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• Driver Real Loft Real Face Angle Real Specs

  So after a week of being away in the very hot tropical island of Palau, I am back in the golfing world here in Japan. The weather was great, the water was crystal clear and diving was fun, but it was hard to believe a place as beautiful as Palau did not... Posted Mar 12 2010, 08:36 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, Product Previews, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, japan, custom, Golf Opinion, Burner, Industry Insider, MachSpeed, x-drive, viq, xxio, vg3, real face angle, superdeep, real loft, 2010 drivers, real specs

• How much do you think you know about Japanese Golf Club Manufacturing Part 1

  Over the last several years we have been asked a good amount of questions about 1018 Forged steel also known as "soft steel", and for the last several years I have been inquiring about its availability in raw head form and bar form for our projects... Posted Mar 05 2010, 04:10 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Golf News, Recommended, GTI Exclusive, Recommended Posts, Special Promotions, Golf Tech Talk, Featured, Japanese Golf, Golf Opinion, Polls, Industry Insider, made in japan, Forgings, Miura, 1018 Forged, Scratch

• Gold’s Factory Putter Tune Up: Black Edition Cameron’s

  Putter Guru and Master CraftsmanMasayuki Sasaya of Gold's Factory has had his hands full recently enhancing other putter companies products. He has been working on many Odyssey, Scotty Cameron, and Bettinardi Putters working miracles and improving... Posted Mar 01 2010, 04:05 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Putters, Golf News, Product Previews, Recommended, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Manufacturer Focus, Golds Factory, Special Promotions, Luxury Goods, Golf Tech Talk, Custom Putters, Japanese Golf, Scotty Cameron, Golf Opinion, Industry Insider, Tune Up

• Would you Sacrafice Shaft Durability for MORE Distance?

  We have been speaking with many Japanese Shaft manufactures recently and they have concerns about how some Americans abuse their golf clubs as well as the capabilities of a large portion of U.S club makers. The .350 tip size is used in the states mostly... Posted Feb 24 2010, 07:56 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Shafts, Golf News, Product Previews, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Spy Pic's, Japanese Golf, Golf Patents, Golf Opinion, Polls, Industry Insider, New Technology

• Iomic X-Fusion Diarrow and Rombo 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... Posted Feb 23 2010, 06:51 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, japan, Image of the Day, soft, IOMIC, Industry Insider, minus ion, grip, cord, x-fusion

• 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... Posted Feb 23 2010, 08:59 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, japan, Golf Opinion, forged, mp craft, mizuno putter

• 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... Posted Feb 23 2010, 05:05 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Product Previews, Recommended, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Recommended Posts, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Featured, Japanese Golf, japan, Golf Opinion, test, Industry Insider, review, ping anser, forged iron

• 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... Posted Feb 21 2010, 08:19 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, Recommended, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Recommended Posts, Golf Videos, Golf Tech Talk, Featured, Japanese Golf, pro, japan, tour, premium, driver, forged, Industry Insider, distance, tiltleist vg3

• 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... Posted Feb 14 2010, 03:12 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Irons, Golf News, Product Previews, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, PRGR, Drivers, Image of the Day, Industry Insider, Fairway Woods, PRGR 505 series

• Epon Golf AF-102 Driver Info Release!

  Epon Golf AF102 Information: Production Method: Super - Precision Forging Material - High Intensity Titanium Alloy SLE confirmation - Conformed Target Customer = Tour Level or Better Player Features: ・A thinner, lighter yet strong crown piece for maximum... Posted Feb 11 2010, 01:14 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Golf News, Product Previews, Recommended, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Recommended Posts, Manufacturer Focus, Luxury Goods, Golf Tech Talk, Spy Pic's, Japanese Golf, Drivers, Epon Golf, New Products, Industry Insider, AF102

• New 2010 Taylormade FCT Shaft Sleeve

  Taylormade has made another adjustment to their adjustable FCT shaft sleeve that controls the features in their new R9 series drivers. This time Taylormade was able to shave 2 grams off of the total weight of it and while many of you think 2 grams isn't... Posted Feb 10 2010, 01:18 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Golf News, Product Previews, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, GTI Exclusive, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, taylormade, New Products, Industry Insider, FCT Shaft Sleeve

• Matrix Ozik Radix – Ozik Phi – Ozik Reign Shafts Coming Soon!

  Matrix Shafts is about to release several new offerings that were highlighted at the 2010 PGA Golf show in Orlando Florida. Matrix Ozik Radix Radix- Latin for "root" or "base" is built over the HD mandrel so it will have a technology... Posted Feb 09 2010, 02:27 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Uncategorized, Shafts, Golf News, Product Previews, New Equipment, Gear Sneak Peaks, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Spy Pic's, New Products, Golf Opinion, Industry Insider, Matrix Phi, Matrix Reign, Matrix Shafts, Ozik, Matrix Radix

• Nike Machspeed Forged Iron – GTI Initial Review

  I was lucky enough to have Nike Japan send me a demo for their new Japan Only 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... Posted Feb 06 2010, 02:01 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, Recommended, GTI Exclusive, Recommended Posts, Golf Tech Talk, Featured, Japanese Golf, japan, tour, Product Reviews, Golf Opinion, forged, nike, iron, machpseed

• 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... Posted Feb 04 2010, 10:54 PM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Irons, New Equipment, Manufacturer Focus, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, japan, tour, Product Reviews, Industry Insider, tp, r9 forged

• The Easiest Driver to Hit is the Longest Driver

  As you can imagine I still get so many emails asking, what's the longest driver you sell, or what's the hottest driver on the market you have. Many average golfers and slower swingers and even faster swingers are always looking for what is dubbed... Posted Feb 03 2010, 06:29 AM by Golf to Impress Filed under: Golf News, Golf Tech Talk, Japanese Golf, driver, Golf Opinion, Industry Insider, drive, longest, sweet spot