Nike VR Split Cavity Irons Specifications
Full factory loft, lie and length chart for the Nike VR Split Cavity irons, 2008–2010.
- Years produced
- 2008–2010
- Category
- Players Irons
- Construction
- forged split-back cavity
- Material
- 1025 forged carbon steel
- Set makeup
- 2–PW
Data confidence: medium. These figures are compiled from secondary sources rather than a manufacturer spec sheet. If you have an original catalogue page, send it over and we will update the chart.
Loft, lie & length chart
| Club | Loft (°) | Lie (°) | Length (in) | Bounce |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 18 | 58 | 39.5 | 1 |
| 3 | 21 | 59 | 39 | 2 |
| 4 | 24 | 60 | 38.5 | 3 |
| 5 | 27 | 61 | 38 | 4 |
| 6 | 31 | 62 | 37.5 | 5 |
| 7 | 35 | 62.5 | 37 | 6 |
| 8 | 39 | 63 | 36.5 | 7 |
| 9 | 43 | 63.5 | 36 | 8 |
| PW | 47 | 64 | 35.75 | 9 |
Lofts and lies are the factory standard build. Individual clubs may differ if they have been bent, re-shafted or re-gripped during their life.
About the Nike VR Split Cavity
The Victory Red Forged Split Cavity - marketed and reviewed almost universally as the "VR Split Cavity" - was announced on 18 November 2008 as the middle tier of Nike's three-way Victory Red iron launch, sitting between the muscleback Victory Red Forged TW Blade and the game-improvement Victory Red Full Cavity. It is forged from 1025 carbon steel with a CNC-milled face and a split-back cavity that moves the centre of gravity behind the sweet spot, giving it a wider sole, thicker topline and more offset than the TW Blade while sharing an identical, fully traditional loft and lie ladder - a 35-degree 7-iron and a 47-degree pitching wedge. The stock set is 3-iron through pitching wedge in True Temper Dynamic Gold steel only (no graphite offered), with the 2-iron sold separately. Nike did not announce a named successor when the VR Pro generation replaced the Victory Red line in 2011, but the split-cavity/combo concept continued most directly in the players-category VR Pro Combo.
Stock shafts
- True Temper Dynamic Gold — steel · flexes: R, S, X
Related models
- Later players-era Nike blade: Nike VR Pro Blade
- Likely design descendant: Nike VR Pro Combo
- Sibling in the 2008 Victory Red launch: Nike VR Full Cavity
- Compare: Nike VR Split Cavity vs Nike VR Full Cavity
Frequently asked questions
What is the loft of a Nike VR Split Cavity 7-iron?
The Nike VR Split Cavity 7-iron has a loft of 35 degrees, with a 62.5-degree lie and a 37-inch steel-shaft length - identical to the Victory Red Forged TW Blade of the same generation.
Are the Nike VR Split Cavity irons the same as the Victory Red blades?
They share an identical loft and lie ladder, but the Split Cavity has a wider sole, thicker topline and more offset than the muscleback Victory Red Forged TW Blade, trading a little workability for added forgiveness from a split-back cavity.
When were the Nike VR Split Cavity irons released?
Nike announced the Victory Red iron family, including the Forged Split Cavity, on 18 November 2008, with a $999 MSRP (about $899 street) for the 3-iron through pitching wedge in True Temper Dynamic Gold steel; the 2-iron was sold separately.
Finding a used set
The Nike VR Split Cavity ran from 2008 to 2010 and is no longer in production, so the used market is the only source. Search eBay, 2nd Swing, Golf Avenue and the PGA Tour Superstore trade-in listings, and check the loft and lie against the chart above before buying — sets this age have often been bent from standard.
- TheSandTrap.com 'Nike Golf Releases Victory Red Irons' bag-drop article (published 18 November 2008) - the original announcement of the three-way Victory Red launch (Forged TW Blade, Forged Split Cavity, Full Cavity), giving the Split Cavity's 3-PW set composition, $999 MSRP / $899 street price, separate 2-iron (~$113), True Temper Dynamic Gold steel shafts, and forged-carbon-steel/CNC-milled-face construction shared across the family. This is the basis for year_introduced 2008; the model is commonly reviewed and catalogued through the 2009-2010 seasons.
- InTheHoleGolf.com 'Nike Victory Red Forged Split Cavity Irons' retailer spec page (intheholegolf.com/VRSC/Nike-Victory-Red-Forged-Split-Cavity-Irons.html) - supplies the full loft, lie, bounce and length table for 2-iron through PW used above, plus '1025 Forged Carbon Steel' construction, CNC-milled face, True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft and the Victory Red grip by Eaton. A separate aggregated web-search table circulating for this model lists the 2-iron bounce as 2 degrees rather than this page's 1 degree; the retailer page's figure is used here as the more specific single-model source.
- TheSandTrap.com review (published 20 June 2009) and Today's Golfer 'Nike Golf VR Split-Cavity Better Player Irons Review' (testing centred on 2009-2010, noting a Today's Golfer silver award in issue 270) both state explicitly that the Split Cavity's loft and lie are identical to the Victory Red Forged TW Blade, and describe its wider sole, thicker topline and greater offset relative to that blade - corroborating both the spec ladder and the construction description independent of the retailer table.
- No nikegolf.com page from this era is retrievable via the Wayback Machine (the domain's CDX index returns only unrelated redirect entries), so all per-club figures come from retailer/review reproductions rather than a Nike-original chart; confidence is set to medium for that reason. The successor field is an inference, not a Nike-stated succession: no source names a direct replacement for the Split Cavity when the VR Pro generation launched in 2011, but VR Pro Combo occupies the same players-category, combo-shaped niche and is the closest analog, matching the treatment other files in this repository give to unconfirmed model-lineage 'descendants'.
Last reviewed 2026-07-29. Spot an error? [email protected]