Nike VR Tour Issue serial numbers

[archie10]

Can anyone tell me if the following Serial Number is a Tour Issue serial number for a Nike VR Tour - Ea00014404012?Somebody in the UK is advertising it as Tour Issue and I suspect its just a custom build from Nike, as it has a Project X 6.5 fitted which was a custom option.

[leet74]

i very much doubt it

first off, he is lying in his listing saying his friend who is a "very high up Pro" got it for him

see here [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260655408283"]http://cgi.ebay.co.u...em=260655408283[/url] this shows he bought it off ebay in August, and in this listing there is no mention of tour serials

he's yet another charlatan on ebay trying to get extra £/$ by making up a load of Crap

a certain ebay UK seller (smiders29) is notorious for claiming tour this tour that "this shaft belonged to 3 time major champ" "this club was a recent ryder cup players" "hell, this head belonged to Old Tom Morris Himself" for extra few quid. a lot of sellers now tell outright lies and very long stories in their "so called" listings. and most people who havnt got much knowledge about tour v's retail will be sucked in every time.

it pays big time being a member of sites like this one, all you will ever need to learn is contained in 1000's of topics on here.

[archie10]

I thought as much.Thanks!!

[ilv2glf7]

I actually have a VR Tour Driver and there is NO serial number on the hosel. If it was received from a tour van there shouldnt be a serial number.

[hm59]

I had a tour issue VR Tour 420 driver and the serial started FT0...

I've had a tour issue Ignite 460 that had no serial as well, and I believe they use/d BR0 serials also. Hope this helps

[bballchester24]

There is much debate about Nike tour department equipment. From my understanding, the only truly tour issue equipment that is released now has an FTO serial number or the initials of a tour player along with an 8 digit number. I have however found a driver head that has an FFO serial number, and I'm 100% sure it's from the PGA tour Many of the tour issue stuff that supposedly has no serial # is tough to identify. If the source is trusted, then it is tour issue. But I know for a fact that the sales reps get samples that don't have serial #'s.

[faaaayduuur]

http://www.golfwrx.com/forums/topic/417686-my-new-toys-showed-up-today/

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[iaindan]

my tour issue nike vr tour driver starts with FTO aswell

[TheDorf]

Hello,

I sent you a private message, that should clear things up, please check that and get back to me if you have more questions

Thanks

Kind Regards
The Dorf

[hoot29576]

When I was getting Nike stuff, they all started BR

[jluv245]

There are four ways to identily nike tour issued equipment FTO, OTO, BRO and no sieral number at all. If you see any thing other then these, there not from the tour department.

[Hairpie]

So does that mean my VR Tour without a serial # is tour.?....I've scoured this club and can find no #....

[jluv245]

More then likely, it was a raw head that came off tour van with nothing done to it. All retail items have a serial number on them ALL nike retail has serial numbers on them, tour issued one's have BT#### FT#### OT####, or nothing at all.

[Judge Smails]

[quote name='jluv245' timestamp='1342734881' post='5311238']
More then likely, it was a raw head that came off tour van with nothing done to it. All retail items have a serial number on them ALL nike retail has serial numbers on them, tour issued one's have BT#### FT#### OT####, or nothing at all.
[/quote]

Following up on this after acquiring a few new tour issue Nike products.

It is well established that older models had BTO### and OTO#### as the most common serial numbers. The two SQ II tour issue fairways I STILL have in the bag both have OTO### serials. What great clubs.

However, some of the new stuff has is a bit different and the FT is more common, and sometimes without the "O". First, I have a glued hosel VR tour (LTD proto) that has an FTO### number. I also have an VR LTD that has an FT###, no "O" that I am 100% certain is a tour club. With regard to the Covert line, I have a tour issue Performance 5 wood with no serial number whatsoever and a tour issue Covert Tour Driver with an OR### serial number. The LTD tour head and the Covert driver head also both have raised "dots" in the white swoosh on the sole. One dot on the VT LTD, and two dots on the Covert driver.

Finally, the wedges have a huge serial number that starts with the players initials and then a series of numbers that correspond with the date it was produced, but they are out of order. I have also seen more than a few wedges with these long serials numbers that also have "27" stamped on them. I have no idea what that means, but the wedges I own and Tiger and Rory's wedges photographed by the folks who visited the Oven have the same type of serial number and also the "27." I believe an explanation of the wedge serial numbers is somewhere in the "Oven" thread, but there are a lot of pages and I didn't bother trying to find it. It's there though if you look for it.

[bearnow22]

Mine says FTO as well. Its also about to be for sale :-). 10.5 marked actual loft is 9.75. D3 @ 45" DI-6S tipped 1".

