Rory McIlroy signs with Nike.. Rory and Tiger Film Commercial Together (Updates)

[MJK3122]

I'm not a golf historian.  How many examples are there of guys switching clubs year-over-year and not missing a beat?  There has to be some.

Mickelson went from Titleist to Callaway in 2005 (actually 2004 but not all clubs until 2005) and had one of his best seasons. 21 events with 20 made cuts, 4 wins including a major (PGA champ) and his average round was 66.58. I think the moral is that these guys can play any clubs and play well. I don't think the club switch will be a problem for Rory. Living up to huge sponser and fan expectations? That might be a different story.

[mvmac]

Rumored to be the first pic of Rory's new sticks, still got the Scotty putter

[Golfingdad]

Originally Posted by mvmac

Rumored to be the first pic of Rory's new sticks, still got the Scotty putter

I wonder what the story is behind that?  The bag is clearly not a staff bag and it's strapped to a cart.  Looks like another golfer just "stole" this pic at the course.  :)

[RPMPIRE]

It's on a stand bag instead of a staff bag so I'll give give it 50% credibility. Haha...j/k. Also looks like he chose a satin as opposed to the standard chrome. The set up pretty much follows the lines of Tiger up until 2010 - All Nike clubs & Titleist Putter.

Originally Posted by mvmac

Rumored to be the first pic of Rory's new sticks, still got the Scotty putter

[bplewis24]

Any info on the clubs themselves?  I'm not familiar with Nike's brand so I'm curious to see how "off-the-shelf" they are.

[RonTheSavage]

Little more info on this from anoter website

Update 10 January 2013

These are the first pics of Rory’s actual Nike equipment for 2013.  Taken at The Els Club in Dubai where Rory was practicing.

Thanks to David Voller who happened to be walking past and snapped a pic of Rory’s new Nike clubs and there, pride of place was his trusty Scotty Cameron headcover. Notice also though the Swoosh putter headcover of the Nike Method in there too.

There are 15 clubs in the bag shown.  Along with the Nike VR II Pro blades, it looks like Rors is also going to choose between a Pro Combo cavity back long iron, a 3 and 5 fairway wood. Also there are 46, 50 and 54 “Rors” stamped wedges.  The Nike Covert driver is also in the bag.

I’ve been doing Rory’s what’s in the bag since he turned pro so am really delighted to have got the first look at this.

Nike will officially unveil Rory McIlroy as their staffer on the Monday 14th January  at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf Championship where both Rory and Tiger Woods are in the field.

Rory's bag is set to include
(shafts to be confirmed)

Driver:  Nike VR_S Covert 9.5-degree
Fairway Woods:  Nike VR Pro Limited Edition 3-wood/15-degree, 5-Wood or Nike VR Pro Cavity Back Long Irons

Irons:  VR Pro II Blades (3-9) with Project X 7.0 shafts
Wedges: Nike VR Pro (46°, 54°, 60°) with Project X 7.0 shafts
Ball: Nike 20XI X
Putter: Titleist Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport GSS prototype
Apparel:  Nike Golf Tour Performance
Footwear:  Nike Lunar Control II

[saevel25]

--  Driver: Nike VR_S Covert Tour, 9.5 degrees, neutral position
--  3-wood: Nike VR Pro Limited Edition, 15 degrees
-- 5-wood : Nike VR Pro Limited Edition, 19 degrees
-- Irons (3-PW): Nike VR Pro Blades (3-PW)
-- Wedges: Nike VR Pro (54, 60 degrees)
-- Putter: Nike Method 006 Prototype
-- Ball: Nike 20XI X
-- Apparel: Nike Golf Tour Performance Collection
-- Footwear: Nike Lunar Control

As posted by Golfdigest

[jmanbooyaa]

I missed the 1st commercial with Rory and Tiger anyone know when it might hit you tube? thanks

[Kieran123]

[Zeph]

I like it!

[jmanbooyaa]

Thanks for posting that. I enjoyed it,

[Kieran123]

"Dude, is that your real hair?"

[RonTheSavage]

Originally Posted by Kieran123

"Dude, is that your real hair?"

LOL - Well done

[iacas]

Loved it.

[Golfingdad]

Ditto everyone above ... that commercial was great!

[boogielicious]

Loved it, especially the music!  Humor was great too!

[tristanhilton85]

Great commercial.

[jamo]

Ha, I just saw that on Nike's Facebook and was about to post it. Awesome commercial. Only makes me more ready to get this season started.