Nike Vrs Covert 2.0 Driver
Nike Vrs Driver Review
Nike Vrs Covert Driver Review
Nike Vrs Covert Driver

At a glance
TG Rating4.5 out of 5
Owner Rating4 out of 5
Pros
An eye-catcher on the course and the performance backs it up. The head is classy and the simple, independent adjustability increases the shelf appeal.
Cons
We found distance wasn’t as impressive for lower swing speeds and the Tour version didn’t offer great forgiveness. The Tour version is £100 more expensive at £349.
RRP£249.00

What we say...

Yup, the Nike VR S driver is 15-20 yards longer for me than my Ping G-10 and every other driver I have hit the past 3 or so years (and all of the ones before that too). Now, maybe it is not fair to compare a Ping G-10 to the Nike VR-S since the Ping is about 3-4 years old but as I stated, I have also hit other newer clubs but never realized. The VRS Covert 2.0 utilizes the Kuro Kage Black HBP Graphite 50 shaft with a higher balance point, allowing for higher swing speeds without adding shaft length. Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Driver. Availability: January 31, 2014 Specifications: 8.5-12.5º Kuro Kage Silver TiNi shaft; RH/LH: R, S, X Street Price: $399. Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Driver.

2013 Driver Test

Instantly, your eye is drawn to the rich, red on the crown and the Nike Swoosh near the hosel – but our testing team didn’t mind it. In fact, all the testers apart from Kit said they liked the red design. Joel tried the smaller-headed Covert Tour version and it was an instant hit. His dispersion was on average five yards left of target and he hit his longest drive of the day.

James liked the slightly heavier stock Kuro Kage shaft and deeper face on the Tour version that offered surprising levels of forgiveness. Some felt the sound was a little muted, but all enjoyed being able to tweak the face to suit their swings easily. Chris was impressed with the forgiveness of the standard version while Graeme felt this was the best looking driver on test.

First Hits - Jonathan Greathead 10 hcap

If you’re thinking that whopping great hole in the back of the sole is bound to make it sound strange, you’d be wrong. Nike told us that this was a great-sounding driver, but until I hit it I had my
doubts. However, this really did offer a pleasing thud at impact, and is a considerable improvement from the sound of Nike drivers before – VR_S excepted.

The stunning red head conceals the cavity beautifully, and it really is a very classic shape at address. It also flew well, and with all of the adjustability on offer (from 8.5-12.5) there is a setting for the
vast majority of golfers.

It’s confidence-inspiring, easy-touse and the Tour version will also please the better players. Finally, at less than £250, it represents a very solid investment.

Pros: Easy-to-hit and stunning aesthetics make it a winner.
Cons: A great concept, but will have its detractors. Try it before you criticise.

Nike Golf have introduced their marquee product for 2013, the VR_S Covert driver, featuring an innovative cavity back head and FlexLoft adjustability system.
The cavity in the 460cc head, visible from the sole only, has been engineered so that more weight can be moved to the heel and toe of the driver, ensuring more stability at impact, greater forgiveness and better results on off-centre strikes. The stunning red crown will certainly turn heads, but the real story is the technology that lies beneath.
The driver also features the intuitive FlexLoft adjustability system which allows golfers to alter the loft from 8.5° through to 12.5° and to any face angle independently from the loft.
The new VR_S Covert benefits from Nike’s NexCOR face technology that featured in the original VR_S line – the innovation delivers faster ball speeds across a wider area of the face by moving the sweetspot higher from the heel, an area proven to be where most golfers make contact.
There will also be a Covert Tour driver, complete with the same level of adjustability and the cavity back design, but in a slightly smaller 430cc head size and with a deeper face, as favoured by better players.
Available: February 8th 2013
RRP: VR_S Covert £249.99, VR_S Covert Tour £349.99.

Product Information

Left Handed available	Yes
Custom-Fit available	Yes
Adjustability	Yes
Grip Type	Nike Tour Velvet by Golf Pride
Head Size	460cc
Lofts	8.5°, 9.5°, 10.5°, 11.5°, 12.5°
Shafts	Mitsubishi Rayon Kuro Kage Black

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Since Nike burst onto the golf equipment scene roughly a decade ago, they have been one of the more forward-thinking, technologically advanced companies around. They were among the first manufacturers to introduce square drivers with their SasQuatch line and jumped into the adjustability game early on with the original version of the Str8-Fit hosel.

Lately, all of the rage has been making the drivers as light as possible. The idea is is that the lighter they are the faster they can be swung and therefore the further the ball will go. The VR_S is Nike’s newest entry into this category of driver. The claim by Nike is that there are “none faster” and the company even held “speed trials” at golf shops around the country letting golfers around the country compare their current driver to the VR_S. Read on to find out if Nike has winner.
Test Model Details
The model that I tested out had 10.5°, with the stock shaft (Mitsubishi Rayon Fubuki K) in stiff.

Technology
Nike has packed the VR_S driver full of technology. To start, there is the new and improved Str8-Fit hosel that allows the golfer to fine tune their face angle and ball flight.

Beyond the adjustability of the club is the redesigned head which takes the club to the 460cc limit. While the club is as big as it can get, Nike has worked hard to make the club as aerodynamic as possible to brings swing speeds up. To further enhance the golfers ability to swing this club fast, the stock shaft (the Fubuki K) is both light (57 grams for my stiff shaft) and slightly longer at 45.75 inches.

Nike also has a variable face thickness technology which it calls NexCOR. By varying the thickness of the face, Nike is able to create a more forgiving club that allows shots hit somewhere other than dead center have decent results.

Esthetics
Esthetically, the VR_S is one of the better looking drivers that Nike’s released. It still maintains some of the modern, techy look of past Nike drivers like the SasQuatch and Machspeed but has also brought in more of the classical look (if you can call it that) found in the VR line. The crown is a dark gray and if you look closely, you’ll see that it sports subtle graphics along the edges. However, absent from the top is any sort of alignment aid, which, I personally liked as I ground rather than hover my driver and have the ball set up on the toe.

Another nice change to the looks of the driver from previous offerings from Nike is the updated Str8fit hosel. The new hosel uses a screw on the sole of the club like most adjustable drivers and because of this it is now much closer in size to a normal, non-adjustable hosel. Adjustable drivers from Nike in the past always looked a bit unbalanced to me because of the larger hosel and this is no longer the case. In fact, if you didn’t know already that it was adjustable, I don’t think you’d be able to tell by looking at it at address.

Beyond the subtle graphics on the crown and lack of an alignment aid, the VR_S sports the typical silver face with the NexCOR logo in the center and a few grooves on either side of it. The face is relatively deep and gave me the feeling that I had a lot of room to make contact with the ball.

The driver has a black/gray paint scheme with touches of red on the sole and the stock shaft (a Mitsubishi Fubuki K series) matches it quite well, with it’s black and silver color. The shaft has the typical snowflake design found on Fubuki shafts.

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