Nike VR Pro Combo Irons - Forum Testing Review

Best looking irons out period. Can't wait to hear everyone's thoughts on them....oh and keep the pics coming.
 
I get more and more jealous whenever I see sticks of the lucky few that are getting to test these. They are some sexy irons.
 
Wow! Awesome start to the testing by mcook! Nice pics dude, really getting me to a whole new level of excitement for mine arriving. The pics show the different styles nicely too, can't wait to hear your initial thoughts to give me something to compare to! :D
 
Those are HAWT, could possibly be my next set of irons, i do know for a fact my next set will be a Combo set of some sort
 
OH MY GOD! Its been about a month since I've seen these sticks and I almost forgot how sexy there were. Man those are nice man, looking forward to your thoughts.

My sentiments exactly. just downright HAWT!

I get more and more jealous whenever I see sticks of the lucky few that are getting to test these. They are some sexy irons.

Freakin A man me too! So jealous! But I can live somewhat vicariously through these guys... have fun boys!
 
Great to see you got yours cook!!!!!!! They really do look amazing.

I also think they did a tremendous job blending the set.. Kind of hard to tell the difference on some angles!
 
Oh geez. Those are freaking pretty. Great pics!
 
Suddenly my clubs look like they belong in the garbage
 
Mcook is in the thread so I hope its because he's typing how easy these clubs are to hit!
 
Video update: still trying to load video from earlier today. YouTube has completed 75% twice then died and Photo Bucket got to 13% and stopped. Trying YouTube again now. Video is about 5 minutes long and 375 MB (HD). I will place video in this thread as well as my first post in this for ease of finding as soon as it decides to upload - my apologies for the delay.

RANGE SESSION 1 UPDATE:

Hey everyone, just got back from my 1st range session with the new irons. Overall, I am fairly pleased with how things went - about as I expected with no big surprises. Entire session was hitting straight into a 10-15 MPH south wind.

Initial Impression throughout set:

- These clubs look amazing. They are sleek with what is for me a very minimal topline compared to what I am used to.
- They look so good that they instill confidence and you feel like you are going to hit a good shot.
- The shafts (especially towards the grip) are noticeably thicker in diameter than what I am used to.

I started off hitting about 5-7 PW shots with my old clubs to get a sense of feel, trajectory, and distance. I then moved onto the Nike's. My first thought is "these feel great". Very smooth through impact with similar trajectory to my old PW but they are about 10 yards shorter on average. I expected this going in because of the loft differences (the VR Pro Combo's are about 3 degrees weaker through the set than my Cobra S9's).

I then moved onto the 7 iron and did the same thing, hit old club first and then the Nike. I saw a similar distance loss of approximately 10 yards. The ball climbed very quickly for me - but did not balloon. It just climbed and carried at that height for what seemed like awhile. I am already a high ball hitter so this was not a surprise to me either. After watching the trajectory, I made a concerted attempt to hit more of a punch shot with a 3/4 swing and was able to do that with ease. When I mishit a shot with these split cavity irons, I immediately knew it and could tell by the sound and vibration through my hands. When I would catch a shot "flush", I felt none of that.

I then proceeded to jump down to the 4 iron. I hit my old one first and then the Nike. This is where I really started to notice a different in ball flight and line. Every swing with my old club was either straight down the range or a fade (not to the slice point yet). The Nike was DEAD straight but about 10 yards left of the middle of the range. I did not notice it as much with the higher lofted clubs but did more on the 3 and 4 irons. I got curious about swing weight (which I do not know much about) and balanced each 4 iron in a hand and determined that the balance point on the Nike is about 1 inch - 1 1/2 inches further up the shaft (towards the grip). Does that have something to do with the ball flight/alignment? The ball flight was lower than my Cobra but now low by any means - probably getting up to about 120 feet at max height.

