Tiger Woods and Nike have ended their relationship after a nearly 28-year run that saw Woods win 15 majors and 82 PGA Tour events in the Swoosh. After wearing Nike in all of his iconic moments, the 48-year-old Woods will move on to wear something new to end his PGA Tour career. What clothes will Tiger Woods wear next? Will he wear a new brand, like FootJoy or Greyson? Will he start his own brand?
After more than 27 years together Tiger Woods and Nike have ended their relationship what’s next for the 15-time major winner and what clothes will he be wearing starting in 2024 we’ll talk about that in this video I’m Ryan baly with golf newset thanks for being here with us today this is a momentous
Occasion in golf history Tiger Woods started wearing Nike golf when he turned professional in August of 1996 as part of the coordinated hello world campaign where he talked in his first news conference as a professional about greeting the world of professional golf with that choreograph phrase that found
Its way on t-shirts and apparel and in commercials Around the World Woods ultimately became one of the most successful if not the most successful professional golfer in history winning 15 times in major championships tying the PGA Tour record for the most wins and he did it all wearing Nike golf
Apparel he played Nike golf clubs for many years up until the brand folded it’s hard good operation in 2016 and today Woods announced that he and Nike were parting ways and as part of that announcement Woods went first which is a rare conciliatory statement from Nike and in that statement Woods made clear
That he enjoyed this long-term relationship that he enjoyed with the swoosh saying over 27 years ago I was fortunate to start a partnership with one of the most iconic brands in the world the days since have been filled with so many amazing moments and memories if I started naming them I
Could go on forever Phil Knight’s passion and vision brought this Nike and Nike golf partnership together and I want to personally thank him along with the Nike employees and incredible athletes I have had the pleasure of working with along the way people will ask if there is another chapter yes
There will certainly be another chapter see you in LA and by La Woods means Los Angeles where Woods will host the Genesis Invitational next month on the PGA tour as part of its signature series of events Nike for its part rare to make announcements when athletes leave their
Stable including Jason day who was a Nike Golf athlete from 2016 up through 2023 and now wears malbon golf Nike said in the statement in a post to Instagram with a picture of woods fist pumping as he won the 1997 Masters it was a hell of a round tiger and the caption reads
Tiger you challenged your competition stereotypes conventions the old school way of thinking you challenged the entire institution of golf you challenged us and most of all yourself and for that challenge we’re grateful now what’s next for Woods Woods has said he intends to play monthly if possible
In 2024 and presumably that would begin as the season gets underway here on the PGA tour and that means Woods has an opportunity to play golf wearing a new brand for the first time in his professional career what that brand is though is quite the subject and quite
The mystery there are people who think that Woods will wear FootJoy and sign with FootJoy Woods was originally a titlist loyalist a Kush net is the parent company of Titleist and FootJoy Woods has also been wearing FootJoy Shoes when he’s been playing since coming back from that single car wreck
In 2021 outside of Los Angeles never wore Nike golf since the comeback in terms of his Footwear so there is some thought that maybe they are the leaders in the clubhouse and there have been rumors that he has signed with them none of those have been confirmed there’s
Also the thought that Woods could start his own apparel brand Woods would following the footsteps of Jack Nicholas who has his own apparel brand that is actually proving quite successful overseas and does have some domestic uh sales to show for itself over its lifetime Woods is probably the most
Visible golfer in the history of the game if not most certainly and he still has a lot of visibility left he’ll continue to play in the Masters and other major championships as he is able and sees fit and finds himself competitive so he can establish a brand
In pretty short order if he wishes to do so or a brand can pay up for his Services which he would be happy to do he’s worked with Taylor Made golf over the years since moving on from Nike golf he’s worked with Bridgestone Golf in
Terms of golf ball in recent years so he has worked with brands that are willing to partner with him for the right fee and the products that he wishes to use and if he were to sign with another brand I’m sure he would sign with the
Same Gusto with which he is worn Nike golf for nearly 30 years so why did tiger step away as his agent longtime Agent Mark Steinberg said Woods chose not to continue the relationship with Nike well probably the most likely reason is that Nike is trying to cut
Costs and they have never really found a whole lot of traction in the golf world not to the way that you might them expect one of the largest apparel brands in the world to do and it’s been a struggle for over those 30 years despite the fact that Woods has been probably
Personally responsible for at least a billion dollars if not billions of dollars in apparel sales to Nike golf so at this point in his career Woods is not playing as often he plays quite rarely even with his aspirations to play more frequently in 2024 Nikey is trying to
Cut costs at pretty much every level of the organization and they likely made an offer to him that was not what Woods thought was representative of his value to Nike not only at this stage of his career but also over the course of his lifetime and with that offer Woods
Probably believed he could still offer more to the brand than he would be getting back from them in return despite the fact that would has made hundreds of million dollarss from Nike golf over the years so an amicable end to the relationship Woods will move on Nike
Will be grateful Woods will be grateful and it seems like a very reasonable split from two brands that have been associated with one another for nearly 30 years every single iconic Woods moment has him wearing the swoosh and that value will be tremendous for years to come for Nike whether he’s an
Official athlete or not what he wears next though is the next subject and next great question for Tiger Woods career we’ll see shortly and I’m sure an announcement is forthcoming I’m Ryan baling with golf Newsnet thanks for watching we will see you next time
