BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 1, 2013) \u2013 Nike Golf today announced the addition of PGA Tour athlete Kyle Stanley to its Tour Staff.\u00a0 Stanley has entered a multi-year agreement with the Swoosh and will represent Nike Golf in clubs, ball, footwear, glove, apparel, headwear and accessories.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Making his debut as a Nike Golf athlete at the PGA Tour\u2019s season opener, the Hyundai Tournament of Champions, Stanley will play with the world\u2019s first high speed cavity back driver, the Nike VR_S Covert.\u00a0 Rounding out his bag of Nike Golf arsenal are the Nike VR Pro Blades and VR Pro wedges.\u00a0 He also will play with Nike\u2019s new 20XI-X ball, featuring more RZN technology.\u00a0 On the body, he\u2019ll be wearing Nike Golf apparel from its Tour Performance Collection and the new Nike Lunar Control II footwear.<\/p>\n
An avid sports fan who grew up in Gig Harbor, Washington, Stanley said it has always been a dream to be a Nike Athlete.\u00a0 \u201cNike is the most powerful sports company in the world,\u201d said Stanley. \u201cThey want to have the best athletes on board and it\u2019s an honor to be a part of that and represent them.\u201d<\/p>\n
As the top player for the Tigers for three years, Stanley enjoyed an illustrious collegiate career at Clemson University breaking 19 school records.\u00a0 He was the first player to earn ACC Player of the Year and ACC Freshman of the Year.\u00a0 Stanley was\u00a0also three-time first team All-ACC and two-time first-team All-America at Clemson.\u00a0 A winner of the Ben Hogan Award, Stanley was also a member of the 2007 winning Walker Cup team during his amateur career.<\/p>\n
After securing his PGA Tour card for the 2011 season, Stanley had a solid rookie year with four top-10 finishes.\u00a0 He clinched his first PGA Tour win at the 2012 Waste Management Open after finishing second the week prior at the Farmers Insurance Open.<\/p>\n
\u201cKyle is a solid player with incredible talent,\u201d said Mark Thaxton, Global Director of Sports Marketing Operations at Nike Golf.\u00a0 \u201cHe\u2019s a terrific ball striker with incredible confidence.\u00a0 We know Kyle will shine as a Nike Golf athlete and we are thrilled to welcome him to the Nike family.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Stanley\u2019s Nike Golf Arsenal<\/b><\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Driver:\u00a0 Nike VR_S Covert 9.5-degree, neutral position<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Fairway Wood:\u00a0 Nike VR Pro Limited Edition 3-wood\/15-degree<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Irons:\u00a0 Nike VR Pro Combo (2), VR Pro Blades (3-9)<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Wedges:\u00a0Nike VR Pro 52-degree, 56-degree and 60-degree<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Ball:\u00a0Nike 20XI X<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Apparel:\u00a0 Nike Golf Tour Performance<\/p>\n
\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Footwear:\u00a0 Nike Lunar Control II<\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 1, 2013) \u2013 Nike Golf today announced the addition of PGA Tour athlete Kyle Stanley to its Tour Staff.\u00a0 Stanley has entered a multi-year agreement with the Swoosh and will represent Nike Golf in clubs, ball, footwear, glove, apparel, headwear and accessories.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[18,53,464,256,14],"class_list":["post-6072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mo-golf","tag-golf","tag-kyle-stanley","tag-mark-thaxton","tag-nike-golf","tag-pga-tour"],"yoast_head":"\n