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[Sean2]

I went to Golf Town this morning first thing. I figured nobody would be there and I was right. Anyway, I went into one of the bays and hit a variety of demo 6-irons: Mizuno, Adams, TM, Titleist, Ping, and Nike in a variety of flavors. No one bothered me, just me, my inner muse, and a bunch of 6-irons.

I had the best results with this:



Best feel, best numbers, best results.

I hit some GI's, which is what I've always played, but the results weren't quite the same as Nike VR Pro. The Mizuno's I hit felt okay, but not like the Nike. I even hit an SGI TM RBZ Max 6-iron (graphite and 26º) but I hit the VR Pro (31º), further and straighter.

When I was finished I was surprised to see the shaft was a Dynamic Gold S300, which is something I would never consider. It felt really smooth.

Overall this Nike VR Pro 6-iron felt fantastic. I kept coming back to it. With the exception of one shot, I hit every shot solid. That wasn't the case with any of the other irons. I also liked how it looked at set-up...the smaller profile, thinner topline, less offset. I normally play +1 inch and 3º upright. I have no idea what the length and lie of this demo was.

Am I going to run out and buy a set of Nike VR Pro's? No. But, it begs the question whether someone of my "ilk", i.e., not a golf stud, can bag a set of these. Conventional wisdom says no. But for how long do you listen to conventional wisdom?

Anyway, I'll probably go back and hit this demo, as well as others throughout the winter and see what happens.

[Thug Hunter]

I always demo a club multiple times/days so I can eliminate the possibility of making my decision based on a good ball striking day.

[Thrillhouse]

Yeah but if you buy them now the people who start the "will rory make you buy Nike" threads will accuse you of copying him.

[Sean2]

Thug Hunter, on 03 November 2012 - 05:19 PM, said:

I always demo a club multiple times/days so I can eliminate the possibility of making my decision based on a good ball striking day.

That was my thought. Plus, being in the Northeast I'm in no rush to run out an buy anything based on one session.

Thrillhouse, on 03 November 2012 - 05:37 PM, said:

Yeah but if you buy them now the people who start the "will rory make you buy Nike" threads will accuse you of copying him.

Ha! I was thinking the exact same thing. But I believe I'm too old for that Scheiße.

[tmax77]

Sean2, on 03 November 2012 - 05:09 PM, said:

I went to Golf Town this morning first thing. I figured nobody would be there and I was right. Anyway, I went into one of the bays and hit a variety of demo 6-irons: Mizuno, Adams, TM, Titleist, Ping, and Nike in a variety of flavors. No one bothered me, just me, my inner muse, and a bunch of 6-irons.

I had the best results with this:

VR-Pro-Blade_CROP-300x300.jpg

Best feel, best numbers, best results.

I hit some GI's, which is what I've always played, but the results weren't quite the same as Nike VR Pro. The Mizuno's I hit felt okay, but not like the Nike. I even hit an SGI TM RBZ Max 6-iron (graphite and 26º) but I hit the VR Pro (31º), further and straighter.

When I was finished I was surprised to see the shaft was a Dynamic Gold S300, which is something I would never consider. It felt really smooth.

Overall this Nike VR Pro 6-iron felt fantastic. I kept coming back to it. With the exception of one shot, I hit every shot solid. That wasn't the case with any of the other irons. I also liked how it looked at set-up...the smaller profile, thinner topline, less offset. I normally play +1 inch and 3º upright. I have no idea what the length and lie of this demo was.

Am I going to run out and buy a set of Nike VR Pro's? No. But, it begs the question whether someone of my "ilk", i.e., not a golf stud, can bag a set of these. Conventional wisdom says no. But for how long do you listen to conventional wisdom?

Anyway, I'll probably go back and hit this demo, as well as others throughout the winter and see what happens.

The club is awesome...one of my favorites that I have hit all year...best feeling one I have hit all year and that includes some mizuno's

[PZero]

I played the VR Pro Blades for a season, by far the best irons I've ever played. If my ball striking didn't go south I'd still be playing them.

I have a feeling more people will suddenly (rory) become a big fan of them over the next year or so.

[Yepyukon]

I put them up against my Callaway X-Forged '09, Mizuno MP-62's and Bridgestone J33B's and the Nike VR Pro's won flat out.  Have had them in my bag now for a little over a season and I doubt they come out any time soon.

[Sean2]

Thanks for you comments. I know I'll be back at Golf Town to take these for another spin. I want to make sure it wasn't my imagination. I never hit a club that felt so good.

