President of Nakashima Golf visits Hong Kong

Mr. John Nakashima president of Nakashima Golf dropped into Hong Kong  for a two day visit before moving on to the region for further product development. John together with Gary Nakashima a Master Club builder and head of product development spent time with our local Master Mr. Victor Cheung to explain the recent addition of SST Pure shaft analysis and alignment system to the already renowned Nakashima Golf fitting and manufacturing process.

SST Pure is a system that defines the most stable shaft orientation through computer analysis of each prior to assembly. Simply no shaft is perfectly round or symmetrical and SST PURE dramatically reduces the out of planar oscillation of the shaft resulting from such imperfections. A proper aligned shaft improves the centeredness of contact thus improving control of distance and direction of golf shots.

The other new addition to the Nakashima Golf line up is the Kanji Wedges. Offered in 8 different loft angles and in two finishes, black and Satin, the wedges add a new dimension to the line up. Previously wedges were offered in 52, 56 and 60 and would be custom bent to whatever configuration of loft and lie required by the club builder. “Some golfers don’t particularly like playing a 52 degree with a 50 loft printed on it so we went out to cater for this need” explained John Nakashima. 

John and Gary were treated to their first game of golf in Hong Kong at the Kau Sai Chau Golf Course in Sai Kung. Although they weren’t on their game falling victims to the locals of yours truly and Victor Cheung, John had a moment when he sailed his drive using the prototype 280 460cc driver onto the green on the par 4 17^th hole and went on to hole the putt for eagle. We shall return to play the East course next week.