Equipment
Michelle Wie debuts Volt-colored equipment
Michelle Wie is using a Nike RZN Black golf ball that’s a little different at the LPGA Tour’s Coates Golf Championship this week in Ocala, Fla.
Most professional golfers use white golf balls, but Wie is debuting Nike’s signature Volt-colored ball. She’s the first Nike golfer on the PGA or LPGA Tour to put the company’s Volt-colored ball in play during competition.
The RZN Black ball ($46 in White and Volt) uses Speedlock technology in its core, which is designed to interconnect the core to the compression layer to eliminate slipping, and thus energy loss, at impact. This results in more stability between layers, which creates more speed and distance.
MICHELLE WIE’S NEW TOYS: SHE’S ABOUT 2 HOURS FROM TEEING OFF W/ NEW ALL-VOLT NIKE VAPOR DRIVER & RZN BLACK VOLT BALL PIC.TWITTER.COM/VSGUXA1R4T
— RANDALL MELL (@RANDALLMELLGC) JANUARY 28, 2015
The Volt-colored crown of Nike’s Vapor Speed driver (pictured above) is a one-off design created specifically for Wie, but the technologies and specs are the same as retail models.
The Vapor Speed driver has a FlyBeam-reinforced Cavity Back and a Compression Channel behind the face to maximize ball speed, and uses FlexLoft 2 technology for wide-ranging adjustability.
Nike Vapor Speed driver with a customized Volt-colored crown.
Wie will be also debuting the women’s Nike Lunar Control shoes, which means she’ll be covered in the Volt color from (driver) head-to-toe this week.
Women’s Nike Lunar Control customized by Michelle Wie.
Equipment
Putters that never made it: Check out some of the best tour builds that didn’t make the cut
Arguably, the best perk of being a professional golfer on the PGA Tour is the ability to request or even just be handed pretty much any club you could think of. It happens more often than you think, usually with putters around the practice green from one event to the next. Come Wednesday, the Tour bags lining the edge of the putting surface become resting places for fallen flatsticks that never made the cut.
So let’s take a look at some of the best we’ve seen out on Tour this year that never made it to the competition. (You may notice none of Hideki Matsuyama’s custom Scotty Cameron putters made this list. There are too many.)
Let’s start with this custom Damascus Milled Odyssey Rossie made for Ryo Hisatsune. Featuring a single line and the short-slant hossel, we’ve seen plenty of Number 7 and jailbird heads featuring the Damascus Milled insert, but this is the first and only one we’ve spotted in a Rossie. Hisatsune primarily putts with an Odyssey Black Series iX #9, but we have seen him recently with a TaylorMade TP Collection SOTO, so there could be potential that the Damascus Milled Rossie could end up in the bag.
Everyone wants to be Cameron Young right now. We’ve had Justin Thomas and Tom Hoge both game the Scotty Cameron 9.5R prototype. Well, for the PGA Championship, Brooks Koepka nearly joined that list after requesting the same style of putter, with the full-length alignment line. But the Scotty Cameron reps took the request a step further and made one specially for Koepka with a Teryllium insert, similar to one in his previous Newport 2 gamers. The reason why this one didn’t go into play, though? Because it was too heavy.
Harry Hall was the third-best putter on Tour last year, so when Bettinardi made him a custom proto, you know it was going to be good. The custom BB28 blade features VDF face milling, a custom-welded single-bend shaft, and the owner’s initials – HH – on the sole of the putter. Hall, who usually games an Odyssey O-Works #7 W, has dabbled with a TaylorMade Spider Tour X already this year. Maybe there’s a chance this Bettinardi might make his bag.
Honestly, this one doesn’t need a description. It’s Kieth Mitchell’s custom Scotty Cameron Napa. One Scotty Cameron face stamp, two Scotty Dogs, two Scotty Cameron 7-Point Crowns and one Circle T. That is all. Oh, except for the Cashmere Cameron headcover.
Finally, and just for fun, how about we pour one out for this TaylorMade Spider Tour X made for Scottie Scheffler in its new torched finish. It’s unlikely we’ll see a putter change anytime soon from the best golfer in the world. In fact, he hit just two putts with it on the Harbour Town practice before going back to his trusty gamer.
Driver: Titleist GT3 (9 degrees) Buy here.
Shaft: Aldila Rogue Silver 130 M.S.I. 70 TX
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 7 X
7-wood: TaylorMade Qi35 (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Blue 8 X
Irons: Grindworks PR-202 (4), Grindworks PR-101A (5-PW)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100
Wedges: Cleveland RTX6 Tour Rack (52-10 Mid), Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (56-08M), SM11 (60-04T)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Scotty Cameron Tour Rat 1.5 Tour Prototype
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
In our forums, our members have been discussing their favorite major winning irons used by Tiger Woods. WRXer ‘golferdude54’ kicks off the thread saying:
“Mizuno MP 14/29. Titleist 681T. Nike Forged Blades. TaylorMade P7TW.
