Black Fubuki TP Shaft – Image of the Day
Very cool Mitsubishi Rayon Black Fubuki TP Shaft found in the Japan only Black Burner Superfast TP.
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Iomic X-Fusion Diarrow and Rombo Grips Introduced
Last year saw the introduction of the first cord grip ever from ultra popular minus ion, soft and sticky, super colorful grip maker Iomic. It was a very popular seller but Iomic discontinued it early this year. The reason why? They simply designed a better cord grip to replace it! Iomic took feedback from many [...]
Mizuno Forged MP Craft Putters at the Japan Golf Fair!
We all love putters don’t we? It’s the one club we don’t mind hording and having a huge collection of. It’s the one club we don’t hesitate to spend big bucks on. I remember at one time when the putter craze bit me and I had maybe 20 putters in my collection. You know the [...]
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Ping Anser Forged Irons Review – First Take
PING ANSER FORGED – A REVIVAL
It looks like the revealing of the new Ping Anser Forged irons has cause a bit stir in the golfing world and on lot of golf enthusiast sites around the internet. After posting about the new iron last Friday, we decided to head back to the Japan Golf Fair [...]
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Titleist VG3 Driver Release at Japan Golf Show!
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 more detail on what will most likely turn out to be one of the most in demand drivers of 2010.
Titleist has long been known as [...]
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 [...]
PRGR 2010 TR Forged Wedge Review!
I was lucky enough to receive 4 brand new 2010 TR Wedges from PRGR for a review and some testing. The TR Wedge is a 2010 USGA conforming premium JIS S20C Forged wedge made by Endo for PRGR. PRGR or Pro Gear as it is known in Japan is the golf wing of Yokohama Rubber [...]
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Nike Machspeed Forged Iron – GTI Initial Review
I was lucky enough to have Nike Japan send me a demo for their new Japan Only 2010 Machspeed Forged Iron. I’ll be honest that I have had a mixed opinion when it came to Nike designs in recent years and when I saw the Machspeed line back in October I felt the irons might [...]
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 [...]
Royal Collection 2010 Type Bite Forged Wedge Review!
Many people consider the wedge to be the most beautiful club in the bag. It’s simple design and shape is not cluttered by technology and and over design like many high tech cavity backs and woods today. I have learned to understand why so many athlete golfers long for the basic look blade and treat [...]
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Tour Only Tourstage X-Wedge 101HB M Grind Wedges
While at the driving range today I ran into Manami Ogawa, an up and coming 21 year old pro on the Japanese ladies tour. I happen to know her father from our Kiminomori community where he helped us out with our garden. She is a fully sponsored Tourstage pro and I noticed she had new [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Taylormade 2010 Burner TP Iron One Month Update
So its been a month since the new 2010 Taylormade Japan Burner TP Iron was released and demand is still through the roof for this iron. Taylormade is having trouble keeping up with orders and they can’t produce enough sets fast enough. After receiving demos for testing I can see why. I had initially reported [...]
Titleist VG3 Driver Japan Only!
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 followed in the same footsteps as Taylormade and Callaway when it comes to releasing Japan only products. Besides a few putters and the recent Vokey [...]
Kamui Custom Hand Made Fairway Woods Now at TSG!
After many requests from customers to get Kamui’s fairway wood in the pro shop, so we thought we would get a few heads in to check out. Yesterday I received a custom 3 and 5 wood from Kamui and they are indeed a simple and clean design with a very traditional shape and mid height [...]
PRGR Limited Edition TR500 Forged Iron First Impressions!
PRGR has put out some great irons in the past like wonderfully forged 900MD and 500bl athlete models, and while their GN502 line has moved to capture a large share of the average golfer market, they haven’t had a stand out forged iron for the athlete golfer in a while. This February, PRGR or Pro [...]
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. [...]
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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 [...]
New 2010 Mizuno JPX AD Lineup Announced!
Mizuno has long been a competitor in the average golfer market with their JPX line. They have just announced the release of their new JPX AD line for 2010 which will be released right before the Golf Fair here in Japan. The last two generations of JPX clubs, including the A25 series and E600 [...]
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 [...]
Taylormade 2010 Burner TP Iron: Initial Impressions
I was testing drivers on the launch monitor yesterday and had the chance to spend around fifteen minutes with the new 2010 Taylormade Burner TP irons. Unfortunately 15 minutes indoors hitting off a mat does not count for me as a review so I decided to write up this post as initial impressions. The demo [...]
PRGR GN502 Tour 440 Driver
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 a lower launching and slightly smaller head than the 2009 GN502 Tour so the 440 was born. The 440 as you can guess is 440cc [...]
Fourteen introduces the new TC910 Forged iron!
Tourspecgolfer first posted a sneak picture of the new TC910 Forged iron and Fourteen Golf has made it official. The TC910 will be officially released on January 23rd, 2010. Unlike the S25C New TC550, this is an all new design and made from premium soft S20C steel for the purest feel. Fourteen has touted it [...]
Honma Beres New 6 Series Review
Honma is one of Japan’s older golf brands and has at times had a tumultuous history in Japan’s golf market. They have however remained true in providing premium golf gear at premium prices to some of the most demanding golfers in Japan. Many old school golfers have long supported Honma and it showed over the [...]
Kamui Works New 420cc Driver for 2010!
I was lucky to receive a an all new, yet to be released, 2010 420cc Kamui Works Prototype driver the other day. The new 420 features a similar forged DAT56 next generation dimple titanium face that the best selling 456 Silver has. Like the 456, the 420 is hand made to real specs including face [...]
Taylormade Japan R9 vs R9 Max Iron Review
I was able to spend the last week playing around with both the R9 and R9 Max iron so I thought I’d give some feedback on these Japan market models even though people are probably sick to death of hearing about the R9 with all the exposure this line got this year. Taylormade is one [...]
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