Tour Loft on Nike Forged Blades

[Emperoryder]

What are the tour players setting their lofts at???

I know that from stock, the lofts are even weaker than

most blades.

[emc]

Tiger's lofts anyway are (I think) same as 16/17 years ago, so his PW would be 51* and so on. In other words he's playing a club more than what is now the industry standard

[CRutherford]

The standard lofts are 2* weak on the Nike forged blades, putting the PW at 49*. I know that Tiger has his bent 1* upright, but I believe the lofts are the Nike standard.

[Emperoryder]

Oh, I thought that most tour players bend their loft stronger...

[The Racing Snake]

weaker.. it gives them a higher more workable ball flight!

[golfernut78]

The standard lofts are 2* weak on the Nike forged blades, putting the PW at 49*. I know that Tiger has his bent 1* upright, but I believe the lofts are the Nike standard.

 

tiger plays weaker lofts. the pw is 50*-51*. there was a discussion on it just a few weeks ago.

[sigmamason]

Depends upon the COG of the club in question. Higher COG will sometimes work with stronger lofts and lower COG will work with weaker lofts...

[Emperoryder]

Right on, just trying to see if the weaker loft was the reason why I was ballooning my shots.

 

Also, if the shaft says stiff, than its s400's correct???

[golfernut78]

Depends upon the COG of the club in question. Higher COG will sometimes work with stronger lofts and lower COG will work with weaker lofts...

 

i think you have that backwards, low COG, stronger loft (ala taylormade r7 irons), and a high COG, weaker loft (ala nike forged blades).

[christ378]

If its s400 it will dictate that on the shaft label. I think untill this year nike standard stiff irons were TX 90 shafts, but I cant remember if that was just the combos or not.

 

J.

[giogolf]

If its s400 it will dictate that on the shaft label. I think untill this year nike standard stiff irons were TX 90 shafts, but I cant remember if that was just the combos or not.

 

J.

 

Nike Blade shafts: Regular = DGR300, Stiff = DGS400, XStiff = DGX100

 

Pro Combo = TX90

NDS = Uniflex, like Callaway Uniflex

[yUmaRouS]

Retail nike blades are almost a club weaker than other standard clubs. 5I loft is at 29*, don't know about the tour one though. :drinks:

[sigmamason]

If its s400 it will dictate that on the shaft label. I think untill this year nike standard stiff irons were TX 90 shafts, but I cant remember if that was just the combos or not.

 

J.

 

Not quite correct...

 

PC came out in 2002. TX90 was stock then. In 2003, Nike moved to using the S300 and Rifle 6.0 as stock.

PC Tour came with R300, S300, X100. PC OS comes with TX90 as stock

 

MBs were using S400 and X100 from beginning. Problem for the MB was that Nike never really said that they used S400, so the assumption was it was S300 and that caused plenty of confusion for retail sales people...

[sigmamason]

Depends upon the COG of the club in question. Higher COG will sometimes work with stronger lofts and lower COG will work with weaker lofts...

 

i think you have that backwards, low COG, stronger loft (ala taylormade r7 irons), and a high COG, weaker loft (ala nike forged blades).

 

Correct, just got thru with a Variance report for the division I support when I wrote that...brain was scrambled...sorry if I confused someone...

[Emperoryder]

Has anybody hit the 2004 special edition??? How much stiffer is the x100 shaft in that set???

[Big Ben]

I hate X100's, the feel like a metal rod with a rock attached to it!

[RobotDoctor]

Tiger's iron specs are from the set of Mizzy MP 29s he was playing 10 years ago. He has not changed. His Titleist irons were essentially Mizzys. His Nike irons are essentially Titleist which, again, were essentially Mizzys.

[ELEME1210]

Tigers PW is 52*.

 

100% SURE!

 

That is why he only carries a 56* SW and a 60* Lob wedge. (Makes SENSE HUH!)

 

This way he has even gaps, like all tour pro's! (4* between weges gives him equal distance gaps)

 

As many other stated, he has the same lofts as he did as a kid with his old mizuno blades.

 

1 club weaker than normal standards which is why he has no need for a GAP WEDGE.

[RobotDoctor]

That is what is so stinkin freakish. I am about 1 club, maybe 1 1/2 clubs, shorter than Tiger. The freakish thing is that I play modern lofts. Therefore, I am about 2 to 2 1/2 clubs shorter than Tiger. I am sure most of Tiger's peers are playing irons with modern lofts as well. Tiger is so unbelievable.

[Emperoryder]

What can we say, he's TIGER.

 

Therefore, if he's PW is 52* and has 4* between each irons. His 2 iron's loft should be same as our 3 iron's loft???

 

The retail nike blade's PW loft is 49*, if I wore to make the loft 1* or 2* stronger, will it mess with the bounce too much???

I know that for every 1* of loft change, is equal to 1* of bounce, just wondering if that will mess with the leading edge.

 

Also what is the retail swing weight of these irons???

[Emperoryder]

Anyone???

[TourPro]

The players lofts' are all going to be different. Different players with different swings. Some like them weak, some strong. It also depends a lot on the type of club. I have seen PW's from 46* to 52* depending on the player and type of club and ball flight wanted. The standard loft's for Nike's blades are on the website. The standard swing weight depends on the shaft choice and is btween D2 and D4. The tour issue Endo forgings do have a high COG and are soft so they have to be bent often. I have to have mine bent about every 2 weeks to keep the loft and lie angles correct. As for Tiger's specs, it is widely known around the Nike Tour shop and Tour Van, they won't tell, so don't ask.

[carpediembp]

yes, your 3 iron just about equals tigers 2 iron. his irons are like 2-3* weaker than my 695s. its crazy

 

as for the bending lofts and bounce angles, for each degree you make a club STRONGER you take OFF approx 1* of bounce, and same goes for making a club 1* weaker (ex 48* to 49*) the bounce would increase approx 1* (8* to 9*)

 

hope this helps.

[Emperoryder]

I've been playing my PW at 47* and just wondering how 2* of less bounce will do to my game, if I decide to bend the nike blade's 49* to 47*.