Nike Drives Onward with Forged Titanium Driver

3-Peat! - Tiger Woods, wielding his new prototype Nike Forged Titanium driver, has become the first player in history to win the Bay Hill Invitational three consecutive seasons. Tiger hit an amazing 100% of the fairways in the first two rounds en route to an early lead. Playing a Nike Tour Accuracy TW golf ball, Tiger then managed to hold off the competition, going three under on the back nine on Sunday to secure the win.

The Tour Accuracy golf ball is no stranger to big tournament wins. Not only did Tiger use a Tour Accuracy to win at last year's Bay Hill Invitational, he has won a total of 14 tournaments including 4 majors with it. Tiger looked both confident and comfortable as he walked up the 18th fairway wearing apparel from the Tiger Woods collection, a Nike Elite Feel glove and the Nike dri-FIT tour TW cap toe shoe on his way to his first victory of the 2002 PGA Tour season.

Nike Drivers 1 & 2 at Bay Hill - Michael Campbell holed a 42-foot chip on the 18th for birdie to close with a 71 and finish second, 4 shots behind Tiger. Since his switch to the driver Campbell has finished second at both the New Zealand open and Bay Hill, marking his best ever finish on the PGA Tour. Michael signed a new contract with Nike Golf in January for full product endorsement to use the Nike Staff bag, forged titanium driver and irons footwear, glove, Tour Accuracy ball and apparel.

Could it be the driver?: Eight players have dramatically improved their rankings in the total driving category from last season to this season on the PGA Tour. Total driving is a category that measures combined distance and accuracy, both highly desirable off the tee. As we were looking at the statistics, which can be found on pgatour.com, we noticed that those eight players also had something else in common - they have all switched to a Nike Forged Titanium Driver. While there are many factors that affect the total driving statistic, it is our opinion that the driver you decide to use is a pretty big one. So, instead of talking about how the Nike Driver has a proprietary forged Beta Titanium face that gives you exceptional distance and control. Or instead of talking about how the C.O.R. of the Nike Forged Titanium Driver conforms by the thinnest of margins, giving you incredible ball speed off the face. We thought we'd just let the numbers speak for themselves.

Driving Rank Improvement*

*Stats compiled by PGATour.com through Honda Classic