Equipment
Report: Jason Day signs shoe, apparel and hat deal with Nike
ESPN’s Darren Rovell is reporting that Nike has signed World No. 1 Jason Day to an endorsement deal that will have him wearing the company’s shoes, apparel and hat. The deal is worth approximately $10 million per year, according to Rovell.
This year (2016) was the final year of Day’s endorsement contract with TaylorMade-Adidas, which had the golfer wearing Adidas golf shoes and apparel and using TaylorMade’s golf balls and clubs.
According to Rovell, Day re-signed with TaylorMade to use its clubs and balls, but was able to negotiate an outside apparel/shoe deal with Nike because of two factors:
- Adidas’ decision to sell its TaylorMade golf brand (read more).
- Nike’s decision to exit its golf ball and club business (learn more).
We’ll update this story as more information becomes available. See what GolfWRX Members are saying about the Day/Nike signing in our forum.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi4D LS (8 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 TX
Irons: TaylorMade P770 (3), TaylorMade P7CB (4), TaylorMade P7TW (5-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 X, True Temper Dynamic Gold X100
Wedges: TaylorMade Prototype (50-SB09), TaylorMade MG5 (56-HB12, 60-LV07)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold S400
Putter: TaylorMade TP Juno
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
Check out more in-hand photos of Christiaan Maas’ clubs here.
TaylorMade Golf’s MySpider program underwent a substantial overhaul over the last month. Firstly, the company launched the option to customize the Spider ZT model, and now the program has returned with the MySpider Tour and MySpider Tour X.
The revamped page now gives golfers complete control over every visual and functional detail of their putter on the popular Tour and Tour X head, with every cosmetic idea thought of. In MySpider Tour, golfers can choose from four head finishes, 16 paint fill colors, nine Surlyn face insert colors, three aluminum insert options, six sightline configurations, and four hosel options — L-neck, small slant, double bend, center shaft. Six sightline options are available in MySpider Tour, including the optically engineered True Path alignment system. MySpider Tour X gives builders the option of four head finishes, four hosel configurations, and five sightline options, also including True Path alignment.
One of the more interesting features of the new MySpider program is the availability of three distinct face insert options. Along with the usual Surlyn Pure Roll insert trusted by Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy, which can be customized from nine colors, golfers can now also select firmer options. Two are offered with the black aluminum Pure Roll insert, slightly firmer than the traditional insert, or for the firmest feel, golfers can choose from two colors of milled aluminum inserts.
Another fun addition to the MySpider Tour is the ability to use the “Tommy Sightline.” The custom alignment aid design, which was first drawn onto Tommy Fleetwood’s putter by PGA Tour Rep James Holley, is based on the milled sightline on his Spider ZT head. There are five shorter lines on the left and right of a longer central line serving as the traditional short line alignment aid.
See below for the full specifications sheet for MySpider Tour and Tour X:
MySpider Tour
MySpider Tour X
Equipment
Then and now: Comparing Rory McIlroy’s current setup to his record-breaking 2019 Canadian Open victory
In Rory McIlroy’s first appearance at the 2019 RBC Canadian Open, he crushed the record books to earn his 16th PGA Tour title in dominating fashion, winning by seven shots over Shane Lowry and Webb Simpson.
McIlroy’s score of 22-under-par 258 is the lowest 72-hole score to date at the Canadian Open, and his closing 61 is also the best final-round score in the history of one of golf’s oldest tournaments. Finally, with his win in 2019, McIlroy became only the sixth player to win the career Triple Crown, adding to his victories at the U.S. Open in 2011 and The Open Championship in 2014, joining Tommy Armour, Walter Hagen, Arnold Palmer, Lee Trevino and Tiger Woods in a coveted list.
So, with that, why not compare his current setup to the clubs he used to break all the records?
Driver
2019: TaylorMade M5 (9 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D (9 degrees @8), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 7X (45 5/8 inches)
McIroy led the Tour in Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee in 2019; he’s doing the same in 2026. Between now and then, McIlroy has switched from the Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 70 TX (a shaft with slightly more feeling in the tip) to the original Fujikura Ventus Black 7X, having just made the change to the heavier version from playing the 60X.
