From my testing it was one of the longest drivers around. But also one of the most demanding. The starting point has to be the new face technology. It is a forged Titanium face that really feels hot and sounds so much better. Each new generation Nike is moving away from the aluminum bat sound to a more pleasant metallic thwack.
The face is nice and tall with ample forgiveness. My miss is low on the heel and those misses stayed in the air fairly well and went a good ways. Shots hit down on the heel or higher on the toe side still stay online really well due to the Ridgeback spine and rear weight.
The C is just slightly higher than mid-launch for me, but the low spinning head never allowed my shots to balloon or rise even into the wind. I do wish the face was just a touch deeper as I had to play with my tee height in order to find the optimal setup. The better players will enjoy the neutral weighting and there seems to be very minimal draw built into the driver.
Overall, the Tour Edge Exotics C driver is a great club that will probably be overlooked by too many golfers. If you are looking for added distance, a lot of forgiveness and want to keep some money in your pocket, then you should seriously take a look at Tour Edge. Super low-spin drivers were all the rage at the time. With their forward center of gravity, they were helping golfers optimize their launch conditions beyond their wildest dreams: crazy high launch, ridiculously low spin.
Many in the business, including myself, had one of these drivers and spent many launch monitor sessions trying to figure out how to get more distance from these high knuckleballs. The bad news was that forward-CG drivers, by nature, were really unforgiving. Bad shots were really short and crooked. Its CG was located as low and as rearward in the driver head as possible, which he said would offer the best of both worlds: optimized launch conditions on good shots, as well as the best possible forgiveness on bad shots.
Building the perfect driver was a long way off and still is , but Jertson was excited where Ping had landed with the G When it was released , the driver was a powerful testament to his vision. Its rear-CG design created great distance on good and bad shots, and it was also a very straight driver. The G30 sold incredibly well and, as a result, the industry mostly shifted away from forward-CG drivers. The company shrunk the size of its new G drivers in a climate where full-size drivers have become the norm.
Despite their slimmer frames, however, the G drivers are actually more forgiving than the G drivers which were even more forgiving than the G The drivers have the lowest, most rearward CG of any Ping drivers ever, and their smaller size is said to improve their aerodynamics so golfers can swing them fractionally faster.
I hit five shots with each driver on Trackman IV, and to ensure as much of an apples-to-apples comparison as possible, I tested each driver head with the same shaft. Each driver head was adjusted to the same loft, or as close as possible. The G LST had a loft of 10 degrees, and it was adjusted to 9. Improvements generally come in the form of improved head shaping, a better feel, or enhanced adjustability. That led to a significant improvement in distance.
With my swing speed and ball speed staying about the same, I added an average of 7. I saw an average of a 1. The result was an average of 6. It was the longest and straightest driver I hit in the test. One way to explain the improved launch conditions is that I hit the G drivers more consistently. Is that its slightly enhanced forgiveness shining through?
Maybe, maybe not. To me, the changes Ping made to the look and feel of the driver were just as important as the performance difference I saw on Trackman. I have not payed attention but I did see the VR series irons when they came out and for the first time I did actually pick them up and looked at it, once.
Did not consider it. The woods were hideous and not for me. I thought of Nike as a game improvement club only. I intended to take the shaft and throw the head in the trash. However, I then read this review, and other reviews on this club and have looked at the club, and the whole Nike lineup.
I must say, they have come along way in the last couple of years. They remind me of Ben Hogan now. These VR series clubs are good looking.
When this driver gets here I will have a side by side comparison with the Titleist D3 with the same shaft. Great review. I have had a Callaway FT9 imix since it came out and tried lots of shafts.
The Callaway out performs the older I am new to your site and really like your write up and review. Do you have the specs on the Ahina 65 shaft? Did you compare this driver to the Titleist D3, it seems a lot hotter? Tell Us What You Think! Would you still play a driver with a glued hosel, or is adjustability a requirement? What do you like or dislike about Nike drivers?
Likes-inovation, consistancy. All the way down the fairway. I like how the Limited sets up.. I know that this sounds cliche, though I like how it suits my eye, just like the before it.. Oh yea, I also like where the ball lands.. The best to all for the Holiday season.. Interesting review, but I am not terribly interested in drivers until we get back onto the course in The V.
