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Is this Nike’s new line of products for 2016?

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An array of images from Nike have popped on the web recently, coming from Instagram and our own GolfWRX forums.

Below are the photos, with links to where they came from. While we’re not sure exactly how reliable these sources are, they look to be photos of Nike’s new line of products in 2016. What do you think?

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  1. Alex Harper

    Dec 11, 2015 at 12:15 pm

    These clubs are an embarrassment to the golf industry, it’s unreal that clubs have migrated to this.

  2. jim

    Nov 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    if you looked closely you would have realized that the pros are just last years with a bridge down the middle. once ou look closely you will eventually like it. I though they were horrible at first but they now look pretty good. Hopefully nike will bring out a new muscleback so rory will use newer equipment. The drivers are just awesome though. The flex is absolutely sick.

  3. jim

    Nov 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm

    if you looked closely you would have realized that the pros are just last years with a bridge down the middle. once you look closely you will eventually like it. I though they were horrible at first but they now look pretty good. Hopefully nike will bring out a new muscleback so rory will use newer equipment. The drivers are just awesome though. The flex is absolutely sick.

  4. aaron merritt

    Nov 29, 2015 at 10:32 am

    “All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident!” – Arthur Schopenhauer
    These clubs are very different (again- og vapor line had the same kind of reception) and because they don’t look like a titleist knockoff golf conservatives jump on here to say they look like plastic toys. The reality is that the clubs look fantastic.
    ALSO, to the people who are going to say the Flex is a horrible driver…..you just don’t have enough swing speed for it.

    • JustWellsy

      Dec 10, 2015 at 4:12 pm

      Exactly! My swing speed is consistently 118+ mph and the Vapor Flex is the ONLY Nike driver that gave me an acceptable spin rate/dispersion. On another note, I am not a fan at all of the look of the new pro irons. It’s not the color, I’m ok with that. I really hope they decide to release another iron that has more of a blade look to it, because that is important to me. I hate not knowing because I am in the market for new irons right now. If I knew this was it for 2016, I’d just buy the vapor pros. But I’d be pissed if they came out with a new version of them mid-year.

  5. kn

    Nov 18, 2015 at 10:33 pm

    It looks like the design team got lost in the graffiti section of Cuba, stayed for a few too many mohitos, then sent the “finished samples” before any of them sobered up enough to check the final product. Just like Tiger taught ’em how to mix business with pleasure.

  6. Edgewood Jones

    Nov 18, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    Go Seahawks!

  7. Don

    Nov 18, 2015 at 7:17 pm

    U G L Y

    I generally liked the look of Nike clubs and the colours don’t bother me. However, the plastic and that inlay look very cheap. Ugliest design since those Yellow Sumo Irons.

  8. Iain

    Nov 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    The clubs don’t look to bad if you take the colour out of the equation!

  9. Fourpar18

    Nov 18, 2015 at 10:47 am

    As a current Vapor Pro Combo and Pro gamer I would have to say that this line looks GREAT! I am approaching 40 y/o and I LOVE the vapor color and I think the new line really is a good blend of young and old. I especially like the Vapor Flex look, it does look like the M1 but I think it looks better! The WHITE colored (although nice) is played out! With color variations from multiple different companies they are attracting a new group of people…. kids and young adults. I was at one of our popular driving range and I saw kids from 8-23 y/o all over the place, that’s what golf is trying to capture…I say they are hitting the mark.

    Another key factor to look at is the look; it looks like a combination of AP2 and Pro Combo…two great sellers this past year. My question; Why wouldn’t a company do this? When people talk about “stealing other companies concepts” is getting old, manufacturing companies (all brands) have been doing it for years. The cereal market it even does it; you have Fruit Loops and Fun Loops…lets get over this.

  10. Ian

    Nov 18, 2015 at 9:27 am

    How possible is it that rival companies can come out with such similar looking drivers so close to eachothers release – screams of collusion!

  11. Jacob

    Nov 17, 2015 at 6:27 pm

    People, this is what ALL clubs will probably look like in 20 years. What’s so awful about clubs looking like basketball shoes anyway? If you want to grow the game things are gonna change…

  12. gabo

    Nov 17, 2015 at 3:54 pm

    i already play with them and they are crazy the pro is great really good looking from the top and the flex is freaking long just wait for it

  13. vince guest

    Nov 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Surely these are the new ladies selection?

  14. ShootersTour

    Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am

    Poo Poo.

