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Awesome stuff B! I don't know if it the way you laid out the clubs but in the second pic face on the Kamui does look flatter with toe down.

DWD bags are actually of very high quality. We are working on getting them back in the shop. I would take DWD over both Miura and WinWin. As a matter of a fact I did... though regretfully the black white/black bag is now in the hands of another forum member...

Definitely the Burner Forged or aF-502. The V Forged and 703 are not quite as forgiving but the 703 would be more forgiving than the V Forged. At 17 you can definitely play the Burner Forged or AF-502 and improve with them.

Because neither the r9 Forged or r9 TP Forged are out yet, its hard to make direct comparisons. I have however already contacted TM to ask for advance demos of both so we shall see.

Now that was me. I wanted to show people an example of what we guys should NOT look like. (^_^)

Haha I usually let Tourspecgirl take the pictures of non golf related matter so I don't end up embarrassing myself like this guy:

That is what we do every single year... (^_^)

Yes we will be doing videos just like last year

I'm revamping the fitting threads a bit to get them up to date with new brands and models. The threads are closed for now as I set them up. To those of you who posted a fitting before please do so again when the new threads are ready to go. Thanks! T

This is in fact only more evidence that Japan's market is so different from the rest of the world. Japan's market simply has a different kind of demand and pricing structure... This bag and its 1000.00 + price tag is not alone, as Miura's 1000.00+ and WinWin's Limited Edition as well as DWD Limited all go for over 1000.00 + AND sell out.

Show runs Feb 19, 20 and 21st at Tokyo Big Sight in Odaiba... guess I should be setting up the new thread for all our pics!

Finally mine arrives tomorrow from PRGR along with the new Endo forged TR Wedges... I hope this will be an all new driving game for me... (^_^)

Advice... stick with your good friends (^_^). In the end your good friends will take care of you. (^_^) You pretty much have to wait it out.

The concept of undercut disappearing in the short irons has been done by many manufactures including epon's AF-501. The dual material construction is meant to increase durability as the sole and back cavity of a forged iron can sure get dinged and chattered up. As alwas TM does not say who forged the iron but I would not be overly surprised if they were forged at different makers from one another due to the materials and technologies. Not everyone can do a fancy multi piece forging with two different materials. We're looking at an early march release for the TP and May for the standard.

All the Zestaim irons are available raw I would assume. Kyoei told me that they are available for custom finish so they could be left raw. We've done the Vega V Muscle as well in a black raw finish: http://www.tourspecgolf.com/m69/Kyoei-Golf/index.html So I think in that link all Fi-2 models as well as the V Muscle can be raw. As you already know Yururi and Gold's Factory as well.

The ViQ Forged is on the larger side already so I would suggest utilities or driving type irons like the Epon AF-901

I've always said and I say it to all the customers I fit. Go with the softest flex you CAN control. That will maximize distance. This is an extreme example but once Golf Digest Japan rounded up a group of golfers and gave them a driver with an L flex finished at 190cpm. At first they were all over the place, but once they learned to control the shaft they easily out drove their normal drivers. Of course I'm not telling everyone to run out there and get a ladies driver. (^_^) but you get my point.

The spikes can actually be aligned in three different orientations. I guess depending on the position they are in the shoe will affect footwork.

The best selling shoe in Japan for the last two years has finally been updated! Read about it on the blog and see how it has improved! http://www.golftoimpress.com

I think I had also mentioned you "could" play the X for the Qudara for control (we were talking about the heavier and stiffer 75 too) but the SX would provide more distance. For the other shafts I did recommend X because they have no SX flex and S would indeed be to soft. Your 115 is probably on the higher end of the SX flex for the Fire Express 75, but it would work provided you are not too aggressive with it. If you plan on going after the ball then the X is better even for the Quadra. One other thing to keep in mind is that you want to play the club at 44" and the SX will play stiffer than it is intended to at that length. One thing I did not note above is that of all the high end shafts the lowest spinning which I 'm sure everyone wants to know was the 9003 series followed interestingly by the Griffin 53.

Typically the 7" clamp can make CPM's higher anywhere from 10-15cpm but there are many variables that affect this. Two clubs on two different machines with the same clamp can even come out with a 10 cpm difference which is why CPM's are hard to go by. Other variables are of course head used/head weight, finished length and even grip model will affect CPM. According to my fitting chafts, the Quarda Fire Express 65 Stiff at 45" with a 200g Nickent 4DX Revolver 9* head and Golf Pride Tour Velvet weighing 51.5g CPM's out in Japan at around 262. Based on the charts I have, I am guessing around a 10-12 cpm difference for US measurements (I'm guessing this based on 150 shafts I have data for and some of which I actually CPMed in Canada to compare) So 252cpm for the Stiff 65 which after cut weight is 62.8g. Just a note as well, back spin on that combo was measured at 2405rpm and a launch angle of 14.4*, apex of 29.0 yards and total distance of 265.5 yards. For comparison, Crazy Longest Yard 01 Stiff CPM's in Japan at 277 cpm with the same head and grip at 45" on the same machine (I'm guessing 262-265 US CPM) and this is for a 50g range shaft producing 2485rpm of back spin and total distance of 265.8 yards. In my data, the Fire Express 65 and the LY-01 are the longest shafts. This is a small sampling so I do not have data for every flex ie SX and X... but it gives an idea.

The Iomics, especially the Opus 2 and sticky light are a touch harder than the Nowons because of their thinner walls. I've mostly stuck with the stickys as they are most like Nowon. Though I am about to regrip with that Masda grip.

If you are using Ping Aqua grips which are 1/64" smaller than standard, the Opus 2 with 1.8mm wall should be very close to equivalent. One wrap should do the trick. Use water based or solvent depending on the grip tape your club fitter uses.

The 322 is the harder of the two 3 series balls and you would actually feel the super ball effect more with the softer 352s. The hardness of the 322s also adds to the durability.

That is correct, if you want the flatter lie go for the weak 3 wood, if you want more upright the strong 5 wood.