[AChapa8807]

Nike VR Blades are sick man... Hands down se of the best performing and smoothest feeling blades I've hit. Playing the VR Pro Combo irons, I'd love to get the 5-7 in blades and have the pockets in 3,4. When you pure these clubs, amazing feel and it's what you should expect from a well made blade. Great sticks, GOOD LUCK!

[SirHackAlot]

imo..the vr pros are the prettiest blade currently offered...mizzy lost me with the giant candybar hangin off the back of their blades...love the previous mps...love my titleist cb's as well

played forged blades wen i was a single...ball striking/control was so much fun

Edited by SirHackAlot, 03 November 2012 - 10:48 PM.

[TheMoneyShot]

I'm thinking about buying a set of these to add to my blade iron collection.  I love the old style all chromed out look that many other oems have went away from.

[Gbyeball]

Until someone hits a forged blade flush they can never understand what all the fuss is about, but when you do .......oh my!  Through experience I have come to believe that certain clubs just seem to match up well for an individuals swing, when you happen to hit one it is nervana. Same thing happened to me with a set of MP 32's I bought last winter. My intention was to use them at the range but everytime I hit them side by side with other irons I own they performed better for me then my more forgiving sets. In June I finally decided to put them in play and they have seen most of my play this year.

Glad you had so much fun hitting them and now you have a winter project in Golftown's simulator : Duel of the forged 6 irons.

[bushy007]

They are my favourites too. Imagine all the Titleist heads on this site if, heaven forbid, Rory and Tiger both win 2 majors each and half a dozen other events between them next year??? Wouldnt that be funny?

[lilcaeser]

just picked up some original nike blades ,i think they're even better than the vr pros ( which i've had and loved but ,,,,) the pros are solid and smooth but the originals are ''buttery'' like miuras ,,,

[ecfritts]

I've never understood why people bash Nike as inferior equiptment...their irons are endo forged and they have some great club makers working for them.  Look, I'm no Nike homer...doensn't matter to me either way what people like.  I owned a set of the split cavities a few years back and those things were awesome (always chasing the next best thing is the only reason I got rid of them-big mistake).  I have been eyeing a set of the Vr Pro Combos...I just don't get to play & pratice as much as I used to-family & work take priority now.  To summarize, in my opinion, Nike makes good equiptment & I've owned Mizuno, Titleist, Ping, ect...I'm also a believer that you have to like looking down at your clubs...some folks just don't like the GI stuff...different strokes for different folks.

[Skaffa77]

Agreed with many others on this thread.  Nike's forged irons are fantastic, but some many people crap on Nike because they are Nike.  

Glad your experience is what many others have found!  Nike (irons) are legit!

[TheMoneyShot]

bushy007, on 04 November 2012 - 05:56 AM, said:

They are my favourites too. Imagine all the Titleist heads on this site if, heaven forbid, Rory and Tiger both win 2 majors each and half a dozen other events between them next year??? Wouldnt that be funny?

That is probably going to happen next year and I cannot wait to see what the haters say after the fact.  It's going to be fun to see how this unfolds...

[craz-e]

I have always been a fan of the Nike blades, from the originals to these all are superb. Looking forward to the next model

[Thrillhouse]

ecfritts, on 04 November 2012 - 09:29 AM, said:

I've never understood why people bash Nike as inferior equiptment...their irons are endo forged and they have some great club makers working for them.  Look, I'm no Nike homer...doensn't matter to me either way what people like.  I owned a set of the split cavities a few years back and those things were awesome (always chasing the next best thing is the only reason I got rid of them-big mistake).  I have been eyeing a set of the Vr Pro Combos...I just don't get to play & pratice as much as I used to-family & work take priority now.  To summarize, in my opinion, Nike makes good equiptment & I've owned Mizuno, Titleist, Ping, ect...I'm also a believer that you have to like looking down at your clubs...some folks just don't like the GI stuff...different strokes for different folks.

People bash nike because if you have hit all of their stuff since they started making clubs you've hit a lot of crap over the years. Their new forgings are nice, and they've made some great drivers and wedges recently, and some good putters recently, but after wading through all the crap they've produced to get here a lot of people have a sour taste in their mouths.

[Thrillhouse]

TheMoneyShot, on 04 November 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

bushy007, on 04 November 2012 - 05:56 AM, said:

They are my favourites too. Imagine all the Titleist heads on this site if, heaven forbid, Rory and Tiger both win 2 majors each and half a dozen other events between them next year??? Wouldnt that be funny?

That is probably going to happen next year and I cannot wait to see what the haters say after the fact.  It's going to be fun to see how this unfolds...

