1. Puji | Rated | 20 Feb 2011 | Add A Review

Firstly, a little background; I consistently shoot in the mid 80’s. I am relatively new to the game, started to play regularly since early 2009. I purchased this set of clubs first week of 2011, my old clubs were the TW Blades.

look: coming from the blades, the stamped pattern in the cavity of the irons isn’t to my taste. more importantly, at address these clubs look like a players iron. all characteristics of the clubs from address mimic the TW blades. The satin/chrome finish suits the club nicely. although, as with any clubs with a chrome finish on the toe and heel, you do get the odd occassion where glare becomes a factor.

feel: being a premium forged club, a pure strike is immediately rewarded with a wonderful soft feel from the clubface. You can feel the ball compressing against the face. I beleive these clubs would even impress a Mizuno fan.

The club is remarkably forgiving on heel-side hits, I would see a loss of maybe 5 10% in distance when hitting from the heel. Shots from the toe sufferred more significantly however. Despite the clubs narrow sole and toplines this club is very forgiving.

I cannot comment comprehensively about workability as I beleive that is out of my skill set at the moment. However these clubs easily cater for shots which require a lower or higher ball flight. THe Nike VR Split CAvities would suit anybody with a handicap from scratch to 15.

The shaft I have installed is the S300 Dynamic Gold by True Temper.

The grips are the stock dual compond Nike VR grips. I enjoy these grips in the dry however when wet I tend to doubt their effectiveness and grip the club too tight. I would prefer the traditional Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord grips.

shape: it is very very easy to get the ball high up with these clubs. Combined with my swing, these clubs easily produce height and distance. With my conservative swings my 5-Iron travels 165m (SS 82mph), 7-Iron 135m.

I bought these clubs off a local eBay store for $350 brand new.

PROS

• Look from address
• great forged feel
• long, high shot trajectory
• grips in the dry

Cons

• cluttered aesthetics

2. Golf_Aholic | Rated | 09 Nov 2008 | Add A Review

I am desperatly waiting for this Friday (14th of Nov) to try these clubs out. I have owned early Nike clubs previous and have been impressed. I’m a massive Tiger fan and think that Nike are needing to keep up with his ability with the absolute best in technology otherwise he will walk – its not like he needs the money anymore, he wants majors and will use the best gear to get there, so I think Nike must be cutting edge with their gear.

The Callaways I have now are decent enough but so chunky and with a Uniflex shaft it makes contact a ‘dull’ experience. I need a change to sleeker clubs to compliment my ball striking.

So, I am considering a combo set, split cavity from 3-6 and the blade 7-W or a full cavity set. The only concern is the shaft – what is the difference between True Temper and the Project X. I see alot of Tour players with the Project X, but as always in golf, opinion is in the hand of the player and what works for some doesn’t necessarily work for all.

Long story short – what’s the difference between the two shafts and what will suit my swing? All I know is I need a stiff shaft and not extra stiff. I can hit a 7 iron consisently 165 metres and drive it btwn 260-280, so my swing speed is not slow but its not tour fast by any means. Lil’ help Mr Nike Lover? You seem to know your stuff and must know someone somewhere if you can get a Nike club 3 weeks before they hit the shelves here?

3. nikelover33 | Rated | 30 Oct 2008 | Add A Review

hello I recently demoed and ordered my new Nike combo set of Nike VR split forged 3-6 irons and Nike VR TW Forged Blades 7-PW. I also ordered the new VR wedges and everything I ordered I ordered and demoed with the upgraded shafts Project X non flighted version. I will review each of the different irons separate under the appropriate club in the listing on this site. So I did play an entire round with the split forged VR irons by Nike and I found that first of all this is probably the best iron to ever be created unless you count the New Nike Vr TW blades but they both are equally just as great in my opinion it just depends on if you are looking for a blade or a cavity but either way they both play as if they were created by God or a God (Tom Sites). Ok here we go. I tested the split forged with Project X non flighted 6.5 shafts with Golf pride tour velvet grips at 3/4” over in length. The look of these at address is the first wonderful thing, they give you such a vote of confidence with there smaller than normal amount of offset, slim topline and perfect blade length. They are not heavy on paper but seem to have a good weight while in hand. you can feel that there is something solid in your hand. One more thing about looking down at these at address is that these are almost identical looking to a regular blade iron when looking down at them so if you are a traditional blade player that wants to add 3X’s the forgiveness of a normal blade then you need to grab a set of these. The heel has been ground to a perfect shape that allows you to go after those balls down in the rough and the heel will not hang up in that bermuda and let the club turn on you causing you to send those shots in the deep rough out to the right. You are able to make a normal stroke at any place on the course and these will glide right through any turf easily and also taking a nice big divot is no problem with this nice thin sole. There a few points I would like to make about the New Nike VR Split forged irons.

The feel: The feel of these irons is like nothing I have ever felt. I hit a couple shots of the heel and they felt as if they were hit in the sweet spot and I only lost 10 yards of distance on a really thin shot off the heel. I hit a shot off the toe and it was still very solid feeling and stayed right on target with only a few yards of lost yardage. I hit every iron in the set and was able to use the 3,4,and 5 iron to hit the most beautiful low piercing slight draw knockdown shots and then was able to use the same irons to hit nice high power fades. I will add more about the playability below. I have played a round of golf with every set of irons that are in the better player category that are being released this year and that were released last year and as far as feel I would give these a 10 out of 10 score and the New Nike TW VR blades equal to these and coming in third would be the new Taylormade Tour Preferred Irons.

The look : I know most will tell you that looks are not important but dont buy into that. The look of a Iron gives you confidence and confidence is more than half of what you need. These irons are so well made and the sleek slim lines and perfect ground heel and the perfect sized blade with its sexy shinny finish just screams out at you that you are the man.

Workability: Split Cavity forged VR’s !!! Go ahead and put them in the book for being the most workable and forgiving iron all in one to ever be forged from a piece of steel. I went out and hit 2 balls from every tee so that I could play as many shots as possible during a round so that I could really get a feeling of how they would play in competition. I could hit any shot I want from wherever I want. I naturally hit a small fade but with these it seemed almost natural and it was so easy for me to turn the ball over and hit the slight draw I love to hit. When needed I took a 6 iron and hit a very very low hard power hook around a corner and into a blind green and put the ball onto the front of the fringe at 189 yards. If you want straight these are for you and if you want a iron that you do not have to worry about it being to much iron for you that you have to be a 2 handicap but still a good competitive set that you can grow into that are forgiving then the New Nike VR Split Forged irons are for you. I am not a fan of the stock True tempers so I never demoed these with the stock shaft. As I said in the first part of the review I only ordered the 3-6 iron in these so if you want to hear about the 7-PW part of my set and the New VR wedges you can look for my review of the New Nike VR TW Forged Irons.