Today was the first day of the 2011 Japan Golf Fair. As always, Tourspecgolfer (Chris), Tourspecgirl (Jacquelyn) and myself showed up prior to the 10am start to formulate our plan for tackling the worlds most fun golf show. It was 
already evident first thing this morning that we were in store for a crowded day as it seemed like more people than usual showed up early to register. Our hunch was right as this was one of the busiest opening days yet making it hard to capture the footage and pictures we wanted but we still tried our best!
I’ll be posting up the images I took while Chris works on his awesome videos. I’ll try and focus brand by brand and maybe even update pictures tomorrow for brands I already post if I’m not happy with the images. We walked our usual route through the show which started with the west wing. We had expected to see Taylormade Japan in their usual position as the first main booth however, it was now Ping Japan who occupied that position.
Ping Japan had a medium to smaller sized both but a lot of hitting nets for club fitting and putter fitting. Equipment wise, all the new global products were there such as the S56, K15, G15 and Tour S wedges. They are still promoting the Anser Forged as it was probably one of the best selling irons of 2010.
On the 2011 release front the had the limited Kartsten 1959 putters as well as the “new” conforming grooves Ping Eye2 XG wedges on hand. They also showcased some all new Japan only shafts that Griffin. I was hoping to see a replacement for the very popular Rapture V2 Japan model but there was none to be seen.
I’ll drop by Ping again tomorrow to see if there was anything we missed and speak to the Ping reps about possible up coming releases.
Click on the album below to see the rest of the Ping Golf Fair pictures!
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