Equipment
Nike lets you design Tiger’s shoes (and yours, too!)
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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Equipment
Rickie Fowler’s new putter: Standard-length Odyssey Jailbird 380 in custom orange
Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.
…The Jailbird craze hasn’t really slowed down in 2024, either. According to Odyssey rep Joe Toulon, there are about 18-20 Jailbird putter users on the PGA TOUR.
Most recently, Akshay Bhatia won the 2024 Valero Texas Open using a broomstick-style Odyssey Jailbird 380 putter and Webb Simpson is switching into a replica of that putter at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Now, Fowler, who essentially started the whole Jailbird craze, is making a significant change to his putter setup.
Fowler, who has had a couple weeks off since the 2024 RBC Heritage, started experimenting with a new, custom-orange Jailbird 380 head that’s equipped with a standard 35-inch putter build, rather than his previous 38-inch counter-balanced setup.
According to Fowler, while he still likes the look and forgiveness of his Jailbird putter head, he’s looking to re-incorporate more feel into his hands during the putting stroke.
He told GolfWRX.com on Tuesday at the Wells Fargo Championship that the 38-inch counterbalanced setup “served its purpose” by helping him to neutralize his hands during the stroke, but now it’s time to try the standard-length putter with a standard-size SuperStroke Pistol Tour grip to help with his feel and speed control.
Although Fowler was also spotted testing standard-length mallets from L.A.B. Golf and Axis1 on Tuesday, he confirmed that the custom Odyssey Jailbird 380 is the putter he’ll use this week at the 2024 Wells Fargo Championship.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Whats in the Bag
Akshay Bhatia WITB 2024 (May)
- Akshay Bhatia what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. Bhatia is deciding between drivers. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Rogue ST Max LS (9 degrees @7.2, 2 grams lead tape heel, 4 grams toe)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X (44 7/8 inches, tipped 1 inch)
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max D (9 degrees @7)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7 X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (15 degrees @13.9)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X (43 inches, tipped 1.5)
Hybrid: Callaway Apex UW Prototype (19 degrees @17.8)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 10 X
Irons: Callaway X Forged UT (21 degrees) Buy here, Callaway Apex TCB Raw (5-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 125 S+
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S @49, 54-10S, 60-08C @61)
Shafts: KBS Hi-Rev 2.0 135 X
Putter: Odyssey Versa Jailbird 380
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Split
Grips: Iomic
Ball: Callaway Chrome Tour
More photos of Akshay Bhatia’s WITB in the forums.
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Whats in the Bag
Emiliano Grillo WITB 2024 (May)
- Emiliano Grillo what’s in the bag accurate as of the Wells Fargo Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Project X Denali Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
5-wood: Cobra LTDx Prototype (18.5 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Blue RDX 70 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex TCB (4-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Callaway MD3 Milled (46-08S), Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S, 54-10S, 60-08T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey White Hot OG #5
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Flatso 1.0
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Emiliano Grillo’s clubs here.
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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
Jose Nunya
Dec 11, 2013 at 7:39 pm
I’m not a fan of Tigers shoes.
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”
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.
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.
christian
Dec 7, 2013 at 7:32 pm
FootJoy came up with this “new Nike innovation” a loong time ago.
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.
Martin
Dec 7, 2013 at 4:36 pm
Sounds like MyJoys…no wait it’s clown shoes only.