Equipment
Nike to release Rory’s Method Prototype 006 putter
Nike announced that it will be releasing the Nike Method Prototype 006 — the same putter that Rory McIlroy uses — to the public starting April 15. It’s the first time this putter will be made available to non-touring professionals.
There have been similar Nike Method putters made for retail in the past, but this is the real deal.
Nike’s Method 006 prototype putter is currently in the bags of McIlroy, Seung Yul-Noh and Francesco Molinari.
The putter, developed by Nike Master Craftsman David Franklin, uses Polymetal Groove technology in the face, said to enhance feel and a “fast forward roll.”
Each putter purchased will have a laser-engraved Nike Oven logo, and comes with a “tour-packaged box” of RZN Black golf balls and a volt-colored Nike head cover.
The package, which will sell for $450, is available in limited quantities starting April 15 on Nike’s website, and in select retail stores starting April 17.
Related
- See what GolfWRX members are saying about the putter in our forums.
- Rory’s 2015 WITB, with in-hand photos of his Nike Method Prototype 006 putter.
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- John Daly WITB accurate as of the PGA Championship. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (9 degrees)
Shaft: Newton Motion 6-Dot
3-wood: Ping G430 LST (15 degrees)
Shaft: Newton Motion 4-Dot
Hybrids: Ping G430 (17, 22, 26 degrees)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold
Irons: Sub70 659-CB (6-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Wedges: Sub70 TAIII (50, 54, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S300
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One Milled One T CH
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Tour 2.0
Grips: SuperStroke custom
More photos of John Daly’s WITB in the forums.
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Toulon Golf has today officially announced its latest Small Batch putter — the Valhalla.
Discussing the putter, Preston Toulon of Toulon Golf said: “This putter is a collaboration with the club at Valhalla and incorporates three of the many things that make the state of Kentucky great – horseracing, bourbon and championship golf. The head of the putter and headcover have several allusions to a jockey’s silk and there are thoroughbreds on the sole.”
Inspired by Toulon’s classic tri-sole Santa Monica design, the company sought to modernize the profile and design leveraging its 904 stainless steel and 6061 aircraft aluminium across the sole. Toulon describes the Valhalla’s profile as “slightly oversized blade whose proportions are meticulously balanced to maintain the look and feel of the Santa Monica, while increasing the putter’s inertia to create one of the most forgiving putters we have ever designed.”
Throughout numerous prototypes, Toulon paid particular attention to the L-neck, with its full shaft of offset, adding a bit of length for better blending with the slightly wider and longer blade.
On the rear of the putter are homages to horse racing in the form of jockey silk diamonds and Churchill Downs-inspired font.
The sole of the putter features a large cavity covered by a 6061 aircraft aluminum sole plate. According to Toulon, this allowed for the addition length to the putter and improved inertia as well as moving more mass to the perimeter for greater forgiveness.
In another nod to Valhalla, Toulon uses a milled watermarked limestone pattern, a reference to stone featured widely on the property.
As with all the Toulon Small Batch putters, the team paid particular attention to the topline thickness and radius to achieve a desired look. “Soft yet crisp was the design intent,” according to the company.
Toulon Golf Small Batch Valhalla specs
- Material: 904L Stainless Steel/6061 Aluminum Sole
- Face Mill: Fine Double Fly with Big Tuna
- Finish: Kentucky Bourbon PVD
- Grip: Custom Toulon Collection Vintage Blue Pistol
- Shaft: Chrome Stepless Steel
- Headcover: Valhalla Custom Leather
- Head Weight: 355 g
- Toe Hang: 40 degrees
- Loft: 3 degrees
- Lie: 70 degrees
Pricing and availability
The Small Batch Valhalla is available for purchase today via the company’s website — ToulonGolf.com.
Supply is extremely limited. The price is $1,800.
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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.
Titleist’s new 2-wood prototype first popped up on the TOUR at the 2024 PLAYERS Championship, in the bag of Cameron Young, who had been working with Titleist on the design since 2023.
Here’s what Titleist Tour fitter J.J. Van Wezenbeeck had to say about the design back at THE PLAYERS Championship:
“(Young) was looking for a certain ball speed and yardage gap from his driver,” Van Wezenbeeck said. “One of the things for him with the 3-wood is he wanted something with a little more volume that he felt more confident off the tee with, so he was looking for a little bigger footprint and something that was a little bit more penetrating than some of the 3-woods he’s played in the past. This will be a club he’ll hit 90 percent off the tee, versus the ground, so for the golf courses that set up for that, that’s what he’s looking for … this may or may not ever come to retail. It’s a chance for us to learn and put it in future products that may not be exactly this.”
Since the initial unveiling of the product at THE PLAYERS Championship, fellow PGA TOUR players such as Homa, Webb Simpson and Justin Thomas have also taken notice…
“[The new 2-wood) helps me draw it a little bit better,” Homa told GolfWRX.com on Monday at the 2024 PGA Championship. “I don’t draw the ball well, so left-to-right winds it’s quite helpful.”
Now, according to Van Wezenbeeck, Homa has two different options off the tee: A flat-trajectory cut shot with his TSR3 driver, and a “spinny draw” with his new TSR 2-wood, which flies farther than his former 3-wood.
Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.
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Mad-Mex
Apr 19, 2015 at 11:51 pm
So by buying the same equipment a pro uses, does it translate into instant ability to play like the pro?
