My first Nike club ever. Sorry they quit making them. This driver is ultra light with a very solid feel. Very consistent and easy to hit. Not crazy about the bright blue, but I will get used to it or repaint.
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So I hit the driver today. It's an 8.5 degree and the ball flight was true as my older 10 degree driver. I was 20yards farther...thank you very much. The buts, Ping sound feels like I'm hitting an emptied tank of a driver. And that feel? Well Though I'm longer than the old driver, I feel like I'm striking the ball well, nice ball flight yet the ball doesn't seem to reflect "Jumping" off the clubface. My old driver, when I hit it, it would definitely jump and add yards to a "normal" drive. The Dymo, I had 4 "good" hits today but when I walked it off was the same distance as the "normal" hits. Is that a sign of quality for the mishit, hit shots? That you don't lose yards on a slight mishit? Or a sign of lacking quality that on the Well hit shots you aren't gaining any yards? Hmmm. I'm going to get my money's worth with the driver but my eyes will be on the lookout in the mean time for it's replacement. Probably a full year's worth of play then back to the Driver Shopping.Read full review
I have a single digit handicap and like all golfers is always searching for that extra 10 or 20 yards on the drive. I had been playing with the original Nike Sasquatch 9.5 degree (stiff) driver and was curious about their next generation drivers from Nike. With all the buzz about MOI (moment of inertia), I figured that it could only help to upgrade. I wasn't totally happy with my current driver because it would consistently fade to the right even on my most solid drives, my average drive was between 250 and 260 yds. I just didn't feel like I had as much accuracy or consistency as I should. Before the upgrade, I decided to go through some newer technology testing with "HOTSTIX" and "SHAFTLAB" analysis. Surprisingly, after playing stiff shafts for over 15 years, the analysis indicated that I would be best served with a regular shaft and higher loft to maximize the launch angle. This "insight" went totally against what I had been told in the past, even from a few pros that did club fittings for me. Evidently, swing speed is not the only criteria when choosing a shaft, but how I generated that swing speed was more important. It was noted that I generated my swing speed not with a quick sudden burst (i.e. very fast tempo), but from the culmination of the swing arc over the entire swing plane. So, a stiff shaft was actually too "stiff" for my swing and as a consequence, the clubhead never came around properly through the ball and lagged behind causing all my drives to go right. I decided to purchase the Nike Sasquatch Sumo with a 10.5 degree regular shaft from ebay for about $200. I chose the Sumo over the Sumo 2 because of some reviews I read from the golf magazines that indicated that it would be the wiser choice for better golfers whereas the Sumo 2 would be best for those looking for game improvement (high handicappers). I immediately exchanged the original shaft to the one recommended from the shaftlab analysis; prolaunch blue regular. I have to say, I am driving more accurately and longer than I've ever been in my life. When I hit my drives in the perfect center of the club face, my drives now consistently go 300 yds straight or with a slight draw! Off-center drives still get me about 85% to 90% of the distance. This MOI stuff really works and I can't complain about the added distance. I would recommend this driver to any golfer from novice to pro (Tiger woods uses this same head, but with a fancier shaft). If you are serious about your golf, I would highly recommend spending a few extra bucks on launch angle and shaft analysis. You will definitely not regret it, I know I haven't!Read full review
I'd long ago given up the hope of hitting a driver from the tee box. In fact, I'd been using a 3-wood with an extended shaft off the tee for years to take advantage of the increased loft. Even with this approach I was hit-or-miss from the tee; if I managed to hit the sweet spot then I was straight but if I missed even in the slightest, I was often in the trees. The 460cc driver wave came and many of my friends spoke highly of the increased forgiveness of the larger club face but I feared giving up the extra loft. The lucky 13 and the sweet 16 offered by nike then seemed like potential solutions to my inconsistency. I went with the 13 over the 16 because I thought the increase in required tee height for the larger club face combined with the 13 loft would more closely match the launch angle of my 3-wood. After playing a round all I can say is wow! With no range time and only a few practice swings on the first tee, I drove straighter than in any round I'd ever played in my whole life. Even miss-hits stayed in the fairway - not a single drive even went into the ruff yet alone the trees. On top of that I out drove my regular playing partners who have always had more distance off the tee. Was this a one-round fluke or is this club perfectly suited to my mediocre skills-set? I sure hope its not a fluke and that my future rounds will be as enjoyable as my last.Read full review
Many golfers equate higher cost meaning better. Not so. I tried the Epic and the TM M1 and this driver is easier to hit and just as long or longer plus cheaper.
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