NIKE GOLF - Vapor Pro Forged Irons

This project was a highly visible project at Nike Golf and in the industry. It was the first new Blade Iron set for Nike Golf in over 5 years. It was designed in collaboration with Tiger Woods ( one of the greatest players to ever play the game and the former number 1 PGA Tour player) and Rory McIlroy (the number 1 player on the PGA Tour at the time as well as multi Major winning golfer). With such high visibility and expectations for this project, the team was tasked with developing the project with direct feedback from both Tiger Woods and Rory Mcllroy. The team set out to reimagine what a blade iron design could be while creating something iconic that also exceeded performance expectations. During the design process my responsibilities included developing a completely new fully parametric Blade Iron model chassis in NX. Working in conjunction with the Master Model Maker, Mike Taylor to match the design shaping of the current VR Pro Blades to maintain the appeal and specifications of Tiger Woods was very important. In collaboration with the ID team's feedback from our initial design process, we developed the "Modern Muscle" design look. This new muscle design on the rear of the product allowed the team to create optimized CG properties, give the product a modern look all while maintaining the classic blade shape design that Tiger Woods and Rory Mcllroy had come to expect in their blade irons. The creation of this new "Modern Muscle" Blade was a total team effort and pulled every ounce of creativity, ingenuity and perseverance from each team member in order to complete the project on time.
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