Tigers irons and putter

[sioutdoors]

OK we all know Tiger is endorsed by Nike, and uses there driver. What are his Irons titleist? And putter than dosent look like any Nike i ever saw. I recently seen some Titleist tiger version replicas on ebay and now im confused. What does he play. I use wilson and Mizzuno so i was just wandering

[muskegman]

Every club in his bag is Nike except for his custom Scotty Cameron Newport 2 putter. You or I couldn't buy his irons or wedges as they are totally customized to his specs. They are not retail in any way shape or form and the average player wouldn't want a set like his anyway as they wouldn't play well unless you have a freak show swing speed and could hit a miniature sweet spot consistently.

So yeah, all custom Nike and a Scotty putter.

He's played Mizunos (college), Titleist (ealry career), and now Nike.

[iacas]

He's played Mizunos (college), Titleist (ealry career), and now Nike.

The rumor is that he's basically been playing the same clubs since college, too. His loft and lie haven't changed, even in today's day and age of increasingly strong loft.

But what I really mean is that the actual design of his clubs has remained the same. I even heard that Titleist and/or Nike may have bought the molds for his irons to produce irons for him. No doubt they could also create new ones just by creating new molds from his existing irons, too. But yeah, the same irons.

[The Undaunted Duffer]

But what I really mean is that the actual design of his clubs has remained the same. I even heard that Titleist and/or Nike may have bought the molds for his irons to produce irons for him.

Maybe that's the same kind of individual attention I need?

[Mr. Doug]

I can speak to his putter with some authority.

Scotty Cameron GSS Newport 2. He's had the same putter since 2001 now. Scotty makes him a couple of 'back-up' putters every year, but he's been using the same one for a while now. He's been using a Scotty of one kind or another since 94.

Recently in an article, he said that he's seen and felt other nice putters, but when push comes to shove, he can count on that putter, so they'll never get it out of his bag.

Another interesting tid-bit. He's still using a Ping grip too. So he's got a Nike Contract, Titleist putter, and a Ping grip on it. The ONLY reason that you can have that combo is that it's working for you. ;)

[rs4duke]

Didn't nike make a limited edition set of irons that were to the same spec as Tiger's?

[jeffgladchun]

Didn't nike make a limited edition set of irons that were to the same spec as Tiger's?

No one but an idiot (short of a damn good tour pro) would want to play those unforgiving butterknives.

[rs4duke]

i realize that, i wouldn't touch them with a 10ft pole, but i believe the purpose of the limited set was for collectability reasons, they ran for like $2,300 just for the irons or something like that

[jeffgladchun]

i realize that, i wouldn't touch them with a 10ft pole, but i believe the purpose of the limited set was for collectability reasons, they ran for like $2,300 just for the irons or something like that

Oh. Well that makes a bit more sense and actually sounds like a pretty cool idea.

[iacas]

Oh. Well that makes a bit more sense and actually sounds like a pretty cool idea.

I think Titleist made them, though, not Nike. But I could be mistaken here.

[NCGolfer]

I even heard that Titleist and/or Nike may have bought the molds for his irons to produce irons for him.

If that's true it would be a ringing endorsement for the company that made the molds. Possibly Mizuno?

[iacas]

If that's true it would be a ringing endorsement for the company that made the molds. Possibly Mizuno?

The molds have little to do with the company. Miura did the forgings, supposedly.

See the attachments. Titleist put out 500 commemorative sets or something like that. I'm fuzzy on the details. Maybe after he won the Masters in 1997 or something?

[rs4duke]

Nike did it as well making 2004 sets in 2004. Here is a link to a european site that still has them for sale as well as a link to a ebay auction showing the certificate of authenticity.

http://www.onlinegolf.co.uk/652-1372...f38308af12ca7c

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...ategory=115280

[sioutdoors]

the nike forged irons have more offset than the pro combo tour irons

[rs4duke]

that may be true for any normal person that wants to get the forged irons but these are made to tiger's specs and i doubt they have much offset.

[bradford]

According to the Golf Channel this is what Tiger had in his bag at the 2006 American Express Championship.

DriverNike SasQuatch Tour 460cc 8.5ºBuy Now
3 WoodNike Ignite T60 15ºBuy Now
5 WoodNike Ignite T40 19ºBuy Now
Irons (3-9)Nike BladesBuy Now
Wedge (PW)Nike BladeBuy Now
Wedge (SW)Nike Pro Combo 56ºBuy Now
Wedge (LW)Nike Flatback TW 60ºBuy Now
PutterScotty Cameron by Titleist Studio Stainless Newport 2 TW Prototype
BallNike One Platinum TW Prototype

[flap]

According to this months Golf mag Miuri or whatever Erik said made his irons and they make like 50 sets a week.He was a sword maker or his family was for generations.

[GoingfortheGreen]

What is really remarkable is how the Nike golf equipment brand has grown, thanks to Tiger. When he joined the PGA, I believe the only Nike was the shoes and apparel. Then he started using a Nike ball, which was followed by a driver, then irons, then fairways woods, then wedges (I think that was the progression - correct me if someone knows the correct order). Tiger has really put Nike golf equipment on the map! For Nike, he's worth every penny of the $20 million/year....