Tony dabbs from nike golf takes us through the process when adjusting the new nike covert driver while on the range at the 20 pga show. Now, to get that face square at impact, you need to open that 10 degree driver a couple degrees, thus adding loft. Feb 06, 20 tony dabbs from nike golf takes us through the process when adjusting the new nike covert driver while on the range at the 20 pga show demo day. Does anyone know how to get one, ive been looking all over for one, or even if someone just knows the workings of setting the driver to my own preferen. Mar 30, 2015 the vapor speed is the largest, most forgiving driver in the nike line up this year. If your current driver did not come with a wrench and a manual, youre already behind the times. Like every other system out there now, adjustments are managed through a screw on the sole of the driver. Nike debuts its first line of clubs forged irons, wedges and a titanium driver at the pga merchandise show, and ships its first clubs to retail in february. Get the best deals on nike wrench when you shop the largest online selection at. With my old driver, i hit the ball so high that i was losing a lot of distance. Apr 12, 2012 basically hitting your current driver against this new nike driver. Instead of calling it a lie angle adjustment, most manufacturers talk about fade, neutral, or draw settings.
The vr driver is loaded with power and performance. Typically a better players problem, a hook happens when the face is closed to the path of the swing. See whats happening with nike golf, home of the best golfers and most innovative products. I didnt purchase it from golfsmith and was ready to drop down a good sum on a new shaft, but they said i could have a new shaft today and would be charged or theyd send it back to nike on my behalf to get it fixedreplaced by them. Viral discussion about the new covert driver a big part of the companys image change has been the signing of the no. Everything you want to know about the nike covert driver.
This wrench should work on any nike victory red, vr s, covert, and covert 2. Need str8fit instruction manual clubs, grips, shafts. To start, there is the new and improved str8fit hosel that allows the golfer to fine tune their face angle and ball flight. My distance was about equal but a lot of others were seeing big increases in distance. Now maybe its because ive been hitting my g15 to the right of late but my head is turning towards the nike with the adjustability feature. Str8fit nike shafts 2 results from nike like nike golf. Nike flexloft and str8fit allow you to adjust your loft and face angles. Their adjustable hosel system, flex loft, is also one of the widest ranging and most intuitive in the industry. The patented nike flexloft system hasnt gone anywhere in 2014, so you can still adjust the loft on the driver from 8.
Unlike the companys position in some other sports, nike is the new kid on the. The nike vr s fairway wood uses the same variablethickness nexcor infinity technology as the vr s driver. Nike vrs driver adjustment guide hi all, i just bought the. Nike golfs patented flexloft system offers the same, intuitive adjustability system featured in the vrs covert driver. The nike compression channel technology delivers power like a 460cc head while providing great shotshaping capabilities. A golf clubs loft refers to the club faces angle relative to the clubs shaft, according to pga pro mark blakemore. Everything you want to know about the nike covert driver golfwrx. All 6 of our testers produced alevel performance scores. A distinctive red compression channel runs from heel to toe on the sole of the club and helps to increase the compression of the body to produce higher ball speeds on even off centre hits.
Curing a slice with an adjustable driver golf monthly. The nike vr pro driver is the nike s is a significant improvement on the previous victory red driver and is a more tourlevel design than the sq machspeed black series. These adjustments can create eight shot types when hitting the club off the tee. The look and shape of the head are more classic pearshaped than nike s previous drivers and the club seems to sit slightly open at address. It also has a mitsubishi rayon shaft with an mdt power ninja core. The new nike vrs covert adjustable hosel is the best on the market right now. How adjustable drivers can fix your swing flaw golf digest.
Nike golf delivers forgiving distance with the vrs covert. The nike vr str8fit tour golf driver has a refined and classic appearance which helps to deliver low spin rates and a more penetrating ball flight. While the red head might still be a turn off to some, the performance of this driver doesnt lie. Nike worked hard in collaborating with their athletes, including rory mcilroy, kevin chappell and nick watney, to add the shape, stability, and speed that they wanted. I am not currently in the market for a driver because it is going to take an amazing new driver to kick my geek drivers out of my bag. Instead of deciding which loft driver to purchase when you decide to add the nike vrs covert 2. Mar 14, 20 i certainly expected the covert driver to be good, i just didnt think it would land at the top of the list for my preferred driver. You may want to try calling nike golf customer service at comments i just acquired the sq dymo str8fit driver and plan on gaming that at the beginning of the season, which here in chicago is still a few months away. You still have the big cavity on the underside of the head that is the heart of the covert range. If i want to correct a slice with my drive and i have a nike covert driver, do i set. Oh, and you can easily adjust the loft and face angle of the club at anytime, anywhere. Nike drivers use advanced and innovative designs to deliver maximum performance. I was introduced to and fitted for a vr pro nike driver.
