4DX
Driver Wins at the
Nationwide Tour's Rex Hospital Open
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 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 15 th 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."
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 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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Wins at the Nationwide Tour's Rex Hospital Open
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