Yes or No?: Is JDM Superior?

Toulon

http://www.mygolfspy.com/jdm-just-doesnt-make-sense/

---MGS thinks not. You?

Personally, I love JDM stuff. I do find it superior. Perhaps, it is all in my head but I've had great experiences with equipment from there vs. here. Perhaps, I've just been able to find great deals on JDM stuff and have been able to acquire it more easily than high priced OEM? My TourStage driver is incredible as well as my Akira and Fourteen hybrids. I loved the S Yard set I once owned as well as the Yonex set of graphite/iron fusion I once owned. Those are at the top of my list for all the irons I ever played.

For me, I'm going to guess the shafts have everything to do with that and not necessarily the heads themselves. The JDM is softer flex, I believe, and that just feels better to me. A regular flex OEM shaft feels too whippy for me on irons, but a stiff in JDM seems just right for me. I've also loved Zevo z1 and Cobra CB's ... Zevo had run of the mill TT's in them that were just a tad stiff and the Cobra's had some Black Gold's that I absolutely loved. Have another set of Cobras with Rifle 5.5's and those were pretty sweet also.

Are JDM shafts superior? OR...is it just my personal preference?

PIGDivot

Never heard of "JDM"

Subsonic

It is Numba 1. The Japanese Golf Market is different from the one here in that people will pay for the quality.

PIGDivot

Subsonic Oh, ok. I remember playing a round of golf with some Korean dude like 10 something years ago in Virginia and he was sporting a $1,000 driver or something like that. He was rather pleased with the amount of money he was dropping on his clubs. Didn't help his game however, as he couldn't hit anything straight or long. But he was happy with his fancy clubs, so there you go.

swinnea

JDM = Japanese Domestic Market

LBlack14

I've got my 2nd JDM head on the way as I type. She's a beauty. I saw nothing really special with the 1st one.

Spartan

I thought this thread was about my as JDM are my initials.

Subsonic

Me Too!

Weirfan

Superior ?
I've owned a few jspec sets, Miura blades, Srixonzr 600, TS z101, as well as a set of fourteen, Vega and some TM endo forged heads.

The aesthetics of the Jspec equipment is off the charts, absolutely beautiful. I suppose spec wise they we better than some sets but still not perfect. It's beautiful stuff, but you pay. A cheaper head like say KZG might offer a 1/2 way point between the run of the mill stuff we see every day and the bling of jspec. I've enjoyed my many sets of KZG.

DC300

Finer finishes, past that, nope. You are talking a Lexus vs a Toyota in my book. I would rather have the Lexus, but the same thing lies beneath and I know it, so screw paying for it.

PIGDivot

Which begs the question, if they are so expensive and evidently better, why aren't the pros playing them?

swinnea

PIGDivot Which begs the question, if they are so expensive and evidently better, why aren't the pros playing them?

Endorsements maybe?

LBlack14

PIGDivot See LPGA. More there and on other tours.

sdandrea1

Each of us has our own definition of "better". Does selection of material and mfg tolerance make a club better or just more expensive? I am one cheap bastard, so if a club looks good and fits my game, it is better than one that doesn't. I am sure that some JDM clubs fit into both catgeories. Personally, I'd like to buy all American, but alas...........

Umfaan

Tour equipment is essentially the same as JDM in quality, as far as specs since they are custom fit for the tour player it is an apples to oranges comparison.
Also keep in mind JDM will most likely have higher core limits in the drivers and fairway woods.

Toulon

As has been noted, there's nothing as pretty as JDM. It's just so aesthetically pleasing. Still, there has to be something to the shafts in that equipment. My Fourteen hybrid for example has extensive writing all over the shaft and I couldn't even tell you what shaft it is, but it's as sweet and as smooth as anything I've ever struck a ball with even that scandium stuff that was popularized for a faint second by e21. I would like to see those shafts in OEM stuff over here. Maybe, that shaft I think is JDM is really and OEM in disguise and it's all placebo but whatever the case it works for me.

Subsonic

There is more to JDM than appearance. I have never owned any JDM or Tour Issue equipment (with my game why spend the extra dough), but I have friends in the golf industry that do. I couldn't tell you exactly what but there is more to it than finish. I am certain of that.

LBlack14

Subsonic

Me thinks you've been hornswaggled. Most guys I know "in the business" don't actually know much of doodily squat about equipment, but they sure like to put on like they do. You only have to let them open their mouth to know.

Subsonic

LBlack14

You thinks wrong. These are guys on the equipment side of the house that fit on tour.

FauxAmish

Yes or No?

Maybe