Kashiyama Trading Inc-RICK'S GOLF-Golf Equipment Design: ABOUT-US

OUR CONCEPT
LEXUS Golf Club designers/engineers don't just look to the future - they create it innovative leadership in high technology, performance and styling combined with exacting craftsmanship is the backbone of our concept.

EXPERIENCE
     In 1991, Our chief club designer, Riichiro "Rick" Kashiyama, was chosen as the first U.S. sales representative for the Fujikura Golf shaft, which includes the Blue Thunder logo marked series. These products became an immediate success in the component market. Rick continues to design and develop high quality golf shafts independently by utilizing the most advance shaft manufacturing processes both in Japan and in the U.S.

      In 2002, Rick was selected by one of the world top master club designers, Jesse Ortiz to co-design and produce Orlimar's premier golf clubs for Japan market. As part of this arrangement, he was in charge of designing the shafts used in the premier club. The Orlimar's Premier Club was awarded best quality products prize by Japan Golf Digest in 2004 (in the magazine's Driving Quality Contest)

      Since 2005, under the authorization of U.S LEXUS / Toyota Motor Sales, RICK'S Golf has been designing and producing high quality LEXUS Golf Clubs for distribution through Lexus sales channels. Our developed products have been selected as a U.S LEXUS Collection Item since the year of 2006's Lexus Collection Catalog.

*Developed:
     2005 --- Lexus TVC 430 Lexus Driver and 430 CTM FW wood
      2007 --- Lexus Hybrid clubs ( #2 - #5 )
      2008 --- TVC Driver -- begin designing for TVC Driver.
      2009 --- Lexus Original Head-covers are selected as Lexus Collection Item.

     Since 2009, Rick has started on the development of milled putters, in collaboration with master milled putter designer, David Whitlam, exclusively for Lexus collection-item.

*Developed:
      2009 -- CNC Milled RTP-II H, Mallet Type in Red finish
      2010 -- CNC Milled RTP-II H, Mallet Type in Blue and Black finish
      2011 -- CNC Milled RTP-III H, Anser Type
            TVC 445- Driver- First Proto-type.
      2012 -- CNC Milled RTP-LM2, L-Mallet Type in Gold PVD and Satin Nickel finish and Black PVD finish.

      In 2012, the products, developed by Rick, were newly selected as a Japan Lexus Greeting Premier Item by headquarters of Toyota Motor Corporation/Lexus in Japan officially. The products have been listed on the official Lexus dealer's Internet "Marketing Mall" since March 2012.

*Developed:
      In 2013 Jan. ---- Two new Milled Putters - First Proto-type.
      In 2013 Feb. ---- TVC 445- Driver- Second Proto-typ
      In 2014 Oct. ---- RTP-LM3 and RTP-PM3 Milled Putter

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