A driver with exciting new technology like the nike vrs covert. The change produced an average of 12 more yards of carry and five yards in total distance. Fit manual ken follett world without end pdf download. The lie is the angle you must hold the club to allow the club head to rest flat on the ground. Nike went bigger and better in 2014 with the covert driver. Capitalizing on their success in other sports, nike has produced a full line of products, from wedges, irons, woods and drivers to apparel, footwear and gloves that have rapidly gained much popularity both on tour, and among players of all. We adjusted the hosel to add 2 degrees of loft, from 9.
Check out the video below an indepth interview with gidge. Welcome to devil balls proving ground, where we put the latest golf gear through its paces. Dec 12, 20 my slice with my driver has been cured thanks to my fitting. Apart from whats different visually ill cover that in the looks section, this years vr driver features and upgrade to nike s compression channel technology. It just so happens i hit the f2 and f3 versus nike vrs c2 f and fd, and nikr can see the numbers below. Used to hit a very low shot which could end up a long way right. Since their introduction of the str8fit hosel, nike golf pushed adjustable club technology forward, allowing golfers to adjust loft, face, and lie angles. For typical adjustable drivers, you can close the clubface, alter the hosel to a more upright position andor shift the movable weighting toward the heel. My slice with my driver has been cured thanks to my fitting. A combination of twelve sleeve movements increases or decreases loft by 0. Nike says the crater of mass the company removed from driver s sole moves helps move the clubs center of gravity more forward, which makes the forgiving than other drivers. Nike golf has gained much ground in just a few short years in the golf equipment and apparel business. As they have done for the past few years, taylormade is offering more than two. It has the same crown graphics as the vapor flex or vapor pro, but its substantially larger.
I have a nike v r with the wrench to adjust,but my problem is there is a red arrow on one side of hosel and a white arrow on the other side,which is. Thomas devine, fitting specialist at the pga academy at devere oulton hall, demonstrates how adjusting your driver can help you hit the ball straighter. Shows virtually no traces of wear, may have been hit one or more times in controlled conditions. Sep 14, 2018 how to adjust a nike vrs driver download it really is a nice club and look forward to playing with it on course and seeing if it delivers we went away and took a huge amount of feedback from golf professionals and retailers all over the world, not just whether they would be interested in the product, but what the product needs to do. If its a 10 degree driver, it will always be 10 degrees, no matter how you twist it.
The vr ss new lface technology has a precisely positioned weld on the sole for a more expansive cor zone. Face angle is also adjustable to three different positions. New nike universal wrench for vr, covert, vrs, covert 2. Tony dabbs from nike golf takes us through the process when adjusting the new nike covert driver while on the range at the 20 pga show demo day.
Nike vr str8 fit tour driver shaft broke at clubs, grips. Perhaps the biggest improvement is the scaling down of the hosel area. I bought the driver from a friend and have no instructions about how to adjust the club to get the lowest possible trajectory. If i want to correct a slice with my drive and i have a. Now hit a towering ball with rarely more than a couple of yards dispersion off the starting line. Yup, the nike vr s driver is 1520 yards longer for me than my ping g10 and every other driver i have hit the past 3 or so years and all of the ones before that too. The nike vr s covert has the cavity back wood technology is underneath the crown and alsoprovides more stability at impact for the longer and straighter shots. Aug 24, 2018 how to adjust a nike vrs driver download its better for you to understand why your ball flight is a slice. Set the driver to the highest loft and youll see a closed face.
