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oooh yea! The new TourStage drivers are awesome, I haven't hit the 385 but the 415 totally rocked! TourStage produces true to loft clubs but the 10.5 I hit flew high, with the DJ-6 Stiff it is one of my favorite clubs. stock shaft it's not so shabby either. Im thinking Crazy or the new Muuzik 787 shaft!!

2011 Yamaha V Forged! Not the Tour, the regular model. I am impressed! For me it rivals the AF302. Another one to look at is the Japan Only Titleist VG3 ( its the softest sounding, feeling iron ive seen with an undercut ) Thanks, Chris

I love Kamui drivers, the ability to have it totally customized and hand built for you is something no other company can do. That said everyone is mirroring my exact feelings on the Ryoma, sucker is forgiving. I too get some balloons with the stock shaft. It needs a Crazy! A few days ago I played Hirakawa with Tario & TourSpecGirl, we all played Ryoma's TourSpecGirl picked up like 10+ yards from the driver switch R2 11.5 mens version. I didn't pick up distance because the shaft did not fit me, ballooned and the fact that there was unreal wind in the face didn't help either. I'm ordering a V-Spec with a Crazy this week.

I've got a new X-Drive 415 on the way. Loved the look of the 385 but won't be going there.

My wife is asking for ladies PRGR Egg irons, a men's Ryoma driver 11.5 with R2 flex stock shaft, some royal collection hybrids and a new Odyssey putter and bag, thats may seem cool but its not kind on the wallet! Anyway this topic is nov 2010, I would say that there are so many better irons than both on the market today. Go Yamaha!

Thanks for the pics and run down, Yea I was totally thinking the Ryoma would have more carry/distance/forgiveness. Sounds like you got the killer combo with that EMS. try a shaft change with the Ryoma, head vs head IMO it's the clear winner. It's time to toss the new Crazy into the mix. I'm gaming it with the new BLACK HOT shaft in 6.9 sucker keeps going and going. Big Carry! Crazy is a tuff one to get ahold of it keeps selling out, pre orders and patience are necessary.

Yup New Roddio's = Much more stable and predictable!

Epon AF302 and new Yururi KM Irons!

Awesome stew, its a mixed bag when it comes to stingers as you already know. when you planning on giving it course time? let us know!

We tried our best to get these in stew's hands to hit, the story was that Ryo is still evaluating them and has yet to find his groove with it. The single set they had on display was a product they were not comfortable with it's performance as of yet. some fine tuning will be done so what you see in the pics is one of two prototypes manufactured for Ryo. It will be coming to the market in it's final form probably around April or so.

I would say only shafts made of 80/90T should be sold anywhere near 1k. some brands are offering sub 50T shafts at 1k, Its more a marketing ploy to get u excited. I'm not gonna mention any names

Great news! had a meeting with Roddio yesterday we are clear to offer their product shaft only now which wasn't the case before. The new models are less finicky than the old and supposed to be much better. Expect full coverage on Monday!

Yonex sir! Pics to be posted very soon! Video of Supo hitting them as well!

Gotcha! We were at the show all day yesterday, a couple new blades caught our eye. First the Yonex Ryo blade which is forged by Endo and very clean looking ( will post pics soon ). The TourStage new limited X-Blade is my personal favorite, other than that not much in terms of muscle backs. Miura is never at the show, not very popular in Japan it's more a U.S thing. posts are starting to show up on GTI and facebook now. Check it out!

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Japan has the most insane scotch dedicated bars!

I somewhat agree but keep in mind that shafts like Quadra FireExpress & Crazy reduce shaft deformation bringing the club head to square very quickly. 46" Crazy = big big distance!

It's not overpriced for how it's being produced. Kyoei, Miura, Endo it's all still considered mass production. Gold's Factory is at a whole other level Read this : The Golds Factory Process Another couple of awesome posts! Click Here Click Here

that's good to hear C, So graphite iron shafts part of your future?

Shinagawa was the old man grinder, pretty popular dude in Himeji. They were raw blanks he purchased and hand ground. Not sure where they were forged. I know the owner of Kyoei pretty well, They make good stuff but delays and some QC issues haunt them. That's my take as I have sold hundreds of pieces of their product over the years and even had the Seven Hills wedge produced there along with some other hush hush projects I supported. When Kyoei is ON, They are ON! Now with Miura, god I hate to get into this because so many retail customers think they know the skinny... TADA mfg forges Miura golf clubs. It's funny another forum posted a youtube video called the Miura forging process. The video clearly show's TADA mfg. I do think Miura makes top quality product. Tolerance is tops due to spin welded hosels but spin welded hosels are dated and a very cheap way to adjust and keep specs stable. Saves a ton of money in tooling.

Lot's of great feedback here, yes on tour 440-460 is the norm. In Japan more pro players are moving to sub 400cc drivers. It's not the majority but there is a shift occurring. What I heard Ben say was that he really want's to try a MODERN smaller head with all the tech bells and whistles, good news is this is your year. I will be doing the same so if you want to follow along at the same time and provide your findings while I report mine that's cool, or you can wait to hear my opinion then decide. I will say that any frequent poster who want's to take part in this will get a solid discount on that small headed purchase.

Pretty sure Epon will not have a booth. From what I understand they do not want to appear as a competitor against their OEM customers that manufacture golf clubs at ENDO. Crazy should be there, waiting for confirmation on Quadra.

Yup, will get you Yamaha driver address pics! And were on the same page with a wanting to see what Yonex has for RYO as far as Endo forged players iron goes.

Here Here lennie, Gary is a class act, It's an honor to have him doing a lot of work for TSG'ers. I also have to agree with you on the graphite in irons thing, Program shafts are fantastic in irons! It was soft stepped Program 130's that did the trick for me.