I guess this is as close as a category as these fit into. There's a new model out so you can get these for about 70 bucks. The club has great balance and the Winn grip is fantastic. The clubs look great and the UST graphite (reg. The 18,5 is also useful off the tee on short par 4s. They're great off tight fairway lies and out of the rough. They'll take some time to get used to but it will be worth the investment. There's almost a soft feeling at impact, and they're more forgiving than you might think.Īfter only a few rounds with these I know the more I play them the more I will like them. The ball flight is high but you can control it by changing the ball position. The 23 degree flies high with slightly better distance than my 4 iron and the 18.5 degree is longer than my 3 iron and a couple of yards longer than my 7 wood. However,I can say the 3DX is a fairly easy club to hit with consistency.
I've had limited experience with hybrids, only playing - off and on - the Cleveland Halo for a couple of seasons, so I can't compare the DX ironwood to the vast array of hybrids now on the market. With just a little practice, you'll feel like you were reliving your 20's. In a word, fabulous! If you want to go low and you are aging as I am, ditch the long irons and go with these. I gave up maybe 15 yards on my regular 3 wood but, got it all back in accuracy. In fact, these were so good, I tried a #3 utility wood as well and had exactly the same result. It's a lot tougher to work these compared to an iron but, when you are in the short grass in the middle of the fairway, that hasn't been a major concern. All 3 are easy to hit, long and straight. This club was so good, I benched my 4 and 5 irons as well and replaced them with 4 and 5 Nickent 3DX DC hybrids. When struck, the ball feels like the club has slid through butter. I hit the ball a solid 200+ yards, straight as a pin. I knew the first time I hit the 3DX DC Ironwood that I had found the replacement for my 3 iron. Mainly, the others were tougher to hit well with consistency and were not near as straight or as long in distance. I must say that when I bought my first #3 20* Ironwood with an SRT by UST speed rated stiff shaft, I was very apprehensive as I had tried five other hybrids with mixed results. I can't say enough positive about the Nickent 3DX DC Ironwood and Utility wood Hybrid clubs. Right now I'm at a 12, so I will continue to play these until I can find something better.
This wouldn't be a good set necessarily for a single digit guy. I really think this is a good set for a person who is either starting out or for even a 10 handicapper the fact they come with two hybrids (dumping the 3-4 irons is smart). I don't prefer these! They get a little slick. Aesethically: well they're nice, but not pretty like my Hogans! Grips: Winn standard grips V type. On the forgiveness side: toe hits yield pretty much the same distance while heel hits are not nearly as good with about 10% distance loss. The soles are not really wide like Big Berthas, so I find it fairly easy to work the ball. The PW is 44 degrees! So a gap wedge is useful. The irons are incredibly long! But the lofts are stronger so that has something to do with it. The hybrids are decent as Nickent is known for them, but they are not the best out there. The 3 and 4 seem a bit redundant with 3 degrees of separation, so I don't really hit the 3 that much. These 3DX irons have red inserts over the cavity. The picture on this website for these irons is not the right one. Normally I play blades, because I don't like a lot of offset, but I wanted something more forgiving and opted on the Nickent 3-PW 3DX ions.