You’ve probably seen them out on tour in the hands of Rory McIlroy, Charl Schwartzel and Paul Casey but Nike have now officially announced the launch of the Vapor Fly drivers.
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Both the Vapor Fly and Vapor Fly Pro feature the Volt colouring and Swoosh pattern we saw in last year’s Vapor drivers but there’s now a very striking bold blue crown which really makes it stand out.
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There’s also a new Vapor Flex 440 driver is built out of carbon fiber reinforced RZN – an extremely light yet strong material which allows for even more weight to be repositioned forward and down for adjustability and forgiveness.
Both Vapor Fly drivers aim to create a higher launch angle and offer less spin with more forgiveness. Nike say launching the ball high with low spin is the key to more distance.
This is achieved through three key technologies.
In both drivers the crown is 30 percent lighter than last year’s model which has allowed the centre of gravity to be postponed lower in the club. This helps create a more forgiving high launch.
The face is thinner around the perimeter to create faster ball speeds on off-centre hits.
To the eye, the compression channel behind the face looks very to similar to what we saw in the previous Vapor drivers but it has been re-engineered to offer a springboard effect right across the face to improve performance on mis-hits.
Both feature a 460cc head size but the Vapor Fly model is more of a C-shape with a deeper face. The face on the Vapor Fly also has a lighter finish which gives the appearance of presenting a bit more loft at address.
The Vapor Pro is more of a pear-shape which appears more compact to the eye.
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Both feature the FlexLoft 2.0 system which offers 15 different loft and face angle settings from 8.5˚ to 12.5˚.
I think every golfer looks for forgiveness to make their bad shots better” – Rory McIlroy McIlroy, who was instrumental in the design of the Nike Vapor Fly Pro driver and led the field in driving distance to claim the Race to Dubai title in November, relies on his driver for ultimate forgiveness and distance.
“I think every golfer looks for forgiveness to make their bad shots better,” he said.