Nike’s new SQ Machspeed irons scheduled to be in stores on February 25th

Built for speed, Nike's new SQ MACHSPEED irons are designed with a thinner, hotter face and wider sweet zone. That means faster ball speed off the face for explosive distance and optimum ball flight.

Featuring a two piece construction the SQ Machspeed golf iron offers a higher Characteristic Time (CT) in the wider areas of the clubface to achieve much quicker ball speeds at impact for longer distances on every shot.

The AM355 alloy design works with an off-the-face weld to create a thin, hot face and wide sweet spot. The sweet spot extends low down on the clubface to ensure that ball speed and distance are not lost on off centre shots.

The Nike SQ Machspeed uses Nike’s Powerbow technology that was first features in the Nike Sasquatch driver to force the centre of gravity deep in the club providing a wider sweet spot to ensure that each irons has optimized stability and forgiveness.

A deep undercut behind the clubface has allowed Nike’s designers to redistribute 50 grams of weight to the Powerbox to promote high launching shots that generate excellent distance and land softly.

The Nike SQ Machspeed iron is the latest in a long line of irons that proves Nike’s commitment to providing golfers with high quality game improvement irons that make a real distance to their game.

"With MachSpeed, we've developed a very fast iron through new and dynamic construction that works," said Tom Stites, director of club creation for Nike Golf.

"This iron is all about helping golfers increase their ball speed in order to generate distance. Our patented PowerBow technology allows golfers to launch the ball high and increase distance -- a perfect combination to improving your game."

The men's set comes with 4-iron through pitching wedge in right-handed and left-handed version with a suggested retail price of $839.99 for steel shafts and $959.99 for graphite shafts.

Women's sets include a 5-hybrid, 6-hybrid, and 7-iron through pitching wedge with a suggested retail price of $959.99 USD , with graphite shafts only.

According to Nike's Twitter Feed, the hybrids, from No. 2 to No. 6, were used in competition for the first time by Suzann Pettersen in the LPGA Thailand tournament last week. They will retail for $179.99 USD

Available at retail on 2/25/10.

Note that The SQ MACHSPEED irons are available only as a mixed set in Canada.

Below is a video clip from a UK retailer that shows A Visit To Nike's Oven Where Tom Stites introduces the new irons to Stephen Ames and Trevor Immelman.

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