I would think that one could actually build more forgiveness into a or even smaller face since one has less surface area to make effective. Performance always trumps specs. Adjustability is a two-way street. If I were playing a wide range of course that preferred a left-to-right and the inverse at the next course adjustibility might make sense.
However, since I predominately play three courses where neither ability is preferred, adjusting the club is more often than not a band-aid for a swing change or more likely, flaw. Nike is certainly not a name that comes to mind during driver discussions.
How does it look at address? If you were guessing it would be sitting 1. I am glad to see something good enough to oust the Adams from your bag. I love Adams but I love great clubs no matter who makes them. I will bag one for a few weeks and see. If you ever get to Sacramento try haggin oaks golf shop. You have 30 days on stock equip and 60 on custom stuff. I will bag this Nike tomorrow or at least get it fitt with a shaft and have it in okay in Sat.
I too set the club for a slight draw and really liked the Project X shaft. I am always interested in reducing my backspin on the ball, as this works best for me. How would you compare the spin, ball flight, and total distance between the limited and the Nike VR pro?
Andy — for me, the VR Pro launched low and stayed low. This Nike driver ousted the mighty Adams from your bag? This is a surprise! There is only one of you here at Golf spy that does these articles so I do have the correct guy? While Im sure that the limited is as nice as everyone says it is, there is just not a possibility of me switching to a Nike driver. I have been disappointed for too long. Your email address will not be published. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam.
Learn how your comment data is processed. Some use a fairway wood strictly as an alternative to their driver off the tee; other golfers use them almost entirely as approach clubs from the turf on long par fours and par fives; the rest use fairway woods for some combination of both situations.
So are we looking for the longest and straightest fairway wood, or simply the most accurate and forgiving? The best way to determine the best fairway wood, therefore, is to pose that question to golfers who have hit them all and let them decide. With in-depth descriptions from their testing, GolfWRX Members illuminate the pros and cons of each fairway wood, providing the real information you need when making your purchasing decisions.
Our advice when reading through this story is to think about what you want from your fairway wood. Do you want max distance, max forgiveness, or a combination of both? The feedback from GolfWRX Members on each fairway wood will lead to toward a few models that match your needs and desires. Then test them out for yourself. Everyone interprets the performance of golf clubs differently, so personal testing and professional fittings are imperative, especially in this particular category.
View the full results from the poll testing here. Further Reading: Ping introduces new face material with its G Fairways. Pros: Dialing in trajectory and spin is more in the hands of the player than ever with SureFit CG adjustability. Feel and sound have improved, and users will likely see a jump in distance.
They provide everything most golfers want from a fairway wood. I break down each of the major changes below. In its most recent fairway wood releases — the and models — Titleist used the F and Fd naming system. Now, the F2 cubic centimeters is the larger, higher-launching and more forgiving model, while the F3 cubic centimeters is smaller, deeper and more workable.
In the fairway woods, the SureFit CG system is also positioned slightly crooked, as seen in the driver, which has the same purpose; lower-spinning fades and higher-spinning draws. When in the draw position, the weight system will add spin to keep the ball in the air longer, and will decrease spin in the fade setting to keep shots from ballooning. The design also maintains the moment of inertia MOI of the fairway woods, keeping forgiveness high regardless of the weight setting.
The neutral weights have a uniform weight throughout, while the draw-fade tubes have a heavier side. Note that this is opposite of the drivers, as the entry port is on the opposite side toe side of the club head in the fairway woods. A solid red circle indicates a neutral setting. While the fairway woods had an Active Recoil Channel behind their faces, designed for higher ball speeds on off-center hits, the area was hollow.
The channel in the fairway woods is filled with elastomer, helping produce more ball speed across the face and lower spin, according to Titleist. Another change for the better is the sound and feel of the fairway woods.
They have more of a muted sound and softer feel at impact, which is no doubt helped by filling the Active Recoil Channel. Some of the classic Titleist fairway woods, such as the F, had a similar gray finish. According to Titleist, golfers hitting the versus a should expect higher ball speeds, a higher launch, slightly lower spin and yards in increased distance.
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