Nike Golf staff players have had the company's VR irons for just a few weeks, but they have already totaled two international wins for the clubs. Charl Schwartzel earned the second at the Madrid Masters on Sunday.
"I switched to the new VR Forged TW Blades only three weeks ago and the results speak for themselves," said Schwartzel after his victory. "The irons offer me extra distance, excellent control and they feel consistent throughout the bag."
The first win for the VR line came on the Japan Tour when Toyokazu Fujishima won with the VR Forged Split Cavity irons.
Schwartzel's muscleback blades are made from 1025 forged carbon steel with a CNC milled face. Set to be released to the public on Nov. 1, the clubs have a thicker backpad and toe than Nike's original blades.
PING PUTTERS PLAY TOPS ON LPGA: In addition to having three staff pros place in the top four at the Longs Drugs Challenge, Ping also saw its putters take all four top spots at the event.
Winner In-Kyung Kim played a new iWi B60, earning the first Tour win for an iWi putter. Angela Stanford used a Karsten Series B60, Yani Tseng had a Redwood D66 and LPGA No. 1 Lorena Ochoa used her trusty Redwood ZB putter.
TAYLORMADE UPDATES: From TaylorMade's Tour Van there were the following reports this week: Eric Axley switched from Titleist wedges to rac Z TP wedges in 56 and 60 degrees, with Lego grind … Five players put the new Tour Preferred irons in the bag at the Valero Texas Open - Carlos Franco, Nathan Green, Dustin Johnson, Sean O'Hair and Bob Sowards … John Senden and Rod Pampling were fitted for the new clubs and plan to test them in Australia ... Peter Lonard used a new, shorter Rossa Daytona KiaMa putter ... Brandt Jobe was fitted for a new r7 SuperQuad ... David Toms continues to try new equipment, as he was fit for a new Burner 3-wood with more loft.
