Equipment
Is this Nike’s new line of products for 2016?
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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Nike Fly drivers, with new Flex?
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Why Rory McIlroy will likely use the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper at the RBC Heritage
Although we spotted Rory McIlroy testing the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper last week during practice rounds at the Masters, he ultimately didn’t decide to use the club in competition.
It seems that will change this week at the 2024 RBC Heritage, played at the short-and-tight Harbour Town Golf Links in Hilton Head.
When asked on Wednesday following his morning Pro-Am if he’d be using the new, nostalgic BRNR Copper this week, McIlroy said, “I think so.”
“I like it,” McIlroy told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday regarding the BRNR. “This would be a good week for it.”
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According to Adrian Rietveld, the Senior Manager of Tour at TaylorMade, the BRNR Mini Driver can help McIlroy position himself properly off the tee at the tight layout.
Here’s what Rietveld told GolfWRX.com on Wednesday:
“For someone like Rory, who’s that long at the top end of the bag, and then you put him on a course like Harbour Town, it’s tough off the tee. It’s tight into the greens, and you have to put yourself in position off the tee to have a shot into the green. It kind of reminds me of Valderrama in Spain, where you can be in the fairway and have no shot into the green.
“I’m caddying for Tommy [Fleetwood] this week, so I was walking the course last night and looking at a few things. There’s just such a small margin for error. You can be standing in the fairway at 300 yards and have a shot, but at 320 you don’t. So if you don’t hit a perfect shot, you could be stuck behind a tree. And then if you’re back at 280, it might be a really tough shot into the small greens.
“So for Rory [with the BRNR], it’s a nice course-specific golf club for him. He’s got both shots with it; he can move it right-to-left or left-to-right. And the main thing about this club has been the accuracy and the dispersion with it. I mean, it’s been amazing for Tommy.
“This was the first event Tommy used a BRNR last year, and I remember talking to him about it, and he said he couldn’t wait to play it at Augusta next year. And he just never took it out of the bag because he’s so comfortable with it, and hitting it off the deck.
“So you look at Rory, and you want to have the tools working to your advantage out here, and the driver could hand-cuff him a bit with all of the shots you’d have to manufacture.”
So, although McIlroy might not be making a permanent switch into the new TaylorMade BRNR Mini Driver Copper, he’s likely to switch into it this week.
His version is lofted at 13.5 degrees, and equipped with a Fujikura Ventus Black 7X shaft.
See more photos of Rory testing the BRNR Mini here
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It seems like the RBC Heritage is full of new gear to be spotted, and you can add TaylorMade’s P-UDI utility irons to that list.
We spotted a 17-degree P-UDI 2-iron in Nick Dunlap’s bag yesterday, and now have some photos of both the 3- and 4-irons. Nick has his P-UDI 2-iron setup with a Project X HZRDUS Black 4th Gen 105g TX shaft.
From what we can tell, this new P-UDI utility iron looks to have some of the usual TaylorMade technology as we can see the Speed Slot on the sole of the club for additional face flexibility. A toe screw is usually used to close off the hollow body design that will probably be filled with a version of TaylorMade’s Speed Foam that is present in the current iron lineup. This hollow body, foam-filled design should offer additional ball speed, soft feel, and sound, as well as an optimized CG for ball flight.
“Forged” is etched into the hosel, so we can assume that either the face, body, or both are forged for a soft and responsive feel. The club looks good from behind and at address, where we can see just a little offset and a topline that I would consider medium thickness. We don’t have the full details on what is under the hood or how many loft options will be available yet.
TaylorMade P-UDI 3-iron – 20°
TaylorMade P-UDI 4-iron – 22°
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- Collin Morikawa what’s in the bag accurate as of the RBC Heritage. More photos from the event here.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 LS (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 60 TX (45 inches)
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ Limited 80 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (4), P7MC (5-6), P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue Mid 115 X100 (4-6), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (7-PW)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-SB09, 56-LB08), TaylorMade MG4 TW (60-TW11)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Soto
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
Grips: Golf Pride Z-Grip Cord
Ball: TaylorMade TP5x
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Edgewood Jones
Nov 18, 2015 at 10:32 pm
Go Seahawks!
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.
Iain
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm
The clubs don’t look to bad if you take the colour out of the equation!
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.
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!
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…
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
vince guest
Nov 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Surely these are the new ladies selection?
ShootersTour
Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am
Poo Poo.
KD
Nov 17, 2015 at 9:14 am
Awful. How many color schemes is Nike going to try before they get it right?
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.
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.
Brian
Nov 17, 2015 at 1:47 pm
That sounded racist.
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.
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?
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.
Scott
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:40 pm
+1
Joseph Dreitler
Nov 18, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Agree.
JustWellsy
Dec 10, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Just wait for the Flex Driver… I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
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!
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
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
Jay
Nov 16, 2015 at 9:05 pm
These are awful. Everything looks cheap
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
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.
HackerDav31
Nov 16, 2015 at 7:56 pm
Are they the new Nike clubs? Not sure. Could be Mizuno. Lets stop pretending, eh?
cgasucks
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Is it just me or is Nike’s clubs are getting uglier and uglier?
Don Juan DeMarco
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:47 pm
It’s just you.
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.
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.
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.
KK
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm
Very interesting micro dimples on the RZN proto ball. Everything else is whatevs.
Dpavs
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Nike has clearly gone color blind.. those color schemes are hideous!
JMcDonough
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm
OH BOY, NEW PAINT!
Scooter McGavin
Nov 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm
No, that’s obviously Callaway.
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.
mhendon
Nov 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Those irons look a little like Titleist AP1’s
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.)
Tom
Nov 17, 2015 at 8:47 am
Huh..alrighty then I stand corrected.
Jacob
Nov 17, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Try under 16.
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.
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.
Mcd
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:41 pm
I dont get it. What’s different?
John
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm
The Vapor Flex looks really cool….and really similar to the M1 haha.
Will
Nov 17, 2015 at 7:06 am
+1