What’s interesting about McIlroy’s 2019 setup is that the weighting on his driver is actually set in the high-draw setting, using the T-Track weighting system, whereas in the Qi4D, he’s currently using a heavily rear-weighted setup. (Two 13-gram weights in the rear and only two 4-gram front weights.)
The TaylorMade M5 driver he played in during his Canadian Open win was the company’s first head that they claimed to design to initially exceed the USGA’s COR limit, and then injected with tuning resin to bring it back in bounds.
Fairway woods
2019: TaylorMade M6 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX; TaylorMade M5 5-wood (19 degrees), Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 90 TX
2026: TaylorMade Qi4D 3-wood (15 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8X; TaylorMade Qi4D 5-wood (18 degrees), Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9X
The TaylorMade M6 fairway wood that McIlroy was using during the 2019 season is still in the bag of some of the best golfers on Tour in 2026. Just check out Justin Rose’s winning setup from the Farmers Insurance Open earlier this year. This year, though, McIlroy has still been searching for his top-end-of-the-bag setup, having played both the new Qi4D and the Qi10, which he won the Masters with.
The same shaft swap can be seen in the fairway woods as the driver, along with slightly less loft on the 5-wood.
Irons
2019: TaylorMade P750 (4) Buy here, TaylorMade P730 (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
2026: TaylorMade P760 (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9), Shafts: Project X 7.0
The biggest difference between McIlroy’s custom set and the stock P730s is the groove design. While the P730s were constructed with 14 MX-9 grooves on their milled faces, McIlroy’s proto heads instead use the higher-spinning, 16-groove layout of the TW2 grooves. Other big differences between the sets are that McIlroy’s 7- and 8-irons have thinner toplines, are 1 degree stronger in loft, and are 1/4 inch longer than the original P730 builds.
With McIlroy’s 4-iron, the switch from P750 to P760 sees a transition to a two-piece construction with Speed Foam in it, which allows McIlroy to launch the ball slightly higher, with more workability.
Wedges
2019: TaylorMade Milled Grind (48-09SB), TaylorMade MG Hi-Toe (52-09SB, 56-09SB, 60-LB09), Shafts: Project X Rifle 6.5
2026: TaylorMade MG5 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB, 60-08LB @61), Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Between 2019 and 2026, McIlroy’s focus on his short game has been much more apparent. It was the reason why he switched back to the TP5 golf ball, to help with launch, spin and control with his wedges leading up to his career Grand Slam victory in 2025. The most apparent changes to McIlroy’s wedge setup are his lofts and bounce. He’s slowly delofted his pitching to a sand wedge, but has increased the loft on the lob wedge, bending his current 60-degree to 61. With that, adding more loft to his lob wedge also slightly increases the bounce and leading-edge sit point, so, as a result, he plays a lower-bounce lob wedge compared to 2019. The MG5 wedges are also softer than the first Milled Grind option from 2019. McIlroy also no longer plays the full-face grooves found on the Hi-Toe.
Putter
2019: TaylorMade Spider X
2026: TaylorMade Spider Tour X
Notice anything similar. Yes, the copper finish on Rory McIlroy’s Spider X putter in 2019 is a slightly more reflective finish than the recently released torched PVD finish. McIlroy was using the True Path alignment system, but now uses only a single white sightline.
Ball
2019: 2019 TaylorMade TP5 (#22)
2026: 2025 TaylorMade TP5 (RORS)
As mentioned above, McIlroy had transitioned from the TP5 to TP5x golf ball since his victory in Canada in 2019, but now is black with the same style of golf ball as his victory at Hamilton Golf & Country Club.
Grips
2019: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Cord
2026: Golf Pride MCC
Interesting, McIlroy actually used Golf Pride’s Tour Velvet Cord grips during his victory in 2019 (it was during a 2+ year switch to the corded TV) as opposed to his usual MCC grips, which he has played for most of his career.
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Dave r
Sep 14, 2016 at 3:23 pm
money talks
Lef
Sep 14, 2016 at 9:58 am
What a dumb move. Chasing the $$$ and switching equipment when you’re at the top. I’ve worn those Nike hats and shoes. No feel whatsoever. And Lunarlon, are you kidding me! Give me Climacool any day. It’s worth at least 3 strokes a round.