You'll find that people who don't like Nike still won't like it, just like people who don't like taylormade or titleist still won't like that stuff no matter how many wins their staffers get.

[Sean2]

AChapa8807, on 03 November 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:

Nike VR Blades are sick man... Hands down se of the best performing and smoothest feeling blades I've hit. Playing the VR Pro Combo irons, I'd love to get the 5-7 in blades and have the pockets in 3,4. When you pure these clubs, amazing feel and it's what you should expect from a well made blade. Great sticks, GOOD LUCK!

The feel is what surprised me. Never quite felt that before. Thanks!

[Sean2]

Gbyeball, on 04 November 2012 - 05:46 AM, said:

Until someone hits a forged blade flush they can never understand what all the fuss is about, but when you do .......oh my!  Through experience I have come to believe that certain clubs just seem to match up well for an individuals swing, when you happen to hit one it is nervana. Same thing happened to me with a set of MP 32's I bought last winter. My intention was to use them at the range but everytime I hit them side by side with other irons I own they performed better for me then my more forgiving sets. In June I finally decided to put them in play and they have seen most of my play this year.

Glad you had so much fun hitting them and now you have a winter project in Golftown's simulator : Duel of the forged 6 irons.

Oh my was right. I just hit this club for the heck of it. I also like the idea of having a winter project...it'll give me something to do. :-)

[Sean2]

AChapa8807, on 03 November 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:

Nike VR Blades are sick man... Hands down se of the best performing and smoothest feeling blades I've hit. Playing the VR Pro Combo irons, I'd love to get the 5-7 in blades and have the pockets in 3,4. When you pure these clubs, amazing feel and it's what you should expect from a well made blade. Great sticks, GOOD LUCK!

The club sure surprised me. I never hit a Nike iron before.

[Sean2]

ecfritts, on 04 November 2012 - 09:29 AM, said:

I've never understood why people bash Nike as inferior equiptment...their irons are endo forged and they have some great club makers working for them.  Look, I'm no Nike homer...doensn't matter to me either way what people like.  I owned a set of the split cavities a few years back and those things were awesome (always chasing the next best thing is the only reason I got rid of them-big mistake).  I have been eyeing a set of the Vr Pro Combos...I just don't get to play & pratice as much as I used to-family & work take priority now.  To summarize, in my opinion, Nike makes good equiptment & I've owned Mizuno, Titleist, Ping, ect...I'm also a believer that you have to like looking down at your clubs...some folks just don't like the GI stuff...different strokes for different folks.

The club felt great and seemed extremely well made. I don't know what all the fuss is about. No one in the golf business today can afford to make inferior equipment.

[Sean2]

Skaffa77, on 04 November 2012 - 09:42 AM, said:

Agreed with many others on this thread.  Nike's forged irons are fantastic, but some many people crap on Nike because they are Nike.  

Glad your experience is what many others have found!  Nike (irons) are legit!

Thanks Skaffa. :-)

[Sean2]

bushy007, on 04 November 2012 - 05:56 AM, said:

They are my favourites too. Imagine all the Titleist heads on this site if, heaven forbid, Rory and Tiger both win 2 majors each and half a dozen other events between them next year??? Wouldnt that be funny?

That would be. But if it turns out these are the clubs for me, maybe I can't buy them anyway...I don't want to be accused of being a poser. :-)

[Sean2]

Thrillhouse, on 04 November 2012 - 03:56 PM, said:

TheMoneyShot, on 04 November 2012 - 03:42 PM, said:

bushy007, on 04 November 2012 - 05:56 AM, said:

They are my favourites too. Imagine all the Titleist heads on this site if, heaven forbid, Rory and Tiger both win 2 majors each and half a dozen other events between them next year??? Wouldnt that be funny?

That is probably going to happen next year and I cannot wait to see what the haters say after the fact.  It's going to be fun to see how this unfolds...

You'll find that people who don't like Nike still won't like it, just like people who don't like taylormade or titleist still won't like that stuff no matter how many wins their staffers get.

I'll never understand why anyone would get emotional over OEM's and the golf equipment they produce.

[MtlJeff]

i hit S3 pros for about 20 minutes at golftown yesterday. They had them brand new in the plastic for 375$ at the demo day. Almost wanted to grab them but not sure i'm ready to go away from SGI's!

[geaux.golf]

If anyone is looking for a great deal on a set of these shoot me a pm I'm looking to move a set sell or trade

Edited by ashleybz2012, 04 November 2012 - 06:22 PM.

[ocu_canadian]

I as well will be throwing a set of LH on BST here soon....PM me for details