gocchin Posted November 3, 2009 Report Share Posted November 3, 2009 As I posted on the GTI blog! Spoon to the rescue... Low lofted fairway woods don't have to be hard to hit. In Japan, most golfers don't call these fairway woods by their number ie "3 wood", they say "spoon". Hence the name EGG Spoon from PRGR. These so called spoons rival your driver in distance and are made to be silly easy to hit off the fairway or the tee. I would have to say that the EGG Spoon is my number one performing club as it saves me with a long second shot that nearly equals my driver in distance. Spoon's aren't just for average golfers though but for anyone who wants a mini driver off the grass or rough including pros like Shingo Katayama and Hideto Tanihara who both carry the EGG Spoon in their bags. Soon PRGR won't be the only one offering a hot Spoon to Japanese consumers. FricOff... no its not a swear word. Yamaha has decided to enter the Spoon picture and add the new Inpres D Power Spoon to their standard Inpres fairway wood lineup. The new 2010 Spoon shares some features of the Inpres D Fairway wood like the Fric Off sole I spoke about earlier this year in the blog, a slight hump in the leading edge of the club that is the only point to make contact with the ground at impact thus reducing friction that slows down your swing speed. 43.5" long and 208cc head?!?! The Power Spoon is made of precision 6-4 Ti all around. This thin and lightweight Ti allows for the sole to have an incredible 72g of tungsten weighting creating optimal launch and spin. The weights are purposely not placed far back in the head to keep a balanced CG and launch with lower spin. Note the 43.5" length and 208cc head size. This is no compact fairway wood nor does it pretend to be. This clubs is made to produce confidence and has one purpose in mind, DISTANCE and it is designed to perform. At address it looks nearly like a 350cc driver as the head is long from face to back and features a rather shallow face. The Spoon is made in Japan and is only available in one loft 15* and has a slightly closed 0.5* face angle. It features the new multi kickpoint Orbit shaft that really squares the face to the ball at impact. This is a mid kicking shaft and also rather lightweight which makes the entire club feel like a little driver at just under 310g. Interestingly the lie is rather flat which may appeal to some better golfers who are always looking for flatter lie FW's. The Power Spoon has a lie of 57.5* which is even flatter than the pro model Inpres V FW. The new Power Spoon will launch literally on December 5th and TSG should have the pre orders for this club soon. We hope to also get our demos in for some testing and real live pics! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbs Posted November 4, 2009 Report Share Posted November 4, 2009 Hi T, Interesting club! I am looking for a new FW soon, i am always eyeing on the EGG spoon as you know. I hope you can do a comparison on these 2. Cheers.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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