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New Nike Irons Peeling on Bottom?

Cap3

By Cap3
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Hello!

I am new to golf so please forgive my ignorance! I recently purchased a new set of golf clubs, Nike Vapor Flys, and hit them for the first time today. As I was running through the irons I noticed the club was "peeling" shown in the picture below. I am hoping someone here can tell me if this is a common occurrence with new clubs. Again I am new to golf and this is the first set of clubs I have owned. If its not common, should I take them back to the store or contact Nike? Thank you in advance for all your help! 

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Looks like a film protecting the clubhead is what's peeling. You should remove that before you start using your clubs.

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Were you hitting off mats?  I get that kind of thing all the time on my irons if I'm off mats at the range...

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48 minutes ago, billchao said:

Looks like a film protecting the clubhead is what's peeling. You should remove that before you start using your clubs.

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Hi All,

Thank you! I was hitting off mats, I will try to remove it before hitting them again. Thank you all for your replies!


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6 hours ago, ERLoft said:

Were you hitting off mats?  I get that kind of thing all the time on my irons if I'm off mats at the range...

 

5 hours ago, Cap3 said:

Hi All,

Thank you! I was hitting off mats, I will try to remove it before hitting them again. Thank you all for your replies!

Most range mats do that to the bottom of your clubs.  Nothing to worry about, just scrub it off.

PS - see if there's an area with grass instead.  Might as well practice hitting off what you'll be playing on (I.e. Grass).  A little easier on the joints/wrists as well (to me anyway)

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6 hours ago, ERLoft said:

Were you hitting off mats?  I get that kind of thing all the time on my irons if I'm off mats at the range...

Pretty sure it's this. 

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9 hours ago, jamo said:

Pretty sure it's this. 

Looks at the hosel. There is film there too. 

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Yup! Looks like he left a protective film on the club! Heck, I have a buddy who leaves the "wraparound" price stickers on his clubs. Never takes them off. We call him Minnie Pearl! The older folks among us will understand the reference!

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8 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Yup! Looks like he left a protective film on the club! Heck, I have a buddy who leaves the "wraparound" price stickers on his clubs. Never takes them off. We call him Minnie Pearl! The older folks among us will understand the reference!

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13 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

Yup! Looks like he left a protective film on the club! Heck, I have a buddy who leaves the "wraparound" price stickers on his clubs. Never takes them off. We call him Minnie Pearl! The older folks among us will understand the reference!

I have a couple of clubs I never bothered to take the stickers off of. :whistle:

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thats from hitting off the mats, your good lol clean your clubs after hitting off mats and that stuff comes right off it's not going to hurt your clubs.

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