Mizuno New Cross Eight 501 5 Piece Golf Ball!
Mizuno is releasing their all new high performance next generation Cross Eight ball on September 10th. Like Taylormade and it’s FIVE ball, the new Cross Eight 501 will feature a premium 5 piece construction. The new 501 ball is made for soft feel and big carry off the tee. The distance comes from the compression [...]
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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 [...]
Gocchin’s Nex Image of the Day – Saku Sleeping
(Sony Nex-5 – Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC: 30mm, f/1.4, 1/50 sec, ISO250)
Yururi Wedge Builds Part 4 – Seida Rupas Testing at Hirakawa CC
One of the neighbors I play with on a regular basis is a member at Hirakwa CC, a private club about 10 minutes from Kiminomori here. I got the chance to play there today with him and get the Seida Rupas in for another round. Hirakawa is a top 7115 yard championship level course and [...]
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Got a new Nex-5 Lens – Sigma 30mm F1.4 EX DC
I’ve been enjoying the Sony Nex-5 camera I got a few months ago with both the original 16mm pancake lens and the 18-55mm zoom lens which came in the double lens kit offered by Sony Japan. As I noted before when I posted I’m not a pro in any way when it comes to photograpy [...]
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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New Royal Collection BBD’s Tour VS Fairway Wood
Royal Collection has always excelled as one of Japan’s top producers of athlete and better player fairway woods with tour presence all around the world with their various utilities and woods. Their recognizable channeled sole is a design borrowed and imitated by many. Their previous generation 304T, 304F and limited 304P were top sellers among [...]
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ONOFF 2010 Fairway Arms Plus Review
Being able to try a lot of different clubs from a lot of different brands sure is a lot of fun but at the same it can make sticking with the right clubs in my bag difficult as there is just too much to choose from. One trend I do seem to find though is [...]
Sky Dream Jump new conforming irons and wedges!
Three Luck’s Sky Dream Jump has been a very popular brand at TSG and in Japan where it’s wedges have appealed to many golfers for premium feel and great looks and performance. With a large amount of pros and competitive amateurs in Japan using Sky Dream Jump wedges and irons, it is only natural that [...]
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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 [...]
Yururi Nantetsu Forged Putter
I’ve been busy reviewing Yururi’s new Rupas and Tour wedges and all the while a new putter they sent me was also sitting patiently in the corner for me to test. Yururi’s new putter is simply called Nantetsu which means Forged Mild Carbon Steel. Nantetsu is made for premium soft feel. It has a classic [...]
Yururi Wedge Builds Part 3 – Completed Clubs
We put together the Yururi Tour and Seida Rupas wedges yesterday so it’s time to report back on the blog. When building clubs you can really learn about all the different components that make a club feel and perform the way it does. Especially once the club is completed it’s like putting the pieces of [...]
Yururi Wedge Builds – Part 2 – Graphite and Steel Shafts
Today I received another box of parts from Yururi to complete my Seida Rupas and Yururi Tour wedges as I noted in Part 1 a few posts down. What’s interesting is I have 2 sets of shafts here that are very very different from one another and really target different audiences. I received a pair [...]
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Quadra Fire Express Install Part 1
I’ve had the chance to really play with Crazy shafts and I do say that I’ve been very impressed with their feel and performance. It’s time now to give another premium shaft maker a whirl, Quadra Composite Techno.
For those of you who do not know Quadra, they are a very high end graphite and carbon [...]
- Tags: 50t, 80t, high end shaft, japan, performance, premium carbon, quadra
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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 [...]
- Tags: custom color, golf, japan, japanese, premium steel, Shafts, shimada
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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 [...]
More Nex-5 Pictures: Out of Bounds
It’s been a few weeks now since I got my Sony Nex-5 as I previously reported here. I’ve been pretty happy with the camera’s performance, it’s very easy to use and fits perfectly in my hands. Single hand usage is very easy as I’ve also used it for taking pictures and video of clubs as [...]
PRGR EGG Spoon Side By Side Comparison
So I’ve spent some more time with the new PRGR Egg Spoon PX-03D. While it still has not reached the lofty expectations created by the legendary first generation, it certainly holds its own and is slowly growing on me. Like with any new club, there is a period of adjustment required and while the new [...]
- Tags: comparison, distance, egg, feel, japan, looks, performance, PRGR, spoon
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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 [...]
PRGR New egg Forged Irons Review!
The other day when the new Egg line demo clubs arrived at my house from PRGR, you can imagine how excited I was to try the new Egg Spoon. It turns out though, of the two clubs that I have here for testing, the new Egg Forged Iron which is released on August 28th may [...]
PRGR 2010 New egg Spoon Intial Impressions
I was very excited to open up a package from PRGR today to find the new Egg Spoon PX-03D and Egg Spoon Forged Iron! The first thing I did was step outside in the blazing hot and sweaty 35C weather to take some quick photos before heading over to the local driving range to get [...]
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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 [...]
Maruman KS Zero Bounce Forged Wedge Review
Since I saw Maruman’s KS Zero Bounce Forged Wedge back at the Japan Golf Fair I’ve been wanting to try one, mostly out of curiosity as to how a zero bounce wedge would work. We frequently get lots of requests for wedges with low bounce as possible which is actually not that common in Japan [...]
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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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New Sony Nex-5 Camera – Out of Bounds
My new Sony Nex-5 camera arrived yesterday and like a kid on Christmas day I could not wait to try it out. The Nex-5 is said to be the world’s smallest and lightest interchangeable lens digital camera. The Nex-5, constructed from magnesium alloy, offers a newly developed 14.2 megapixel Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor. About [...]
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New 2010 Callaway Legacy Forged Iron – Pics of the Day
(Callaway Legacy Forged Iron and Odyssey Tri Hot iX #3 – Pic of the day – thanks to GDO)
Japan Tour Report – Shaft Usage sees Orange
Graphite Design has held the number one driver shaft position on the Japanese tour for over 5 years running. This year is no different and their share has in fact increased thanks to the popularity and usage of the new Tour AD DI Series. The Orange DI is seen all over the Japanese men’s tour [...]
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Fourteen J.Spec III Forged Wedge Video Preview
Fourteen’s MT-28 J.Spec line of wedges is year in year out one of the best selling average golfer models. The new 2010 J.Spec III Forged has just been released and top tester Taichiro Kanatani over at GDO has a new video checking out the key points and performance of the new wedge. He also has [...]
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