Among these irons that helped Tiger win 15 majors, which is your favorite in terms of looks?”
And our members have been naming their favorites and why in response.
Here are a couple of posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- SwingBlade: “I prefer the early blades he played and the more recent TM TW’s especially because after Tiger had his major behavioral setbacks, part of Nikes support payback was making Tiger play a Nike putter and cease using his beloved uniquely customized Scotty putter.”
- ProjectX: “This (Nike Forged Blades) and there’s not even a close second.”
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Reg Waggonef
Jun 17, 2015 at 1:51 pm
I would like to find some way to suggest to Michele Wie to think long and strong about trying to play through her pain. Think “Dizzy Dean”, hall of fame pitcher with St Louis Cards. He hurt his big toe – tried to pitch though it by adjusting his mechanics. It got worse an had to give up the game in his prime.
jj
Feb 15, 2015 at 12:49 am
Growning the game! In 10 more years it will have grown into a 99.9% Asian tour. My club has been over run by these rude people!
jj
Feb 2, 2015 at 3:25 pm
whaa whaa wee wee
lefty
Feb 2, 2015 at 3:06 pm
Wont be available to public anyway, told from a Nike source, so you all shouldn’t worry about it!!!!
Neil
Feb 1, 2015 at 2:36 pm
Wie.should worrie about playing better to win.not her bling.nikes biggest bust
Nicholas
Feb 2, 2015 at 3:09 pm
Last time I checked, I think she won two tournaments and had 13 top 10’s. Safe to say, she’s playing just fine. I’m pretty sure that she’s helping to grow the game well, too. I’m positive that it has nothing to do with her “bling”. She has nothing to “worrie” about, except the $2 million she made last year playing.
L4L
Feb 4, 2015 at 6:12 pm
So “volt” is a color! I just got that. Yea, they paid her far more than they will ever make back in increased retail sales…it was a risky gamble that NIKE could easily afford. She is good for the LPGA, no question, but equally no doubt that the deal did not turn out as NIKE hoped.
Sargio_Gercia
Jan 31, 2015 at 7:20 am
Rocks
chad ryan
Jan 30, 2015 at 5:37 pm
Perfect club option for the jean shorts wearing weekend golfer who doesn’t get enough attention hitting his ball into the group two fairways over
Scott
Jan 30, 2015 at 10:08 am
One more in the rainbow of colors that is today’s golf equipment – – Michelle can pull off the look though
Rusty Putter
Jan 29, 2015 at 7:23 pm
good concept ugly execution
Dave
Jan 29, 2015 at 5:08 pm
Can we talk about her “Dope” art? What the heck is up with that??
Cal Naughton Jr
Jan 29, 2015 at 10:35 am
love it!
Enrique
Jan 29, 2015 at 9:54 am
I like it – I think it looks really good on her. She’s the perfect body type/hair color – look, etc… to use Volt.
What i mean is she can pull it off where Stacy Lewis may not be the right person to rock something so aggressive.
slimeone
Jan 29, 2015 at 7:46 am
Nike marketing gurus: “We need a colored golf ball that will stand out on the course.”
Nike design team: “How about green”?
Nike marketing gurus: “Love it! Let’s run with it!”
On a side note – Michelle looks stunning in Volt!
John
Jan 28, 2015 at 8:59 pm
Love Michelle Wie, always have. Also have loved Volt/Lime Green/Highligher Yellow since I was a little kid. Definitely gonna game the Volt RZN’s once they come out.
b-wall
Jan 28, 2015 at 6:38 pm
Love the Volt color. Love the driver.
RH
Jan 28, 2015 at 6:06 pm
PUKE
Jeffrey Trigger
Jan 28, 2015 at 5:24 pm
While the color scheme of Nike’s new lineup is quite off putting, the step in the right direction for equipment looks like it is there. When the MMProto came out on tour, almost every Nike player started playing better. It looks as if Nike spent a good bit of time making sure these clubs were just right. It’s about time, because for all the money spent on marketing, the clubs should at least come close to the hype. Just wish Callaway and TaylorMade would get the message, and this coming from a TaylorMade guy.
RValdez
Jan 28, 2015 at 4:22 pm
Loving that driver. Hopefully Nike puts that out there as a color option down the line.
1973
Jan 28, 2015 at 6:18 pm
Typical Nike – love it or hate it!