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Here you go T:

Sounds very promising B.... thanks for the feedback and look forward to seeing more!

By the way how's the new X-Drive been treating you? See you've got the ZR-700 as well? (^-^)

They were 29,800 yen when new.

Randy it's a wonderful looking putter for sure. One of my fav Gauges. Inspired by the Ping Anser Scottsdale. SUS303 as you know and a nice sound slot. It was sold out in Japan as at the time of it's release, the prototype version of this GA00B was in play by Shingo Katayama!

J sounds very promising.... sound is something I can get used to and sacrifice for fairways hit... If it goes as straight as you say, then it has accomplished its primary objective which is forgiving straight. Let us know how it goes on your home course. (^_^)

Happy Holidays to all the wonderful folks here at the TSG Forums. Best wishes in the new year and may all your golfing dreams come true!

I think you may have got me wrong. (^_^) I totally agree with you, golf is all about having fun and getting birdies, I use personally what works. Sometimes if I'm not playing well I even carry 6-PW and some good hybrids. I just passed on the message from a mid handicapper who had a dream to play blades and is very happy with the MB-5003's, that's all. (^_^)

My belief is no, and mostly because Maru himself has not been doing so well on tour and his popularity has dipped significantly in Japan. As you've probably seen in all the magazines, they don't give him much coverage at all. Ryuji Imada and Ai-chan get far more for Japanese Golfers. The peak of the MR-23 craze was when he was actually doing well on tour and winning. During that time it was Maru everything! Then again, Maru is Bridgestone Tourstage's most costly pro on staff so maybe they will make an attempt at it to re-coup some of their investment in him.

Nope, unfortunately no word, no info yet.

I'm sure that's totally the case... but it will take some arm twisting for high handicappers to admit they have lady like lofts in their bag. I shouldn't have said I don't get why they did those lofts I should have said I don't necessarily agree with them as it would possibly eliminate mid to lower handicappers from considering their woods...

I'm also going with the GD MD 5 and also gonna try the stock shaft... nice pics C... (^_^)

It's the all new High MOI line featuring their UDS design. Looks promising for higher handicap players.. I do like a fairway wood in that shape though... but I don't quite get their FW loft choices.... 3W = 17*, 5W = 20* and 7W = 23*

New videos up from GDO. As always in Japanese but nice to see and hear the irons in action! Taylormade 2008r7 TP Forged Taylormade XR Forged Tourstage 2008 X-Blade Srixon ZR-700 http://www.inpakuto.com

Speaking of which have you had a chance to try your Epon irons out? If you're getting the Axiv again in your wedges you must like the feel in your irons? (^_^) I still have a few wedges with 758M as well. I love the feel.

When it comes to lower trajectory near right angle grooves with super spin, the Epon AF and Yamaha Inpres X are right at the top of the list. Both will spin like mad without milled faces. The RC 6150TG is more compact and spins like mad, more than the vokey for sure.

Definitely nothing beats hitting the driver live but if he's interested in buy a driver he can't hit or demo like the X-Drive, then swing characteristics and info can help a lot for sure. (^_^)

There are definitely many options out there. The more info you can provide the easier it will be to find a driver that suits your swing and game for sure. (^_^)

Here's the RC 6150TG. The AF doesn't have the milled face but does have really sharp near right angle grooves...

There are so many amazing FW's out there.... on the compact size there's the RC Pro TP and Epon FW as well as the new V Steel. On the mid size with a balance of forgiveness and workability are the X-Drive GR, ViQ, PRGR M3 Hit Tour, Yamaha iFF, ONOFF Fairway Arms, and on the larger side, the can't miss cause it's so big side you've got the RC Star FD, PRGR Original M3 Hit, Japan Burner Ti. If you're looking at smaller, I'd give the PRGR M3 Hit Tour a shot, easy to hit and workable, square to fade biased... great feel as several owners here can a test too.

They've touted it as a balance between workability and forgiveness and playable by golfers 15 cap and below. The previous Japan version was applauded for it's superior feel over the original US model V Steel... this is supposed to feel as good if not better.

My clubbuilder is also LC's clubbuilder (^_^)

The RC and Yamaha are 0.355" taper, not sure about the Yururi Raw as I've never had one but perhaps Chris can chime in on that.

I had a TSG customer email me when these first came out and he really really wanted to get these as it was his dream to play a set of pure Miura Blades... he was even more excited when I told him these were touted as Miura's best feeling blades ever. Problem was I found out he was a 19 handicap so I was hesitant to recommend them to him. Finally we both agreed that he should follow his heart as he wanted these so badly. He got them, played with them and is even more in love with the clubs and with golf as he had no problems shooting right at his handicap even on the first time. Here are his comments: "Dear Tario, today I finally played with the new irons. incredible feeling at the impact, the head is small looking when addressed (compared to my previous Srixon WR, the face has the same dimension!) The ball flight is medium/high, the sound when the ball is hitted is fantastic...." So not only do these feel great they are probably easier to hit than what most people might perceive. Apparently not a problem for a mid handicapper to enjoy the pure feel of this Miura blade!

Very very slick.... much better than than stock for sure! (^_^)