Grizz01
Sep 14, 2016 at 11:25 am
You didn’t read the article. Day is not changing equipment. He is changing apparel. Adidas’ decision to sell its TaylorMade golf brand (the equipment), so they are no longer connected. He is just moving from Adidas clothing and footwear to Nike clothing and footwear. Getting 10million in the process.
As to the shoes. They will custom fit his shoes to his liking.
Phil Knight
Sep 14, 2016 at 12:09 pm
I think maybe you didn’t read his post, he was being facetious, lol
Lef
Sep 14, 2016 at 12:35 pm
I was 1) making fun of the high-end $200 a pair tour issue golf shoe racket with all it’s underwhelming tech, and 2) poking at all the 20 hdcp duffers who come out of the woodwork to chastise a pro when they switch equipment. Because, you know, these duffers can totally tell the difference in feel between Nikes and Titliest forged blades.
Poh's law is alive and well
Sep 15, 2016 at 1:16 am
It’s always a sad day when a good dose of sarcasm has to be explained. Oh dear me.
JThunder
Sep 15, 2016 at 4:00 am
No anonymous internet poster left behind.
Leftienige
Sep 14, 2016 at 9:21 am
If you believe that donations to “charities” ever get to the people in need , I’m afraid you’re sadly deluded . In most cases 99% goes to the administrators , the directors on HUGE salaries , and filters down through people working in charity shops , 1/2 of whom take all the best stuff home for next-to- nothing .
Sad but true , folks , 50 years experience speaking .
Al Czervik
Sep 14, 2016 at 3:52 pm
This is an absolutely true statement. Goodwill in Seattle has a headquarters on the waterfront in downtown Seattle- some of the highest priced real estate in the country. How would a non-profit be able to manage that?
Lift, Clean and Cheat
Sep 14, 2016 at 6:05 pm
Goodwill a non-profit? Better check that again. Best that can be said is that they do employ a lot of people with disabilities. You may also find salary structure and worker compensation another interesting topic.
JThunder
Sep 15, 2016 at 3:41 am
Greed isn’t limited to capitalism only – it’s just most widely encouraged there.
Mike Honcho
Sep 14, 2016 at 9:13 am
How will this effect his other endorsement deals, CONCUR, RBC and Lexis? Nike only allows the Swoosh head to toe in apparel deals.
Nath
Sep 14, 2016 at 3:00 am
TW has certainly got the world number 1 beat now ehehehehe
JThunder
Sep 14, 2016 at 12:25 am
Nike’s got to sell a LOT of hats to recoup $10 million. Tiger (supposedly) brought the big money to golf, but it didn’t do a lot of good for Nike’s clubs. I would think, all things considered, companies would start to scale way back their sponsorship money – if people are buying less stuff (since the middle class is flat broke with no hope of improvement) – then those contracts are worth less and less.
If all the companies dropped from $10 mil down to $1 mil, do you think tour players would turn it down and go logoless?
Maybe then they could pay the kids who make this crap $1 a day instead of 25¢.
Grizz01
Sep 14, 2016 at 11:27 am
10 million to Nike is just a drop in the bucket.
JThunder
Sep 15, 2016 at 3:56 am
Brilliant reply – so you’re saying Nike is a successful company by making investments that aren’t profitable, because $10mil is “just a drop in the bucket” to them? Right. So why did they continually cut their sales reps for golf equipment over recent years – surely those salaries were far smaller drops in your bucket, and every single one of them needed the income FAR more than Jason Day needs another $10 f-ing million. (For doing more work than wearing a hat.)
To put that in perspective, family man Jason’s $10 mil hat-wearing deal is the equivalent of 200 median family incomes in the USA. Nike factory workers make well under $100 per month.
If $10 mil is “just a drop in the bucket”, maybe someone should punch some holes in it, so we finally get the “trickle-down” the world’s been promised for so long.
Jason
Sep 14, 2016 at 12:05 am
Breaking news! Ellie Day was just taken to the emergency room. Apparently she just got a nasty paper cut from the check from Nike.
