Equipment
Is this Nike’s new line of products for 2016?
An array of images from Nike have popped on the web recently, coming from Instagram and our own GolfWRX forums.
Below are the photos, with links to where they came from. While we’re not sure exactly how reliable these sources are, they look to be photos of Nike’s new line of products in 2016. What do you think?
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Nike Fly drivers, with new Flex?
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Nike Fly and Fly Pro irons
Nike RZN golf balls
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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.
…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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- 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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- 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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Alex Harper
Dec 11, 2015 at 12:15 pm
These clubs are an embarrassment to the golf industry, it’s unreal that clubs have migrated to this.
jim
Nov 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm
if you looked closely you would have realized that the pros are just last years with a bridge down the middle. once ou look closely you will eventually like it. I though they were horrible at first but they now look pretty good. Hopefully nike will bring out a new muscleback so rory will use newer equipment. The drivers are just awesome though. The flex is absolutely sick.
jim
Nov 30, 2015 at 7:01 pm
if you looked closely you would have realized that the pros are just last years with a bridge down the middle. once you look closely you will eventually like it. I though they were horrible at first but they now look pretty good. Hopefully nike will bring out a new muscleback so rory will use newer equipment. The drivers are just awesome though. The flex is absolutely sick.
aaron merritt
Nov 29, 2015 at 10:32 am
“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self evident!” – Arthur Schopenhauer
These clubs are very different (again- og vapor line had the same kind of reception) and because they don’t look like a titleist knockoff golf conservatives jump on here to say they look like plastic toys. The reality is that the clubs look fantastic.
ALSO, to the people who are going to say the Flex is a horrible driver…..you just don’t have enough swing speed for it.
JustWellsy
Dec 10, 2015 at 4:12 pm
Exactly! My swing speed is consistently 118+ mph and the Vapor Flex is the ONLY Nike driver that gave me an acceptable spin rate/dispersion. On another note, I am not a fan at all of the look of the new pro irons. It’s not the color, I’m ok with that. I really hope they decide to release another iron that has more of a blade look to it, because that is important to me. I hate not knowing because I am in the market for new irons right now. If I knew this was it for 2016, I’d just buy the vapor pros. But I’d be pissed if they came out with a new version of them mid-year.
kn
Nov 18, 2015 at 10:33 pm
It looks like the design team got lost in the graffiti section of Cuba, stayed for a few too many mohitos, then sent the “finished samples” before any of them sobered up enough to check the final product. Just like Tiger taught ’em how to mix business with pleasure.
Edgewood Jones
Nov 18, 2015 at 10:32 pm
Go Seahawks!
Don
Nov 18, 2015 at 7:17 pm
U G L Y
I generally liked the look of Nike clubs and the colours don’t bother me. However, the plastic and that inlay look very cheap. Ugliest design since those Yellow Sumo Irons.
Iain
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm
The clubs don’t look to bad if you take the colour out of the equation!
Fourpar18
Nov 18, 2015 at 10:47 am
As a current Vapor Pro Combo and Pro gamer I would have to say that this line looks GREAT! I am approaching 40 y/o and I LOVE the vapor color and I think the new line really is a good blend of young and old. I especially like the Vapor Flex look, it does look like the M1 but I think it looks better! The WHITE colored (although nice) is played out! With color variations from multiple different companies they are attracting a new group of people…. kids and young adults. I was at one of our popular driving range and I saw kids from 8-23 y/o all over the place, that’s what golf is trying to capture…I say they are hitting the mark.
Another key factor to look at is the look; it looks like a combination of AP2 and Pro Combo…two great sellers this past year. My question; Why wouldn’t a company do this? When people talk about “stealing other companies concepts” is getting old, manufacturing companies (all brands) have been doing it for years. The cereal market it even does it; you have Fruit Loops and Fun Loops…lets get over this.
Ian
Nov 18, 2015 at 9:27 am
How possible is it that rival companies can come out with such similar looking drivers so close to eachothers release – screams of collusion!
Jacob
Nov 17, 2015 at 6:27 pm
People, this is what ALL clubs will probably look like in 20 years. What’s so awful about clubs looking like basketball shoes anyway? If you want to grow the game things are gonna change…
gabo
Nov 17, 2015 at 3:54 pm
i already play with them and they are crazy the pro is great really good looking from the top and the flex is freaking long just wait for it
vince guest
Nov 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm
Surely these are the new ladies selection?
ShootersTour
Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am
Poo Poo.
KD
Nov 17, 2015 at 9:14 am
Awful. How many color schemes is Nike going to try before they get it right?
Jack
Nov 17, 2015 at 8:50 am
I’m a huge Nike golf fan, but this is something you may see at a Mardi gras.
Someone With Eyes
Nov 17, 2015 at 7:56 am
These are absolutely terrible. This might be the worst top to bottom line of clubs I have ever seen. Instead of getting rid of sales reps they should have fired their entire design team. Golf clubs are not like basketball shoes. Maybe they are are trying to attract more urban youths to the game.
Brian
Nov 17, 2015 at 1:47 pm
That sounded racist.
johnnylongballz
Nov 17, 2015 at 7:52 am
Reminds me of the multicolored plastic club sets for kids. I hope they come with 3 plastic balls and a little plastic golf bag.
