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Nike lets you design Tiger’s shoes (and yours, too!)

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Nike just announced the latest innovation in the highly competitive golf shoe market: the chance for you to design your own custom pair of golf shoes, which happens to be the latest edition of Tiger Woods’ signature line of golf shoes, the Nike TW’14.

Just to spice things up a bit, Nike is giving golf fans the chance to design the shoes that Tiger will be sporting on the PGA Tour in 2014 and to win some gear for yourself as well. So put on your most creative hat and head over to http://nikeid.tumblr.com/designfortiger to start putting your virtual paintbrush on the palette and click away to design a pair of golf shoes that are suitable for a 14-time major champion. Who knows? You may just design a pair for yourself while you are at it!

In the old days, golf shoes that looked like “tennis shoes” would have some of the stuffy, blue bloods turning up their noses to the members daring enough to lace them up. But, this line of shoes, originally inspired by the wildly successful line of Nike’s “Free” running shoes, has broken that mold. Tiger began tinkering with this type of lightweight yet supportive athletic-inspired golf shoe following his injury layoff in 2011, and he hasn’t looked back since he had the golf world buzzing when he strolled out in his first pair of white prototypes. This new model for 2014 offers either a waterproof version suitable for misty fall day at Bandon Dunes and a breathable mesh version, which would be at home on a steamy, summer morning in Orlando.

Designing the shoe on the website is as easy as you would expect from an outfit like Nike, which has offered consumers the opportunity to customize shoes on its Nike iD site since 1999. When you go to the contest page, a link from there will take you to the Nike iD TW’14 site where you can just start clicking away on the shoes while the design tool leads you through the process. Once you have your design complete, click on the Twitter icon to tweet your design.

Make sure to add #designfortiger @nikeid and @nikegolf to your tweet in order to be entered into the contest. There is no limit to how many entries you design. The only limit is that the contest ends in a few days (11:59 p.m. on Dec. 8).

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Chris Hibler is an avid golfer, writer and golf gear junkie. If he's not practicing his game with his kids, he's scouring the GolfWRX classifieds looking for a score.

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  1. harrold

    Jan 20, 2014 at 1:09 pm

    Sounds like no of you actually realise that Nike ID has been around a hell of a lot longer than myjoys

  2. Jose Nunya

    Dec 11, 2013 at 7:39 pm

    I’m not a fan of Tigers shoes.

  3. Patrick

    Dec 11, 2013 at 12:23 pm

    Footjoy was the original golf shoe customization shop. Good thing Nike was able to capitalize on this “new innovation”

  4. Shawn

    Dec 10, 2013 at 11:29 pm

    Pretty sure nike ID let you customize sneakers & cleats for other sports way before any other brand. It was only a matter of time before they allowed people to customize there own golf shoe. Maybe you should try a pair, you might like them.

  5. Ryan

    Dec 9, 2013 at 11:38 pm

    Is there another way to enter the contest besides Twitter? I don’t have one and am interested in entering.

  6. christian

    Dec 7, 2013 at 7:32 pm

    FootJoy came up with this “new Nike innovation” a loong time ago.

  7. Martin

    Dec 7, 2013 at 4:38 pm

    Sorry, I take that back.

    It’s nothing like Myjoys where you actually get the shoes you design.

  8. Martin

    Dec 7, 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Sounds like MyJoys…no wait it’s clown shoes only.

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Michael Block WITB 2024 (May)

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  • Michael Block what’s in the bag accurate as of the PGA Championship.

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 “Dot” (9 degrees @7.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 Tour (15 degrees @14.25)
Shaft: 2024 Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X

5-wood: TaylorMade M5 (19 degrees @17)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Orange 70 TX

Irons: TaylorMade Stealth UDI (4), TaylorMade Proto (5-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 85 X (4), Project X 6.5 (5-9)

Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 4 (46-09SB, 60 [unconfirmed]), TaylorMade Milled Grind 2 (52-09S, 56)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: Odyssey White Hot 2-Ball

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

See the rest of Michael Block’s WITB in the forums.

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  • Brooks Koepka what’s in the bag accurate as of the PGA Championship.

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 “Dot” (10.5 degrees @9.75)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D Limited 60 TX (44.5 inches, tipped 1 inch)

3-wood: TaylorMade M2 Tour HL (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana D+ 80 TX

Irons: Nike Vapor Pro (3), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (4-9)
Shaft: Fujikura Pro Tour Spec 95 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (4-9)

Wedges: Cleveland RTX ZipCore Tour Rack Raw (46-10 Mid), RTX6 ZipCore Tour Rack (52-10 Mid, 56-10 Mid, 60-6 Low)
Shaft: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (52-60)

Putter: Scotty Cameron T-5.5

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord (Midsize)

Ball: Srixon Z-Star Diamond

Check out more in-hand photos of Brooks Koepka’s clubs here.

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Coolest thing for sale in the GolfWRX Classifieds (5/13/24): Full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs

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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 full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs.

From the seller: (@CaymanS): “During the year of recovery from leg surgery that never quite healed, I was bored.  One thing led to another, and I ended up gradually building/acquiring the individual pieces to complete a set of “Tiger Slam” clubs.  They are what Tiger played to win 4 consecutive majors, which nobody has ever done.  This is not an exact replica of course, but something close that fit me to play a few times per year and experience what Tiger did.  But my bad leg, 4 shoulder tears, and age prevents me from the ball-striking needed to enjoy these to their fullest.  They may not be everyone’s cup of tea, especially since the driver and fairway shafts are regular flex and most players good enough to play these will need to change them, but it’s not a perfect world.  I am not a historian on this stuff, but my research indicates these are the same models Tiger used, with slightly different specs to fit me.

Full set $1,600, or…

…a donation for a Pro Kids fundraiser, or…

Driver: $70

Fairway: $250

Irons: $1,100

Wedges: $100

Putter: $350″

To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Full set of ‘Tiger Slam’ clubs

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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