takomo has done such a good job. i bought the 101 a while ago and i love them. it was a perfect fit in terms of money, i simplay cannot afford spending 1400€ on a set of pings or callaways. plus at my level the difference is so miniscule, i will shank a taylormade p790 the same way as my takomos. the way i did it is i booked a fitting at my loval pro shop and then went online and customized the 101s to the spec and shaft i need. saved so much money
@@pieterdemonchy3279 yeah the fitting itself is 50€ and when you get fit and buy a set the 50 will be offset in the proce of the clubs. so i payed 50€ for the fitting and then ordered the takomos. its not the nicest thing to do but since they charge the 50€ for the hour i thinks its okay. oh and i bought 2 wedges so they cant complain xD
Got some 101T's last year and I love them. Great price point and they play well. I'm just a weekend duffer so I didn't want to shell out a bunch of $$ and these fit my needs. Also got some Skyforger wedges. For me it was a great investment.
It's the third video of yours that I've stumbled upon and watched... and my oh my! Your content ticks all the boxes I love, great golf content and video essays! kudos! New subscriber from Mexico!
I honestly do not understand why big golf companies don't sell their new irons/drivers "head only" option. It's not like we need another steel shafts/ graphite shafts that will go into new clubface. Truly not eco-friendly either.
Takomo irona are used by Wesley Bryan, a PGA Tour Pro. His greens hit in regulation percentage has gone way up. He is making more cuts. If I needed new irons (I don't) I would buy Takomo iron heads and build the clubs myself which I do with all my clubs. I am a low single digit handicap golfer.
I bought a 101T set. I loved their look, and their performance (ball flight) was excellent. I respect Takomo and the Finns in general. But I had to give up the 101Ts because of their sound/feel. 101 and 101T irons are welded together from cast pieces. Like most castings, they use a harder metal. They needed something to dampen vibrations (e.g., PXG 0211 irons). I have no issue with cast clubs, but they need some polymer. The Takomo hollow bodied irons have no polymer filling. No matter where I hit them on the face, they felt harsh in the hands. Big disappointment. I’m sure Takomo’s forged irons are great.
I've been eyeing up some Takomo 101t's or 201's for a while now! Why wouldn't you buy clubs at half the price of the big brands that effectively do the same job, just as well. Great video and channel, btw!
This isn't anything new, these guys are just copying the same exact strategy we've seen in the watch (and other industries), with companies like MVMNT and other fashion watch brands. The fact they're using "blanks" and just having a custom logo put on it, is the same thing as in the watch industry where companies can just buy cheap watch blanks and put a logo on it. The influencer strategy of getting fashion brands to hawk the product on RUclips etc. is also the same. They can charge less, not because they're cutting out the middle man (a common watch industry trope) but because they're buying cheap ready made equipment. They don't have any of their own R&D or anything, its just a brand slapped on some wholesale equipment, which they didn't pay to develop. The fact their equipment is "good enough" is true because most golfers don't need high end equipment.
Good point but I also I think the value for a golf club is created differently than fashion or watches. Very often those accessories have value not because they can do things well or even look good but because they have a certain brand name behind them. They can’t tell time any better (for the most part) than any others. Though golfers can definitely be attracted to brand names (especially with putters) I believe they will be more willing to adopt these items than others looking to wear MVMNT or brands like that. Golf clubs are tools. Fashion is an accessory. Performance per dollar matters a lot more to people because of that.
@@RoluGolf I think you're right that outside of certain use cases, watches are more fashion than tool (in the modern world anyway) and a golf club is a tool. That said "prestige" is absolutely a big thing in golf, or at least it was when I was playing competitively in high school (I sucked but if I didn't play the team would have not had enough folks to field a team). Prestige is likewise big in golf because its such a (historically) moneyed game. So in the same way that watches are also about prestige so too is golf. A lotta golfers buy Titlest because they're Titlest not because there aren't other comparable tools. I don't think you're wrong, that this brand (and its inevitable copycats) might capture a meaningful portion of the market, but if I had to guess the companies most at risk are not going to be Callaway, or Titleist, but the challenger brands. If I worked for Wilson this kind of thing would worry me, less so for Titleist or Callaway.
@@RoluGolf Btw love the channel. I found you from your Nike video (Nike was a big prestige thing in highschool when I was playing 06-10), and I only recently got back into golf in the last year, frankly I had no idea of the history behind Nike golf other than they were Tiger's brand and Tiger was cool for a bunch of kids in the 00s :P.
@@Juddly05 No, it is no longer tiny, duh LMAO Tiny are the Japanese companies you've never heard of that have been making clubs for 50 years that don't send clubs out around the world, don't advertise anywhere but locally DUH!!! You have been bamboozled into thinking Takomo is tiny, it is NOT!!!!
Gee, I got a delivery of shampoo from a small company in Austria in 2 days…faster than some US online stores…The Austrian company didn’t actual DELIVER the products! They used DHL, an ACTUAL big company. Seriously, where have you been the last 40 years?
Check out the rest of my round with the 101t here: www.patreon.com/posts/9-holes-in-cold-116697867
Watched a few now. Really impressed. You're coming at things from a different angle to the other channels. Hope it pays off for you.
takomo has done such a good job. i bought the 101 a while ago and i love them. it was a perfect fit in terms of money, i simplay cannot afford spending 1400€ on a set of pings or callaways.
plus at my level the difference is so miniscule, i will shank a taylormade p790 the same way as my takomos.
the way i did it is i booked a fitting at my loval pro shop and then went online and customized the 101s to the spec and shaft i need. saved so much money
Perfect way to do it!
Your pro shop will love you for it, or did you pay them for their time and expertise?