Chuck D
Nov 17, 2015 at 3:17 am
Are we sure that Nike driver isn’t the shift knob in BMDubya’s new electric rig?
other paul
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:56 pm
I like the looks. But until they make a driver that makes the ball go really far away really fast, I wont be paying attention. Great driver accuracy, but they need more distance.
Scott
Nov 18, 2015 at 12:40 pm
+1
Joseph Dreitler
Nov 18, 2015 at 1:28 pm
Agree.
JustWellsy
Dec 10, 2015 at 4:17 pm
Just wait for the Flex Driver… I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
Chance
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:37 pm
I think those black irons look sweet. I would love to game them if they played well!
nunya
Nov 16, 2015 at 10:43 pm
As much as I liked last years irons. I hate these.
JustWellsy
Dec 10, 2015 at 4:18 pm
Agree… The only way I can describe my dislike is to say they look too “thick” and remind me of those AWFUL slingshot irons from years ago
Steve
Nov 16, 2015 at 10:20 pm
Tell the accountants to write off another lost in golf equipment for next year. What junk, only a matter of time until they stop making equipment. Investors are not going to accept losing year after year
Dj
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:19 pm
You may wanna check Nikes earnings.
Steve
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:59 pm
You might want to check their earnings/lost in the golf equipment. They are a monster, but the golf buisness is aloss for them.
GMatt
Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am
Bingo…. Their clothing and sneaker lines are propping up the golf division losses. Of course those clothing and sneaker divisions are making more than probably all the other golf manufacturers combined so why not operate their golf division at a loss just to stay in the marketplace
Jay
Nov 16, 2015 at 9:05 pm
These are awful. Everything looks cheap
john
Nov 16, 2015 at 9:00 pm
the blue is straight copied from mizuno, what were they thinking?
the irons look great with the blue / yellow though, but the woods are truly staggering
Dj
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:20 pm
Cobra has had blue also. It’s a color, not a patent.
john
Nov 18, 2015 at 6:38 pm
they don’t have mizuno blue, that is pure mizuno light blue nike right there
Jake
Nov 16, 2015 at 8:17 pm
I got a chance to hit the new drivers. The new nike flex is the most horrible feeling/sounding driver I have ever hit. The head is made of RZN. The other heads are ok but the flex ruined the experience.
HackerDav31
Nov 16, 2015 at 7:56 pm
Are they the new Nike clubs? Not sure. Could be Mizuno. Lets stop pretending, eh?
cgasucks
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:56 pm
Is it just me or is Nike’s clubs are getting uglier and uglier?
Don Juan DeMarco
Nov 16, 2015 at 11:47 pm
It’s just you.
Mat
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:55 pm
The Vapor pro irons are very good looking to me. Hopefully they are that dark in person.
Tom Duckworth
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:45 pm
Cool stuff. I’m looking forward to the reviews to come. I do see the point of wanting to see more neutral colors as well. Nike is marketing to younger players I guess but I love to look down at a black driver, all business.
Brian
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:44 pm
I’ll be stoked when stores start carrying RZN Black balls again. I’ve had to resort to using the ProV1s I’ve found in my backyard this year.
KK
Nov 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm
Very interesting micro dimples on the RZN proto ball. Everything else is whatevs.
Dpavs
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm
Nike has clearly gone color blind.. those color schemes are hideous!
JMcDonough
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm
OH BOY, NEW PAINT!
Scooter McGavin
Nov 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm
No, that’s obviously Callaway.
DatSliceDoe
Nov 16, 2015 at 4:51 pm
Nike ought to take a page from Cobra’s book and offer a few color options. Love the performance, but I want a neutral color driver.
6
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:04 pm
Nike doesn’t sell enough clubs to shell out that much to make multiple colors for clubs.
JustWellsy
Dec 10, 2015 at 4:21 pm
They could solve everything by offering their clubs through NikeID, like they do for shoes and some clothes.
mhendon
Nov 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm
Those irons look a little like Titleist AP1’s
Tom
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:52 pm
Wow…just wow! must be targeting the under forty players.
6
Nov 16, 2015 at 5:04 pm
And you must be 6 years old
Tom
Nov 16, 2015 at 10:11 pm
Old enough to know better and could teach you a thing or two.
rymail00
Nov 16, 2015 at 9:13 pm
+1
But I’m 34 and don’t find these visually appealing at all. I still prefer the normal black/blackish dark grey crown (Titleist, SLDR ect.)
Tom
Nov 17, 2015 at 8:47 am
Huh..alrighty then I stand corrected.
Jacob
Nov 17, 2015 at 6:22 pm
Try under 16.
Jonzone
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:52 pm
I love WRX but I have no idea why they title this article, or any new release with “Is This The….”
We all know it is…we are on here for a reason!
Regardless, this release is hideous.
Roger
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:46 pm
Nike stuff has never caught my eye……..these colors are a bit to be desired to say the least.
Mcd
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:41 pm
I dont get it. What’s different?
John
Nov 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm
The Vapor Flex looks really cool….and really similar to the M1 haha.
Will
Nov 17, 2015 at 7:06 am
+1