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Is this Nike’s new line of products for 2016?

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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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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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.

  6. Edgewood Jones

    Nov 18, 2015 at 10:32 pm

    Go Seahawks!

  7. 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.

  8. Iain

    Nov 18, 2015 at 12:00 pm

    The clubs don’t look to bad if you take the colour out of the equation!

  9. 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.

  10. 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!

  11. 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…

  12. 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

  13. vince guest

    Nov 17, 2015 at 12:14 pm

    Surely these are the new ladies selection?

  14. ShootersTour

    Nov 17, 2015 at 11:19 am

    Poo Poo.

  15. KD

    Nov 17, 2015 at 9:14 am

    Awful. How many color schemes is Nike going to try before they get it right?

  16. 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.

  17. 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.

  18. 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.

  19. 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?

  20. 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.

  21. 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!

  22. 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

  23. 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

  24. Jay

    Nov 16, 2015 at 9:05 pm

    These are awful. Everything looks cheap

  25. 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

  26. 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.

  27. HackerDav31

    Nov 16, 2015 at 7:56 pm

    Are they the new Nike clubs? Not sure. Could be Mizuno. Lets stop pretending, eh?

  28. cgasucks

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:56 pm

    Is it just me or is Nike’s clubs are getting uglier and uglier?

  29. 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.

  30. 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.

  31. 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.

  32. KK

    Nov 16, 2015 at 6:28 pm

    Very interesting micro dimples on the RZN proto ball. Everything else is whatevs.

  33. Dpavs

    Nov 16, 2015 at 5:35 pm

    Nike has clearly gone color blind.. those color schemes are hideous!

  34. JMcDonough

    Nov 16, 2015 at 5:11 pm

    OH BOY, NEW PAINT!

  35. Scooter McGavin

    Nov 16, 2015 at 4:58 pm

    No, that’s obviously Callaway.

  36. 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.

  37. mhendon

    Nov 16, 2015 at 4:23 pm

    Those irons look a little like Titleist AP1’s

  38. 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.)

  39. 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.

  40. 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.

  41. Mcd

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:41 pm

    I dont get it. What’s different?

  42. John

    Nov 16, 2015 at 3:37 pm

    The Vapor Flex looks really cool….and really similar to the M1 haha.

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  • Adam Scott what’s in the bag accurate as of the 2024 CJ Cup Byron Nelson. 

Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 6 TX

 

Driver: TaylorMade BRNR (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 TX

5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees), TaylorMade Stealth 2 (18 degrees
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X, Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 9 X

7-wood: TaylorMade Stealth (21 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Black 9 X

Irons: Srixon ZX Mk II (3), Srixon ZX5 Mk II (4), Srixon ZX7 Mk II (5), Srixon Z-Forged II (6-9)
Shafts: Graphite Design Tour AD DI Hybrid 105 X (3), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 54-08M), SM9 (LW), WedgeWorks (LW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (48-54), S400 (LW)

Putter: L.A.B. Golf Mezz.1 Proto

Ball: Titleist Pro V1

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

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Driver: TaylorMade Qi 10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 70 TX

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi 10 Tour (15 degrees)
Shaft: Project X HZRDUS Black 80 TX

Irons: TaylorMade P790 (3), TaylorMade P7MC (4-6), and TaylorMade P730 (7-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (50-09SB, 54-11SB, 58-08LB)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400

Putter: TaylorMade TP Reserve Juno

Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet

Ball: TaylorMade TP5x

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Why Ben Griffin is making the surprising switch to a Maxfli golf ball

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Ben Griffin might be a little too young to remember some of the iconic Maxfli golf balls that won on tour, but that isn’t stopping him from putting the newest Tour X ball from the brand in play. Today, Maxfli and Griffin announced an exclusive partnership that will see the PGA Tour player using the company’s four-piece golf ball.

While Griffin might be the first PGA Tour player to put a new Maxfli golf ball in play, he isn’t the first profesional golfer to do so. Lexi Thompson has been playing the Maxfli Tour golf ball on the LPGA Tour since the beginning of the 2024.

 

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We caught up with Ben at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson in Texas this week to ask him about the new ball switch.

“I was able to finally get my hands on some and try it and immediately I saw faster ball speed with the driver, which is always something every golfer wants to see.

“Then I had to test a lot around the greens and test irons, test spins, test everything like that. Basically, I came to the conclusion that I thought this was probably one of the best golf balls for my game.

“And so I decided to make it official and partner with them and very excited to help kind of launch this golf ball and see where it takes us.”

Griffin’s ball of choice is the Maxfli Tour X, a four-piece golf ball that is made for highly skilled players that want consistent distance off the driver and spin around the green. An updated core design helps add the ball speed that Griffin mentioned and two ionomer mantle layers separate low spin driver shots from higher spin iron and wedge shots. Maxfli uses Center Of center-of-gravity balancing to ensure each ball has consistent flight in the air and roll on the green. Like all golf balls on tour, the Tour X features a cast urethane cover for maximum performance, and it has a tetrahedron dimple pattern to enhance aerodynamics.

It is exciting to see a golf ball at a lower price point — $39.99 at Golf Galaxy — being used by a top 100 ranked player in the world like Ben Griffin, and equipment junkies will be keenly watching his performance with the new ball.

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