Nike has just announced that it’s leaving the golf equipment space.
Earlier indications were that the company would stick around for at least another year, but’s clearly not the case.
Here’s the full statement from news.nike.com.
More details to follow soon.
NIKE FOCUSES GOLF INNOVATION ON FOOTWEAR AND APPAREL, TRANSITIONS OUT OF EQUIPMENT
NIKE, Inc. announced today that it will accelerate innovation in its Golf footwear and apparel business and will partner with more of the world’s best golfers. With this new focus, Nike Golf will transition out of equipment — including clubs, balls and bags.
“We’re committed to being the undisputed leader in golf footwear and apparel,” says Trevor Edwards, President, Nike Brand. “We will achieve this by investing in performance innovation for athletes and delivering sustainable profitable growth for Nike Golf.”
“Athletes like Tiger, Rory and Michelle drive tremendous energy for the game and inspire consumers worldwide,” says Daric Ashford, President of Nike Golf. “Over the past year the MM Fly Blade Polo, the Flyknit Chukka and Air Zoom 90 have all connected strongly with golfers. We’ll continue to ignite excitement with our athletes and deliver the best of Nike for the game.”
Dave
6 years agoThe Nike designers must have had heavy duty pharmaceuticals when they made the “Slingshots” Good for killing toads.
Dave
6 years agoNever used Nike golf equipment. Have always played TaylorMade, but their clothing and footwear are pretty cool. I’m sure we’ll all survive. Rory and the other guys…sorry Michelle, could use shovels and go low. Cheers
Kenny Perez
6 years agoBye Felicia!! #Nike
Scott Campbell
6 years agoTheir clubs weren’t that good anyway this just proves it.
Shane Hendricks
6 years agoMy first set of irons were used Nike Slingshots and then I bought new Nike SQ Machspeed irons. Now I have custom fit Titlelist AP2s. Nike isn’t even in the same ballpark.
Kevin Byrd
6 years agoSmell ya later!
Eric Zimmerman
6 years agoGreat days!
Lance Bernier
6 years agonever liked their stuff anyways.
Ricardo Perches
6 years agoJesus
Jesus Perches
6 years agoWtf I guess I got classic Nike gear now lol
Kevin Irons
6 years agoIt’s OK…plenty of options.
Peter Finnegan
6 years agoGlad there done. I am sure all the golf shops stuck with there junk are as well. Rory back to Titleist Baby! Keep making shoes and clothes Nike. That’s your strength.
Michael Cook
6 years agoNike left the hard goods golf industry. Not the golf industry.
Shane Flannery
6 years agoI was fortunate enough to be able to play professionally for about 12 years. I’ve been a scratch golfer for over 30 years. If you aren’t getting paid you play with what works the best. Currently I have a TaylorMade driver, a Callaway 3-wood, a Sonartec 5 wood, Nickent 4dx hybrids, my five iron through pitching wedge are Cleveland 588p’s, I have MacGregor custom grind wedges and I play with a MacGregor Amazing Grace putter. It all feels good and works great.
What you need to know is that modern golf equipment has nearly reached the end of technological advancement. They are just making cosmetic changes every few months. Giving you the ability to make some minor adjustments and that’s it. Driver technology has hardly changed in over a decade. My driver is 6 years old and nothing out there feels or performs better. My 5 wood is over a decade old. Just keep putting in a new shaft. Sonartec when they were around made some of the best fairway woods you could buy. Nickent 4dx were the best hybrids out there.
Find what works and stick with it. A new club doesn’t make you a better player. Put in the work learn to hit all the shots and work on your short game. There are no short cuts.
Dave
6 years agoZzzzzzzzzzz
kenny
6 years agoYou cannot know where technological advancement will end
IT IS ADVANCEMENT
15 years ago you would not have known what clubs today would be like, equally you cannot know how they will progress in future
Shane Flannery
6 years agoI was fortunate enough to be able to play professionally for about 12 years. I’ve been a scratch golfer for over 30 years. If you aren’t getting paid you play with what works the best. Currently I have a TaylorMade driver, a Callaway 3-wood, a Sonartec 5 wood, Nickent 4dx hybrids, my five iron through pitching wedge are Cleveland 588p’s, I have MacGregor custom grind wedges and I play with a MacGregor Amazing Grace putter. It all feels good and works great.
What you need to know is that modern golf equipment has nearly reached the end of technological advancement. They are just making cosmetic changes every few months. Giving you the ability to make some minor adjustments and that’s it. Driver technology has hardly changed in over a decade. My driver is 6 years old and nothing out there feels or performs better. My 5 wood is over a decade old. Just keep putting in a new shaft. Sonartec when they were around made some of the best fairway woods you could buy. Nickent 4dx were the best hybrids out there.
Find what works and stick with it. A new club doesn’t make you a better player. Put in the work learn to hit all the shots and work on your short game. There are no short cuts.
Blake Melin
6 years agoHurray! Now Tiger can go back to Titleist and start winning again!
Pete the Pro
6 years agoHi Blake, we face a challenge. We want to stop enthusiastic golfers reaching the wrong conclusions. Like connecting Tiger’s performance to the clubs. The mere fact that a player is injured and doesn’t start an event is unlikely to change if a player has changed his clubs. Tiger is finished; he’s not fit enough for top level golf. He might re-emerge, but not on this planet in my lifetime.
Angelo Micklos
6 years agoR.i.p
Roger Haynos
6 years agoWas never a fan of their gear as it never seemed to fit me or perform like Ping and Titleist. Doesn’t mean the equipment was bad or inferior. In trying several of their drivers the spin was always too high and never could get it down under 2350 rpm where the G30 was 2050 rpm. I could understand if my SS was really low but isn’t the case. Tried every shaft they had but no dice.
Pete the Pro
6 years agoRoger, if you are good enough to be critical of a spin rate of 2350 rpm, you are one amazing golfer. Looking out for you on Tour. That’s a spin rate under that achieved by Phil Mickelson who has access to the best technology can offer coupled with fantastic ability. I’m a golf pro and perfectly happy with 2700 rpm spin. Strangely, with my Nike driver, which, just for the record, performs every bit as well as any PING, Titleist, Callaway, etc. driver I have ever used.
Rick Burk
6 years agoThe Sumo was perhaps the worst driver ever. Right up there with “The Hammer” from the late night infomercial. POW!!
Dave
6 years agoI’ve never hit one but when I saw it I was nearly sick. What an ugly “THING” Did it perform as badly as it looked?
Julian Martinez
6 years agoWoods- Nike Covert
Irons- Mizzuno
Wedges- Cleveland
Putter- Nike Method (Blade)
Shane Flannery
6 years agoEverything was made by Bridgestone. Nike was never in the golf business
Pete the Pro
6 years agoShane, when you can’t make a true statement, it’s maybe better not to make a false one. It confuses the other golfers out there and they start believing it. It’s not true everybody. Bridgestone did not manufacture all Nike golf products.
Teaj
6 years agoit would be cool to see guys like Rory rep the shoes and clothing but have a mixed bag of what works for them rather then another equipment sponsor. Just a thought
Greg Rivers
6 years agoNo biggie b/c their clothing/shoe line is unchanged
Joseph Gabriel
6 years agoRors will go back to titleist
Tiger who knows but i’d love to see him go Bridgestone
Chad Gurrola
6 years agoCant compete with the top three, they all have winners this year in majors.
Keith Walker
6 years agoPros play with whatever equipment company will pay them.they can shoot par with anything.i use a titleist 915 driver Callaway fairway woods ping blade irons Ping Glide wedges and a Odyssey putter.i play to a 9 handicap.
Keith Walker
6 years agoWoods-taylormade
Irons-titleist
Wedges-Vokey
Putter-Scotty or Odyssey
Jon Benigno
6 years agoGolf apparel will still continue for Nike.
Dan Smith
6 years ago?