RedX
Sep 14, 2016 at 4:02 am
Jason do you think it is Day who pushes these happenings or the press hungry for a story (or non story in many cases). The guy just comes across as being honest in responding to questions put to him but the press over reporting every trivial occurrence is painting a picture other than the nature of the man.
Ps – Very much doubt a paper cheque is involved so Ellie should be fine. Maybe RSI logging onto an internet banking platform to check the bank balance incessantly?
Jason
Sep 14, 2016 at 8:43 pm
Bet you’re a hit at parties….
Jengus
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:32 pm
Haha!
Tina
Sep 13, 2016 at 4:48 pm
Onto the next conspiracy theory … Nike buys TM!
Judge mental
Sep 14, 2016 at 10:49 am
Nike not making golf clubs any more,
Taylormade selling a golf club company .
If you can’t beat the competition,just buy it.
Simple ????????
Grizz01
Sep 14, 2016 at 11:28 am
It is believed that Nike really doesn’t make thier clubs anyway. They were a different manufacturer that ‘stamped’ Nike on to the clubs.
JThunder
Sep 15, 2016 at 4:04 am
None of these companies “makes their own clubs”. They’re run by folks in suits in the US, built by kids in factories in Asia. I doubt the CEO of any of them could re-grip a 7 iron. And they sure wouldn’t do it for the wages they’re paying!
If we wish really hard, maybe these buyouts can leave us with just one giant OEM. Then they can jack the prices up 3000% like the drug companies!
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Sam
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:57 am
WOW!! This is going to be exciting to see how many players Nike will be signing to wear their apparel.
Jimmy Banks
Sep 13, 2016 at 12:15 pm
Confusing with Nike clothes and TM clubs…don’t like it.
Sam
Sep 13, 2016 at 1:15 pm
Agree. But TM players have always been a bit confusing, as they probably play the most mixed bags on tour. They play whatever they want essentially, but they just have to use the bag (mostly) and put on a few head covers. So this will just only add more to the confusion.
$80shirts are now $90
Sep 13, 2016 at 4:25 pm
what on earth are you talking about? seriously
JD
Sep 13, 2016 at 6:29 pm
I think you meant to say they have the most flexibility in their contracts unlike a Ping or some of the others. The one stipulation in all TM contracts is the Driver. but a lot of players use SC putters or the ProV1 for example. The more TM gear the more money you can potentially earn.
Teaj
Sep 14, 2016 at 8:43 am
So you do realize that there are different types of sponsorship’s in golf, I hope. The amount of money paid out to the contractor (PGA Pro) is based on what they are putting in their bags, how they perform. There are basic hat and bag deals all the way to full sponsorship’s such as Jason Days current deal. You will find that some players such as DJ and others have a 13 club deal which allows him to game a Scotty Cameron along with the clothing, hat, bag and balls. Also with what was mentioned in the write up was that Adidas is selling Taylormade which leaves Taylormade players available for apparel deals once their contracts are up with Adidas. Anyways I hope Days back is not a series issue and if it is that he take the time to take care of it as we do not need another great golfer leave the game to soon.
rich tran
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:49 am
awesome deal, great clubs to play with and nice swagger clothes to wear
BoomCannon
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:49 am
The rumors…were true. A win for the WRX conspiracy theorists!
desmond
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:47 am
I’m certain his charitable foundation will do great things… with a lot of that money. Although it will look odd at first with Nike Apparel and TM Equipment. We’ll get accustomed to it. Rory and Tiger are next….
fc
Sep 13, 2016 at 11:27 am
Not when he’s getting $10 million just to wear clothing. Why not just give like $9 million of that to charity. It’s not like he needs that much money. Faak the charities if they let players make this much money
leon
Sep 13, 2016 at 1:33 pm
The charity is just a “format” of avoiding the tax. The charities across the states are more like investment companies that only 3% of the money donated will pass to the people who really needs it. All the remaining are used for making investments in all sorts of forms.
Spy
Sep 13, 2016 at 7:09 pm
That’s so sad to hear, leon
Jafar
Sep 13, 2016 at 10:29 am
First to comment….
Michael
Sep 13, 2016 at 2:08 pm
Yet last on the list. Congrats.
Forsbrand
Sep 13, 2016 at 3:57 pm
Ha ha ha ha ha that has made my day!!!!