My troubles

[Firebat138]

Well... Here is my problem... I seem to play fairly well until I have the shot where I THINK I can pull out the Nike 3 Wood. When I do hit it....which is 20 percent of the time...It soars nicely and I am pleased. But the rest I either hit dirt or whatever. I was thinking of just leaving it home. I recently bought a Nickent 4 Hybrid...Which I had never heard of. I went to Dicks to get a CPR and the pro talked me out of it and I hit the Nickent a couple of times and loved it. After having a couple of kids in the past couple years I am starting to get back into to it a little more. So...Should I just get rid of the 3 wood. Any ideas on what to replace it with...Perhaps another Nickent 2 iron HY.

Thanx all

Eric

[Dminn23]

If you hit the Nickent well, why not? I've seen several conversations on other golf forums where players are taking their fairway woods out of the bag and replacing them with lower lofted hybrids (like a 2 or 1 iron equivelant). That being said, maybe the Nike just doesn't fit you. It also depends on what situation you hit it in, are you hitting it off the fairway, out of the rough, or off the tee only? Different face depths/widths and sole profiles make huge differences in where certain fairway woods can be utilized. They AREN'T all the same, by any means.

But back to basics, if your hitting the Nike 3 wood 230 one time and then then next 4 times you hitting the ground then ball and its flying 120, why not get the Nickent 2i hybrid. I'm not sure of the distance you can expect from it, but lets say it only goes 210, thats still better than your average with the Nike. Not to mention that hybrids are versatile in that they can be played well from the rough and for chipping around greens.

Good luck!

[Firebat138]

Thanx...You know it was one of those questions I think I already knew an answer too...BUT....good to get another opinion now and then. Thanx

Eric

[Q.Q.Quillume]

  Firebat138 said:

I went to Dicks to get a CPR and the pro talked me out of it and I hit the Nickent a couple of times and loved it.

I didn't know Dick's has Class A PGA professionals working there. Interesting.

[Firebat138]

LOL...Well...this one kinda does....I have never been to a Dick's before, but the one near me has the indoor driving range and swing analyzer, etc. The pro there was the old pro at the local golf course and has since took over the operation. I think he was a developer and realestate guy for a while, so money is not his worries..LOL...