Cody Pawelski
6 years agoNo worries, I’m a noodle guy anyways haha
Rob Neathery
6 years agoBULL CRAP!
Todd D Heugly
6 years agoThey aren’t making clubs anymore which is good for them. Their clubs were not selling and were outperformed by their competitors. I have done over a 1,000 fittings in my days as a pro and their clubs were consistently inferior when put on a launch monitor. It isn’t a knock on them it is just the truth.
DB Brooks
6 years agoThe rise and fall of Tiger and Nike Golf… Sad days
Brian Bickford
6 years agoExcept the slingshots those were tough
Brian Bickford
6 years agoThey weren’t generating enough profit bc honestly how many people hit Nike clubs??
Anthony Giannini
6 years agoDamn, those were the ones you wanted?
Paul Hunter
6 years agoUSA USA USA!!!
They will have a point to prove after Davis lost the RC after being 8 points clear after day 2….but I think the EU team is far better.
Putts gained and GIR is soooo much better on the EU side
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeff!
Joe Farler
6 years agoWow! Just don’t know what to say! NIKE: You have good products for the game of GOLF! I HOPE YOU RECONSIDER YOUR PRODUCTS FOR THIS WONDERFUL SPORT & GAME OF GOLF THAT GOD HAS GIVEN US TO PLAY! ESPECIALLY OUR FUTURE GENERATION AHEAD OF US & GIVE OUR CHILDREN A CHANCE TO EXCEL IN LIFE. I have played your golf balls & clubs for years. They have improved my game, especially my putting. The NIKE METHOD PUTTER IS THE BEST!
Isaac Sharpe
6 years agoThey make good clothes & shoes.
Ryan Flenner
6 years agoNike had the best golf balls out there, the one platinums I used being a 14-16,000 rpm off of a 56′ wedge? Easy. And then the juice line was the lowest spinning (35-4500 rpm off of a 56′) of all, best balls for beginners. What are they thinking?
Marty G. Michaud
6 years agoI find this hard to believe? I’ve never been a fan of Nike golf equipment, but the clothing line is great. But Nike golf as a company has never been very “customer friendly” unless you are a top PGA professional.
Roy Koeppe
6 years agoSoon: big sale on golf balls and clubs
Stanley Wood
6 years agoDo you think this is predicated upon Tiger’s status; do they know something we’re hoping for? No more Tiger??
Macky Manansala
6 years agoOnly phasing out hardgoods, for now. Most likely that Nike made a move to buy Taylormade. Even the recent Nike clubs are on par or even better than the current TM clubs, TM has a better hold on the market because of the name. Cause people are closeminded and stupid.
Brett Frimmer
6 years agoHad really good luck with the vr/s driver from 2012. Underrated club.
John Lund-Keizer
6 years agoI only care about the apparel player! (And the driver is pretty lol) I need to get that the shafted too
Bob McEachron
6 years agoWoods – Ping
Fairway woods – Exotics
Irons – Mizuno
Wedges – Edel
Putter – Piretti
Wait….that’s my bag..?
Bobby Shipwash
6 years agoLove my Nike irons. Would put them up against any on the market. Sad to hear this announcement.
Mark Bock
6 years agoRIP lol
Jesus Ramon Alarcon
6 years agoTiger Woods is done with golf, Nike is done with golf clubs…… it’s not like Rory McElroy can save Nike.
Steve Pike
6 years agoNot exactly. It’s leaving the golf equipment side of the industry. It still will have golf apparel and shoes
Mikey Estrada
6 years agoThis is bogus! They are t leaving!
Brad Boehmer
6 years agoWhy is this really such a big deal?
Keith Ellis Hart
6 years agoWithout Tiger, there is no Nike Golf…
Dean Roberson
6 years agoNo tiger, no golfie
Craig Sumler
6 years agoWow!
Gary Scott
6 years agoJust Stop It…
Adam Kilpatrick
6 years agoI bet this isn’t true.
Eric Figueroa
6 years agoI’m curios if any of the remaining golf equipment companies will purchase any of the Nike patents and work some of their technology into future equipment (club or ball) lines.
Gabriel Moreno
6 years agoIf you look at most titliest stuff they already took their tech.
Mike Nelson
6 years agoWorst drivers ever made. Irons, eh, so so. Did a complete copy of a Scotty Cameron putter.
PeteT
6 years ago…who did a complete copy of Ping putters
Chris Johnson
6 years agoNike makes golf clubs….??
Frank Oliverio
6 years agoAll I know is this…
My son has been in two sports camps this summer, basketball and golf.
Almost every kids had Nike basketball shoes and almost evey kid had an UA shirt and hat for golf.
Spencer Kissack
6 years agoRyder’s gonna be SERIOUSSSSSSS grudge this year chaps. Usa gotta be underdogs, even on their own turf – but I’m definitely putting money on em. They must be sooo angry by now…..sooooo pissed off. I reckon 17 – 11, usa. What ya reck?
Bobby Gans
6 years agoNike makes more on apparell and footwear where they pay 8 year olds dude, 14 cents an hour
Mike Freels
6 years agoSee ya~
Shane Geary
6 years agoSad times……
Alex Bivens
6 years agoEldrick may win again now that he doesn’t have to play their crap
Jeremy Williams
6 years agoThe lowest score that I ever shot was with A Callaway driver, Callaway irons, Cleveland wedges and oddysey putter. I would recommend this set up for the list.
Jeremy Williams
6 years agoI am unable to see the hype of a Scotty over every putter. They look nice. The price is outrageous and I did not putt any better with it compared to my 2ball. Which is in-expensive. Maybe if it was custom fitted? It would be better. Then again, I would definitely not pay that much to three putt.
Ronan O’Hara
6 years agoI liked the Nike soft balls but it had to be very dry which doesn’t happen often here in Ireland
Gordon Grace
6 years agoCan’t believe it!
Rob Hoetzlein
6 years agoThey did not…they are not gonna make certain golf items like clubs bags and balls….still gonna make shoes and apparel…they have not left the golf world
Erik Gedney
6 years agoWoods- Talyormade
Irons- Taylormade
Wedge- Cleveland
Putter- Scotty
My personal opinion as a mid handicapper (11.2)
Dave
6 years agoScotty’s…..just pretty Ping copies. “Yes” putters are better. Also, I see a lot of the top players using the Odyssey Tank series. Don’t know much about the Nike flatsticks, but the ones that the Pro’s use, you can’t buy in shops anyway.
Jonathan Bolton
6 years agoCobra King Driver, 3W, 2 hybrid, Cobra King Irons, Callaway Mackdaddy Wedges and Scotty Cameron putter.
Erik Gedney
6 years agoJonathan Bolton haha I know. It’s an interesting move. I read about 3 articles today about it. Nike just needs to cut its losses for golf I guess. Tiger MADE Nike Golf what it is… And well…. When he goes downhill… So do they…
Jonathan Bolton
6 years agoErik Gedney crazy… Tiger Woods career 1996-2015… Nike Golf Equipment 1998-2016.
Ashley Whitehouse
6 years agoNike make runners, enough said
Erik Gedney
6 years agoI’ll have to stock up on Mojos…
Jonathan Lightning
6 years agoIt’s a Tiger and Rory effect. Tiger hasn’t won a Major since 2008; Rory in 2014. Michelle Wie has slid since winning the ladies USOpen in 2014. No one else in the Nike staff winning anything big. Their equipment is right up there with the other brands; with something for every level of player. This is a economic move by Nike. No one buys unless someone wins with their equipment. It’s too bad because the current line up of Vapor are some of the best made. I would have to say their equipment priced out many players. I would also speculate that this would alter the contracts that Nike has with Tiger and Rory.
Note: 3 players not named Tiger or Rory won Majors with Nike equipment. Trevor Immelmen won the 2007 Masters. Lucas Glover won 2009 USOpen. Stewart Cink won the 2009 British Open.
