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We actually went to the Daiwa factory, full report coming in a week or so. It's Gigantic! they really do have cutting edge carbon technology. Yes above Mitsubishi and others. Their fishing division builds the best rods in the world hands down so they get their carbon materials and technologies first. The new Roddio's are purely Prototypes at this moment we know a little we can't reveal but will be shortly. Only a small handful of people in their carbon division have info on it and for sure those guy's were not at the show. What's really cool about ONOFF is the hosel piece allows a club maker to adjust the face and lie angle by 1.5* Also many are not aware that the new S-Type (Black) head doesn't require that hosel piece. LOL they know who Shingo is, they must have been playing trick the Gaijin with you that day.

Lot's new from RC we will be posting that in a day or so. Each of us were excited about different things, I walked away excited about the new VG3's, Tatsuro was going insane of Crazy shafts especially after his fitting and Tario will chime in on what he liked best. So much really. We also have some new partnerships and products we will be announcing in the coming week. After the coverage maybe you can tell us what you liked the most. I'm guessing it will be some tiny head with a XX shaft..;o) Yes Stew it has returned, that trend vanished for a while and now that little neck bump is back. The TourStage GR irons captured that perfectly, I know thats not your cup of tea but those and the VG3's really were flat out easy to hit with what seemed to be a perfect trajectory if there is such a thing.

Titleist Japan never fails to impress. The original VG3 Iron & woods were an unexpected surprise a couple of years back. We had the hunch that Titleist Japan was going to revamp the series as they discontinued the past model a little over a month ago. When I didn't expect was the entire line up would be re released and beautifully upgraded as they were this year. The biggest single improvement made to the new VG3 line is the introduction of something called PTW or (Precision tungsten weight) 20g on the driver and 5g in the FW & Hybrid. The goal was to lower CG, Increase MOI, and improve the straightness of shot. They succeeded as we hit all of these on the launch monitor and pretty much most of the time it flew dead straight for me. Enjoy the images and feel free to post your questions and comments in this topic. We will be adding brands daily over the coming week. 2012 VG3 Iron: It's profile is pretty much the same as the previous model but what Titleist Japan told us was they really through their focus in on improving the forgiveness & feel through by upgrading the undercut and expanding the sweet spot. For those of you who don't have experience with these things they were a huge hit here at TSG and would be a top 3 iron in 2011. Many of our most discerning customers who have tried all the best clubs thought these could have been "best of the year" Titleist VG3 Driver: Again Titleist Japan evolved the VG3 building upon last years profile that was difficult to improve by adding a 20 gram tungsten weight to the lower portion of the sole increasing the MOI and moving the CG point further back and lower to promote straight shooting. BTW all these are ENDO forged. The driver feels amazing at impact. Titleist VG3F Fairway Wood: What Titleist Japan wanted here was to improve forgiveness bringing it near the level of clubs like the PRGR Egg or the Ryoma FW. It's got a 17-4 stainless steel (body), HT1770M (L-cup face) & additional 5 gram tungsten (weight) attached to the back. Titleist VG3H Hyrbid: "This one really impressed us the new VG3H Hybrid built with the same materials as the VG3F this one has an easy gliding rounded and smooth sole along with a PTW 5 gram weight added in the back. The setup inspires forgiveness and the face profile makes it easy point and shoot style. Titleist Japan Only Forged Wedge: It's been out a couple months with a big back order due to huge demand. Many of our customers have received them. Dare I say the best Vokey ever? Yup! Soft Endo Forged in Bob Vokey's popular package. This is now the choice of all the Titleist staffers here in Japan and even players sponsored by other companies. Want to see more angles of the new Titleist JDM gear? Visit the Titleist Japan the gallery images (Click Here) More posts in this thread coming as well as comments from Tario (Gocchin) and Tatsuro (Tatz) daily!

The 2012 Japan Golf Fair was a massive and amazing event, interestingly it was the most crowded I remember in the last 5 years despite the struggles Japan has had in 2011. We have decided to create this single topic thread to go over all brands and miscellaneous questions you may have. The usual was to create a single topic for each brand but with so much coverage and information that would have flooded the JDM section of our Forum. Please Enjoy!

