While we’re on the topic of new Taylormade clubs I thought I would do a post on Yuko Mitsuka’s bag. Yuko is a top JLPGA pro who has 3 victories on the Japanese tour. She started golf late at 14 years of age, and now at 24 is always on the leaderboard competing for top spot. She is known to be very long off the tee and a very good iron player.
Yuko began playing these clubs back in early March and was one of the first ladies on tour here to carry the R9 driver. She plays the R9 at 9.5* with Japan spec Motore F1 65 in stiff flex.
Yuko carries 2 woods, a Japan spec 2008 V-Steel 15* and the older r7 Steel 5 wood at 18*. She also has a TP Rescue 21* in the bag.
Her irons are the brand new 2009 TP Forged 4-PW and she plays the TM Z TP Wedges in 52 and 58* lofts.
Her putter is a trusty Gauge Design Japan GAOOH Hoshino Model.
Her distances are as follows:
1W ： 260yards
3W ： 240yards
5W ： 220yards
4U ： 205yards
4I ： 190yards
5I ： 180yards
6I ： 170yards
7I ： 160yards
8I ： 150yards
9I ： 140yards
PW ： 120yards
AW ： 104yards（52*）
SW ： 84yards（58*）
Yu Chan looks to have a purdy new bag. She was indeed one of the first in Japan to sport the new R9 driver and 2009 TP Forged Irons. Im pretty surprised she is using a GDJ GA00H putter. Old school and rare but her’s is not the original model it is the replica of the 2 original pieces produces. TSG had 1 of the originals available that ended up selling for 2500.00, then Hoshino’s management requested the back up and we were in a tight spot because it was already sold to a customer. In the end the TSG customer got to keep the ultra rare putter and luckily Hoshino switched putters. So officially there is only 1 out there besides the model Hoshino has hidden away in his closet somewhere.