  15. KD

    Nov 17, 2015 at 9:14 am

    Awful. How many color schemes is Nike going to try before they get it right?

  16. Jack

    Nov 17, 2015 at 8:50 am

    I’m a huge Nike golf fan, but this is something you may see at a Mardi gras.

  17. Someone With Eyes

    Nov 17, 2015 at 7:56 am

    These are absolutely terrible. This might be the worst top to bottom line of clubs I have ever seen. Instead of getting rid of sales reps they should have fired their entire design team. Golf clubs are not like basketball shoes. Maybe they are are trying to attract more urban youths to the game.

  18. johnnylongballz

    Nov 17, 2015 at 7:52 am

    Reminds me of the multicolored plastic club sets for kids. I hope they come with 3 plastic balls and a little plastic golf bag.

  19. Chuck D

    Nov 17, 2015 at 3:17 am

    Are we sure that Nike driver isn’t the shift knob in BMDubya’s new electric rig?

  20. other paul

    Nov 16, 2015 at 11:56 pm

    I like the looks. But until they make a driver that makes the ball go really far away really fast, I wont be paying attention. Great driver accuracy, but they need more distance.

  21. Chance

    Nov 16, 2015 at 11:37 pm

    I think those black irons look sweet. I would love to game them if they played well!

  22. nunya

    Nov 16, 2015 at 10:43 pm

    As much as I liked last years irons. I hate these.

    • JustWellsy

      Dec 10, 2015 at 4:18 pm

      Agree… The only way I can describe my dislike is to say they look too “thick” and remind me of those AWFUL slingshot irons from years ago

  23. Steve

    Nov 16, 2015 at 10:20 pm

    Tell the accountants to write off another lost in golf equipment for next year. What junk, only a matter of time until they stop making equipment. Investors are not going to accept losing year after year

    • Dj

      Nov 16, 2015 at 11:19 pm

      You may wanna check Nikes earnings.

      • Steve

        Nov 16, 2015 at 11:59 pm

        You might want to check their earnings/lost in the golf equipment. They are a monster, but the golf buisness is aloss for them.

        • GMatt

          Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am

          Bingo…. Their clothing and sneaker lines are propping up the golf division losses. Of course those clothing and sneaker divisions are making more than probably all the other golf manufacturers combined so why not operate their golf division at a loss just to stay in the marketplace

  24. Jay

    Nov 16, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    These are awful. Everything looks cheap

  25. john

    Nov 16, 2015 at 9:00 pm

    the blue is straight copied from mizuno, what were they thinking?

    the irons look great with the blue / yellow though, but the woods are truly staggering

    • Dj

      Nov 16, 2015 at 11:20 pm

      Cobra has had blue also. It’s a color, not a patent.

      • john

        Nov 18, 2015 at 6:38 pm

        they don’t have mizuno blue, that is pure mizuno light blue nike right there

  26. Jake

    Nov 16, 2015 at 8:17 pm

    I got a chance to hit the new drivers. The new nike flex is the most horrible feeling/sounding driver I have ever hit. The head is made of RZN. The other heads are ok but the flex ruined the experience.

  27. HackerDav31

    Nov 16, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Are they the new Nike clubs? Not sure. Could be Mizuno. Lets stop pretending, eh?

  28. cgasucks

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    Is it just me or is Nike’s clubs are getting uglier and uglier?

  29. Mat

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:55 pm

    The Vapor pro irons are very good looking to me. Hopefully they are that dark in person.

  30. Tom Duckworth

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:45 pm

    Cool stuff. I’m looking forward to the reviews to come. I do see the point of wanting to see more neutral colors as well. Nike is marketing to younger players I guess but I love to look down at a black driver, all business.

  31. Brian

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:44 pm

    I’ll be stoked when stores start carrying RZN Black balls again. I’ve had to resort to using the ProV1s I’ve found in my backyard this year.

  32. KK

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    Very interesting micro dimples on the RZN proto ball. Everything else is whatevs.

  33. Dpavs

    Nov 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    Nike has clearly gone color blind.. those color schemes are hideous!

  34. JMcDonough

    Nov 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    OH BOY, NEW PAINT!

  35. Scooter McGavin

    Nov 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    No, that’s obviously Callaway.

  36. DatSliceDoe

    Nov 16, 2015 at 4:51 pm

    Nike ought to take a page from Cobra’s book and offer a few color options. Love the performance, but I want a neutral color driver.

