Nicklaus Nicklaus Dual Point Driver OS

Reviewed by: Marcus McDonnell ,  Shoots in the 100s

Model Reviewed:
Nicklaus Dual Point Driver

Summary:
I just got the Dual Point 10.5 after using a friends. What a driver I played with it at the weekend and my drives have gone up around 20 yards. If you hit it smoothly the ball flies long and striaght, for me at around 270-275. You name it and I have had it, I'm forever buying new clubs at the moment I have a Ping G5 - Taylor Made R7 - Nike Sumo - Cleveland Launcher, all are good drivers when you hit them well but I'm only hitting them 260 yards on a good day. With the Dual Point every drive is long and on the short stuff with no effort. I only paid £120. I had my best round ever after one round with this driver because my second shorts were short irons into the green. I never write reviews but I felt I had to this time, at the weekend after my round my playing partners wanted to know why I was playing so well, I let them hit my driver all off them hit their best drives of the day. On the day Callaway had their golf club road show, I tried all their drivers and none matched uup to my Dual Point, Jack was the greatest player, in my opinion he makes the greatest driver. Go and try it, why spend £250-300 when you can get a piece of kit to hit it further for less than half the price.

Customer Service:
I bought my driver from American Golf in Sudbury, the staff were great. In fact the manager said if I didn't hit the driver the best I ever had he would take it back and give me my money back, sorry to say his not getting it back.

Similar Products Used:
Ping G2 - G5 - Calloway X - Big Berther - Nike Sumo - Taylor Made R7

Reviewed by: cuchalina ,  Shoots in the 80s

Model Reviewed:
Dual Point Fast Back

Summary:
Also was skeptical since I hadn´t heard about the Nicklaus products before. Went to a specialized pro shop and was told that 90% of the driver is the shaft. We tried the stability and flexibility of different shafts that come with stock drivers. All were stiff which is what I play. And then tried a non-stock shaft regular and to my surprise the regular was more stiff than the stock stiffs. And was also more stable. He said that the difference is that stock shafts are mass produced in China for example. And a custom shaft is not produced in mass, has a higher quality standard and are made mainly in Japan. So I asked the pro guy what should I do. He recommended to put a Nicklaus head on a custom shaft. When I asked why Nicklaus, the reason was more financial. For $300 Nicklaus offered the choice in shafts. If I bough something else, I would have to buyt the whole club plus a custom shatf. I asked about Nicklaus which was not a brand I was aware of. He said that they are all mostly the same. There are some differences, but in general they are the same. It is mostly a matter of what you feel comfirtable with. In my case, I liked the shape, design, and overall feel. So what the heck... I bought it with a YS regular shaft. To my surprise I am hitting it long and straight... time after time. Had some trouble trying to fade it, but came to the realization that I just have to hit it straight. Why try to work it if I can put the ball where I want? Love the club!!! And saved some bucks.

Another intersting fact on heads. We wieghed heads made out of titanium, old steel and wood... all weigh the same. The difference that you feel has to do with the weight distribution of the head. This was interesting to me.

Reviewed by: stueyboy ,  Shoots in the 70s

Model Reviewed:
Nicklaus Nicklaus Dual Point Driver OS

Summary:
I was looking to get a new driver as the shaft on my Srixon was just a bit too stiff for my liking and I was lacking in cionsistency off the tee. I testet the Nicklaus alongside a Ping G10 and one of the new Nike Squash thingies!. All with stiff shafts. They all performed admirably in the distance. Hitting 280 yds with range balls so pretty happy.

After quite a few shots, I felt that the Nicklaus offered the best feel and reliability in distance and direction. In the UK the Nicklaus is £50 less than the other 2 and I really felt that I couldn't hit either the ping or Nike £50 further or better so I now have the Nicklaus as my new driver. I will post a proper course review hopefully soon.