As many of you may have read and seen on the GTI blog, the R9 irons released in Japan first before their launch in the USA. Now that the R9 irons will be available in the US as well, people have been emailing me about what the differences are. Yes, there are in fact differences. The Japanese standard R9 iron is in fact much more like the US model R9 TP. The badge is the same the lofts, lie and offset are the same as the TP. It appears as if Japan has decided to release the standard R9 with TP specs in the Japanese market so that they can launch the R9 Forged in the new year as the R9 TP model for Japan. Here is a comparison pic of the Japan R9 vs the US R9. Please keep in mind the images are not to scale but you can clearly see the difference in offset.
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