No one buys Nike unless someone wins with their equipment.
Bernie Li
6 years agoI was trying to work out who else had won (remembered Trevor) so thanks. Problem is they haven’t won anything since. Did David Duval use Nike when he won the Open? If so you can add another name to that list.
Arnaud
6 years agoCharl SCHWARTZEL won the Masters too..
Bernie Li
6 years agoI meant majors. After winning one they drop off the radar.
Jeff Lombardi
6 years agoThere are so many options these days. The best irons I ever had in my bag were mizuno mp 14s. That was when I was a PGA apprentice. Yes I’m old. But no one will ever take my custom Cameron out of my hands. I live in California and if you are lucky enough to get into the Scotty Cameron studio for a fitting do it.
Breck Edwards
6 years agoThe stage is now set for Tiger’s retirement announcement.
Gary Lewis
6 years agoNever was a huge fan of Nike but did like some of their products. Just loved the Nike VR wedge around 2009-2010, non-conforming and a very nice club. The wedge line seemed to have went downhill after that however. Sad to see a company not make it but it can be a very tough market.
Chris Lee
6 years agoWill that make the price go up or down?
Bradley Shuppert
6 years agoI guess when you pay Tiger Woods so much money you cannot really support others in the sport….this is what you do…..No Tiger No woods or Irons….or BALLS!! Bye Nike….I love my Titleist gear!!
Dave Silkroski
6 years agomaybe now they can make shoes in 2E/4E widths?
James Ellis Gunter
6 years agoTiger to Mizuno or Titleist
Hank Ayala
6 years agoGuess I’ll have to change pretty soon
jsfvegas
6 years agoI have a Nike bag that I like. Never have had a desire to own their clubs. Bye now.
Scot Alexander
6 years agoRest in peace!
ComeOnSense
6 years agoPerhaps Rory knew about this for a while and got in his head, affecting his game. It’s obvious that something was up for a while, think about it, Tiger has drop out of events in day by day , when he knew would be out for the entire year, can you imaging if Tiger announces he’s out for the year? Nike will lose more, perhaps now that I say this, Tiger may be out of golf soon. Sadly.
Tom Beery
6 years agoThey’ve had second rate equipment since Day 1. Surprised it’s taken this long!
Dan Rawlings
6 years agoNot enough interest without Tiger?
Mark Novak
6 years agoTiger Woods 1996-2015
Nike Golf
1998-2016
Hmmmmm……
John Won
6 years agoWtf!
Kona Romero
6 years agoI use the Nike Pro combo and love them, also the drivers and woods are sick… Sad day, but them Nike kicks will always be best!
Vinny Kirshaw
6 years agoMaybe my cpr’s will gain value..
Ethienne Bohdoin
6 years agoAhahaha
Philipos J Disasa
6 years agoClark Dean this is why they were on sale.
Clark Dean
6 years ago??? saw this early… Ooohweeee tiger back with the Titleist ??
Brett Sprunger
6 years agoArticle title is deceiving…they are leaving the equipment side…which is fine. I liked their golf balls but never really hit their clubs well. I would have been very surprised to see them halt their apparel production
Bryan Rask
6 years agoSure hope I can get some vapor pro combos for a reasonable price now.
Joe Bock
6 years agoWow that escalated quickly.
Tom Sellers
6 years agoThey don’t have the greatest player ever anymore…. I bet if he comes back… So will the clubs
John davies
6 years agoJack Nicklaus is the greatest player ever and a great ambassador for the game of golf, something that TW will never be.
Sean Fredericks
6 years agoBuying Taylormade from Adidas
Patrick Pitcock
6 years agoLol I’ve got a Cleveland hybrid that’s for sale
Bob
6 years agoI can’t understand the vitriol regarding Nike. This is a sport that needs to grow, young people, women need to be encourage to play. Nike, with it’s color and willingness to buck the status quo did that. I personally still play me Nike covert 2.0 irons and really like them.Nike haters are just cement slabs.
West
6 years agoSame here!
David Tamboli
6 years agoYeah I saw this a bit ago. Crazy, but I don’t play but one of their clubs anymore and it goes 143 yards just like the rest of my clubs… May as well hit some Rams or Dunlops
Brad Fletcher
6 years agoWhat’s wrong, too much Money?
Justin Profancik
6 years agoNo tiger, no Rory= no Nike
James Lee
6 years agoWow – so what will Rory and Tiger be swinging?
Mike Rausch
6 years agoGolf Hard Goods Industry*
Seth Wohlers
6 years agoEquipment is sub par but still kinda surprising
Seth Nicoli
6 years agoYea taylor made fucked it up for everyone lol
Jason Bell
6 years agoI will say this. I built those clubs for four years on the custom production line here in memphis. People can not like the clubs but a good number of people will not have jobs tomorrow. That is what sucks the most.
David Pfeiffer
6 years agoIt’s a sad day for golf, regardless of one’s feelings towards the company.
Jeff Hinshaw
6 years agoWell said Jason!!! Close to 100 good people lost their jobs and the ability to support their family’s!!! Shame on those that are Nike haters, they are missing the real issue….our lives matter!!!!
Corey Martel
6 years agoSorry for your loss and good luck with future endeavors.
Bert Fukuda
6 years agoYes Hank Ayala. Titleist will love you back.
The Perfect Golf Swing
6 years agoDoesn’t really surprise me as I’ve never been a big fan of their golfing equipment. I always thought Nike we better off sticking to their core strengths of shoes and apparel.
I wonder what will happen to Tiger, Rory and all the other top players now?
Who will they sign with?
Kenny B
6 years agoWhen asked how we get out of this business, Trevor Edwards said, “Just Do It”
Ebb Yates
6 years agoNike golf equipment sucks. Why is this such a surprise???
Mark Sural
6 years agoIve been playing nike clubs for three years as a club pro. Its great equipment. Its going to be sad to see it go. Really good irons and great drivers
Dustin Worsley
6 years agoI play nike through the bag too. Great equipment. At the end of the day its the indian, not the arrow.
Greg Bare
6 years agoThen why are they getting out of the business of making clubs? I fit clubs for a living, the numbers don’t lie. They are not “bad” but I can always find something better for my players.
Mark Sural
6 years agoThen answer me this greg. Why is it they have more market share than most manufacturers. They lead Cobra, Muzuno, Adams, Wilson Staff, Ping, and Cleveland. Nike wants to either dominate or not be in competition, and they couldnt beat out the big three so they got out. Thats the real reason as much as it sucks. Check your facts. Btw big three are Titleist, Taylor Made, and Callaway in case you didnt know.
Tony Covey
6 years agoFactually inaccurate. In total market share, in addition to Callaway, TaylorMade, and Titleist, Nike also trails PING and Cobra by a significant margin.
Duane Paehlig
6 years agoProbably why Tiger isn’t playing he is trying different manufacturers
Julian Martinez
6 years agoWow, that could make some sense.
Andy Grassmann
6 years agoWtf
Keith Diamante
6 years agoI guess it makes sense
Mark Blowers
6 years agoAlso you say Rory is going back to titleist when can this realistically happen being under contract with Nike. Would he still wear their clothing ?
Harley Robbins
6 years agoI’m ready anytime!!!
Seth Nicoli
6 years agoIt seems so the google results seem real
Mark Blowers
6 years agoI have never used Callaway but I agree with you, I would just put Mizuno in for the irons
Tyler Frye
6 years agoIt wouldn’t even be close
Hunter Frye
6 years agoWe still have a score to settle me and Tyler Frye vs Kodi Pickle and Harley Robbins
Keith Diamante
6 years agoIs this real?
Brandon Macwilliam
6 years agoSad day
Tyler Frye
6 years agoAnyone can beat pickles ass he never plays when you ask him
Joel Knight
6 years agoDamn guess I’m switching to ping
Harley Robbins
6 years agoDamn….. this seriously upsets me. Ya might talk shit about my Nike’s Kodi Pickle but I can still beat that ass with them any day!!! ???
