Yonex Golf EZONE 380cc Ryo Ishikawa Driver
At the 2011 golf show one of the most highly anticipated releases was the Yonex Ezone Series. Up until now Yonex was known as more of a game improvement brand. That all changed when they signed Ryo Ishikawa, since then they have been in development with the young phenom and top sporting good designers to produce golf clubs for the professional and low to mid amateur player.
Two clubs really stood out at the Yonex booth, the EZONE 380cc and EZONE Forged MB. I’ll quickly go over what the Yonex Ezone Ryo Ishikawa driver is all about in this post and follow it up with a video review by the end of the week. I’m personally not good enough to bag one of these so we will have the help of TSG member idrive & TSG official pro Tatsuro Oshimoto to give me a hand. Don’t worry news on the MB to come soon.
The Ezone type 380 driver is made with a cast SP700HM rolled titanium face and 6AL-4V Titanium body. It’s crown is made of high strength graphite carbon. The casting is done in China then delivered in RAW form to Japan where the crown is installed and the club is completed. The word PEAR comes to mind every time I look down at it. I’ve seen drivers 80cc’s smaller that don’t look this pear. It’s face shape is unique and stands out when compared to the Ezone 420 & 450 cc models in the line up.
In Japan it’s available with the Tour AD DJ-6 or DJ-7 in 9* or 10*. TSG is proud to announce that we will be offering it with a variety of shaft options and sold HEAD ONLY, hand picked especially for us with the hottest faces. I am seriously wishing I had the game to this puppy but that’s not gonna stop me from trying.
That’s it for now stay tuned for in depth reviews on all the new Yonex Japan Ezone products. My goal is to get something solid up for you guys by or during the weekend.
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hmm… thanks geet, maybe pear isn’t the best word for this? I can totally see some titleist resemblance in there but it seems more edgy, evolved, and intentional. what say you?
Wow head only. That makes this driver very interesting. How much will the head go for?
Very interesting! Something about shape this clubhead reminds me of the old persimmion drivers.
Why would they design the neck that way? I don’t understand the performace concept.
what way? where exactly on the neck?
I actually like the design, but i can see why the younger golfers may think otherwise. It’s been a while since they came out with a smaller sized head. I remember when the first 400+cc heads came out and people thought them to be too large and bulky.
What’s up with the sudden price drop on the Ezone woods?
It’s being released to the U.S so we have it priced very good. We our getting these from Yonex USA, If you notice the shaft options are very different now and we offer heads only which is unique to TSG.
Your Message . is the yonex ezone driver available left handed
The 380 is available right handed only.
Hi Tario,
Reading from few blogs of yours, I could tell that quite a few left handed golfers are chiming in, I’m just wondering if you could include on your future reviews of clubs if they are available in lefty models or not. This brings me to my question; are the Titleist VG3 irons available in lefty model? As always, thank you very much for accommodating my “lefty” questions.
Regards,
Ruben
I won the Ryo Ishikawa special made driver in a tournament. Anyone interested? I can get it customized to your fit if you require. His is 380cc and stiff flex.
hey robby,
i would like to buy this driver, am a 2 hcapper,
let me know.
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