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Hi All,

Around 2 years ago, I replaced my old Taylor Made clubs with a new set of Nike.  The first driver I had was the Str8 Fit Nike VR, 9.5 degree. I had this club six months and when I teed off the club split on the shaft down near the hosel and the graphite was splintered, I took this back to the shop and they replaced it with a Nike VR Pro 10.5 which I was happy with.

Anyway I have had the VR Pro since December, since then I have played roughly 20 rounds, today on the 7th hole hit a beautiful dive and thought my driver feels weird, looked down and the head has nearly fallen off, its broken in the hosel this time, completely broken, I never throw or abuse my clubs I am really careful with them, so its not an abuse situation.

This is the second Nike driver in 2 years, so I will take it back and get it sent to Nike

I remember reading others had some issues, has anyone else experienced this, I find it very poor quality and after this I doubt I will be going Nike anymore, it doesnt leave you with a good feeling re their quality.  My nike irons wedges and hybrids and 3 wood are fine just the drivers.


Does anyone else have or had this issue?

Thanks


Clarky

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If that were a more common problem, I figure we would've heard about it. We haven't, so I can only conclude that it's not very common. Just one question though: are you absolutely certain that you bought an authentic Nike club from a recognized and reputable dealer?

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Originally Posted by clarky75

Hi All,

Around 2 years ago, I replaced my old Taylor Made clubs with a new set of Nike.  The first driver I had was the Str8 Fit Nike VR, 9.5 degree. I had this club six months and when I teed off the club split on the shaft down near the hosel and the graphite was splintered, I took this back to the shop and they replaced it with a Nike VR Pro 10.5 which I was happy with.

Anyway I have had the VR Pro since December, since then I have played roughly 20 rounds, today on the 7th hole hit a beautiful dive and thought my driver feels weird, looked down and the head has nearly fallen off, its broken in the hosel this time, completely broken, I never throw or abuse my clubs I am really careful with them, so its not an abuse situation.

This is the second Nike driver in 2 years, so I will take it back and get it sent to Nike

I remember reading others had some issues, has anyone else experienced this, I find it very poor quality and after this I doubt I will be going Nike anymore, it doesnt leave you with a good feeling re their quality.  My nike irons wedges and hybrids and 3 wood are fine just the drivers.

Does anyone else have or had this issue?

Thanks

Clarky

Most club makers are no stranger to their drivers breaking. Callaway and Taylormade, for example, have had users had the driver face crack after hitting a good drive - some of these within the first 3 months of being purchased. That's where I would complain about quality, but the two issues you have resonate in the hosel area and maybe even the shaft.

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Are you hitting the ball cleanly?  Do you ever make contact close to the heel of the driver?

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Thanks all. Yes the club is authentic nike and was brought from a golf shop. So it's genuine. My swing speed is around 95 with the driver. I hit the ball cleanly and don't hit towards the hosel. Most are clean hits.

driver will be sent back to nike. I did see an old thread with comments similar to mine

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