Craig Wiley
6 years agoI wish
Adam Schroeder
6 years agoCallaway should scoop him!!!
Connor T. Lewis
6 years agoThe real question is whether this is just the first straw? Taylor Made is trying to sell off its club business. It is vulnerable?
Todd Tirdell
6 years agoHole in One with my Nike RZN Red. Rest in Peace Nike Golf.⛳
Adam Schroeder
6 years agoWoods-Taylor made
Irons – callaway
Wedges- Cleveland or Titleist
Putter – Scotty
Scott Thatcher
6 years agoI was thinking the same thing.
Jim Owens
6 years agowill be interesting who rory goes with…tiger losing money too…
Mark Blowers
6 years ago⛳️Poll⛳️
If a professional was NOT paid to use a brand of club. Who do you think they would choose for their
Woods
Irons
Wedges
Putter
Reply to this message with your answers
Mike Mueller
6 years agoDriver – Taylormade
Irons- Miura
Wedges- Vokey
Putter- bettinardi or piretti
Josh Castillo
6 years agoAwfully shorter than most, I remember testing them years ago.
Nathan Hockley
6 years agoMight have to jump
Jerome Hammack
6 years agoRIP Nike.
Jacob Letman
6 years agoTiger woods now playing…. Dunlap
Charles Beatty II
6 years agoDamn I really enjoy using Nike’s line of balls I hit em far and straight, plus in my personal experience they are pretty decent in the scoring area.
peter collins
6 years agoGo out and buy the stock out there, before it drys up!!!
Nevets Soriedem
6 years agoThey still got lebron
James Brown
6 years agoI have a collectable set. Sweet
Richard B. Liban
6 years agoCollector’s item then.
Shane Frahm
6 years agoYea always shorter and spinny
Josh Castillo
6 years agoAbsolutely man. I can honestly say, I’ve hit almost all their clubs they had at demos and numerous fittings but never cared for their feel but no one really makes a bad golf club anymore honestly. Their balls are absolute garbage though.
Steven
6 years agoWhen Nike Golf was launched, I my reservations but I gave them the benefit of doubt. When they sign up Tiger in a mega deal, I knew for sure they will eventually fail. If Nike as a start up brand in golf equipment is paying hundred of millions for endorsement, they need to pass on the cost to the equipment. Imagine what proportion of the equipment selling price representing the endorsement cost-40%? 50%? What is left for manufacturing after taking into account retailer profit, logistics? 10% or 20%. That is why Nike clubs are known as cheap china crap (C3). When even established brands like Callaway, Titleist, Ping and TM with high sales volumes are not prepared to pay the mega bucks, you know Nike is making a big mistake. With a business model premised on pure hype, one cannot help but wonder why almost all their players don’t do well despite early promise. E.g. Michelle Wie, Tiger, Rory are some of the most talented golfers I’ve seen yet they fail after switching to Nike.
Jim Owens
6 years agoso did Tiger
John Lorentz
6 years agoNo tiger hurts them. Not to mention Rory hasn’t been completely the same since the switch
Max Del Real
6 years agoDamn! Didn’t see that coming…
Brian Caulfield
6 years agoYeah, this explains my $150 driver lol oh well. But still making apparel and shoes? Taylormade is for sale too, rumors are Under Armour would purchase them.
Kenneth Hadden Miller
6 years agoClubs blew anyway. Concentrate on the gear.
Darren Murphy
6 years agoKinda explains all the Nike wood deals going on at the moment though.
Shane Frahm
6 years agoYup.. I liked their irons since I signed on staff with the TW Vr blades and now the vapor combos. the woods and balls were always lacking but since everything was free so when in Rome do as the Romans do, plus I was still the longest driver in 90% of all my tournaments
Nathan Hockley
6 years agoHopefully we see some crazy prices. Doubt it though.
Steve Raymer
6 years agoGood
Tom54
6 years agoSilver lining for Rory: he can go back to the ProV1 now. Guarantee the ball change affected his game more than anything.
Scott Mabe
6 years agoIt’s quite simple…Tiger made Nike golf and Tiger has left the building…
Bryan Vollmar
6 years agoBoo
Reynold Brown
6 years agoRory never should’ve left titleist. Greed is a mother f*****
Attila Pinter
6 years agoI can see the commercial.
Tiger – GoDaddy
Jay Hughes
6 years agoIf this is real, the equipment was junk from the beginning. Footwear and apparel is legit. No doubt about that. The Swoosh crashed and burned with Tiger though. I’m not even convinced that he ever even played Nike clubs anyway. Every dollar he made on tour was from that putter, with a blacked out Ping grip.
Joey Foster
6 years agoHis Nike irons were made by Miura and stamped with a swoosh so you are correct.
Jimmy
6 years agoYou are an idiot to even thank that! I guess you have proof to back that statement up? Do you work for Nike. Wait I guess you built his clubs.
Jeff Lombardi
6 years agoAlright we have some club gurus here. Forget Nike for a minute. When Tiger was about to sign with Titleist early in his career they wanted to build him irons. After many fails with experimenting he bumped heads with the engineers and they took his mizuno irons and made Atleast 20 replica sets with dynamic gold x100 shafts and golf pride tour velvet grips. My brother in law was part of the process. Happy times.
Michael McCullough
6 years agoMy Nike pro combo irons from the early 2000’s were very good, but here more recent releases have stunk
Rob N Adrienne Adams
6 years agoBizarre move
Attila Pinter
6 years agoPxg here they come.
Nathan Shearer
6 years agoTeam CNP was talking about it today. I understand the business segment may be difficult and there is a lot of competition but you have to think there is run off and brand loyal fans buying Nike equipment because they see golfers wearing it. I was shocked by the news.
Josh Castillo
6 years agoI can’t say I didn’t see this one coming man. Once they lost Tiger it honestly took them off the map to eyes of the public.
Jeff Hinshaw
6 years agoSounds good. Thx Erik!!
Erik Boysen
6 years agoI’ll call you when I return for Barcelona
Erik Boysen
6 years agoHorrible, just horrible!!
Jeff Hinshaw
6 years agoEveryone except for 6 or 7 to stay long enough to get our players into other companies product.
Jason Morris
6 years agoDamn dude that means my hats are collector items
Sarando Girgulis
6 years agoBest thing that happened to hockey is when then split Bauer and left hockey to the experts.
Erik Boysen
6 years agoOMG!! Who else?
Mike Takacs
6 years agoThomas Bullock woah what’s tiger gunna play next year?
Thomas Bullock
6 years agoWtf!!!!?
Mike Takacs
6 years agoYeah dude, Crazyyyyy. lol what’s Rory gunna play too? He signed a fat contract with them a few years ago
Mitch Diaper
6 years agoAbout freaking time.
BJ Vestal
6 years agoYes he does lol
Sean Frazier
6 years agoBut a good time to snag new gear for the low
Adam Carter
6 years agoI seen this. That sucks. I wonder what Rory will use now
Noah Kunstek
6 years agoThat’s crazy
Mathew J. Powers
6 years agoIt’s a shame bc the last few years they have been putting out some quality pieces.
Mathew J. Powers
6 years agoIts a real shitty industry to be in honestly. Im sure they make money but compared to other product lines they just said, Forget it.
Jefferey Johnson
6 years agoNo way…are y’all for real…WHY
Spalding!!
6 years agoBecause the margins on clubs/equipment are shit… Single didgit… Margin on shoes… Double digits. 20% on 200k pairs… Vs 5% on 100k… You do the math.
Alex Welling
6 years agoWow interesting. Rory should get another big pay day for lack luster play.
Eric Kelso
6 years agoAnd for those trying to link Nike and how great tiger was, is crazy. He could have won with most anything in his prime.
