May 4th in Gear, In The Bag.

Nike DYMO2 STR8-FIT

sq_dymoLots of new clubs can claim wins on Tour, but how many can claim a green jacket? Nike’s new STR8-FIT can. It turns out that while the STR8-FIT drivers won’t be available in stores until Apr. 1, Nike’s been field-testing the clubs with its Tour pros for the last year, resulting in four wins — two by Anthony Kim, one by K.J. Choi and one by Trevor Immelman at a little Southern tourney called the Masters. With the STR8-FIT, which comes in both standard (DYMO) and square (DYMO2) designs, Nike has created one of the most customizable clubs on the market, including eight different settings resulting in as much as 45 yards of side-to-side bias (Immelman chose the 1-degree closed-face setting, hitting 48 of Augusta’s 56 fairways). Unlike on the TaylorMade r9, where the clubhead is removed from the shaft to change face angles, the STR8-FIT instead rotates the clubhead while still on the shaft, with a sound and light to indicate that the head is in proper position. If it sounds pretty cool … it is. The best news is, it’s not going to take a green jacket to convince you that you’ve received your money’s worth — that first long, straight drive down the middle will do the trick.


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