@@pieterdemonchy3279 yeah the fitting itself is 50€ and when you get fit and buy a set the 50 will be offset in the proce of the clubs. so i payed 50€ for the fitting and then ordered the takomos.
its not the nicest thing to do but since they charge the 50€ for the hour i thinks its okay.
oh and i bought 2 wedges so they cant complain xD
@@brzk_ If you paid for it, I would say it's fair.
Got some 101T's last year and I love them. Great price point and they play well. I'm just a weekend duffer so I didn't want to shell out a bunch of $$ and these fit my needs. Also got some Skyforger wedges. For me it was a great investment.
😍 101T's ftw
It's the third video of yours that I've stumbled upon and watched... and my oh my! Your content ticks all the boxes I love, great golf content and video essays! kudos! New subscriber from Mexico!
Absolutely love my 101T’s!!
Brandon 🥰
These will replace my set of Hogan Apex irons from 2006.
They look about the same
I honestly do not understand why big golf companies don't sell their new irons/drivers "head only" option. It's not like we need another steel shafts/ graphite shafts that will go into new clubface. Truly not eco-friendly either.
Bro your channel is great
Takomo irona are used by Wesley Bryan, a PGA Tour Pro. His greens hit in regulation percentage has gone way up. He is making more cuts. If I needed new irons (I don't) I would buy Takomo iron heads and build the clubs myself which I do with all my clubs. I am a low single digit handicap golfer.
Love your channel and videos my guy
I bought a 101T set. I loved their look, and their performance (ball flight) was excellent. I respect Takomo and the Finns in general. But I had to give up the 101Ts because of their sound/feel. 101 and 101T irons are welded together from cast pieces. Like most castings, they use a harder metal. They needed something to dampen vibrations (e.g., PXG 0211 irons). I have no issue with cast clubs, but they need some polymer. The Takomo hollow bodied irons have no polymer filling. No matter where I hit them on the face, they felt harsh in the hands. Big disappointment. I’m sure Takomo’s forged irons are great.
Won't be surprised when Chinese golf company sells amazing golf clubs at 30% cheaper than Takomo. Mazel is definitely getting there.
I've been eyeing up some Takomo 101t's or 201's for a while now! Why wouldn't you buy clubs at half the price of the big brands that effectively do the same job, just as well. Great video and channel, btw!
Bought some Hogan Radials, put in some Apollo stepless shafts $8/ea and boom! Lasers
It's sad that RUclips golf didn't promote direct to consumer products like sub 70 that are very customizable !
I love my Takomo irons.
Thank you Chris!!
@ my complimentary hat is so faded, please sell them!!
very cool video!
seems like an ad for 101
This isn't anything new, these guys are just copying the same exact strategy we've seen in the watch (and other industries), with companies like MVMNT and other fashion watch brands. The fact they're using "blanks" and just having a custom logo put on it, is the same thing as in the watch industry where companies can just buy cheap watch blanks and put a logo on it. The influencer strategy of getting fashion brands to hawk the product on RUclips etc. is also the same.
They can charge less, not because they're cutting out the middle man (a common watch industry trope) but because they're buying cheap ready made equipment. They don't have any of their own R&D or anything, its just a brand slapped on some wholesale equipment, which they didn't pay to develop.
The fact their equipment is "good enough" is true because most golfers don't need high end equipment.
Good point but I also I think the value for a golf club is created differently than fashion or watches.
Very often those accessories have value not because they can do things well or even look good but because they have a certain brand name behind them. They can’t tell time any better (for the most part) than any others. Though golfers can definitely be attracted to brand names (especially with putters) I believe they will be more willing to adopt these items than others looking to wear MVMNT or brands like that.
Golf clubs are tools. Fashion is an accessory. Performance per dollar matters a lot more to people because of that.
@@RoluGolf I think you're right that outside of certain use cases, watches are more fashion than tool (in the modern world anyway) and a golf club is a tool.
That said "prestige" is absolutely a big thing in golf, or at least it was when I was playing competitively in high school (I sucked but if I didn't play the team would have not had enough folks to field a team). Prestige is likewise big in golf because its such a (historically) moneyed game. So in the same way that watches are also about prestige so too is golf. A lotta golfers buy Titlest because they're Titlest not because there aren't other comparable tools.
I don't think you're wrong, that this brand (and its inevitable copycats) might capture a meaningful portion of the market, but if I had to guess the companies most at risk are not going to be Callaway, or Titleist, but the challenger brands. If I worked for Wilson this kind of thing would worry me, less so for Titleist or Callaway.
@@RoluGolf Btw love the channel. I found you from your Nike video (Nike was a big prestige thing in highschool when I was playing 06-10), and I only recently got back into golf in the last year, frankly I had no idea of the history behind Nike golf other than they were Tiger's brand and Tiger was cool for a bunch of kids in the 00s :P.
Thank you! I agree, there are some brands in the middle between takomo and the big boys that may be in trouble IF takomo is able to stay in business.
At least spell their name correctly.
"Tiny" it is not when it is able to send clubs all over the world overseas LMAO
You don't have to be a big company to be able to ship products worldwide 😂. Virtually anyone can do it, what a laughable example.
Agreed. Silly statement
Tiny compared to the giants of the golf industry….. pretty simple concept.
@@Juddly05 No, it is no longer tiny, duh LMAO
Tiny are the Japanese companies you've never heard of that have been making clubs for 50 years that don't send clubs out around the world, don't advertise anywhere but locally DUH!!! You have been bamboozled into thinking Takomo is tiny, it is NOT!!!!
Gee, I got a delivery of shampoo from a small company in Austria in 2 days…faster than some US online stores…The Austrian company didn’t actual DELIVER the products! They used DHL, an ACTUAL big company. Seriously, where have you been the last 40 years?