Justin Blair
6 years agoAgreed. No different than if Steph Curry were to leave Under Armour for a more lucrative contract with another company.
Eric Kelso
6 years agoGooood!
Ken Guilford
6 years ago??????
Harold Wilmoth
6 years agoWhen I was working for MacGregor golf in the 90s. We had made 162 drivers for JoseMarie and we were talking at the table and Tiger Woods said that he took many pointers from Jose with irons and for sure wedges. He said if the game was played from the 4 iron in Jose would win 7 out of 10 tournaments. It would be nice to have Mac back as a new golf company.
Edgar Saenz
6 years agoIt was that God damn green and blue color combination. Their clubs look like toys. Not mine though
Gary Popineau
6 years agoI damn thee!
Brian Love
6 years agoHe gone
Craig Allan
6 years agoIncorrect statement…still in golf industry, just not hard goods. “Industry” includes all categories!
Louie Lococo
6 years agoRIP
Ted Taylor
6 years agoThey’re still making shirts, shoes and shorts…clubs obviously suck, look at Rory now and Tiger before….Rory playing like shit.
Greg Dillon
6 years agoI knew it. Picked up a 3 wood a couple days ago for $99 online. Thought it was too good to be true. Used it today and its a great club. Unfortunately the guy using it still sucks…
Steve Conti
6 years agoGood take tiger with you your products are so over priced !!!
Tommy Garrett
6 years agoI guess. Just surprising to see a major manufacturer get out. Between that and Adidas selling taylormade too it’s been weird. Wonder what Rory will go to, maybe back to titleist
Everett Jonathan
6 years agoAbout time
Chris Liu
6 years agoSean Kim 🙁
Sean Kim
6 years agoRip, maybe that’ll raise the resell value of my clubs? LOL
David Carlisle
6 years agoThat’s what happens when you don’t have a golfer as great as Tiger.
Eric Tryon
6 years agoI’ll still wear them. Team Callaway equipment!
JJJaxbeach
6 years agoTony–you dissed my report last year of their impending exit, but I guess my source, which is directly connected with the Tour, wasn’t so misinformed after all. Just sayin’
Tony Covey
6 years agoYou claimed prior to the release of the 2015 product that there would be no 2015 product because Nike was getting out. After 2 more rounds of releases, if you feel vindicated, by all means celebrate.
Steve
6 years agoI feel he was vindicated
JJJaxbeach
6 years agoNo, don’t believe I ever said anything about 2015 product. The sources said nothing about timing, just that the corporate decision had been made. It’s not that I feel vindicated, its that you said rather strongly that they did not know what they were talking about.
I’m guessing that they probably had the stuff already in the pipeline that they wanted to get out before the operations/marketing people got word (and the potential for word leaking out).
But, all’s good. Not important now. Back to golf!
Chris Ramsden
6 years agoThey’re all about shoes and clothes anyway
Landon Brunner
6 years agoLol the way I hit them they might as well
Vincent Suarez
6 years agoThat’s pretty crazy but I knew something was up with the fire sale
Eric Tryon
6 years agoNike golf equipment is not all that. The clothes are great and all but the equipment feels like your hits rocks
Feirish Nor Feizal Nor
6 years agoWhy
Widowson Roel
6 years agoCant beat the titleist and taylormade…
Chris Brown
6 years agoWhat about Mizuno?
Widowson Roel
6 years agoYa mizuno and ping..
Widowson Roel
6 years agoTouring Professional usually use titleist, ping, taylormade and mizuno….only few golfers uses nike….
Robin English
6 years agoNo wonder Rory said a few days ago that he was not here to grow the game – did he have advance notice of a pay cut!
Matt Herrmann
6 years agoHmmmm
Norman Wall
6 years agoNooooo!!!
Mark Burgmaier
6 years agoRory can go back to Titleist and start winning again!!
Jeremy Ogle
6 years ago50% of his majors and 55% of his PGA wins were with Nike. But hey, never let facts get in the way of a good story huh Burg!
Tina Christiansen
6 years agoNot surprising…lol
Mitch Bauer
6 years agoNeg.
Lachlan Pfingst
6 years agoDoes this mean Tiger will start winning again?
Andy Bollenbacher
6 years agoOnly good club they made was the Ignite 460!
Joey Cooper
6 years agoDumb as hell
Riles McCarty
6 years agoThe vapors were just hideous though, let’s be honest
Chris Ramsden
6 years agoDamn…she what happens when tiger doesnt play
Frank Cruz
6 years agoNike, and others preparing for the economic crash of 2017! Brace yourselves, it will be EPIC. Nike irons were decent, their woods were mediocre at best. When the product is so so, it costs a lot to get it in people’s bags. Their balls were too different and not in a good day way.
Stephen J Narde
6 years agoBut the covert 2.0 driver and loved it..probably my favorite driver ever. Really liked the 20XI-RZN balls as well. Just have a feeling most golfers feel that Nike is a basketball/football brand. To bad.
Miguel Dabu
6 years agoThat driver gave me confidence hitting drivers. Till now I cannot find a driver with the same feel as the 2.0.
Julian Martinez
6 years agoI will keep my covert driver for sure, best club I ever hit!
Lou Lawton III
6 years agoYeah, it’s not coming as a surprise to the golf industry. This was gonna happen. Just happen sooner than most predicted. People say their clubs are ugly and Terrible equipment and others say they are the best. I think EVERYONE can agree there are better options out there.
Zachary Spaulding
6 years agoMaybe the prices will drop now lol
robin
6 years agoCouple of sweatshop have been shut down.
Keith Parris
6 years agoHope Rory go’s with Ping !!
Kenny Evans
6 years agoClose-Out SALE! SALE! SALE!
Chad Mardesen
6 years agoI’m obviously biased but I’m pretty sad about this news. Great clubs and a viable business….
Spencer Kissack
6 years agoI’m surprised Nike are pulling out. I wish Hillary Clintons dad would have.
Jeremy Ogle
6 years agoDamn. The VR Pro Combos were instant classics and in the iron hall of fame. When they went “colorful” things went to shit.
Jason Kostecki
6 years agoThat sucks now what
Eric Delin
6 years agoShould’ve left after this
Travis Lazenby
6 years agoLol that’s what I still use…but I don’t golf much these days
Martin Krulatz
6 years agoYeah, that tour version head won back to back majors for them, so obviously the club was terrible!!
Eric Delin
6 years agoYeah and pavin hit a vas 4 wood at shinnecock. Big deal. Still ugly.
golfraven
6 years agoFully agree. This club was the start of an epic fail and I could not take Nike seriously since then as clubs manufacturer. If you want attention take this club to the driving range.
Mitch Bauer
6 years agoDoes this mean Rory will start winning again?
Wayne Johnson
6 years agoGuess they put all thier money on Tigger
Anthony Santiago
6 years agoLiked the 20XI golf balls.. I’d like to see tiger and Rory go Titleist
Reynold Brown
6 years agoThey will.
Nick Ruck
6 years agoWould be the easy choice though I would not be surprised if Tiger goes back to Mizuno
Anthony Zummo
6 years agoTiger who?
John Magdalene Agel Sjc
6 years agoTiger sold this stuff.
I’m a former tech rep, fitter and retailer. For the most part overall, their gear just wasn’t any good. Almost everything outperformed Nike on the launch monitor. The VR TW blades had a great feel and performed as a blade should and the series’ wedges were solid too. But overall it was inferior gear, shelf fodder.
Travis Lazenby
6 years agoWatching reviews of their equipment on youtube they always seemed to be a half step behind the top performers.
Mike Mueller
6 years agoAfter the VR series, it was over for them.
Greg Bare
6 years agoI fit for a living and NIKE equipment can not keep up with Callaway and Taylor Made. Short, spinning drivers and “fair” performing Irons will not make you money as a company.
