Nike CPR Mixed set

Price: £529 (graphite shaft), £449 (steel)

Nike certainly came up with a mouthful when they introduced their Clubs for Prevention and Recovery (CPR) mixed set. Someone in marketing must have been having a snappy title by-pass that week!

But don’t be deceived by the unwieldy name. This is as versatile a set of clubs as you’ll ever lay your hands on.

It comprises two CPR scooped profile woods (22 and 26 degrees and equivalent to a 7- and 9-wood, respectively), and six irons (5-iron to PW). Buy the distinctive graphite shafts and Nike will throw in a 56-degree sand wedge, too.

As I have already described in my review of the 22-degree

CPR wood, these magenta-headed clubs are sexy and stylish, with all the forgiveness of a feather bed.

The irons feature a wide sole and a distinctive plum-coloured cavity creating a low centre of gravity to help get the ball airborne.

Because of the wide sole, the mid-irons are almost impossible to hit ‘fat’ which is a real confidence booster. The 9-iron delivered a high soft-landing arc and the pitching wedge performed superbly when hit full out. The heavier wider sole made control on chips not quite as easy, however.