I do not even have a 3 iron in my old set but decided to go ahead and hit 3 iron off the deck which I have not done in a LONG time. Mixed results here - hit the first few fat and then got into a good rhythm and was hitting some very straight (but still left of middle of range) and carrying about 190 or so. One thing I did notice is that on the long irons I was consistently hitting the ball off of the toe but still seeing good results. On the mishits, I felt it here more than any other club in the set. Not only was there a harsh vibration in my hands but the ball got up to about 25 feet in the air and carried about 100 yards.

Overall thoughts after 1st range session:

- Love the responsiveness of the irons. I immediately know where I missed it on the club.
- PW gives a great high launch and I could tell I was putting some spin on that bad boy - I think it will be my favorite club in the bag when all is said and done.
- Mishits throughout the set are immediately felt. While I lost distance on mishits in my long irons, I think that is a trade off where as a mishit in a hybrid for me did not stay straight; it was either right or left. Personally, I would rather be 50-60 yards short on a mishit than flag high and 30 yards right.
- After swinging the Nike's and then going back to the Cobra, one thought popped into my head - now I see where this "shovel" term comes from. That's how big the Cobra's feel after hitting the Nike's. While the width is the same, this is the impression given from the topline and cavity back that can be seen at address.
- Grips are good. Not great, but not terrible. I could see eventually swapping out the stock grips.

Keep in mind that I am coming from graphite shafts so I may feel mishits more than others moving to steel shafts. Hope the above is readable - page full of notes that I was trying to make sense of!

Questions - please ask away!!

Thanks again to THP and Nike Golf for this opportunity - these babies are my gamers and will be for a long time, just have to spend a bunch more quality time together. Below are a few pics from today on the range:

Iron Covers for my new babies:
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7 iron impact area - hitting it where I wanted to:
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3 iron impact area - everything off the toe:
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3 iron at address - just wants to attack the ball!
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Wow is all I have to say! Great post buddy!!
 
Those sticks are ridiculous!! I am so jealous!


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Thanks for the quick update!
 
if you are hitting it 120ft in the air something is wrong lol
great review though, those are just some awesome irons
 
What an absolutely beautiful set of clubs.
 
Well based on that range update thp did a good job picking testers! Great update
 
if you are hitting it 120ft in the air something is wrong lol
great review though, those are just some awesome irons

You could be right there now that I think about it more. They were just barely over the top of the trees that run along the range. Now that I think about it and compare it to some cliff jumping that was measured, it was probably more in the 80 foot range. I had a hard time writing down a number at the range on that one. The point I wanted to make is that they got up like you would want a long iron to but were not too high nor too low - ideal trajectory.
 
You could be right there now that I think about it more. They were just barely over the top of the trees that run along the range. Now that I think about it and compare it to some cliff jumping that was measured, it was probably more in the 80 foot range. I had a hard time writing down a number at the range on that one. The point I wanted to make is that they got up like you would want a long iron to but were not too high nor too low - ideal trajectory.

i still cant imagine 80ft high lol, i use to build cell phone towers and on average they were around 110ft around here. Great review though, looking forward to more, i will be watching this closely
 
Great initial write up mccook! loved your honest opinions and pictures to show the club faces. Keep up the good work.
 
Great first update Mcook, 3 irons are tough man. I can`t get over how sexy these are.
 
i still cant imagine 80ft high lol, i use to build cell phone towers and on average they were around 110ft around here. Great review though, looking forward to more, i will be watching this closely

According to Tracman, Tour pro average height for a 5 iron is around 30 yards, so 80 feet is very possible.
 
According to Tracman, Tour pro average height for a 5 iron is around 30 yards, so 80 feet is very possible.

i know they hit it high but were no tour pro's, thats higher than my wedge, anyhow looking forward to more reviews
 
sweet clubs
 
Very nice writeup MCook. I'm thinking I might have to grab some iron covers for these bad boys myself.


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great write up mcook.....those have to be one of the sexiest irons

what kind of grips do they come stock with?
 
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