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Ignition from Tee to Green
Press Release

Hot on the heels of the success of Nike Golf's new Ignite Driver, averaging more money per start on the PGA Tour than any other driver according to Golf Datatech, come the Ignite T60 Fairway Woods. Stephen Ames, Trevor Immelman, Paul Gow and Joel Kribel have been the first to battle-test the Ignite T60 for Nike Golf on the PGA Tour. In fact Ames (3-wood) and Immelman (strong 3-wood) won the Western Open and the Deutsch Bank, respectively, with the new Ignite T60. The rest of Nike Golf's Tour Staff is in the process of testing the Ignite T60.

The Ignite T60 calls upon a massive tungsten plug in the sole of the club and a responsive Custom 455 Stainless Steel clubface to maximize performance. These features make it easy for golfers at every level to hit high, long and accurate shots. The new design allows for optimum weight to be inserted low in the clubhead to offer superb lift and shot trajectory. The 60-gram tungsten plug creates a CG (Center of Gravity) position that is both low and deep. Two-thirds of the clubhead weight is below the equator of the ball; this facilitates getting the ball airborne. By moving the CG deeper into the clubhead, the club is easier to square at impact to improve accuracy.

"The tungsten plug in the Ignite T60 fairway woods allows us to move the CG to promote game improvement while maintaining a classic club head shape," said Mike Kelly, Nike Golf's Club Category Business Director. "The T60 is a testament to our engineers' ability to push the technical envelope without sacrificing the look that better players demand."

The clubface is crafted from Custom 455 Stainless Steel, a material that is thinner, stronger and faster than the more commonly used 17-4 Stainless Steel. This is the same material used in the clubface of Nike's award-winning Slingshot irons. An eleven gram increase in perimeter weighting is achieve by using Custom 455 in the clubface, this results in a higher launching, more stable clubhead.

The Ignite T60 is available with two shaft options: A Fujikura graphite shaft exclusive to the Nike Ignite, which comes in a strong #3 wood or #3T (13-degrees), #3 (15-degrees), #4 (17-degrees), #5 (19-degrees), #7 (21-degrees) and #9 (23-degrees) woods. There is also a lightweight Speed Step steel shaft available in the same range of clubs. The #3, #5 and #7 will be available in a left hand model with both shaft options.

The Ignite T60 Fairway Woods will also be available with an exclusive Fujikura Ignite women's graphite shaft in #3, #4, #5, #7 and #9 woods, and a left handed model in #3, #5 and #7 woods.

Ignite T60 Fairway Woods with the Fujikura Ignite graphite shaft (SRP: $239/MAP: $199) and the Ignite T60 Fairway Woods with the Speed Step steel shaft (SRP: $219/MAP: $179) will be available at golf shops and golf specialty stores nationwide beginning October 1, 2004.