Equipment
Nike’s Vapor Fly will hit stores on Jan. 29
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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- 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.
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- 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.
This week, we have our Tour Photographer, Greg Moore, on the ground at the OccuNet Classic at Tascosa Golf Club in Amarillo, Texas, for the 14th event of the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season. With that, we see some great things in the Lead Tape Report as we roll into Amarillo.
Joel Thelen
Monday Qualifier, Joel Thelen is in the field this week. He has played on the Korn Ferry Tour for a full season in 2023, and he is back in action this week. A couple of clubs caught my eye this week in his bag.
First off: His trusted Titleist 816 H2 hybrid. This club came out in October of 2015, and it still remains strong in the bag. Also, take a look at this Odyssey White Hot OG 7, putting a capital S in the 7S model. This custom neck has some impressive lean for an arm-lock-style putter. The bottom of the putter is covered in tape for optimal weighting.
Mitchell Meissner
Taking a look at Mitchell Meissner’s bag this week, we have some great lead tape coverage. Top to bottom working from fairway metals, irons, and wedges. We can see on the short irons and wedges that there is tape at the base of the grip, adding a little counterbalance. Along with that, some tape on the short irons and wedges as well. Moving to his putter, he rolls the Odyssey 7 Bird putter. Meissner putts left-handed and strikes the ball right-handed.
Bud Cauley had >14 clubs in his bag when photographed prior to the Memorial Tournament.
Driver: Titleist GTS2 (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: Titleist GTS3 (15 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 70 TX
7-wood: Titleist GTS3 (21 degrees, D1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Chemical Tensei 1K Pro Red 80 TX
Irons: Titleist U505 (3), Titleist 620 MB (4-9)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 8 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM11 (48-10F, 52-12F, 56-14F), WedgeWorks (60-K*)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putters: Scotty Cameron Tour Prototype, Scotty Cameron GOLO 6.3 Prototype
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Align
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
In our forums, one user has offered up a prompt for the true sickos, inviting fellow forum members to share every set of irons they’ve ever owned. As to be expected, this is a lengthy forum topic.
@Lamosteve began:
Can you name every set of irons you’ve owned? Here’s mine
Spalding Dots
Spalding Eclipse
Ram Lazer FX
Lynx Parallax
Mizuno EZ Comp
Ben Hogans
Cleveland CG Red
Taylor Made R9s
PING i20
PING iE1
Taylor Made M6
Our members in the forum have been offering up their own collections. Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- macedan: “Started with a hand-me-down Golden Bear set from my brother when I was in high school, never really played more than once a year or got into the game until about summer of 2017. First purchased a set of Cleveland CG4’s (I actually really miss this set sometimes, soft & not terribly large for a GI iron), moved into Nike Vapor Fly’s by the end of the year. Those lasted until spring of 18 when I decided I wanted new, so I traded them in for TM Rbladez. Honestly, although I liked the Rbladez, poor decision on my part, I think this was really about the only time so far that after a week or two I was kicking myself for not staying with what I had. Rbladez stayed with me until late last summer when I switched to P790’s and (knock on wood) I am hoping this will be my longest lasting set.”
- JimmyC59: “MacGregor Jack Nicklaus Triple Crown. Palmer The Standard. Still play these.”
- jgrzask: “Tommy Armour 845u
Mizuno MP-32
Mizuno MP-33 (2 sets)
Bridgestone J33cb – still own
Srixon i-302 (2 sets) – still own
Tourstage X-Blades – still own
Mizuno Hot Metal – still own
Nike Forged Blades – still own
Titleist 714 AP1 – still own
Cobra Forged SS – still own”
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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.
duffer888
Dec 16, 2015 at 11:51 am
yay, more mid-year heavily discounted gear!
Steve
Dec 14, 2015 at 8:52 am
Would anyone out of high school play these. The colors limit the market
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?
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.
AJ
Jan 3, 2016 at 6:50 pm
Who’s Kanye?
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.
mo
Dec 10, 2015 at 10:03 pm
I don’t do pastel colored golf clubs.
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
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
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.
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.
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!