They do perform decently just not nearly as well as the newer product RC has to offer. If you look at the "History of RC Japan" nothing is exactly the same as the JP104 but it's using the same material and cut away portion on the sole introduced over 15 years ago. There was some internal strife over the quality of the JP Driver & FW which resulted in a couple of people leaving prior to RC coming to the states.

The J40 & Type M are pretty much the same. Overall Bridgestone will release TourStage older models to the U.S that do not have expensive features i.e internal tungsten weighting or an advanced undercut system. The J40 didn't have those features to start with as a TourStage model but none the less they are good clubs. The J40 driver is a quite a bit different though doesn't have a lot of the features the 703 due to the price points they have to reach in the states.

We have some interesting info with some LM data showing the difference between R11J, RBZ, and Gloire with Tatsuro as the tester. We also watched friends results with TM drivers and pretty much everything was the same across the board. RBZ = just a little longer than R11S R11J = same distance as RBZ but with a bit more carry than R11S Gloire = better SS due to shaft profile & longer length, Better feel, about 10-15 yards longer than RBZ. Everything was tested with 9.5 lofts, square settings, and stock stiff shafts. The result against other brand drivers was much like what stew experienced last year. That TM drivers go straighter than most but have noticeably less distance.

6-4ti is not very expensive. But this I assume like all of Epon's clubs will be Forged Ti not cast and made in Japan. We will see what their logic is behind this.

A couple of things, we need to confirm there wasn't any typo's in that listing. In the event that it's accurate Epon must have done something to make sure it doesn't play like your standard 45" 10.5 driver. Take a look at the new PRGR Egg 7 degree driver. Hit's it higher than a buddy of mines 9.5 by messing with the shaft the face depth and other factors I dont see why they can't produce a 10.5* head thats super duper low.

Guy's the new 2012 ONOFF FW & UT are unreal amazing. Uber hot off the face with surreal feel.

I think there are a few Typo's in Epons info... Not sure yet but 10.5* don't make sense nor does the 42" ish club length.

That is a much appreciated leak HULC! I just posted with props to you a small write up on the GTI Blog.

The day before the Japan golf fair I was free and decided to check out Toyota Mega Web while TourSpecGirl did some shopping at Venus Fort. 2 cars caught my eye. New Hachi Roku FT-86 will be known as Scion when it hits the U.S New Lexus GS450h

That thing indeed a beast! fantastic ride man!

I'm pretty sure he wouldn't do that. From a manufacturing perspective it would have to be completely remade and that would cost a fortune. Isn't the axis that funky one and I think it's not a milled putter?

I hear ya, We really don't have anyone who can get into the show that first day with TSG who has an average SS but more importantly is a skilled ball striker. Tario is busy taking pictures and I'm doing meetings and video. All we have is Tatsuro and Stew but I know Tatsuro can slow it down quite a bit as he has done a load of TSG reviews with NS950 SR, SR flex Tour AD's and Crazy shafts for me. Do you mean TM graphic upgrade shafts? If so they are not the same as aftermarket.

In about a week from now we will have video testing of all the latest drivers available in Japan. That includes the RBZ etc.. Tatsuro & Stew are the testers. Launch monitor data included!

They are both from a different shaped tooling. You couldn't make the Miura shape from a golds raw head and vice versa. Also the Miura is spin welded with a much sharper and more boxy toe. They are both S25C. Visually they look similar from the back face but that's it.

They are very different from each other.

98-100mph + is fine for the stiff flex. I may not suggest it for anyone who swings under that mark.

In the 800-900 range.

I'm back to an Iphone now, 4S. Jumped from a ton of the latest droids and just overall like the quality of Apple products and the software iOS5.

Few more pics:

Only 5000 will be made! If you want one please pre book with Tario ASAP! These will not last long. Diamana has gone to its own MCHC Group (Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation) in order to develop an all new 78t high grade carbon Mitsubishi incorporates a new manufacturing technology they developed called Tough-QURE. Its a new technique used for carbon fiber composite moulding which allows Mitsubishi to cure carbon prepregs at a lower temperature and faster speed. The faster speed allows Mitsubishi two benefits, one to incorporate Black Copolymer Technology which increases durability and two less resin flow which creates carbon that allows for better and more consistent formability thus great for a perfectly rounded shaft with less deformation and inconsistencies.

So how do you like it?