Real taylormade golf driver fairway m1 m2 r15 sldr r11 wrench tool works w nike 5 out of 5 stars 33 product ratings 33 product ratings real taylormade golf driver fairway m1 m2 r15 sldr r11 wrench tool works w nike. Put it on your customer feedback section of the website that i how to adjust a nike vrs you guys do a brilliant job. We made the same 1 degree adjustment to a closed position and saw obvious right to left influence the process when adjusting the new nike covert driver while on the range at the 20. How fast can you change loft and face angle on your driver. The new variable compression channel reportedly increases impact speeds at more spots across the club face. Drivers are typically lofted between 8 and 11 degrees, so drivers with lofts of 9. Aug 05, 2016 nike debuts its first line of clubs forged irons, wedges and a titanium driver at the pga merchandise show, and ships its first clubs to retail in february. Hi all, i just bought the nike dymo str8fit driver from roger dunn used yesterday, but i didnt get the instruction manual on setting the driver. Mar 03, 2015 before you go tinkering with your equipment, you might want to reconsider your approach to this solution for a few reasons. It is the easiest and most adjustable of any current driver. Apr 08, 2010 hi all, i just bought the nike dymo str8fit driver from roger dunn used yesterday, but i didnt get the instruction manual on setting the driver. The tool works great but i took 1 star because on the picture you can see the nike logo in two locations on the tool and when it arrived it has no nike logos.
So do the adjustable drivers really work are is it a marketing gimmick. Nike designed its str8fit drivers with an adjustable hosel joint, allowing golfers to alter the face, loft and lie angles. If i want to correct a slice with my drive and i have a nike. Flex loft allows golfers to independently adjust the loft and face angle. The more you change the loft the more you will change the lie as the face angle changes, but the camber on the. The higherlofted driver is typically a better choice for an amateur player.
Does the nike vrs covert driver require custom fitting. The adjustment that most manufacturers have, but few talk about, is lie angle. They were also the first company to bring a cavityback driver to market with their covert driver. Nov 02, 2018 as others have mentioned, they have a very high ball flight and my biggest problem so far has been adjusting my yardages. Their adjustable hosel system, flex loft, is also one of the widest. Each driver comes complete with headcover and the nike str8fit hosel adjustment tool, allowing golfers custom fit the driver to their specific requirements with.
Set it to the lowest loft and the face will be open. The same thing happened to my vr shaft in the exact same position on the shaft 3 inch long crack from the hosel. Aug 25, 2015 i am trying out an adams xtd 9 degree driver. Nexcor face technology delivers faster ball speed and longer shots from a wider area of the face. This is the large footprint that youd expect from a 460 cc driver, and the shape is round and symmetrical. In an ultracompetitive market where clubmakers are looking for any way to gain an edge, the adjustable drivers have become a hot trend over the last few years. Nikes vapor drivers move in new direction this is the loop. Surprisingly, they also have a very pleasing sound. The weight plug in the sole optimizes the center of gravity closer to the face.
Very red, but still all top quality features for a tour quality driver. However, the online chart somewhat contradicts the chart that came with the driver. The quick answer would be to close the face or grip the driver with the face turned to the left. Beyond the adjustability of the club is the redesigned head which takes the club to the 460cc limit. There will also be a tour version of the driver available for.
Jan 20, 2012 the nexcor face did seem to give a little more ball speed and together with the stronger lofts, the nike vrs irons do deliver distance. Nike golf delivers forgiving distance with the vrs covert 2. I heard a comment the other day that the nike vrs covert driver may. Heres my 1st attempt at replacing the nike sqdymo str8fit driver with a new stiffer shaft. Nike processes information about your visit using cookies to improve site performance, facilitate social media sharing and offer advertising tailored to your interests. The leastlofted golf club, other than a putter, is the driver. Based on the diagrams, it looks like what nike has tried to do isnt. Im inclined to label nike the most underrated and under appreciated of the big 5 oems taylormade, callaway, titleist, ping, and nike. A standing at address with the club face neutral, parallel to the ball leg stance shoulder width apart, ball position lined up with your left heelfor a driver. Setting it closed is a big no, as the effective face degree shall became too low, unless you are a long driver competitor. If i want to correct a slice with my drive and i have a nike covert.
The numbers say the nike vr pro driver is impressively and deceptively long. I just got my new driver in the mail and i want to set it to 11. The club in question is the nike vrs str8 fit driver. With nikes covert tour driver, he didnt have to adjust it to the right setting the tour has a face angle around 1. Jan 27, 20 no company has boosted its stock more in 20 than nike golf. Now, maybe it is not fair to compare a ping g10 to the nike vr s since the ping is about 34 years old but as i stated, i have also hit other newer clubs but never realized.
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