Some great news from the Japan tour front from Keigekiku Yururi. Last weekend Eun-A Lim won the Miyagi TV Dunlop Ladies Open by holding off fellow country women In-Bee Park and Na-Ri Lee by one shot and Momoko Ueda and Rui Kitada who were 2 shots back. Eun-A is a 4th year Golf 5 pro on the JLPGA from Korea who uses Yururi Tour 52 and 58 wedges. It was an exciting finish with a lot of pressure on Eun-A who hadn’t won yet this year on tour. She played some big pressure shots down the stretch including several key approach shots with her Yururi wedges which helped seal the win.
What stood out for me as I watched on TV was on the 16th hole. Eun-A had trouble in the rough off the tee, she was forced to layup with her second shot. Needing par to stay up by one shot, using her Yururi wedge from about 75 yards out she hit a low trajectory approach shot with heavy back spin that went a bit past the hole then spun back to stop for an easy par putt. This is the spin that Yururi is famous for. Eun-A has called this her favorite shot, purposely striking the ball just below the center of gravity for a controlled heavy back spin shot at the pin.
On the 18th Par 5 hole, needing par for the win, she hit long over the green to the back bunker. Using her Yururi Tour 58* she calmly exited the bunker right with another pressure packed shot right to the pin which she promptly putted in for the win. For me this was the first time I’ve watched Yururi in play on tour on TV. It was pretty impressive!
Also from the tour front, Yururi has just told us that the 2010 Flat Back blade is now in stock in the Satin finish. Most of you have already seen the black raw finish which we added to the pro shop back in August. The satin was a finish option but it wasn’t officially available until today. It’s a very clean and beautiful iron, premium forged in Japan with a compact size and thin sole and top line made for the tour pro and better player.
To celebrate Eun-A’s win on tour and the official availability of the satin blades we’ve got a coupon for 80.00 off a set of Yururi 3-PW Flat Back Blades in either raw or satin finish. The coupon code is YURURIFLAT80 and can be used on checkout.
Awesome. Beautiful iron.
Yea, wife played in the same tournament too.
Yup them yururis have unbelievable spin and really easy to hit. I had to get the conforming grooves and i was surprised that the spin is still here.
The satin has a whole different look than the black raw. I like the look of the black better but i’m sure the satin is more durable.
That is one smooth looking iron.