David Gonzalez
6 years agoRIP to the longest drive I ever swung the Nike SQ Sumo2 460
David Parker
6 years agoSame here, just minus 2 kids lol maybe in a couple weekends from now I’ll send u an invite when I can get out there.
Lee Herman
6 years agoI knew that was why they were clearing out the latest drivers at such drastically reduced prices. Can’t wait to see what the bidding will be for all the high-profile golfers playing the equipment right now.
Lee Herman
6 years agoI actually have two of the 2014 Toe sweep wedges. Love them! Might have to buy an engage wedge when they drop those prices as well.
Joseph Dreitler
6 years agoAdidas is working to peddle TaylorMade. It will be owned by some private equity group by January 1.
Lee Herman
6 years agoYes, I think most of us have been aware of that for a while now…Who knows, maybe Under Armour will take a shot at Club manufacturing soon. Lol
Joseph Dreitler
6 years agoLee Herman right. If they want to lose a few hundred million. jump in the pool. not going to happen, public companies don’t try to commit suicide, especially CEO’s whose compensation is based on making $$$ not losing millions.
Lee Herman
6 years agoThey shouldn’t, but you never know…lol
Alex Kalionzes
6 years agoGood riddance to over priced and under performing clubs.
Eric A Fletcher
6 years agoWhat!!!! Noooo
Sean Kim
6 years agoDang…no Tiger, no Nike golf.
Merck del Fierro
6 years agoo.a. haha true for clubs, balls and equipment. Nike golf Will focus on Apparel and Footwear. the brand’s strength.
Brandon Rigg
6 years agoIll be looking for sure
Ben Howey
6 years agoJamie Hook back to titleist for Rory and Tiger?
Ben Kelnhofer
6 years agoGarbage anyway
Lowell Hill
6 years agoKinda knew but was a “rumor”…..now you know why I said stay away from Nike ?
Jeremy Williams
6 years agoWon plenty of long drive contest and fired 70’s and occasionally high 60’s with Nike clubs. I do the same with Calloway. 99% of the time, it is the golfer and not the equipment.
Trey Scruggs
6 years agoDo you compete in long drive?
Justin Blair
6 years agoNo doubt. The only thing that matters is being fitted. The rest is just personal preference.
Jeremy Williams
6 years agoI did this year. It was my first year trying for the big leagues. I used my Nike VRS covert and a older Krank driver. I got put out on Sunday in the regionals. (Bluff City Shootout) All of my wins are local wins with the Nike. Around Georgia! I had the time of my life watching the veterans hit. I hit the Nike farther than the Krank. I am sure it is because I could not get the krank up to the right trajectory. I learned a lot from the guys that talked to me. I’ll be back next year for another try.
Jeremy Williams
6 years agoI will say one thing! Long drive contests and playing on a golf course is two different things when it comes to equipment. I should have stated that in my original comment.
James L Burton III
6 years agoMaybe thus the reason why Tiger wouldn’t come back??
Knowing that he would want an equipment deal with someone and time to learn new clubs?
Dino Bravo
6 years agoYea James, that’s the reason he’s not back yet. Put the bong down.
Paul Peterson
6 years agoHad decent luck with their milled putters, but just never loved any newer equipment or balls.
Roger Sullivan
6 years agoThey see the writing on the wall. Good for them.
Jeremy Gorelick
6 years agoTitleist always knew Rory and Tiger would come back!
Glenn Behan
6 years agoThat’s mad. Seems legit 2.
Matt Scott
6 years agoI bet they r so happy then ha
Chris Peyton
6 years agoThat is crazy
Laurent Pecqueux
6 years agoThat is a bad new. SO sad …
Easton Crissler
6 years agoGuys it’s true.. My poor little heart ?
Andrew Montreuil
6 years agoOr maybe they will at a major discount?
Andrew Montreuil
6 years agoI guess Nike won’t be doing their DEMO day out here in a few weeks…
Ken Mykietowich
6 years agoWoo Hoo! Cheap clubs!!! ?
Andrew Montreuil
6 years agoSupposedly online there is a bunch of clearance sales
Collin Campbell
6 years agoMatt Scott Whatever they want. lol
Most likely Titleist, Callaway or Mizuno. Someone who won’t mind that they are covered head to toe in Nike apparel.
Brandon Rigg
6 years agoI hope theres some sales coming soon. They still have nice stuff
Andrew Montreuil
6 years agoBoo, I would have considered Nike again in the future
Thomas Barr
6 years agoWonder how many weeks it takes for Rory to game a Scotty Cameron
Paul Peterson
6 years agoI’m guessing a yellow box arrived at his house this morning…
William Pucci
6 years agoHows next week.?
Ronnie Castillo
6 years agoheard, after all the money spent on Golf R&D, ads, paying players to play Nike etc. The Nike Golf Division makes about as much money for Nike Corp. …as the sox division.
Jeff Hinshaw
6 years agoHey Erik….this has affected me….I lost my job today! I’ll be looking, if you can share any thought and contacts I would appreciate it.
It’s been a pleasure!!!
Jeff
Matt Scott
6 years agoCollin Campbell so wtf are tiger and Rory gonna hit now?
Rob Roth
6 years ago2016 golf line was terrible
Mark Blowers
6 years agoWhen will Rory be able to go to another brand ? Maybe back to titleist.
Lowell Hill
6 years agoRory’s irons are actually his old Titleist irons but with Nike’s logo stamped on em to avoid product infringement
Undershooter30
6 years agoThat’s not even close to the truth. Have you ever seen his irons? They look nothing like his old Titleists. You are probably one of those people who still think Tiger still games a ProV1 with a swoosh painted on there And Miura irons. Come on man, grow up.
Joseph Dreitler
6 years agoLowell Hill sorry, not correct. As a trademark lawyer for 38 years what you describe is passing off and clearly actionable. A few baseball players in the late ’70’s were paid to wear Nike and just had the Swoosh painted in their Adidas shoes. That ended before the lawsuits were filed. Never been tried since by any major player in any sport.
Lowell Hill
6 years agoWell, in the golf industry there’s a difference in exact replicas and “tweeking”. So why are there these company’s that can produce and manufacture these knock-off’s that they claim look and feel the same as Callaway’s, Taylor Made, etc.? You see on EBay sets of irons and drivers that have the saaaaaame technology and look 95% identical to untrained eyes, but yet still hit the market for retail purchasing
Mark Blowers
6 years agoAlso I don’t know for a fact but I did hear that tiger woods back in the day had his irons made by Miura golf inc. They were identical to the Nike ones he used but not made by Nike as Miura could do a better job
Jason D. MacDonald
6 years agoHow much money did this just make the Nike tour players who now have to find another brand and sponsorship money. It’s a good time to be a Nike tour player #freeagent.
bunnyman
6 years agoJust like when Nike and Reebok left hockey, this is no surprise. I like their clubs (especially when on deep, deep discount), myself. I’m no scratch golfer, but I blame starting late for that.
Adidas selling off Taylormade is next. They are also trying to sell their hockey (CCM/Reebok), so the shoe/apparel companies trying to get out of gear is definitely a trend.
Just hope I can get some brand new cool Nike clubs for $50 or less. Maybe I can replace my Tommy Armour irons for nearly nothing ? I’m a sucker for a bargain!
Jason D. MacDonald
6 years agoClothes were good clubs were shit.
Vinni Castillo
6 years agoDang this suxs I got all Nike gear shoes balls drivers smh I like Nike wtf??
David J Kim
6 years agoi wouldnt mind being paid to wear nike apparel and playing any club i wanted. Miura, Epon, Crazy, etc. plenty of high quality clubs to choose from.
Kenneth R Stone
6 years agoWow. That’s crazy.
William Trost
6 years agoThat’s why goldsmith had all there clubs on sale
Dennis D Hilton
6 years agoIf I upgrade I got you!!
Richard ‘dicky’ Bowlt
6 years agoDecent tho! My blades will be worth a fortune in a few years ???
