{"id":6074,"date":"2013-01-02T07:38:17","date_gmt":"2013-01-02T12:38:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/?p=6074"},"modified":"2013-01-02T07:40:27","modified_gmt":"2013-01-02T12:40:27","slug":"press-release-nike-golf-welcomes-nick-watney-to-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/press-release-nike-golf-welcomes-nick-watney-to-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release: Nike Golf Welcomes Nick Watney To Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 1, 2013) \u2013 Nike Golf today announced that Nick Watney, currently ranked 20<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in the world, has joined its Nike Golf Tour Staff.<\/p>\n<p>In a multi-year agreement, Watney will represent Nike Golf in clubs, ball, footwear, glove, apparel, headwear and accessories.\u00a0 Most notably, Watney will be making his debut as a Nike athlete playing with the world\u2019s first high speed cavity back driver, the stunning Nike VR_S Covert driver as well as Nike\u2019s VR_S Covert fairway woods.\u00a0 Rounding out his bag of Nike Golf arsenal are the Nike VR Pro Combo irons, Nike VR Pro wedges and a Nike Method Prototype putter. He also will play with Nike\u2019s new 20XI ball, featuring more RZN technology. On the body, he\u2019ll wear Nike Golf apparel from its Tour Performance Collection and the new Nike Lunar Control II footwear.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A fan of the Nike brand since he was a child, Watney is thrilled to continue his career with the number one sports brand in the world. \u201cI am excited to call myself a Nike athlete,\u201d said Watney.\u00a0 \u201cI am proud to wear the Swoosh because it\u2019s the symbol of excellence across all sports and golf is no exception.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In switching to exclusively play and wear Nike Golf products, Watney is making his first manufacturer change during his 10-year career as a tour professional.\u00a0 The 31-year-old from Dixon, California, played golf at Fresno State University and turned professional in 2003 competing\u00a0on the Nationwide Tour.<\/p>\n<p>Watney, who joined the PGA Tour in 2005, has since won five times on the PGA Tour with victories at the 2007 Zurich Classic of New Orleans, 2009 Buick Invitational, 2011 World Golf Championships-Cadillac Championship, 2011 AT&amp;T National and the 2012\u00a0Barclay\u2019s. With his most recent victory at the CIMB Asia Open, Watney has seven global career wins on his resume.<\/p>\n<p>Mark Thaxton, Global Director of Sport Marketing Operations for Nike Golf is equally excited about welcoming Watney to the Nike Golf family.\u00a0 \u201cNick is a tremendous athlete with a passion for sports and the Nike Brand.\u00a0 He is a good, solid, consistent player and one of his main strengths is that he has no weaknesses,\u201d said Thaxton.\u00a0 &#8220;We are thrilled to welcome Nick to the Nike family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>________________________________________________________________________<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Watney\u2019s Nike Golf Arsenal<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Driver:\u00a0 Nike VR_S Covert 11.5-degree, neutral position<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Fairway Wood:\u00a0 Nike VR_S Covert 3-wood\/14-degree and 5-wood\/18-degree<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Irons:\u00a0 Nike VR Pro Combo (3-PW)<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Wedges:\u00a0Nike VR Pro 55-degree and 59-degree<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Putter: Nike Method Prototype<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Ball:\u00a0Nike 20XI<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Apparel:\u00a0 Nike Golf Tour Performance Collection<\/p>\n<p>\u00a7\u00a0\u00a0Footwear:\u00a0 Nike Lunar Control II<\/p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEAVERTON, Ore. (January 1, 2013) \u2013 Nike Golf today announced that Nick Watney, currently ranked 20th\u00a0in the world, has joined its Nike Golf Tour Staff. In a multi-year agreement, Watney will represent Nike Golf in clubs, ball, footwear, glove, apparel, headwear and accessories.\u00a0 Most notably, Watney will be making his debut as a Nike athlete [&hellip;]<\/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":[18,464,463,256,14],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mo-golf","tag-golf","tag-mark-thaxton","tag-nick-watney","tag-nike-golf","tag-pga-tour"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Press Release: Nike Golf Welcomes Nick Watney To Staff &#062; BuffaloGolfer.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/buffalogolfer.com\/wordpress\/press-release-nike-golf-welcomes-nick-watney-to-staff\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Press Release: Nike Golf Welcomes Nick Watney To Staff &#062; BuffaloGolfer.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BEAVERTON, Ore. 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