Equipment
Nike’s Vapor Fly will hit stores on Jan. 29
Nike has announced that its new Vapor Fly line of clubs — two drivers, a fairway wood, a hybrid and two sets of irons — will be available starting Jan. 29.
A third Vapor Fly driver, Nike’s Vapor Flex 440, will be available starting March 4.
Rumors about Nike’s 2016 golf club line have been circulating for months, along with photos of the new gear. Finally, we have the official details on the clubs. Learn more each of Nike’s new releases below, and visit Nike’s website for all the details.
Drivers
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly
- Head size: 460 cubic centimeters
- What you need to know: Nike’s most-forgiving driver. Spins more than the Vapor Pro. Played by Paul Casey.
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Pro
- Head size: 460 cubic centimeters (pear shape)
- What you need to know: Nike’s mid-forgiving, mid-spinning driver. Used by Rory McIlroy.
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Flex 440
- Head size: 440 cubic centimeters
- What you need to know: Nike’s adjustable CG driver (forward and back positions) is designed to be its lowest-spinning model. More than 60 percent of the club head is made from carbon fiber-reinforced RZN, according to Nike. That should help make it more playable than last year’s model, which was light on forgiveness.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about Nike’s new launch here.
Fairway Wood
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Fairway Wood
- Adjustability: Five models. New adjustable hosel allows for independent standard or upright lie angle settings. Adjustable lofts range from 12-22 degrees.
- What you need to know: A lower CG from a lighter crown should create a higher launch angle and and less spin than previous Nike fairway woods. A “HyperFlight Face” is designed to be thinner around its perimeter for more ball speed across the face.
Hybrid
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Hybrid
- Not adjustable
- What you need to know: This one is designed to be a “true iron replacement” with a “tour shape,” according to Nike.
Irons
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Pro
- Set makeup: RZN cavity long irons (2-5), RZN pocket mid irons (6-8) and RZN cavity short irons (9,PW,AW)
- What you need to know: Nike says these irons launch higher and farther than traditional game-improvement irons, which may indicate that these clubs are larger and more forgiving than the Vapor Pro Combo irons that they seem to replace.
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- Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly irons
- Set makeup: RZN cavity long irons (4-7), RZN Pocket mid irons (8-PW) and RZN cavity short irons (AW, SW)
- What you need to know: These will be higher launching, more forgiving and longer-flying than the Vapor Fly Pro irons. They’re a more “oversized” iron.
See what GolfWRX members are saying about Nike’s new launch here.
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- Webb Simpson what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (10 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist TS2 (15 degrees, B2 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Blue 70 TX
5-wood: Titleist 913 Fd (18 degrees)
Shaft: UST Mamiya VTS Proforce 8 TX
Hybrids: Titleist TSR2 (24 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD D1 Hybrid 105 X
Irons: Titleist T150 (5, 6), Titleist 680 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM9 (46-10F, 54-14F, 60-04L)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Check out more in-hand photos of Webb Simpson’s clubs here.
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- Keegan Bradley’s WITB accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. >14 clubs pictured. Obviously, Bradley will reduce that number to 14 for competition. Check out more photos from the tournament here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Aldila Rogue White 130 MSI 70 TX
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW (19 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Black RDX 80 TX
Irons: Srixon ZX5 Mk II (3-5) Srixon ZX7 Mk II (6-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore (52-10 Mid, 58-6 Low)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Jailbird Cruiser
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy WristLock
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Plus4
Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond
Check out more in-hand photos of Bradley’s clubs here.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Mizuno 245 irons.
From the seller: (@JB_007): “1. Mizuno Pro 245 – $1000 –> 950/obo
- Purchased brand new – they have 36 holes on them, with probably 10 premium range balls. Great set of irons, I just am looking to go another way right now.
- 5-PW –> stock L/L/L
- Project X LS 6.5
- Stock MCC Mizuno Grips.”
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Mizuno 245 irons
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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nikeguy75
Jan 26, 2016 at 9:49 pm
I like the colors. Why be like everyone else. I played Nike since they first came on the scene. they have gotten better every year. I am looking forward to the new Nike vapor pro fly series.
duffer888
Dec 16, 2015 at 11:51 am
yay, more mid-year heavily discounted gear!
Steve
Dec 14, 2015 at 8:52 am
Would anyone out of high school play these. The colors limit the market
Tom D.
Dec 11, 2015 at 3:13 pm
Just one question: Did they have to wait 1 cycle, until Cobra had moved past their FLY designation, before Nike could use it?
Mark
Dec 11, 2015 at 3:00 pm
Nike make quality woods, irons and wedges but need to sack their “stylists” and hire people who realise most good players want simple, efficient looking clubs and not something that appeals to a 12 year old who think Kanye is cool.
AJ
Jan 3, 2016 at 6:50 pm
Who’s Kanye?
David
Dec 11, 2015 at 7:07 am
Hmmmm those drivers look pretty interesting not sure on the irons until I see the rest of them
I’m sure all the pros on here will upset with whatever lofts are on the club.
mo
Dec 10, 2015 at 10:03 pm
I don’t do pastel colored golf clubs.
AJ
Dec 10, 2015 at 9:36 pm
Going from woods to metals now to rzn carbons? For people who want to be literal, i dont know what else to call the flex that is less than 40% metal. LOL
Christestrogen
Dec 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm
I hit a flex because it has the deadest sound I’ve hit on a driver since the prov1 era began…
The flex is not, IMHO, forgiving on anything outside the center of the face…but I’m willing to sacrifice toe bunts for the sound…
The CGI tech is VERY cool and makes an absolute difference in ball height….
If the sound is the same as 2014s flex then I will happily buy the new one….especially if it is more forgiving and less spinny on off-center hits.
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some guy
Dec 30, 2015 at 6:41 pm
The 2016 has an even flatter sound than the 2015 model, it sounds like an old 975J. The flight is awesome, very low spinning and much more forgiving than last years.
James
Dec 10, 2015 at 3:12 pm
I would be interested in trying the Flex. The original flex was great once you managed to get it set up correctly. I have a ‘2dot’ Covert 2.0 Tour and its gonna be tough to find something that could knock it out of my bag.
Royal Tenenbaum
Dec 10, 2015 at 2:40 pm
Can’t wait to get fitted for the Fly Pro. I live in Fort Worth and have been out to the Oven a few times for testing. Never got to do anything with “new” stuff; mostly just logging swings and putts for their R&D team. But it was still awesome to get in there and see the bays and equipment.
Have to find a way to get fit for a full bag out there…would be incredible!