There were dramatics to the highest degree at this week’s Pete Dye Classic on the Nationwide Tour. One Nickent enthusiast came down the 18th fairway with a two shot lead. His playing partner, another Nickent user, was surging with three birdies in the last four holes. They ended up in a Nickent vs. Nickent playoff that moved both players into the top 30 on the Nationwide Tour money list. (The winner moved from 149th to 27th and the second place finisher from 26th to 11th)
Ten players using Nickent 3DX DC hybrids finished in the Top 12 at the Pete Dye Classic. With nine events left on the Nationwide Tour, players are entrenched in a battle for one of the top 20 spots that will land them on the coveted PGA Tour.
Nickent has had its own battle going on in 2006. The original three major hybrid makers have been battling it out on the Nationwide Tour this year, with sometimes over 80% of the field playing a hybrid golf club. Nickent has dominated the competition in every major category, despite one Texas based companies cash-induced efforts to slow Nickent’s ascension to the top of the hybrid kingdom.
As proof that Nickent has won the so-called "hybrid war," the small Los Angeles based company points out that on the 2006 Nationwide Tour they are: #1 overall in hybrid clubs in play, #1 in Top 10 finishes, #1 in victories, and #1 in top 20 players on the money list currently playing their hybrid.
"I think what this shows is that more of the best players are choosing our hybrids due to the extreme performance of the golf clubs," said Nickent CEO Michael Lee. "These guys don’t want the marketing money. They want to play on the PGA Tour."
Two players came one step closer to that dream this week in West Virginia.
"This feels great," said the winner, who claimed his first ever Nationwide Tour victory Sunday at the par-72 Pete Dye Golf Club. "This year has been a struggle. I haven’t played poorly this year; I just don’t have any good finishes to show for it. Hopefully this will lead to big things for me."
The runner-up at the Pete Dye Classic continues to be one of the Tour’s hottest players, claiming six Top 10 finishes in his last 11 events.
"There’s so many ways to get in the top 20," said the second place finisher. " We’ll continue to play every week, play as hard as we can â?¦ and see where the dust settles."
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