Nike vr driver voodoo shaft

This data serves as the foundation for our final performance score. As a supplement to our 6 performance testers, a subset of additional golfers were given the opportunity to test the Nike VR Pro Driver and provide feedback in our subjective categories looks, feel, sound, perceived distance, perceived accuracy, perceived forgiveness, and likelihood of purchase.

This information, which we also collected from our performance testers, is used as the foundation for our total subjective score. Testing was done using a 9. The lack of emphasis on distance in their marketing is even more surprising considering how long the VR Pro proved to be during our testing.

Certainly the VR Pro proved to be among the most difficult to fit. Some guys who normally play stiff shafts put up better numbers with the 5. Aided by our big hitters CJ and Dan , our testers combined for a raw distance average of just a hair over yards. When we calculate our scores which we normalize based on swing speed , we find that all 6 of our testers produced A-Level performance scores. As they often do, the big hitters posted scores above Two more testers posted scores above 95, while the bottom two managed scores above Accuracy scores will certainly never be as high as distance scores.

Framed in that context, the accuracy results for the Nike VR Pro driver were a bit of a mixed bag. When we crunch the numbers which involves dropping the best and worst , we find that our testers missed by an average of just over 20 yards, which it turns out is, well…average. Just as was the case for our distance scoring, every one of our testers posted A-level consistency scores. On the low end was a just under 92, while two scores of roughly Yes, a tester or two did spray the ball around a bit.

That always happens, but as a whole our testers produced consistent and repeatable results relatively speaking, of course.

My sense of things is that Nike, as a golf brand, has been somewhat polarizing. A couple of things should probably be clarified out of the gate.

I think the Compression Channel looks cool actual technological merits aside , and the logos and paint-fill are just very well done. Those details alone were enough for me to rate the looks a 9, while another tester gave it a perfect Some testers mentioned the lack of an alignment aid, while others commented on how bulky the STR8-FIT hosel looks at address.

This little detail has come up just about everywhere Nike drivers have been reviewed, so hopefully at some point Nike engineers will do something about it. Overall it was a mixed bag, with one tester absolutely less than thrilled about the looks 4. Nike drivers traditionally have a very solid hard feel to them. Unlike other drivers in the Nike lineup, that model featured a traditional, non-adjustable, glued hosel.

I have absolutely no proof, but I suspect the STR8-Fit hosel has a fairly dramatic impact on feel, and if Nike ever decided to product a lower priced, glued model, the results would be better. If it feels like a bat, it should come as no surprise that it sounds like a bat. Even those testers who were ok with the feel mostly rated the sound a point lower. So with that in mind, I want to share a quote with you from one of our testers:. Now normally this is the type of quote that might cause an OEM to withhold equipment from future reviews.

Fortunately for us, Nike has never been one to take a heavy-handed approach to MyGolfSpy. This type of thing happens all the time.

My average miss with the Nike VR Pro Driver was less than 9 yards from center, so you can be assured I rated it very highly for accuracy. Though the numbers suggest it should have been otherwise, no other tester rated accuracy higher than an 8.

Once again, perceptions contrast reality. Two testers including myself rated it a 9, while several others rated it an 8. As always, there were some dissenters, who rated it as low as 4. Toss in some 6s and 7s, and things shake out a bit below average. Though it carries the least weight of our subjective categories, LOP often provides a simple summary of how our testers responded to a given club.

LOP scores have the lowest average of any category we track, so smaller numbers are more common here than anywhere else. On the high-end we had a couple of 8s, but we also had a single tester who went all the way down to 1. Most everyone else floated between 6 and 7, which while not outstanding, could certainly be worse. It would be somewhat unfair to get bogged down by the subjective stuff.

Because of the sound and feel it may take some time to grow to love a Nike driver, but I think it can happen. If you found this review and others useful, please consider making a cash donation to help support MyGolfSpy or a contribution to our Club Recycling Program. Nike followers have been asking for tour clubs for years. Going back even to the Ignite line of drivers, we all knew about the tour heads, but had very little access to getting those heads.

Thankfully it fit me perfectly. The very first aspect will be the open face. This will promote a left to right ball pattern slice from most golfers, especially since so many struggle with an over the top move and hit banana balls already.

This will only make it worse. The second aspect is going to be the cc head. It is compact with a deep face, but not the wide face that many golfers need. Finally the low spin head paired with the Project X low spin shaft will cause many golfers to lose distance because of the lack of spin needed to keep the ball up in the air. But if all those aspects appeal to you, as they do me, this thing is a cannon.

It is no longer a want, but a need. Long and straight has been pretty common up to this point in the season. But since the VR Tour has been in my bag it is longer and just as straight. I play many of my rounds with Mr. He regularly out drives me on normal drives by about 25 yards.

Divots on good drives by both of us. The VR Tour also brought the sound down to more normal muted ranges. Still a tiny tinny, but so much better than the previous Nike lines. I have no way of testing it or feeling it, but my on course results have been outstanding. If my swing gets fickle and takes a break, I would have no problems dropping the VR Tour Str8 driver in my bag. This club is going to be what most golfers need.

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