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Taylormade Japan has an admin that regularly films top Japanese pros practicing, getting their grips changed or simply sitting around and chatting. They have a couple of videos of Yuko Mitsuka hitting her driver. She is one of the most powerful Japanese ladies on tour and hits her drives regularly around 270 yards with some coming close to 300 yards. She really makes awesome contact. In the first video which was taken a couple of days ago, she also has a driver shafted up with a Diamana 'ilima 80 which is a shaft she uses in her fairway woods.

This second video is back from the summer. Wish I could swing like that... (^_^)

Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business operation roles at a major Canadian financial institution. Before joining TSG and following his dream of moving to Japan, Tario and Chris (aka Tourspecgolfer) hit it off though their similar passions for Japanese culture. Chris hired Tario to manage TSG online operations, sales and marketing. While those are Tario's primary responsibilities, he has also taken up the role of blogger and custom club tester and fitter along the way. Tario's hobbies include golf (of course), gadgets and technology, cars, Japanese pop culture and idols, photography, sweets and walking the dog.

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While we're on the topic of new Taylormade clubs I thought I would do a post on Yuko Mitsuka's bag. Yuko is a top JLPGA pro who has 3 victories on the Japanese tour. She started golf late at 14 years of age, and now at 24 is always on the leaderboard competing for top spot. She is known to be very long off the tee and a very good iron player.

Yuko began playing these clubs back in early March and was one of the first ladies on tour here to carry the R9 driver. She plays the R9 at 9.5* with Japan spec Motore F1 65 in stiff flex.

Yuko carries 2 woods, a Japan spec 2008 V-Steel 15* and the older r7 Steel 5 wood at 18*. She also has a TP Rescue 21* in the bag.

Her irons are the brand new 2009 TP Forged 4-PW and she plays the TM Z TP Wedges in 52 and 58* lofts.

Her putter is a trusty Gauge Design Japan GAOOH Hoshino Model.

Her distances are as follows:

1W ： 260yards
3W ： 240yards
5W ： 220yards
4U ： 205yards
4I ： 190yards
5I ： 180yards
6I ： 170yards
7I ： 160yards
8I ： 150yards
9I ： 140yards
PW ： 120yards
AW ： 104yards（52*）
SW ： 84yards（58*）

Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over a decade in technology and business operation roles at a major Canadian financial institution. Before joining TSG and following his dream of moving to Japan, Tario and Chris (aka Tourspecgolfer) hit it off though their similar passions for Japanese culture. Chris hired Tario to manage TSG online operations, sales and marketing. While those are Tario's primary responsibilities, he has also taken up the role of blogger and custom club tester and fitter along the way. Tario's hobbies include golf (of course), gadgets and technology, cars, Japanese pop culture and idols, photography, sweets and walking the dog.