Dave L
6 years agoNow I know why they withdrew my multi-thousand penny offer.
Guess it’s back to Spalding Kro-Flites…?
Dave M
6 years agoGood heavens, I’m embarrassed that I actually remember them. Horrible bats.
fran williams
6 years agoR.I.P.
Collin Campbell
6 years agoCalled it!
R
6 years agoNow Nike can buy Callaway
Ahmet Hassani
6 years agoHa ha true story beef is a legend, finally a talent fat fuck we can look up too
LAbillyboy
6 years agoMargins in golf hard goods have stunk for a long, long time. It has been a race to the bottom ever since the business transitioned from the green grass golf shop to the big box boys. It hasn’t been all bad, the big volume manufacturers have invested in technology the small boutique shops could never have done, resulting in the player improvement clubs we all enjoy today. Without it, we’d all still be playing blades and persimmon with balata balls that were good for 2 or 3 holes… the only Nike club I ever gamed was a 56 SW that I wore out in a year and then could not find a replacement… Without Tiger pulling in customers this was inevitable.
Rustam Darius Saboonpaz
6 years agoHonestly mate keep hold of them . Knock next week ?
Solon Pietila
6 years agoAbout damned time
Nigel Turner
6 years agoyou watch ping and callaway and titlest and the rest but there prices up now
Paul Hunter
6 years agoAll golfers that changed to Nike clubs have struggled…and fuck McIlroy, it’s all about Beeeeeeeeeeeeef
Phillip Lee
6 years agoI love the Nike golf shoes ! Just sayin
Rustam Darius Saboonpaz
6 years agoThey’re A piece of golfing memorabilia now ! Tigers probably sponsored by Dunlop now ..
Travis Darrah
6 years agoWhaaaat
Jake Calder
6 years ago**Never to be re-released retro driver for sale** looking for £25,000 or best offer please. No time wasters
William Trost
6 years agoI’ll be your next #handmedown
Paul Taylor
6 years agoFinally made a decent club in history and now they are dead…..CALLED IT!!!!
Mitchell Burney
6 years agoWhat club was that?
Paul Taylor
6 years agoThe new flex head
Chris Cartwright
6 years agoLad I dunno what I’m gonna do anymore! I’ll have to give up golf! Heartbroken
Dennis D Hilton
6 years agoTaylormade m2 here I come lol
Mike Dodrill
6 years agoU were right
Ahmet Hassani
6 years agoThat’s what I was thinking, he was more consistent with he’s old club
Seth Azure
6 years ago❤❤❤
Paul Hunter
6 years agoThink it was Titleist
mcavoy
6 years agoRegardless of the quality of their equipment I always felt that Nike Golf was viewed as an interloper/opportunist and mostly treated as such by a majority of the golfing community.
Garry Burrows
6 years agoNike gone T-made up for sale what’s next!!
Paul Hunter
6 years agoGo back to his old club company, and start winning again
William Trost
6 years agoTime to buy new clubs you can be swinging Nike anymore lol
Ahmet Hassani
6 years agoWhat will Rory do now?
Jari Hakonen
6 years agoNo Tiger – No Nike Golf. RIP!
Ryan Oliver
6 years agoYup!!
Paul Hunter
6 years agoNike should stick to making footwear and clothes, like they always have done…their Golf equipment was Pony
Shane Rimmer
6 years agoNooooooooo
Jimmy McCants
6 years agoOooooooo
Martin Tolosa
6 years agoSeems to………But I dont think so
Michael J Reavey
6 years agoMichael Reavey
Dennis D Hilton
6 years agoNo way!!!?
Joseph Werner
6 years agoI was never a fan of Nike, Golf clubs (just me being loyal to Ping). I did notice that when I golf with the younger generation, they all used Nike clubs. This is pretty interesting, what clubs Tiger Rory, and all the touring pro’s will do?
Chris Mydock
6 years agoMizuno I bet or they split to Titleist & Cobra
Chris Finch
6 years agoI was thinking cobra or maybe back to titleist. I bet Scotty and the titleist crew are loving this
Joseph Werner
6 years agoI was starting to see more Nike clubs in bags. This is a surprise to me. I am a golf geek and will love watching how the Pro’s go
Brandon Lafountain
6 years agoStill are. ?
Matthew James Harris
6 years agoThey couldn’t pay me enough
Seth Azure
6 years agoWell yeah i know that too. I was your guys captain after all. Yg ?
Brandon Lafountain
6 years ago?? I don’t even have nike I just know easton really likes them
Gene Diamond
6 years agoIt’s about time
Damon Butler
6 years agoBTW Taylormade was put up for sale by Adidas not too long ago. The flooding of the market by these companies are finally catching up to them. Add to this the monopolized system of the PGA Value Guide to determine prices for used clubs (which is an absolute joke). Plus the fact the overall economy is worse than advertised by the mass media
Jeff Garone
6 years agoIt can’t be
Jeff Garone
6 years agoNo it’s not true
Seth Azure
6 years agoCrusty #TeamTitleist ??
James Harding
6 years agoIt wasn’t bad equipment, lately their stuff was getting a lot better. I wonder now if their tour staff will be fully released from their commitment or if they’ll be still contracted to wear the apparel but play whatever they want
Gabriel Moreno
6 years agoI think their going to still sign appearal contracts.
Derek Ramsay
6 years agowhat happens when you don’t have AMB
Colby Evans
6 years agoNow everyone knows why they clearances clubs last week
Jason Pereira
6 years agoI stopped by a golfsmith yesterday and all their clubs were on sale. $79.99 for a hybrid.
Colby Evans
6 years agoYep, they’re on sale everywhere. Even Nike.Com. Rory gonna get paid to wear some polos… 25 mil a year.
Tim N Jen Salmons
6 years agoMay be a boost for Titelist
Few may try PXG
Reynold Brown
6 years agoI can see Rory going pxg irons.
John Murray
6 years agoOuff!!
Joe Gendron
6 years agoThe people who always blast Nike equipment never really gamed it. They never made bad equipment at all. It was scrutinized because they jumped into a market that is really hard. My old Nike VR TW blades were some of the softest forged irons I’ve ever swung. They also produced well for me. I don’t care if everyone hated Nike clubs and balls. For me they were good.
I’m very happy they will continue making shoes though because no golf shoe I’ve ever worn has been as comfortable as Nike for me.
Chris Peyton
6 years agoI had Ignite Sasquatch and The new one … Loved them
Kevin Holmes
6 years agoYou’re right. I’m not a big fan of Nike products in general. I’ve never tried their clubs but the Nike golf shoes I’ve had were horribly uncomfortable. Granted, that was back in 2000.
Bob Welsh
6 years agoAs I say, their equip & balls got worse every year. First few years, irons & wedges awesome. Know big name on Champ Tour player who was 40 yards shorter than Pro V1, but the money was awesome.
Nicholas Reed
6 years agoI would have played their equipment if they didn’t have such stupid names. Not to mention half their drivers sound like softball bats when you hit them.
Andy
6 years agoAmen. People miss out on so many good things in life because of not giving it a real chance. Ive never hit anything longer and straighter than my covert 2.0 driver.
Jared Jared
6 years agoTheir sound is awful. Ting!
Justin Blair
6 years agoThe old Sasquatch was very tingy. But I didn’t mind the sound of the SuMo 5000, DyMo, or the original Vr tour.
Tim Meier
6 years agoMakes me sad, I play Vapor blades and I love them. I tried a ton of clubs, and in my opinion these were the best combo of forgiveness, distance, and workability, with excellent look and feel.
Benjamin Lee
6 years agoThey had decent stuff but definitely more on the game improvement side. I played a lot of their 20XI-X and RZN balls which were good and I did have a Nike driver that was ok. Other brands just performed better for me and just fit me better.
