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Great topic bogeydog, imo many of today's clubs are in fact new spin's on preexisting designs or technology. Over the past 3-5 years I have seen leaps and bounds in golf club performance and i guess the question is has it hit a plateau? I don't think it has because only in last couple of years have the high M.O.I drivers have really come into contention against traditional design and 2nd, 3rd generation versions should have a higher MOI value than previous models as well as better esthetics. When talking about Irons this is where things start to all seem the same, I gravitate to traditional older style forged heads, while brands who cater to the game improvement market are building some very large and akward looking tech packed clubs, when measuring numbers they are indeed easier to hit for sure due to this technology and design. In the future it would be nice to see more woods made of forged beta ti and fairway woods built like mini drivers, overall i do feel drivers, fw's, hybrids, and irons will show enhanced performance every several years. They take a design or technology then improve it and over time its bound to get better, perhaps not as fast as we want it to but I think onward improvement will always be just over the horizon.

Its the same thing Imo.

Its a players CB in my opinion.

I'm guessing they are the same despite the Made in Japan sticker, I have seen clubs made in China with made in Japan stickers on them so its hard to tell unless the product itself has it written. With Epon BG shafts are +15.00 per club.

I agree totally, this is one of the best FW's I have felt, hit, and played with in a long time, I have already removed the 13.5 epon in exchange for the 15* M3 Tour. But I did put the Mach Line shaft into the PRGR and its been treating me very well for many rounds.

As far as Ozik's go they are incredibly well made and imo the constancy and tolerances is one of the best around, CPM's usually read closest to the butt sticker than any other brand pre and post install. From what I have seen on the vector the Xcon5 produces great numbers for a large percentage of players swinging from 95-100ish mph. Better than the Code 5/6 and Xcon6. For a while I was using one in my driver prior to switching to the 6-ply proto.

Diamana's new special edition shaft " Diamana ali'islei " is a totally new departure from their current Diamana and Bissara technology. They call it M.I.T (Material / Integrate / Technology) and its due out this Nov. in Japan. As the Hawaii TSG'ers know Ali'i means king and an aristocrat "the best class" by the Hawaiian language. The Lei is a flower design going down the butt end of the shaft thats very attractive. Stay tuned for more info!

IMO If the majority of the PGA Tour can use cavity backs a scratch or even better player can use the AF301 or something even bigger like the new Fourteen CB. IMO blades are a training tool for good players or for players who shoot average of at or under par. IMO don’t go blade unless you are a 0 - + hcp. I play about 4-6 weeks with a CB then move to a blade for 1-2 weeks then rotate back. It helps keep sharp. Right now I cycle between AF301 & Yururi Gekku CB to Yururi Proto blade, I'm single digi soon to be scratch with more hard work. Play the clubs that get you the lowest score and most confidence. Many guys in the forums just play shafts so stiff they don’t load properly, clubs not forgiving enough, and just go for every pin. Don’t worry about custom grinding on irons or bounce on irons so much, trust me if the swing is solid with a good move and you have coach who knows his stuff you can hit anything. i.e you can hit R flex 2* closed and X flex 2* open straight down the line, blade irons and huge clunkers straight too. Its when I try to hit high hooks/high cuts/shot shape is when my score goes up. If you take a look at golf of old its all about shot shaping, look at the young guns now its course management, distance, and down the line shots with variations of the stack and tilt move, or what butch Harmon, Jimmy Ballard, and best of all Ben Hogan teach... sorry guys this is Just my rant about not getting caught up in the too much offset, top line too thick band wagon on the forums. Yea its fun to sound cool on the web but posting low scores is always the bottom line. I'm sure Ajay is a great player, It seems he has a style of play that works best with blades, a strong preference of the eye and the desire to shape shots is what it sounds like to me. He is in the upper 1% of good players who have these wishes.

XCON 5 Sir! that has the best numbers of any OZIK shaft around. Ozik does make a very high quality and solid performing shaft. To my surprise th XCON 5 performs better than the XCON6.

Awesome review NT! Did you try it on a USA PC with Vista or a Nihon PC?

Yes I was told the Neo Mallet has the highest MOI in the industry of any putter, When I play with it I can drill putts with one hand as it forces you to take i back and through on a nice stable arc. Nice post and since the cat is out the bag early I will post my pics here also:

Awesome set D, thanks for spinning my head in circles about technology at the show! Guy's he is a genius!

They look identical but I think the Yururi has a bit more offset, they do look very similar though I will ask if there is any relationship.

Will do my friend, Hope you and your family the best. Guys read it and Imagine how much of a better life a child from Guatemala can have in the USA. When they get older they will realize and appreciate it when looking back at their country.

delayed until December sir. They found a way to get 4-5 more yards from off center hits!

More pics guys!

We will add software by the weekend guys. In regards to the translation we can post a screen capture of the software or program with instructions via the forum. We have not received ours yet so we don't know if there is an English option. I really don't think there would be, so count on troubleshooting to be done in the forums.

Sorry I wont be much help there, I have the R7 TP, & R7 Draws USDM here but not the normal version. Perhaps another person can chime in.

What model TM R7's exactly?

Forged in Taiwan, Finished in China, but they feel pretty good.

I have a feeling these will be a usa release in 2008 and japan will have those as well as their very own forged model released around the time of the show. Its gonna be hard for them to top the current version, imo its an actual improvement over the 300 forged irons of past.

Sir they are to small to notice in terms of performance, the lie is a little flatter, the offset is a little less, and the topline is a hair more rounded but if you didn't have a caliper and both clubs side by side it would be difficult to tell.

Let me know guys I can getum.

I wouldn't know because I never ground my driver.

Niimi and Yoko are the best. The Epon USA website will be launched this month I hear! Its impressive!