Yamaha today made the big announcement, 4 new drivers, 4 new irons including 3 forged models. A new power spoon. Clubs look awesome and I will be going into detail …
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Tourspecgolf is proud to introduce Titleist Japan’s all new Vokey Design FORGED Wedge!! Titleist Japan decided it was time to create their first ever forged Vokey wedge for the Japanese …
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Yesterday was the final round of the Konica Minolta Cup or better known as the LPGA Championships, one of Japan’s Majors at beautiful Kings Fields here in Chiba. I was …
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Royal Collection has long dominated the fairway wood and utility market here in Japan especially for the better player and professional. Compact, wonderful feeling and top performing woods have been …
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Callaway Japan has announced the release of their new Legacy Black series for 2011. Slated for September, the Legacy Black line will include a Legacy Black Driver, Legacy Black Fairway …
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- Tags: country club, course, golf in japan, hirakawa, tour
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It has been blazing hot in Japan the last few days. Temperatures in some parts of the country have reached 38C and that’s not counting the horrid humidity. Yesterday alone, …
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Akira releases a new H2XX Series driver as part of their higher end tour player focus Prototype line. The new H209 (9*) and H210 (10*) is a premium 4 piece …
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We’ve got some exciting news from Titleist Japan, we’re going to be able to get our hands on a few very limited Ryuji Imada tour wedge sets! The Vokey Design …
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I have a poster of Ai Miyazato’s swing sequence here on my wall in clear view as I sit at my desk. I have starred at it for over a …
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Tourstage has released 2 wonderful looking players forged cavities for 2011. I received two 7 iron demos last week for testing of the new X-Blade 705 Type M and 705 …
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There’s been a lot of demand for Gold’s Factory modified Scotty Camerons lately as witnessed by how fast the ones we threw up in the pro shop sold (3 putters …
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Thought I’d make a post showing the latest work of art from Gold’s Factory. Master Sasaya at Gold’s Factory is known for doing everything by hand. Nothing is mass produced …
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Information has been floating around the last few weeks about Yamaha’s 2011 model announcment, even though Yamaha didn’t make it official until today. Fans of Yamaha seem to have figured …
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- Tags: Japan, performance, SRI Sports, Srixon, tour, xxio
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XXIO is year in and year out a market and sales leader for average golfer model golf clubs. A division of Sri Sports along with its big brother Srixon, XXIO …
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A lot of golfers have been asking for the new white Taylormade Ghost putters to lose the hole like the models being used on tour by pros. Taylormade Japan has …
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Globeride held a press conference today in Tokyo to introduce its all new 2011 ONOFF model lineup. Two new will be released including the Type D and S, or Type …
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- Tags: endo, forgiveness, iron, Japan, japanese, performance, s20c, Titleist, tour, vg3 forged
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Since the Titleist VG3 irons were announced earlier this summer and since their release at the end of August, I’ve talked about the iron many times on the blog as …
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- Tags: cavity back, distance, feel, forged, golf, irons, Japan, japanese, performance, pro, rankings, shootout, test, tour
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I finally got some time to whip together a post on my testing for the forged cavity back shootout. Part 1 feature a focus on each irons design an aesthetics …
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- Tags: carbon, fire express, golf, hand rolled, high grade, irons, Japan, quadra, Shafts, tour, woods
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October 12th: Update added below. Hot news from Quadra Composite Techno! They are releasing all new white Fire Express Prototype shafts that produced a strong penetrating trajectory for the fast …
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- Tags: athlete, bbd's, compact, feel, forged, Japan, low trajectory, pear shaped, pro, Royal Collection, s20c, tour, Tour VS, traditional
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The all new Royal Collection BBD’s Tour VS line is now available in the TSG pro shop so I thought I’d take the time to test out some Tour VS …
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Demos have begun appearing of the new Tourstage X-Drive 705 type 415 driver and they look great. Only 415cc but still confident looking at address with deeper face and higher …
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- Tags: blades, eun-a, flat back, forged, Japan, jlpga, keigekiku, lim, prototypes, tour, Yururi
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Some great news from the Japan tour front from Keigekiku Yururi. Last weekend Eun-A Lim won the Miyagi TV Dunlop Ladies Open by holding off fellow country women In-Bee Park …
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Thanks to GDO which provided some coverage of Tourstage’s media event with Maru-chan, Miyamoto Katsumasa and Ikeda Yuta Pros. Some live pics to check out! Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf …
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I’ve finally gotten around to putting together the new PRGR egg Spoon video. The new Spoon was released at the end of August to huge fanfare and the first shipment …
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Srixon has revamped the Z-TX driver to make it more oriented towards the better player. Under the Sri-Sports umbrella, Srixon has always been geared towards the athlete golfer while it’s …
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- Tags: jlpga, performance, r9 supermax, takemura makoto, Taylormade Japan, tour
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Taylormade Japan has begun promoting their new R9 SuperMax line which launches in mid September and early October. They’ve chosen TM Japan ladies pro Makoto Takemura as the face and …
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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 …
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- Tags: forged wedge, Japan, japanese, seida rupas, spin, tour, Yururi
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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 …
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- Tags: 304, bbd's, Fairway Woods, Japan, Royal Collection, sonartec, tour, vs tour
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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- Tags: DG Spinner, forged wedge, Japan, steel shaft, tour, Yururi
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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 …
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Keigekiku Yururi was kind enough to send me some wedges for a start to finish build and some testing. They sent me two of their new 2010 models, the Yururi …
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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 …
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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 …
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- Tags: egg spoon, Japan, japanese, longest fw, number one, PRGR, pro gear, tour
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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 …
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(Callaway Legacy Forged Iron and Odyssey Tri Hot iX #3 – Pic of the day – thanks to GDO) Tario (aka gocchin) joined Tourspecgolf back in 2008 after spending over …
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- Tags: DI Series, Graphite Design, Japan, jlpga, jpga, pros, shaft usage, Tiger Woods, tour
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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 …
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- Tags: average golfer, conforming, forged wedge, Fourteen, j.spec iii, Japan, spin, tour
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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 …
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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 …
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It was a hot, hazy and humid day today as we headed south of Kiminomori just past Mobara to La Vista Golf Resort. I was looking forward to trying out …
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- Tags: conforming, forged wedge, grind, Japan, prototype, seven hills, tour
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I dropped by to visit my clubmaker Owada-san today to have him shaft up my Seven Hills Prototype Wedges. As you may have read in my initial impressions and introduction …
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- Tags: forged, irons, Japan, japanese, performance, PING, premium, Srixon, taylormade, tour, tourstage
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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, …
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In this day and age of mass produced golf clubs, there are very few TRUE masters that still craft a club by hand. I have had the pleasure of watching …
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- Tags: compression, golf, Grips, IOMIC, Japan, nowon, performance, tour, vibrations
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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 …
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- Tags: best selling, Japan, japanese, performing, pro, sales, Shafts, top, tour
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It’s time to countdown the top selling and most popular shafts currently in the Japanese market. As always these rankings are based on a number of criteria including TSG sales …
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