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Posts from category: Nickent

Range Ball: 1 Nickent 4DX SE: 0

Doff your caps for a fallen comrade. Tragedy struck during a mid-morning range outing Monday when the Nickent 4DX SE driver reviewed in this space barely a week ago, out for a little follow-up field research, suffered irreparable damage from a fatal blow to the head. After about four or five swings, the sound of [...]


Club Test: Nickent 4DX Special Edition driver

Club Test: Nickent 4DX Special Edition driver Demo Specs: Nine degrees of loft, proprietary Fujikura SR3 shaft, 65 grams, S flex Options: Nine, 10.5 or 12 degrees of loft. Swingweight D2, length 45.5 inches (available in 44.5 inches for women). No left-hand models (original 4DX offers a much wider array of options). Shafts: UST V2, [...]


Taylor Launches Legal Smackdown on Nickent

From a TM press release: TaylorMade-adidas Golf Company (TMaG) filed a lawsuit yesterday against Nickent Golf in regard to claims made in Nickent’s recent print and television advertising and on its website concerning the purported success of Nickent drivers on tour. Nickent’s online, print and TV campaign appears designed to lead consumers to believe that [...]


PGA Merchandise Show: Big Boxes Get Big Break From USGA

Sometimes, even when you live and breathe the game of golf, the lure of the shiny toys at yon local golf superstore can be hard to resist. I like to wander the hallways early on Saturdays, looking in vain to see if the Pro V1s are on sale, fiddling with the belly putters and scanning [...]


PGA Merchandise Show, Day 1: swappable shafts usher in a new dawn for the truly gear-obsessed

Forget moveable weight technology – that is soooo five minutes ago. Welcome to the era of swappable shafts. If you’re a member of golf’s tweak-and-fiddle set, it’s a day to rejoice as major manufacturers introduce quick-change shafts and driver heads _ a no-brainer of an idea that’s been too long in coming. On Day 1 [...]