box and said DAMN! These are pretty and produced for JPGA player Dinesh Chand from Fiji.
While Chand was sponsored by Kasco he couldn’t find an Iron from them he would put into play. He really wanted to play the Yururi Raw Black Blades [...]
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PING S56 Irons Debut at Pebble Beach
Ping S56 Irons First Look!
New Ping S56 irons were spotted today at Pebble Beach and posted on the official Ping Twitter page. At first sight it’s design shares many of the same aesthetic cue’s as the new Ping Tour S Wedges that we showed you in Feb from the Tokyo Golf Show. Ping staffers are [...]
- Tags: irons, New Produts, Pebble Beach, Ping Golf, S56 Irons, U.S Open
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Miura Hagane Irons Produced for Senior Players
Miura Giken Japan has just released it’s new Senior premium model named the Hagane Series. As you can see it’s stamped K.M Personal and Mr. Miura wants the market to know that he himself uses these in his late 60’s.
Miura Giken is trying to market it’s fitting system which doesnt focus on the usual things like [...]
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Taylormade 2010 Custom Clubs – Good and Bad News
I’m happy to announce that Taylormade Japan has finally added all 2010 models to their custom clubs program. This includes the SuperTri, Superdeep, Burner TP Driver and all Fairway Woods. Drivers and woods are available directly from TM Japan with ALL shafts from Mitsubishi, Graphite Design, Fujikura (except Bangvoo) , Mamiya and Project X Graphite. [...]
Japan Forged Irons Comparison – Preview
Japan is known to get some of the best forged irons in the world, especially Japanese domestic models (JDM) that nobody else in the world gets. Being an online retailer, we rarely stock test or demo irons on hand but I still frequently get a lot of inquires about comparing a certain iron to another. [...]
Gold’s Factory Custom Aftermarket Tune Up
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Kamui TEIOO Mid Air Irons Review
Kamui Works sent me their all new TEIOO Mid Air iron to dem0 and give feedback on. This is a hybrid performance iron made for the average golfer wanting the ultimate in forgiveness and distance. With lofts 2-3* stronger than most average golfer models (22* 5 iron) and an ultra low center of gravity, players [...]
- Tags: distance, forgiveness, irons, japan, kamui works, performance
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Geotech JF10 Prototype Irons Now Shipping!
The all new Geotech JF10 Prototype Iron is forged of J.I.S S25C in Himeji Japan. It’s actually very similar to the GT Tour Issue cavity minus a few details like the killed trailed edge and stamping.
Geotech is known for offering high quality Japanese forgings for very fair prices. The JF-10 is based from a brand new [...]
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Cavity Back minus Cavity equals Muscle Back?
Have you ever given any thought to as how impact would feel if there was no cavity design in your cavity back iron? I did while working on a couple of new design prototype irons in Japan. The iron in the picture above is fully forged of S25C. Each head is about 10 grams heavier [...]
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Kamui Works TEIOO Mid Air Iron!
Kamui Works has long been known to make some of the best hand made drivers in Japan especially for the athlete golfer. For many years their Asiri line was the premium choice for the better golfer those who wanted a custom made driver for performance. In the last year, we saw the release of the [...]
- Tags: custom, Drivers, Hand Made, irons, japan, kamui works, non-conforming
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R9 TP Forged vs Burner TP – Taylormade Iron Comparison
I got my hands on a few demos from Taylormade Japan. They were kind enough to send me the new R9 TP Forged along with the Burner TP, Japan R9 and R9 Max irons for comparison. I am sure many people are interested in comparing the two TP models so I would like to note [...]
Superman Golf Clubs: What do you guy’s think?
Three years ago we showed you images from the 2007 Japan Golf Fair that featured Warner Bros. licensed golf products with the Superman Logo on them. That driver was actually produced by Endo factory in Japan and had amazing performance and feel. Over a thousand pieces sold out very quickly, not in the USA or [...]
- Tags: Drivers, irons, New Products, Superman Golf Clubs, Wedges
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Geotech “Tour Issue” GT Forged Iron 2010
GT FORGED Tour Issue Irons
Geotech Golf had a bunch of new products this year at the Tokyo Golf Show and the one that caught our eye was the new GT Forged Iron.
The first thing everyone notices is the word ” TOUR ISSUE ” on the back of the head. My first question to [...]
R9 TP Forged Irons & R9 SuperDeep TP: Quick Vid
( R9 TP Forged Iron & R9 SuperDeep TP Driver Quick Vid )
Both the R9 TP Forged and R9 Superdeep TP are now available for pre order in the Pro Shop!
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Taylormade R9 TP Forged Makes Debut at Japan Golf Show!
The Taylormade R9 TP Forged Iron made its debut today at the 2010 Japan Golf Fair. It looks very similar to the last TP Forged model released almost 2 years ago. The new R9 TP Forged is 2010 USGA Groove Conforming and produced with design supervision from major champion Nick Faldo.
While offset numbers are similar to previous [...]
PRGR Red 505 Driver, Fairway, Woods, Irons
New PRGR 505 Driver, Fairway Woods, and Irons are scheduled to hit the Japanese market this march with their official announcement at the 2010 Tokyo Golf Show late this month. PRGR also known as ProGear is owned by the Yokohama Rubber Co. yup that’s right the same company that produces tires globally.
The new Red 505 [...]
- Tags: Drivers, Fairway Woods, irons, New Equipment, PRGR, PRGR 505 series
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Taylormade Updates – R9 TP Forged, Five TP Ball, Monza Spider Max Putter
I spoke to TM the other day and arranged for them to send me the new R9 TP Forged for review along with the current R9, Burner Forged and Burner TP iron so it’ll be good to get some comparison pictures of all the new releases. The standard R9 Forged is slated for May so [...]
Taylormade R9 Forged and R9 TP Forged Irons !
R9 Forged Irons
Taylormade Japan has some new releases prepared for announcement at the 2010 Tokyo Golf Show Including one we have all been waiting for the R9 Forged Irons. There are two new R9 labelled irons coming to the Japan market both are forged. Most people were expecting only one forged model but Taylormade [...]
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Mizuno JPX AD Irons and Driver Live Pics
Testing sessions around Japan have begun for the prelaunch of the new Mizuno JPX AD line for 2010. Thanks to Nikkan Sports we were able to get a preview of the new clubs including the new JPX Maraging face irons, JPX Forged and JPX AD Driver.
Mizuno like many manufacturers have moved away from the titanium [...]
XXIO 2010 Iron Review
ze-ku-shi-oh, say that quickly…
There are many people outside of Japan who have probably never heard of the brand XXIO (pronounced ze-ku-shi-oh, say that quickly…). However, those who are in Japan or know Japanese golf equipment, know that XXIO, a wing of Sri Sports/Dunlop has long been the number one selling average golfer brand in Japan. [...]
- Tags: 2010, average golfer, forgiveness, irons, japan, performance, SRI Sports, xxio
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PRGR New 2010 GN502 Tour Irons – Live Pics!
As always thanks to our friends at GDO we’ve got live pics of the new GN502 Tour Forged Iron slated for release next month. Last year we saw PRGR release the GN502 Forged iron which was meant to be a forgiving players CB but some athlete golfers as well as PRGR Pros Tanihara and Yano [...]
