[Kurume City] Get the popular golf club as a return gift! Reception begins in Kurume City, the birthplace of Bridgestone
*Kurume City*
Press release: September 6, 2024
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Get popular golf clubs as return gifts! Reception begins in Kurume City, the birthplace of Bridgestone
*The latest model released in April can be purchased through Kurume City hometown tax*
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Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, has begun accepting donations of Bridgestone golf clubs as return gifts for hometown tax payments. Both are new models released in April 2020, and Kurume City is the only city in the country that handles these return gifts. (As of August 2020)*
– *This return gift includes the Evian Resort Golf Club (France) from July 11th to 14th.
The B3MAX DRIVER (SPEEDER
NX GREEN model)_Loft 9.5″ is also included. *
*The grip is not the one used by professional Ayaka Furue, but an original Bridgestone grip.
[Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd. News Release]
https://www.bs-sports.co.jp/cms/press/2024/g0717_furue.pdf
– *The golf clubs we carry are the B SERIES driver “VANQUISH BS40 MAX model” and “SPEEDER NX”
GREEN model, you can choose from two models (total of 5 models) with different shafts (weight/torque) depending on your play style. * -*
Furthermore, each model can be custom-made (balance, shaft length, hardness). At a workshop directly managed by Bridgestone Sports, craftsmen certified by the manufacturer will assemble the product to the specified length and swing balance (within range). *
All return gifts are currently on sale at Rakuten Furusato Donai, Furusato Choice, Furunavi, and ANA’s Furusato Donai.
[Return gift handling business]
Daisuke Planning Co., Ltd.
[Name of return gift and donation amount]
Return gift name Donation amount
B3MAX DRIVER (VANQUISH BS40 MAX model)_Loft 9.5 280,000 yen
B3MAX DRIVER (VANQUISH BS40 MAX model)_Loft 10.5 280,000 yen B3MAX DRIVER (SPEEDER NX GREEN model)_Loft 9.5 330,000 yen
B3MAX DRIVER (SPEEDER NX GREEN model)_Loft 10.5 330,000 yen
B3MAX D DRIVER (VANQUISH BS40 MAX model)_Loft 10.5 280,000 yen [About B3MAX DRIVER]
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Bridgestone’s unique technology of “biting face” and “carbon monocoque body” improves the performance of flying the ball straight without wobbling. High MOI (moment of inertia) design with
high-performance weights weighing up to over 40g improves forgiveness on off-center hits. Equipped with slipless bite milling to optimize spin rate.
B3MAX DRIVER (SPEEDER NX GREEN model)
B3MAX DRIVER (VANQUISH BS40 MAX model)
[About Kurume City]
Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture is a “manufacturing town” and a “gourmet town”.
In terms of manufacturing, traditional crafts such as Kurume kasuri and basket lacquerware have been passed down since ancient times, and since modern times, the city has developed into a world-class rubber industry town, producing rubber-soled jikatabi and Bridgestone tires. The automobile industry and bio-industry are also becoming more concentrated.
In addition, Kurume City, which is rich in nature and boasts the highest agricultural output in the prefecture, is known as the “city of gourmet food” due to its abundant agricultural products such as fruits, as well as an attractive food culture such as B-class gourmet dishes such as yakitori and ramen. It is being
Kurume City Official Homepage (city.kurume.fukuoka.jp)
[Contact information regarding donations]
Kurume City Hometown Tax Call Center
TEL: 050-5443-0297 (9:00-18:00 *Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays.)
E-mail: support@furusato-kurume.jp
[Inquiries regarding this release]
Kurume City General Affairs Department General Affairs Division TEL: 0942-30-9744 (9:00-18:00 *Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and year-end and New Year holidays.)