Just curious,,,,,,,,,,,,
jOHN kRUG
Apr 16, 2015 at 8:08 pm
But Rory is not a good putter.
Josh
Apr 15, 2015 at 8:50 pm
Dang! Sold out!!!!!
I was planning to buy two and resell to you WRXerz on the BST and make a nice profit!
Ben
Apr 15, 2015 at 1:02 pm
Wow its actually sold out? I bet that is the most putters nike has sold in the last 5 years combined.
Kenny
Apr 15, 2015 at 3:28 am
If you read the release properly you will see…Nike announced that it will be releasing the Nike Method Prototype 006.
It does not say its a Rory replica
Zak
Apr 14, 2015 at 10:47 pm
Is there going to be a choice of length?
I want a 35″, but I think Rory plays a 33″. So are they going to make them all one length (Rors length)?
lsf_21
Apr 14, 2015 at 10:02 pm
Rorys putter does have very small grooves.
http://www.bunkersparadise.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Nike-Method-006-Prototype-Putter.jpg
Ken
Apr 15, 2015 at 3:05 am
I talked to the maker of his putter.
Tiger has really small grooves for a “clicky” feel.
Rory has a putter that is soft as hell. Rory told the Nike guy that he couldn’t make a putter soft enough.
And the face isn’t painted.
JuNiOR
Apr 14, 2015 at 9:29 pm
Will it have the same exact Groove depth as Rory???
RG
Apr 14, 2015 at 9:24 pm
That may be a copy of Rory MacIlroys putter…. but that is not Rory McIlroys putter. His has painted on face grooves.
Rich
Apr 16, 2015 at 4:05 am
What a load of crap. You’ve obviously not read the forums where Greg has said he’s seen Rory’s putter up close and flat out refutes that claim.
T-MAC
Apr 20, 2015 at 3:25 pm
Grooves on Rory’s putter aren’t painted on, but they ARE very shallow. The same with Tiger’s putter. There’s a video of the 2 of them talking about their putters and Tiger asks Rory if he has grooves. Rory says no, no grooves, he has “faux grooves” and Tiger said the same for his.
Neither one of them are using the Nike “groove technology” as seen on the putters that we buy OTR.
Daniel
Apr 14, 2015 at 9:13 pm
I’m looking and I’m a liking
steve
Apr 14, 2015 at 6:59 pm
we all know that rory uses putter without the weird grooves on it (only painted it). we’ve seen the photos of his putter! not a real representation of rors putter in that sense.
Reed
Apr 14, 2015 at 3:34 pm
If you really look at what putter Rory uses, you will see it is a Scotty C. putter with Nike stuff spray painted on it.
tony
Apr 14, 2015 at 3:56 pm
If you really look at Scotty C putters you will see they’re really Karsten Solheim Anser’s with expensive upcharge badging.
Reed
Apr 14, 2015 at 5:01 pm
True True
Rob
Apr 14, 2015 at 5:05 pm
HAHA!
Rich
Apr 16, 2015 at 4:10 am
All you Titleist and Scotty Cameron fan boys need to get a life and realise that Titleist is not a golf equipment company. They are a golf ball company that makes golf clubs. Not other OEM has the ball as their main equipment line and Titleist does. No one else focuses on their ball the way Titleist does. They only make clubs because they think they should to stay relevant.
T-MAC
Apr 20, 2015 at 3:28 pm
Man, Titleist makes some pretty good clubs for it just being their “side business”.
NGG
Apr 14, 2015 at 3:02 pm
WRX community in a nutshell…
Entire site complains about not having access to Rors 006.
Nike releases Rors 006, entire site complains.
Golfraven
Apr 14, 2015 at 4:57 pm
love it 🙂
Bob
Apr 14, 2015 at 8:34 pm
If I’m going to drop $450 I’m going to want an exact copy of Rory’s putter, not halfway between it and their retail offerings.
Tom Bowles
Apr 15, 2015 at 8:43 am
Hilarious. Because it’s true. If you want “tour issue”, you’re gonna have to pay. If you don’t want to pay $450, pay $200 for a similar putter Nike sells and quit crying.
Alex T
Apr 14, 2015 at 2:51 pm
They say they’re making this putter available “to the public”, but what does that mean? It means they will be sold out in seconds to a select few unscrupulous individuals who will then sell them on eBay for thousands and thousands of dollars and in the end the only people who could actually afford to buy one from these resellers will be Rory, not the people who might actually benefit from the performance (no matter how few people that might be). Utterly pointless. Just make it a production model or don’t make it at all.
Sam
Apr 14, 2015 at 2:29 pm
Will this be limited time only, or will they be sold for a long period of time?
Josepe
Apr 14, 2015 at 2:33 pm
Wondering about the same thing
steve
Apr 14, 2015 at 7:00 pm
only 1000 of them will be released. first come first serve!
Nick
Apr 14, 2015 at 2:00 pm
So what is this package gonna set me back? Lol
Ian
Apr 14, 2015 at 1:48 pm
Will it come with fake grooves like his? #groovegate
Kenner
Apr 14, 2015 at 1:40 pm
No photo’s have shown “RORS” Stamping on the neck. And it also looks like the neck is shorter!?
His Putter:
http://www.golfwrx.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/3908d2094b28710ef2c4e65f55dae4ad1.jpg