Rory McIlroy is replacing his Nike driver and two fairway metals this week at the HSBC Champions in Shanghai as he begins to search for new equipment.
Nike announced in August that it was getting out of the hard equipment business - clubs and golf balls - to concentrate more on its longtime strength of shoes and apparel.
McIlroy, at No. 3 in the world, is the highest-ranked player in Nike's golf stable.
"Honestly, I didn't envisage having anything in my bad until the end of the season," McIlroy said.
"Look, I'm playing well. I'll leave it. But I brought a few clubs out to Dubai to try out and test. I hit them and I was like, 'This is good."'
He is using the TaylorMade M2 driver, three-wood and five-wood at Sheshan International.
McIlroy won the Deutsche Bank Championship and the Tour Championship to capture his first FedEx Cup.
A week later, he went 3-2-0 in the Ryder in a European loss.
The HSBC Champions begin a stretch in of three tournaments in four weeks to close out his European Tour season.
McIlroy, a four-time major champion, signed with Nike in 2013.
