I prefer the one on the right.
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According to Preston Toulon who works at Honma, theirs were "in the wild" in December 2019, so...
that is completely accurate. They premiered at the pga show. At least that is were I first saw images.
Same timing, just not at show.
Oh no, what I meant was that Honma released at the same timing of the show, just not at the show. No booth.sure. I was not implying that TM copied. They were long in development at that point. Gonna was just the first pictured.
Oh no, what I meant was that Honma released at the same timing of the show, just not at the show. No booth.
I find it interesting when two different companies walk the same track at the same time but don't really know the other is on it.
So, with that. Which of these very similar irons do you think looks best? There are some differences, but to me they are so close that if they didnt come out at the same time you could say one copied the other.
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Seems to be that the TM is the people’s champion.
I can’t say I disagree too much. It is a stellar looking iron. I would love to try both and compare them. Honma clubs are just really hard to come by.
Honestly haven't heard of them before (not a golf junkie yet). What is the reputation and style of Honma typically? Does anyone on tour use them?
well there is a an interesting story with honma and the tour.
honma has long been a very high end Japanese brand. They are just recently (past few years) making the move and pushing towards the US market. They signed at the time the world number one Justin Rose and started releasing more appealing “tour” inspired clubs.
Justin then about a year (estimating) into his contract was unhappy wanted out and they parted ways. I heard he mainly with the support at tour events but I honestly don’t know if that was the case.
@JB probably has more info there. The past two years or so they have put out some quality looking stuff though. Their first driver has a bit of a rocky story as well but again. I don’t have all the details there either.
Interesting, thanks. Are they on par with XXIO or even superior based on price point and supposed quality?
Pretty solid summary. They came over to North America in full back in 2016, when they hired Adam Sheldon(preciously of Cleveland) to run operations. We did a really cool thing wit them at the time called the Countdown. After a couple of years and him making inroads, things changed and they hired Mark King as a consultant.well there is a an interesting story with honma and the tour.
honma has long been a very high end Japanese brand. They are just recently (past few years) making the move and pushing towards the US market. They signed at the time the world number one Justin Rose and started releasing more appealing “tour” inspired clubs.
Justin then about a year (estimating) into his contract was unhappy wanted out and they parted ways. I heard he mainly with the support at tour events but I honestly don’t know if that was the case.
@JB probably has more info there. The past two years or so they have put out some quality looking stuff though. Their first driver has a bit of a rocky story as well but again. I don’t have all the details there either.