Player Wins For First Time, Nickent Golf Gets First-Ever Driver Victory
Nickent celebrated their ascension into a full-line tour company Sunday with their first driver win on the PGA Tours. The Rex Hospital Open champion is a non-contracted player who had been using the new 4DX Tour Spec Driver for 4 events and has gained significant distance and accuracy with the traditional shaped, high MOI driver. He had a driving average of 317 in the first round this week, and his driving average has gone up from 288.9 yards in his previous 4 events to 298.22 yards since making the switch.
Other players are gravitating to the 4DX Driver are receiving the same results. Another non-contracted player at the Rex Hospital Open switched to the 4DX Driver this week and earned a Top 10 finish. Four 4DX Drivers finished in the Top 40 in both Driving Distance and Driving Accuracy this week. Players like Kevin Gessino-Kraft have gone from averaging 282 yards at the beginning of the year to averaging 301 yards in his last event. He credits the change in driver to two straight Top 20 finishes.
With all of the buzz, Nickent has become "hottest driver on the Nationwide Tour" the last few weeks, with 20 total 4DX Drivers put in play since the first driver was put in the field 6 weeks ago.
"We have been having a lot of fun out there," said Nickent Director of Tour Operations Josh Trivett. "Anytime you can help someone’s game so much and get players excited about the most sought after club in the bag strictly on performance, you know you have something special. We may just have the best driver on the tour right now."
The winner of the Nationwide event won for the first time in 120 Nationwide Tour starts.
"It is hard to put into words," said the Rex Hospital champion. "It has always been a dream of mine to win on the Nationwide Tour. To finally get this win is huge."
"I’d love to move to the PGA TOUR, but I’ve always wanted to move up with a win under my belt," said Thompson, who moved to up to 15th on the official Nationwide Tour money list. "A win gives you security if things don’t go as you plan out there. Now I want to win two more. I’ve always thought if I could get the first one, the others would be easier."
It also will make it easier for more 4DX Drivers to find their way into more bags.
"Once the guys realize that the driver has really helped a guy get his first win, there will be a feeding frenzy of players who want to try the 4DX," said Trivett. "There already is a huge buzz on the driver out there and now, it will be gangbusters. That’s part of what makes the Nationwide Tour so great, players are looking for the products they think will take them to the PGA Tour. That’s what it’s all about."
About the 4DX Driver
The 4DX Driver features a 0.4 mm super thin Titanium crown, making it one of the thinnest crowns of any driver on the market. Nickent says this is the secret recipe for the performance, sound and feel of the 4DX Driver.
The 0.4 mm super thin Titanium crown allowed Nickent to save enough weight to manufacture a 460 CC directional control driver that combines a classic tour shape and cutting-edge weight technology. The raw head of this 460 CC driver weighs 180 grams. This is one of the lightest of any raw 460 CC driver heads on the market. This helps increase the swing speed of the driver significantly and allows for maximum distance. It also gives Nickent engineers room to utilize the XW technology and to raise the MOI significantly. The construction of the driver is a 6/4 titanium body fused with a 15-3-3 .4mm Titanium crown. 15-3-3 Titanium is the alloy for Titanium and is stronger and thinner than cast 6-4 Titanium. It reduces the thickness of the crown by 50%, reduces the weight of the crown by 20 grams and makes for a better sound and feel. Laser welding the crown adds more strength and saves even more weight to put back in the clubhead. A patented A-frame face application is used for a high COR/CT on the face map and conforms to USGA regulations.
Two versions of the 4DX Driver are available, the Draw Spec and the Tour Spec. The loft, lie and weight have all been configured to fit the two basic types of swings that represent the vast majority of golfers. The Draw Spec will be an anti-slice setup that gives the player seeking a higher ball flight a natural draw. The Tour Spec is engineered for players who prefer a flatter trajectory and a more workable ball flight. Unlike most drivers, which use the same head with different weight distribution to produce a draw or a fade, the Draw Spec and Tour Spec heads are completely different tooling with different face angles and face curvatures to give the player the address profile that they prefer.
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