Nike Golf Athletes rely on Elite Cooling at the US PGA

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Thirteen Nike Golf athletes will compete at the 2014 PGA Championship and will try to stay cool as they battle the Louisville heat. Wearing Nike Dri-FIT fabrics that promote cooling, the Fall 2014 Nike Golf Collection will help keep the athletes cool in a colour palette of hyper brights.

Rory McIlroy
The Northern Irishman will stay cool in his classic Lightweight Innovation Colour, the same design he won in at the 2014 Open Championship. Friday and Saturday he will wear his Nike Innovation Two Colour Jacquard polo in Light Magnet Grey, and Photo Blue polo, featuring hyper bright colors such as Hyper Grape and Hyper Cobalt, complemented by grey trousers. McIlroy’s modern look is tied together with colourful and coordinated Flat Bill Tour Caps. He’ll complete each look with the Modern Tech trousers, Sleek Modern Plaque belt and Nike Lunar Control footwear. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Ball: Nike RZN Black.

Tiger Woods 
The four-time PGA Championship winner is in doubt to compete this year due to injury, but if Woods does he play he will wear ultra-lightweight polos from the Tiger Woods Collection, that emphasise stretch and ventilation. On Thursday, he will go lightweight wearing Purple Haze colour in the TW Seasonal Emboss Polo. Friday through Sunday is all about ventilation: TW Iridescent Polo on Friday, TW Perforated Panel Polo on Saturday and the TW Seasonal Bold Stripe Polo in Action Red on Sunday. Each look will be finished with the TW Adaptive Fit Pant, TW Ultralight Tour cap, TW Mesh Nike belt and Nike TW ‘14 footwear. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Ball: Nike ONE Tour D.

Scott Brown
Brown will sport deep jewel toned hues as he battles at Valhalla. He bookends his competitive rounds in Purple Haze colour wearing the Key Embossed Polo on Thursday and the Nike Victory Stripe Polo on Sunday. Brown will sport the Lightweight Nike Innovation Stripe Polo in Photo Blue on Friday and the Nike Victory Polo in Action Red on Saturday. He will pull his looks together with the Nike Lunar Control footwear and the Nike Tour Mesh Cap. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Ball: Nike RZN Platinum.

Kevin Chappell
Competing for his first major victory, Chappell will coordinate his apparel with the new Nike Lunar Waverly footwear throughout the week. The court-inspired footwear has integrated traction for on course performance with off-course function and style. Keeping cool in the southern heat, Chappell will wear the Key Iconic Polo 2.0 on Thursday, Sport Stripe Polo on Friday, Sport Seasonal Polo on Saturday and the Nike Speed Print Polo on Sunday and accompany each look with the Nike Tour Mesh cap. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Ball: Nike RZN Platinum.

Russell Henley
Accustom to the warm temperatures of the South, Henley will be searching for his first major championship in a colour palette of Photo Blue and white mixed with pops of Volt. On Thursday and Saturday Henley will wear the Nike Ultra Polo 2.0 in white and black respectively. On Friday and Sunday he mixes it up with stripes in the Nike Victory Stripe polo and the Key Bold Heather Stripe polo both in Photo Blue. Henley will complete his looks with the Flat Front Tech Pant, Signature Swoosh Logo Cutout II belt, Tall Tour visor and Nike Lunar Control footwear. Driver: Nike VRS STR8-FIT Ball: Nike RZN Black.

Francesco Molinari
Molinari will compete in lightweight Dri-FIT styles and light colors at Valhalla. Confident in purple, he will wear the Nike Ultra Stripe Polo on Thursday and the Key Iconic Polo 2.0 on Saturday, both in Purple Haze. On Friday, Molinari will wear the Nike Ultra Polo 2.0 in white paired with Photo Blue Flat Front Tech Pants. On Sunday, he will wear his preferred final round color, Yellow Streak, in the Nike Victory Polo Molinari will lace up in Nike iD TW ‘14 footwear designed to coordinate with his outfits and pair each polo with the Flat Front Tech pant, Nike Tour Mesh cap, and Signature Swoosh Logo Cutout II belt. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Ball: Nike RZN Black.

Seung Yul Noh 
Trying to make his second win of the season a major championship, Noh will wear stripes and bold graphics in Purple Haze, Riftblue and Magnet Grey colors at Valhalla. He will start the week in the Nike Ultra Polo 2.0 in Purple Haze on Thursday. Stripes come into play the rest of the week for Noh with the Sport Nike Innovation Pocket Polo on Friday, the Sport Stripe Polo on Saturday and the Nike Ultra Stripe Polo on Sunday. The Modern Tech Pant, Nike Tour Mesh Cap Signature Swoosh Logo Cutout II belt and Nike Lunar Control. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Ball: Nike RZN Platinum.

Thorbjørn Olesen
Olesen will sport camouflage Thursday through Saturday at Valhalla. He will wear the Sport Seasonal polo, which has a camouflage pattern in the iconic 26-degree Nike chevron for the first round; and the Sport Nike Graphic Polo, which has an all over camouflage graphic for round two. Olesen will wear camouflage on his trousers with the Sport Novelty Pant in black on Saturday paired with a black Sport Swing Movement polo with pops of Volt in his Nike Flat Bill Tour cap and Nike Lunar Control footwear. On Sunday, Olesen will be wearing his colour of choice for the final round, Pro Green, in the Nike Victory Polo. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Ball: Nike RZN Black.

Charl Schwartzel
Bold graphics including camouflage and bright stripes will be on display as Schwartzel hunts for his second major championship title. The Sport Seasonal Polo on Thursday, Nike Innovation Speed Stripe Polo on Friday and Sunday, and the Sport Stripe Polo on Saturday round out Schwartzel’s sporty styles. Nike Golf’s Modern Tech Pant, Nike Tour Mesh cap, Sleek Modern Plaque belt and Nike FI Impact footwear complete each head-to-toe look. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Tour Ball: Nike RZN Black.

Nick Watney
Watney will wear the Nike Innovation Speed Stripe Polo in black with pops of Volt on Thursday and that same polo in white with pops of Photo Blue on Saturday. Relying on Dri-FIT fabrics head to toe throughout the week, Watney will wear the Nike Speed Print Polo on Friday and Sunday – with the Flat Front Tech Pant, Nike Tour Flat Bill cap and Nike Lunar Control footwear. Driver: Nike VRS Covert 2.0 Ball: Nike RZN Platinum.

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