Bobby Gans
6 years agoThe first nike driver was the most laughable piece of crap ever
Mike Kneafsey
6 years agoI have Nike blades I love em
Mack Peyton
6 years agoThere’s a reason they are leaving the business. Their shit doesn’t compete with taylormade, callaway, titleist and so on..
Mack Peyton
6 years agoAnnnnd nike shoes are junk lol Adidas and fj run that market
Steven Ashley
6 years agoGreat shoes, decent golf balls, but average at best clubs.
Gabriel Moreno
6 years agoOn the bright side, great deals are going to be offered.
Mitchel Friesz
6 years agoThe pro forged combo and the Slingshots were the worst iron sets ever made and their balls are total garbage. They never did any one thing really well, they were just kinda ok. That doesn’t keep you in business
Mack Peyton
6 years agoI agree Trevor Webb. I was with nike for 2 years. Their Wedges were their best product. I would never give up my taylormade staff set up for nike.. nooo way
Chris Mcmanus
6 years agoShit I was winning tournaments with my nike gear lol
Blake Melin
6 years agoI had some SP5 shoes for a while. They smashed my feet for about 15 rounds. After that I liked them a lot. It took a lot of walking, but after they were finally broke in they were great.
Michael Cook
6 years agoMack Peyton no…the athletes aren’t performing with the gear. If Rory was dominating with his current set, the clubs would sell a lot more than they are. The fact that other brands make some better things depending on what those things are specifically does play a role, but a lot of causal golfers and fans want the gear champions have. Rory’s off mentally, it’s not his club.
Mark Powell
6 years agoAnything I demoed sucked.
Kyle Scanlon
6 years agoForged blades are not hard to perfect
Sam Vincent Brown
6 years agoYou’ve never worn an Adidas golf shoes with Boost soles then. Blows Nike shoes out of the water.
Jennifer Osborn-Carr
6 years agoWow, that happened fast, omg.
David Edelson
6 years agoGood news. Seems whoever signed with Nike became cursed. Duval, Kim, Wie, Tiger and to some degree Rory. Stick with Taylormade, Callaway and Mizuno. Enough said.
Arek Legarra
6 years agoMy Nike blades had a better feel than my TaylorMade blades. I wonder if PXG will splurge and get some of these guys now.
Chris Miller
6 years agoTaylormade is next
Eric A Fletcher
6 years agoNoo it’s just bad economy
Joseph Dreitler
6 years agotaylorMade is being sold by Adidas. Must not be bright future for equipment. More money in rags and shoes
Ty Pearson
6 years agoTaylormade has been bought. Nobody knows who yet. But they have been purchased
Jeffrey Taverna
6 years agoTitleist perhaps?
Josh Adkins
6 years agoYou left out Ping. PING irons and Drivers are far superior than any taylormade hocus pocus. Lol Rocketballz, SLDR. What a joke
Joe Tuttle
6 years agoHaven’t heard of it, but their equipment line was smaller this year
Darren Murphy
6 years agoNeed to stock up on balls.
Jess Lewis
6 years agoI left them last year. Not surprised. Writing was on the wall.
Bob Hattery
6 years agoNow what are you going to do, Joe Kieffer?
Joe Kieffer
6 years agoI’m screwed
Darren Murphy
6 years agoWow. Collector item Vapors now though.
Kyle Ebblewhite
6 years agoTaylormade next to leave
Dave
6 years agoSeriously????? You’re not from earth, are you?
Chris Mydock
6 years agoWatch Mizuno soar!!!
Justin
6 years agoNot that Mizuno makes bad gear (I own a set of mp-30’s), but for as long as they’ve been in the game if they were gonna soar, they’d have done it by now.
Well, maybe they could, but they’d have to get super aggressive… but do they have the means to do so?
Ryan Gano
6 years agoNo, knew it was coming, so I was prepared. Haha
Mark Watson
6 years agoTime for Wilson to step up, give Rory a call
Mark Drake
6 years agoTuff industry
Kyle Ebblewhite
6 years agoIs this legit
Ryan Martin
6 years agoWhose balls will Tiger play with now?
Graeme
6 years agoBridgestone
Reynold Brown
6 years agoThat’s a loaded question lol
Teaj
6 years agoThank you for the mid day laugh
Kenny B
6 years agoWrong gender
Bob Welsh
6 years agoQuite possibly the first company whose equipment and golf balls were worse every year. And, the most arrogant!
Benjamin Lee
6 years agoBummer. What happens to their sponsored golfers?
Jeromy Boutte
6 years agoWooohoooo!!!
Dan Freshley
6 years agoI am reminded of Phil Mickelson’s comment at how Tiger was winning with “that” equipment and how Phil was scorched for stating his opinion. Well, 6- 7 years later, the other Phil, Night, must have finally come to the same conclusion! Now, they’ll pay Rory $25 MM annually to wear their clothes 🙂
Dan Gentges
6 years agoI think Phil made that comment back in 2003, when he was still with Titleist. Who knew he was such a visionary …
Jeremy Ogle
6 years agoThat was actually 13 years ago when the statement was true. Much changed. Also, believe Nike has more staff major wins than Callaway, who Phil once claimed made “shovels”, until they stroked a check.
Randjf
6 years agoI believe Phil actually used the word “inferior”.
Ty Kaul
6 years agoGood!!! There equipment is shit!!!!!!!!!!!0
Undershooter30
6 years agoYou sir, are an idiot.
sincerely,
not a nike fanboy, just someone who likes golf equipment in general.
Justin
6 years agoI don’t know about the idiot part, but I’ve owned three Nike drivers, a fairway wood and a couple wedges and I’d have to disagree with the junk comment. They’re no better or worse than anything else available.
Matt Feisal
6 years agoDon’t know anything about their clubs, but I love my bag from Nike.
Robert Woodmore
6 years agoColin Dunlop What clubs to choose in the fututre????
Brian Roongchaitanes
6 years agoIs that mean nike are taking over taylormade? Lol
Jonathan D. Lorenzini
6 years agoMaxfli U6 tour. Badass golf ball
Scott Saunders
6 years agoNike manufacturers golf equipment??? Since when?
Chris Johnston
6 years agoWtf !
Guy Crawford
6 years agoWow
Andrew Hong
6 years agoMaybe Rory can finally drop the clubs and go out and start winning some majors again.
Luke Manion
6 years agoJust the one club thats the problem and that is the putter he still ranks up there in shot gained tee to green every time he plays. He just cant putt atm
Micheal Feeback
6 years agoHe has won 2 majors since going to Nike
Damon Mathiesen
6 years agoleaves??? it is one of the best brands out there!
Tim Wheeler
6 years agoThat sucks. I like the quality of their golf balls and their bags.
Ryan Holcomb
6 years agoThis will be very interesting to see what clubs staffers use… Aka who will pay Rory and Tiger “coming back any year now” Woods.
Arek Legarra
6 years agoPxg
Reynold Brown
6 years agoRory will go back to titleist. Tiger maybe too
Ryan Holcomb
6 years agoReynold Brown no way. Not enough money
Kevy O’Grady
6 years agoI don’t think it will come to money for either.. Tiger wants to come back and save his career. He took the money when he thought he could win with anything and he did. Now the money means nothing and it’s all about what will give him his next major.
Rory is in much less trouble but I assume he will also go with whatever he likes best.
Ryan Holcomb
6 years agoKevy O’Grady it is absolutely about money. Your reasoning is such a myth. The modern OEM will make any club to any specs with any material a top pro could possibly ever desire. This isn’t 1980 when Pay for Play did NOT rule and modern cnc and cad did not exist.
Ed Pascual
6 years agoThat was quick, Dave Garman
Dave Garman
6 years agoAmazing. Unsurprising. Predictable.
Jonathan D. Lorenzini
6 years agoLater Nike
Justin
6 years agoWait… Is that like “bye, Felicia”?
;D
Scott Roberts
6 years agoWow I hope this isn’t true
Dave Wolfe
6 years agoThat escalated quickly…