Nike Victory Red TW Forged Blade Irons designed to offer the low handicapper the precision they crave

Nike Victory Red TW Forged Blade Irons designed to offer the low handicapper the precision they crave

Tiger has had direct input to the design of all the Victory Red irons. Prior to his absence from competition with his knee injury he worked alongside Nike's team of designers and engineers with the aim to create Nike Golf's best irons ever. It goes without saying that out of the 3 Victory Red irons his efforts are most evident in these, the new premium irons the Nike Victory Red Forged TW Blades.

Nike tell us that the VR Blades have the same centre of gravity (COG) as Tiger's irons and have already been picked up by Nike Staffers such as Paul Casey, KJ Choi, Stewart Cink, Charl Schwartzel who recently won at the Madrid Masters on the European Tour after only 3 weeks with the new irons and many others. For so many of their Tour players to have adopted them so early clearly shows that Nike have come out with something that offers a little more than the previous generation. While Tiger did not have these irons in the bag at his victory at the US Open in Torrey Pines, he thought enough of the marque to find space for a 60-degree Victory Red Wedge.

Performance

Exceptionally good, these are players irons and make no apologies for it. While mid-trajectory shots are the easiest to produce, both high soaring shots and three-quarter punches are well within your grasp and a full swing generates serious distance. Deceptively for a club with such a high COG (from both the high muscleback and the long hosel) there's still enough spin that you are able to work the ball with ease and even hold greens with long irons. The sole is narrow with a rolled leading edge and a ground-off trailing edge which favors precise ball-striking and the ability to pick the ball off the turf with medium to small divots.

In the short and medium irons, flag are targets and the ball can be fired at them with real venom as distance control is very simple. Moving towards the longer irons requires a little more circumspection as you become aware that these clubs have been designed for performance first and forgiveness second. That's not to say that they are difficult clubs to get airborne but missing the sweetspot in any direction results in a noticeable loss of distance but then that is a fact of life with pretty much any blade and tingling fingers as your mistake is made known.

While the VR Blades are very similar in concept to the previous generation of Nike's blades, they contain a series of small but definite improvements that mean that the performance is so good that they should be considered by anyone looking for new blades.

Tiger had this to say about these irons "I like the new VR Blades because of the consistent feel throughout the bag, how good it looks in a playing position and my workability. I can shape the ball both ways, change my trajectory, do whatever I need to do to hit the ball closest to the hole and be as efficient as I can throughout the round. That's ultimately what you want to have happen. I hope to have these new irons in my bag upon my return to competition." And let's be honest, you don't get much more of an endorsement than that.

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