Nike Victory Red Golf Club Review

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It was in 2009 when Nike Golf launched its series of Victory Red Irons comprising three remarkable designs – a split cavity version, a full cavity version and a blade version. It has been quite a while before Nike introduced an additional driver to its winning line of iron designs. And when we talk about Nike irons, you could think of one man in particular whose blades brought him many victories. This gave us the interesting idea that Tiger has had a direct contribution to the design of all Victory Red irons.

Design/Appearance

Out of the box the first impression of this golf club is its tradition meeting technology. In the recent series, the traditional muscleback varies from the original Blades which have a bigger and partially thicker toe-line. Another difference is that the latest clubhead is partially longer from heel to toe compared to the previous version. Finished in dazzling chrome, the club looks shiny – it’s nearly a mirror – and the muscleback and face is intentionally not lusterless to minimize glare.

Based from the views of traditionalists, the color pattern of the Victory Red series is always going to be a little flashy but these clubs have two things attached to them: primarily, the color scheme is far softer in the actual than it appears in photographs, and secondly, all that can be seen at address are the neat chrome lines of the clubhead with only trace of color coming from the little red circle near the ferrule’s top area.

You can actually appreciate the kind of forging of this equipment at address. When the club is set next to the ball, the slender top line, stylish hosel and straight borders go together making the ball appear even bigger. That gives you a real confidence while playing. When you get down to the longer irons, that’s the only time you realize these are butter knives kicks in and they’re going to require the finest swing you have.

Performance

Brilliantly good, these are player irons and you won’t regret about it. You get the grasp of high soaring shots and three-quarter hits while mid-trajectory shots are the easiest to generate. A full swing produces serious distance. Misleadingly for a type of club with such a high COG (both the long hosel and high muscleback) there’s still adequate spin that enables you to work the ball with no difficulty and even hold greens with extensive irons. It has a narrow sole with a rolled prominent edge and a ground-off trailing edge. The latter supports accurate ball-striking and the capacity to pick the ball off the grass with a divot range from medium to small.

In the short and average irons, flag are goals and the ball can be shot at them with real malevolence as distance management is very effortless. Moving forward with the longer irons demands a little more caution as you become aware that these clubs are engineered primarily for performance and forgiveness is just a second priority. It doesn’t mean they are tough clubs to get airborne but failing to get the sweet spot in any direction results in a visible loss of distance. Yet, that is the reality of life with practically any blade – and itchy fingers as your mistake is discovered.

Feel

One of the rewarding aspects of using blades is that fantastic sensation you obtain when you flush one out of the middle. The satisfaction of striking the ball at close range stems from the harmonic composition of feedback as the club sings in your hands in a manner that no cavity back always will. For quite few years, Nike has been in the business of manufacturing blades and it may sound unjust if we judge them against the recognized forged irons like Titleist and Mizuno in a like-for-like assessment. That’s not to conclude that VR blades do not offer an extraordinary level of feel, it’s just that they are a portion of a percent off the topnotch versions like Z-M or the MP-67.

Verdict

Even as the Victory Blades are very identical to the concept of the earlier generation of Nike’s blades, they include a series of small but clear-cut developments. This means that the performance is so excellent that they should be considered by anyone seeking for new blades. Why not give it a try? Nike Victory Red golf club is for rent at Cesar's Golf Rentals for only $45 a day.