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• Xili Golf Club China – What a Gem!

  
  

  As mentioned yesterday on facebook and twitter, I was fortunate enough to be invited up to Xili Golf Club China for a round of golf with students.

  I hadn’t been up to Xili for a while and I thought it was worth mentioning here that their course condition is the best that I have seen it in and would recommend you take advantage of this if you get the opportunity of playing there.

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• Interchangeable component technology – changing the way we play

  
  

  Just a little more than a year ago on January 1, 2008 USGA changed the way we play golf dramatically. Their change of rules on equipment allowed adjustable clubs to be used in tournament play. This represented one of the most dramatic changes in equipment since steel shafts were allowed in the 1930’s. Has the future of golf clubs been altered forever?

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• Featured Shaft – Oban Devotion

  
  

  A new addition to our Nakashima Golf Fitting System, the Oban Devotion is making waves in the industry.
  Oban, a relatively new comer to the shaft manufacturing world hit it big time when in 2007 was fortunate to have the great Tiger Woods testing their shafts. I also am lead to believe that Jim Furyk uses Oban shafts in one of his fairway woods.

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• The five elements of golfing performance

  
  

  
  Are you serious about effective learning and game improvement?
  Regardless of your ability, new golfer or professional golfer, strong consideration must be given to each element of the game.

  Read on…

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• Nakashima Golf goes SST Pure

  
  

  The fact is, no shaft is perfectly round, straight or stiff throughout its length. Despite modern manufacturing techniques every golf shaft, whether steel or composite, remains as unique as a fingerprint and cannot be fully analyzed until after the shaft has been manufactured.
  The PPOP, or principal planar oscillation plane, is the plane of assembly in which the shaft is the most stable when striking the ball.

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• SCAA Golf Driving Range re-opened

  
  

  The South China Athletic Association Golf Driving Range re-opened this week more than two weeks after a typhoon ripped down the right hand side net structure.
  A temporary net has been errected and a new structure will be built behind it. The construction is expected to take two months.

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• A passion for education and excellence in golf performance

  
  

  As an ongoing commitment to your continued golfing development, I will be sharing my knowledge and expertises here with you online periodically to help you better understand your own game as well as to provide a platform that will help you to advance your game to the next level.

  Keep popping back periodically to find out more about the magic that has helped me to become one of the most renowned instructors and club fitters in the community.

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• Damage to net forces SCAA Driving Range closure

  
  

  16th September ‘09 – SCAA management announced today that the golf driving range will be closed until further notice due to damage to the net from yesterday’s typhoon.

  During this period lessons will continue inside my Nakashima Golf Studio on the 1st floor of the driving range. My launch monitor provides ample feedback of ball flight data and clubhead data such as swing path, launch angle, ball spin rate and so on. The launch monitor also simulates ball flight and together with my computerized V1 swing analysis software we should be using a more scientific approach to our lessons.

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• Welcome to Mark Smith Golf, home of Precision Golf

  
  

  We have teamed with Nakashima Golf to offer an exclusive truly customizable fitting experience. Nakashima Golf was the first company to have playable interchangeable connection between shaft and head technology approved by the United Sates Golf Association.

  As a result Nakashima Golf’s Drivers, Fairway Metals and Utility Metals are the most adjustable clubs in the market for face angle and lie angle.

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• Club Specification Analysis Process

  
  

  

  1. Any existing equipment is comprehensively analyzed for correct specifications of club length, lie, loft, swing weight, total weight, shaft frequency and grip size. You will be informed of any irregularities by one of our PGA professional staff who will also personally explain to you the cause and effect of such imperfections.

  2. Individual desires, motivations and objectives are established. We then engineer equipment specific to your body type and swing type to assist in maximizing your golfing performance and pleasure.

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