Equipment

Nike’s Vapor Fly will hit stores on Jan. 29

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10 years ago

Dec 10, 2015

Nike has announced that its new Vapor Fly line of clubs — two drivers, a fairway wood, a hybrid and two sets of irons — will be available starting Jan. 29.

A third Vapor Fly driver, Nike’s Vapor Flex 440, will be available starting March 4.

Rumors about Nike’s 2016 golf club line have been circulating for months, along with photos of the new gear. Finally, we have the official details on the clubs. Learn more each of Nike’s new releases below, and visit Nike’s website for all the details.

Drivers

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Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly
Head size: 460 cubic centimeters
What you need to know: Nike’s most-forgiving driver. Spins more than the Vapor Pro. Played by Paul Casey.

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Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Pro
Head size: 460 cubic centimeters (pear shape)
What you need to know: Nike’s mid-forgiving, mid-spinning driver. Used by Rory McIlroy.

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Official Name: Nike Vapor Flex 440
Head size: 440 cubic centimeters
What you need to know: Nike’s adjustable CG driver (forward and back positions) is designed to be its lowest-spinning model. More than 60 percent of the club head is made from carbon fiber-reinforced RZN, according to Nike. That should help make it more playable than last year’s model, which was light on forgiveness.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about Nike’s new launch here.

Fairway Wood

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Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Fairway Wood
Adjustability: Five models. New adjustable hosel allows for independent standard or upright lie angle settings. Adjustable lofts range from 12-22 degrees.
What you need to know: A lower CG from a lighter crown should create a higher launch angle and and less spin than previous Nike fairway woods. A “HyperFlight Face” is designed to be thinner around its perimeter for more ball speed across the face.

Hybrid

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Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Hybrid
Not adjustable
What you need to know: This one is designed to be a “true iron replacement” with a “tour shape,” according to Nike.

Irons

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Photo from Nike Golf

Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly Pro
Set makeup: RZN cavity long irons (2-5), RZN pocket mid irons (6-8) and RZN cavity short irons (9,PW,AW)
What you need to know: Nike says these irons launch higher and farther than traditional game-improvement irons, which may indicate that these clubs are larger and more forgiving than the Vapor Pro Combo irons that they seem to replace.

Photo from Nike Golf

Official Name: Nike Vapor Fly irons
Set makeup: RZN cavity long irons (4-7), RZN Pocket mid irons (8-PW) and RZN cavity short irons (AW, SW)
What you need to know: These will be higher launching, more forgiving and longer-flying than the Vapor Fly Pro irons. They’re a more “oversized” iron.

See what GolfWRX members are saying about Nike’s new launch here.

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13 Comments

nikeguy75

Jan 26, 2016 at 9:49 pm

I like the colors. Why be like everyone else. I played Nike since they first came on the scene. they have gotten better every year. I am looking forward to the new Nike vapor pro fly series.

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duffer888

Dec 16, 2015 at 11:51 am

yay, more mid-year heavily discounted gear!

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Steve

Dec 14, 2015 at 8:52 am

Would anyone out of high school play these. The colors limit the market

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Tom D.

Dec 11, 2015 at 3:13 pm

Just one question: Did they have to wait 1 cycle, until Cobra had moved past their FLY designation, before Nike could use it?

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Mark

Dec 11, 2015 at 3:00 pm

Nike make quality woods, irons and wedges but need to sack their “stylists” and hire people who realise most good players want simple, efficient looking clubs and not something that appeals to a 12 year old who think Kanye is cool.

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- AJ
  
  Jan 3, 2016 at 6:50 pm
  
  Who’s Kanye?
  
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David

Dec 11, 2015 at 7:07 am

Hmmmm those drivers look pretty interesting not sure on the irons until I see the rest of them
I’m sure all the pros on here will upset with whatever lofts are on the club.

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mo

Dec 10, 2015 at 10:03 pm

I don’t do pastel colored golf clubs.

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AJ

Dec 10, 2015 at 9:36 pm

Going from woods to metals now to rzn carbons? For people who want to be literal, i dont know what else to call the flex that is less than 40% metal. LOL

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Christestrogen

Dec 10, 2015 at 5:13 pm

I hit a flex because it has the deadest sound I’ve hit on a driver since the prov1 era began…
The flex is not, IMHO, forgiving on anything outside the center of the face…but I’m willing to sacrifice toe bunts for the sound…
The CGI tech is VERY cool and makes an absolute difference in ball height….
If the sound is the same as 2014s flex then I will happily buy the new one….especially if it is more forgiving and less spinny on off-center hits.

-Christosterone

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- some guy
  
  Dec 30, 2015 at 6:41 pm
  
  The 2016 has an even flatter sound than the 2015 model, it sounds like an old 975J. The flight is awesome, very low spinning and much more forgiving than last years.
  
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James

Dec 10, 2015 at 3:12 pm

I would be interested in trying the Flex. The original flex was great once you managed to get it set up correctly. I have a ‘2dot’ Covert 2.0 Tour and its gonna be tough to find something that could knock it out of my bag.

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Royal Tenenbaum

Dec 10, 2015 at 2:40 pm

Can’t wait to get fitted for the Fly Pro. I live in Fort Worth and have been out to the Oven a few times for testing. Never got to do anything with “new” stuff; mostly just logging swings and putts for their R&D team. But it was still awesome to get in there and see the bays and equipment.

Have to find a way to get fit for a full bag out there…would be incredible!

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Putters that never made it: Check out some of the best tour builds that didn’t make the cut

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2 weeks ago

May 18, 2026

Alistair Cameron

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.

Whats in the Bag

Patrick Reed WITB 2026 (May)

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GolfWRX Staff

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

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Which of Tiger’s major winning irons are your favorite? – GolfWRXers discuss

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2 weeks ago

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Gianni Magliocco

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.”

Entire Thread: “Which of Tiger’s major winning irons are your favorite? – GolfWRXers discuss”