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RomaRo iBrid is a sleeper. Highly recommend this club.

The T.388 is imo the best smaller headed driver on the market, or dare I say ever made... but if you guys want big forgiveness, distance, feel in a larger head. S-Yard XT Forged driver. It's stupidly amazing. It's a Kobayashi design. Tario can go over the experience he has had with it and what a few of our customers have emailed us, this driver deserves its own thread.

I believe they are still available, you may want to double check with Tario if you are serious about getting a set.

I'm seeing everyone who gets it loves it, haven't seen any negative reviews yet

Great Review!

I've been away so not enough time with either one. I'm putting a new set of recoils in my George Spirits Mono 3D irons.

Like the D-1 they are trying to make sure it's production ready and performs as it should. I'm excited to get my hands on one of these. The one at the GD booth was display only and we were told that it wasn't a final.

That's very cool. I'm in beijing now and today TSGirl and I went to the national museum and one of the exhibitions were gifts that presidents give to other presidents. Didn't see any golf gear.

They seem to work for me and I've got recoils, monacos, modus, KB tours. I think having so many shaft options has increased my scores so I'm looking forward to settling into the C-Tapers.... Fingers crossed again :)

4* sounds too low imo. but there is more to it than the # so it may be worth a shot to see how that 4* actually plays when mated to your swing.

There is no need for a driving iron when ya got one of these iBrids

I may be getting rid of mine soon FYI, it's a mint 10.5 with stock stiff shaft. While I did enjoy it, For MY game it's a shoot out between the Ryoma ST, George Spirits 450 DAT55, & Romaro 460HX. Also moving on from the Personals to the 13 ONOFF Forged with C-Tapers.

A customer asked me the other day Epon vs RomaRo, I told him I would go for Epon. Then I thought a little more about it and realized I think I would actually choose RomaRo. Tatsuro and I put the Epon Personals against the RomaRo Pro Forged, I personally thought it was a toss up yet Tatsuro preferred the RomaRo, We have demos from both brands in Vegas and when we look back at our notes from a range session with 4 of us, 3 great players then me...:( The results were for RomaRo across the board even in the category of drivers and especially in wedges and fairways. It was AF-103 vs the 435/460 drivers and the 103 came in 3rd. Now the shafts were different with the Epon sporting a Diamana B-Series and the RomaRo's attached to DI-6's but anyway what's going on here? I did give the edge to the AF302 vs the RomaRo CX Forged BUT everyone else gave the nod to the CX as they liked it's setup & size a bit more. For some reason even after that test day I was still bias for Epon, but after that customer asked me the question I came to the realization that RomaRo can toe up or even surpass the best of them. That includes brands like TourStage, Epon, and all the others. Anyway just my random thoughts for the day. Here's some more pics: Video Coming Soon

Not much as far as Japan Only Callaway Golf Gear besides the putters & the girls..:) I will say that of all USDM brands Callaway is my favorite over TM and Titleist, they own carbon technologies that TM could only wish they had, Callaway has also had a the smarts to use ENDO frequently over the years meaning they care about quality. Many are asking about the new Spoon that Ryo Ishikawa has been seen using. It's being marketed in the U.S and Japan but I believe it hasn't been released yet. We are unsure if there are any differences between the USDM models and the JDM version other than shaft option and interestingly it's finish. As for putters the White Rize iX features new designs, a new insert that is somewhat softer & preferred by JPGA tour players along with a dark PVD finish to reduce glare and enhance durability. The White Rize series are affordably priced and are made of stainless steel with a brass sole weight. On to the new Callaway Legacy Black Ball designed for the average player who wants a soft feel off the driver, irons, and putter while also maintaining low spin in the irons to increase accuracy and increased back spin in the shorter clubs to land firmly on the green, It's a 5 piece ball.

A couple of key things we gathered from the Show about the new offerings from TourStage. The first was that the irons feel a little softer than previous models especially the MB and second that the woods were easier to hit from the 709 series to the UT & FW. This sounds promising as that was my personal issue with the X- series clubs was that they were either not forgiving enough or didn't feel soft enough. It seems that TS is finally creating clubs that can appeal to the player as well as pro.

I'm awaiting the new GT-6 in stiff, that one looks promising as well.

Nothing new equipment wise from Titleist this year which was strange.

Here's a video, it's a bit blurry but It provides a bit of the experience the TS booth had at the show. <!-- This version of the embed code is no longer supported. Learn more: https://vimeo.com/help/faq/embedding --> <object width="640" height="360"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=60632424&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=60632424&force_embed=1&server=vimeo.com&show_title=0&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&loop=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="360"></embed></object>

+1 on the BB!

Hot melt can be effective if done properly. It takes someone who has done it many times. The thing is once it goes it, It's stuck. It could be risky business if done poorly. I prefer to leave mine untouched and not hot melt. If you want to change the feel there is something Geotech sells called VD tip tuning it's a part that goes in the hosel.

Many things catch my eye about this wedge, of course the 21.5 COG but also the ratio/spacing between grooves, the breaks in between the laser milling that add friction vs no breaks. It's design also aids in getting the loft you intend more consistently. I also love how it frames the ball as well as its beautiful finish raw finish.

I see a little bit of AF-301/302 in that head. just a hair, especially in person.

The T.388 just arrived and it's unreal! Irons well I'm sure thats in the future a whiles down the road. I just received my T.388 & I'm patiently awaiting he BOLD wedge if Kobayashi-san keeps it up he's gonna convert me to all S-Yard or at least all K.K designs in my bag.