I have the 20° 3-iron replacement, and it nicely filled my 5-wood gap during testing. More often than not I got pleasing sound and feel, high trajectory, and long ball flight. I tried to think “swing it like an 8-iron” every time I looked down on it. There is no need to get aggressive with this club. It is easy to get the ball up in the air and on line without much effort. It provides plenty in the feel department. They fill an esthetic gap left by most other hybrid manufacturers.Īldila’s NV Hybrid shaft gets the ball in the air with a fairly boring ball flight. Like I’ve said, I feel this is among the best looking hybrids on the market right now.
Nickent 3dx ironwood left handed series#
The Winn V17 series grip and trademark green Aldila NV shaft both look great and complement the club-head nicely. Put a decent swing on this club and the face does its job. The face is simple and confidence inspiring.
The tungsten weights are a visible reminder of what Nickent has done to make this club forgiving and high flying. The back and sole of the 3DX Ironwood DC looks more high tech and are an improvement esthetically over the original Ironwood. One of the best looking hybrids on the market the 3DX Ironwood DC looks as good as it performs. These are beautiful and uncluttered at address. The only other clubs that achieve this (to my knowledge) are the Sonartec hybrids, but they come at a higher price point. It looks like a hybrid should: simple and functional. It doesn’t have a scooped out body or anything that makes it look quasi-high-tech at address. The 3DX Ironwood is all wood and no iron in the looks department, and I like it. Many hybrids have a two-tone top-line that gives you the general impression of what an iron looks like at address with the wood part of the club tacked on behind. This is one of the finest looking hybrids on the market. Nickent further claims that the “inserts are also used to move the center of gravity of the head to insure proper weight distribution and eliminate the ‘pull hooks’ produced by many of the leading hybrid designs.” I have more to say on whether this is an effective technology or not later on… Tungsten weights bring the center of gravity low in this club making it easy for you to elevate the ball. This club is designed to help you get the ball up in the air and hit it straight in the process. The Ironwood has 24% more MOI or “moment of inertia,” which is a scientific marketing lingo for “resistance to twisting,” than the previous Ironwood. In addition to the new clubface, forty grams of weight have been moved to the bottom of the club to help you get the ball airborne and to either side of the club to help you hit it straight. CoR is an acronym for “coefficient of restitution,” which is scientific marketing lingo for “efficiency of energy transfer.” Basically the new Ironwood transfers more of your power to the golf ball than the original. To begin, a new, thinner face was implemented to deliver a higher CoR than the first Ironwood. Nickent’s original 3DX Ironwood was an excellent club, but in 2005 Nickent set out to improve upon their original design. Nickent’s 3DX Ironwood DC has a hot face with a pleasing “tink” at impact. A recent Nickent press release boasted, “At the Nationwide Tour’s Rheem Classic in Arkansas, 45 Nickent hybrids were in play,” which accounted for 36% of all hybrids. Todd Hamilton may singlehandedly be responsible for pushing hybrids into the public’s consciousness when he used a Sonartec hybrid to win the 2004 British Open, but companies like Nickent have picked up the ball and run with it. These clubs couldn’t be better for amateurs.
There has been considerable buzz surrounding Nickent’s hybrids for some time. I’ve wanted to put one of these hybrids through its paces for some time and recently picked one up to see what all the buzz was about.
Nickent 3dx ironwood left handed upgrade#
The 3DX Ironwood DC is an upgrade to the popular 3DX Ironwood. Nickent released the 3DX Ironwood DC earlier this year along with the 3DX Utility DC. Thanks to companies like Nickent, a recent and significant manufacturer of hybrid clubs, our confidence from about 170 to 230 yards has been restored. Sweet-spots the size of neutrons are but a vague and unpleasant memory. No longer does one need to fear the 1-iron, the 2-iron, the 3-iron, or even the 4-iron. Let’s face it: we are the beneficiaries of significant advances in club technology.
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