Beaverton, Oregon, United States: It didn’t take long for the new Nike Vapor Pro driver to prove its performance success on the professional Tours.
While Nike Golf athlete Rory McIlroy was bombing drives with the Nike Vapor Pro driver as part of the victorious European Ryder Cup team in Scotland, another professional Nike athlete was benefitting from the new Nike driver last week – China’s Li Haotong.
Li, who just the week before was at ‘The Oven’ getting fitted with the new volt driver, won his first professional victory at the Jianye Tianzhu Henan Open on the PGA Tour China.
In cold and wet weather conditions, Li took his first PGA Tour China Series title by eight strokes, the second-largest winning margin in the history of the Series.
Li joins fellow Nike athlete Zhang Xinjun as having won on the 2014 PGA Tour China Series.
“I just tested the Vapor driver last week at The Oven and decided to put it into play right after testing,” said Li. “It gives me lower spin and high trajectory, which is exactly what I want. I hit it longer and it’s more stable. The volt colour is so outstanding.”
On the body, Li sported apparel from Nike Golf’s Performance Collection and the Lunar Waverly shoe.
Nike Golf is a Full Business Member of the Asian Golf Industry Federation.