[GoIrish17]

[quote name='TheDorf' timestamp='1290697635' post='2808196']
Hello,

I sent you a private message, that should clear things up, please check that and get back to me if you have more questions

Thanks

Kind Regards
The Dorf
[/quote]

Please share your insight with the forum, I think more than just the OP might visit this thread looking for answers to the same questions.

[kwooten31]

[quote name='GoIrish17' timestamp='1380210080' post='7914191']
[quote name='TheDorf' timestamp='1290697635' post='2808196']
Hello,

I sent you a private message, that should clear things up, please check that and get back to me if you have more questions

Thanks

Kind Regards
The Dorf
[/quote]

I

Please share your insight with the forum, I think more than just the OP might visit this thread looking for answers to the same questions.
[/quote]

I highly doubt you will get a response, his post was from way back in 2010....

[GoIrish17]

[quote name='kwooten31' timestamp='1380210946' post='7914259']
[quote name='GoIrish17' timestamp='1380210080' post='7914191']
[quote name='TheDorf' timestamp='1290697635' post='2808196']
Hello,

I sent you a private message, that should clear things up, please check that and get back to me if you have more questions

Thanks

Kind Regards
The Dorf
[/quote]

I

Please share your insight with the forum, I think more than just the OP might visit this thread looking for answers to the same questions.
[/quote]

I highly doubt you will get a response, his post was from way back in 2010....
[/quote]

My bad, I didn't look at the time stamp. Carry on.

[Judge Smails]

Yeah, this is an old post I found while searching for confirmation of a few tour issue nike products. I just thought I would add some information for those who found the thread in the future and were looking for answers.

[danielpgafrancis]

[quote name='Judge Smails' timestamp='1380214137' post='7914531']
Yeah, this is an old post I found while searching for confirmation of a few tour issue nike products. I just thought I would add some information for those who found the thread in the future and were looking for answers.
[/quote]

Would a Tour Issue Nike CT 2.0 Tour, from the Oven (supposedly), have an "OHT-######-27" serial number?
Also, would it have two dots in the swoosh on the sole and no alignment aid on the crown?

Seems genuine, but thought I'd ask someone with experience of Nike Tour Issue clubs.

[Judge Smails]

[quote name='danielpgafrancis' timestamp='1409266370' post='10027381']
[quote name='Judge Smails' timestamp='1380214137' post='7914531']
Yeah, this is an old post I found while searching for confirmation of a few tour issue nike products. I just thought I would add some information for those who found the thread in the future and were looking for answers.
[/quote]

Would a Tour Issue Nike CT 2.0 Tour, from the Oven (supposedly), have an "OHT-######-27" serial number?
Also, would it have two dots in the swoosh on the sole and no alignment aid on the crown?

Seems genuine, but thought I'd ask someone with experience of Nike Tour Issue clubs.
[/quote]

Sounds potentially legit. My CP 2.0 fairway has an FT-xxxxxx-27 serial number. The two dots in the swoosh definitely indicates tour issue, although - at least as fairways are concerned - some do, and some don't. The lack of alignment aid on the crown is also indicative of a tour club.

[danielpgafrancis]

Thanks Judge!!

[danielpgafrancis]

[quote name='Judge Smails' timestamp='1409277059' post='10028343']
[quote name='danielpgafrancis' timestamp='1409266370' post='10027381']
[quote name='Judge Smails' timestamp='1380214137' post='7914531']
Yeah, this is an old post I found while searching for confirmation of a few tour issue nike products. I just thought I would add some information for those who found the thread in the future and were looking for answers.
[/quote]

Would a Tour Issue Nike CT 2.0 Tour, from the Oven (supposedly), have an "OHT-######-27" serial number?
Also, would it have two dots in the swoosh on the sole and no alignment aid on the crown?

Seems genuine, but thought I'd ask someone with experience of Nike Tour Issue clubs.
[/quote]

Sounds potentially legit. My CP 2.0 fairway has an FT-xxxxxx-27 serial number. The two dots in the swoosh definitely indicates tour issue, although - at least as fairways are concerned - some do, and some don't. The lack of alignment aid on the crown is also indicative of a tour club.
[/quote]

Here are some pictures.
What do you reckon? Legit or not?
Could the two dots be faked? How about the lack of alignment aid?

[Waterman2]

I know this is an older thread but I thought it was better than starting a new one.

 

I have a couple of VR Tour heads from Japan that have the JAXXX serial numbers, as well as a dot in the Nike swoosh. Are these basically identical to retail, or is there anything different? I'm thinking about COR - I know some older Nike JDM clubs had hotter faces (Ignite+).