Nike Demo Day

[lordnazgul]

Thought i would create a thread to detail my experience and opinions of a free nike demo day at a local driving range.

I went along, it was very quiet, only about 5 people there. I said i wanted to try drivers and wedges so was given a 56* to warm up with. I was actually hitting the ball really well. The real bonus was that all range balls were free! Warmed up through my clubs to my driver.

I got called over onto the launch moniter and started with my driver. This was fit for me 2 years ago when i was playing off 20 so i was sure it wasn't correct anymore. After 10 good hits i averaged out at 14** launch and 4500rpm! Carry was 247, so not ideal.

After this we went through the new sq round head (i hate square heads) with different shafts, all of which felt a lot whippier than my current one (more on this later). Again my stats were not great even though my ball striking was very good. Eventually he handed me a club and ssid, 'Don't look at it, just hit it.' My stats all of a sudden were 12.3* launch 2900 rpm, almost perfect and my carry was around the 265 makr with roll out up to 280. When i looked it was an aldila vs proto xs shaft and an 8.5* head! I really couln't believe it, the head and the shaft on my current club are absolutely miles out!

Going back to the whippiness of the shafts, i discovered the reason for this is that the stock length is 45.75", and as far as i am concerned that is obscene! The Nike guy claimed it was due to the nfact that the clubhead was more stable so the extra length was controllable, i had to completely disagree!

Overall it was great fun, but after hitting the new nike wedges (i have the original sv wedges not the sv tour) and the new SQ driver, i was completely unimpressed. The wedges performed no differently, and the driver looked hideous, made the worst noise in the world and was way too long! All in all, although my stats were great, any new driver i buy will not be a nike!

I did get to hit around 150 balls for free though!

[michaeljames92]

what are you complaining about? you hit the 8.5* well, so whats the problem with it ?

[topspin4hand]

  lordnazgul said:

the driver looked hideous, made the worst noise in the world and

Lol, at first I thought you meant too long as in yardage! What's the standard length on most drivers? [My clubs are all a little longer except for my driver, and I have been curious over these weeks as to why the fitter didn't recommend lengthening my driver as well ...]

[lordnazgul]

  michaeljames92 said:

what are you complaining about? you hit the 8.5* well, so whats the problem with it ?

The problem wasn't the hitting, it was the look, and as i am sure 99% of golfers would agree, look is of great importance, i hit my dad's r7 draw irons fine, but i don't like the look, why would i purchase something i don't like the look of?

That's my problem.

[trebmalenad]

All I have to say is that I recently purchased a nike sasquatch...it's the rounded head. It's a 9.5*, stiff shaft. It's amazing...out of 18 holes yesterday, i missed 2 fairways. I don't see a big difference in length (yardage) but I do definately notice a change in accuracy. I used to hit a Taylormade R580, same loft, stiff shaft. I thought I loved it, but wow...Now that I think about it, I could only unleash when I was having a really good driving day. Otherwise it's slice city. With the sasquatch, I feel like I can swing as hard as I want and not worry about slicing....maybe just overdriving the fairway on a dogleg .

all in all, the driver is a beast, I highly recommend it.

[four1seven]

  lordnazgul said:

The problem wasn't the hitting, it was the look, and as i am sure 99% of golfers would agree, look is of great importance, i hit my dad's r7 draw irons fine, but i don't like the look, why would i purchase something i don't like the look of?

If its a brick on the end of a shaft, and it works. I'll hit it. Looks don't matter to me, I just got the FT-I Tour LCG and it looks horrible to me, but I hit it well...so whats the problem? I must be one of the 1%.

[mothergrabber11]

I can't hit an ugly club either. I have a set of Hogan irons now and I chose them over taylormade r7s because I didn't want my golf clubs looking like they came off of a spaceship.

[UprisingPure]

Thats a shame that you didn't like the new Nike's as I am new to the game and those are the ones I was looking at :(

[topspin4hand]

  UprisingPure said:

Thats a shame that you didn't like the new Nike's as I am new to the game and those are the ones I was looking at :(

Obviously, no club is liked by every golfer. I loved this club when I tried it at a course demo day and placed an order that day. It's really working out well for me.

[lordnazgul]

  UprisingPure said:

Thats a shame that you didn't like the new Nike's as I am new to the game and those are the ones I was looking at :(

Just because i didn't like it doesn't mean that it isn;t very good, on the contrary it is very good! I just didn't like it, nothing from stopping you getting it.

I just feel that the looks of the dirver are way too radical, the original sq was just about ok, and i have got used to it, but a titleist driver suits my eye better, much like the mp600 or even the superquad, and i suspect when the time comes it will be one of these that i purchase to replace my current driver (not happening any time soon however!)