Tiger Woods talks about his 'old school' approach to golf equipment at Nike event

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Tiger Woods made an appearance at Nike's media day in New York City on Tuesday morning to chat about his new Nike irons, his old clubs, persimmon woods, testing new clubs, and a few other items to boot.

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"I'm old school," Tiger said. "I"m part of the last generation to play persimmon and balata balls. I grew up on persimmon. The ball always moved so you had to play a shot. A lot of guys stand up there now and just try to hit the ball as far as they can."

In regard to the days of yore, Tiger said that his first Tour win, which was a playoff victory over Davis Love III, featured one of the last players to still use a wooden driver. Love, Bob Estes, and Justin Leonard were the only players at the time who still hit persimmon off the tee, according to Woods.

Clearly enjoying the persimmon talk, Woods added that when he was a kid he used to ask his father Earl why people always used the phrase "hit it on the screws," since the screws were not in the center of the clubface.

"That's a miss-hit," said Tiger with a smile, "you wanted to miss the screws."