    • 6

      Nov 16, 2015 at 5:04 pm

      Nike doesn’t sell enough clubs to shell out that much to make multiple colors for clubs.

    • JustWellsy

      Dec 10, 2015 at 4:21 pm

      They could solve everything by offering their clubs through NikeID, like they do for shoes and some clothes.

  37. mhendon

    Nov 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Those irons look a little like Titleist AP1’s

  38. Tom

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    Wow…just wow! must be targeting the under forty players.

    • 6

      Nov 16, 2015 at 5:04 pm

      And you must be 6 years old

      • Tom

        Nov 16, 2015 at 10:11 pm

        Old enough to know better and could teach you a thing or two.

    • rymail00

      Nov 16, 2015 at 9:13 pm

      +1

      But I’m 34 and don’t find these visually appealing at all. I still prefer the normal black/blackish dark grey crown (Titleist, SLDR ect.)

  39. Jonzone

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:52 pm

    I love WRX but I have no idea why they title this article, or any new release with “Is This The….”
    We all know it is…we are on here for a reason!

    Regardless, this release is hideous.

  40. Roger

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:46 pm

    Nike stuff has never caught my eye……..these colors are a bit to be desired to say the least.

  41. Mcd

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    I dont get it. What’s different?

  42. John

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    The Vapor Flex looks really cool….and really similar to the M1 haha.

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Spotted: Tony Finau’s driver shaft change at the 2024 Texas Children’s Houston Open

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Tony Finau has always been known as one of the longest players on the PGA Tour, but he has recently been working on adding a little more distance. Last year, Finau averaged 118.3 mph club head speed and 178.08 mph ball speed, all while playing a Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX driver shaft. This year, he has increased his club head speed to 123.93 mph and his ball speed to 183.32 mph.

However, Finau’s overall distance has decreased by two yards in that time. From a fitting perspective, something was amiss. We asked Tony about the shaft change at the Texas Children’s Hospital Open.

“[I’m seeing] better numbers with the spin. My driver’s been a little high spin for me over the last month or so, and so I just figured it was time to probably check out the equipment,” Finau said. “And it definitely showed me that I was using a shaft that’s maybe a little too tip-stiff for me, the way I load the club now. [I’m seeing] better numbers with the spin.”

Finau switched from the Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 70 TX into the Diamana GT 70 TX. The newer Diamana GT has a slightly different profile than the D+ Limited with the stiffest handle section in the Diamana lineup. The mid sections between the two are similar stiffness but the tip is just slightly stiffer in the Diamana GT. Both shafts are within one gram of each other in the 70 TX. The torque rating on the GT is 0.1 higher than the D+Limited’s 2.7 measurement.

Mitsubishi lists the Diamana GT as a shaft between the mid-launching Diamana TB and the new low-launch Diamana WB shafts. For most players, it would be considered a mid/low launch and low-spin shaft option. Mitsubishi’s Xlink Tech Resin System makes sure the maximum carbon fiber content is there for smooth feel without reducing the strength of the shaft. MR70 carbon fiber is used for reinforcing the shaft and boron is used in the tip for its high strength and compression properties.

Finau is still using his trusty Ping G430 LST driver in 9 degrees and has the adjustable hosel set to -1 degree of loft (standard lie angle). Finau’s long-time favorite Lamkin UTX Green grip is installed. He definitely has a few extra wraps of tape under that grip as you can see the bulge down where the grip meets the shaft.

One final note: Per Ping’s PGA Tour rep Kenton Oates, Finau’s driver is also adjusted to play with an additional degree of loft to help dial in his desired launch.

We’ll see how he fares with the new setup this week in Houston!

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Zac Blair WITB 2024 (March)

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Driver: Titleist TSR2 (10 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade M5 Rocket 3 (14 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Speeder 757 Evolution V1 X

Utility: Titleist U510 (3)
Shaft: Aldila Tour Blue 85 X

Irons: Ping i210 (4-6), Miura MB-001 (7-9)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 58-08M @57, 60 @61), Vokey Design WedgeWorks (52-M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 Tour 105 X

Putter: Scotty Cameron prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

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Driver: Wilson Staff Staff Model (6.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Kai’li Blue 70 TX

3-wood: Wilson Staff WLabs Prototype (13 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 80 TX

Irons: Wilson Staff Staff Model (2, 4-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Wilson Staff Staff Model (52, 56, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Putter: Bobby Grace Greg Chalmers Prototype

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

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