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Re: Nike L-100

• DAZZA501 5,972 Posts

  Wed, Jun 17 2015 2:49 PM

  Surely the Nike Vapor drivers will be here soon :-)

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Wed, Jun 17 2015 5:09 PM

  fatdan:

  It's a good club, in my limited experience with the BB driver it is better...ur gonna buy it anyway but here goes LOL

  Hardy-Har-Har !!! Yep, it's a simple fact of life ;-}} As PT said "there's a sucker born every minute"   Thanks to all

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 8:23 AM

  SPs mind is made up and fair enough - enjoy the new toy:)

  I would say just on that latest St As Old Tom challenge it probably is a place where the L100 / 103 dvrs are probably the weapon I would choose if I had them. 

  #12 my R1 stops the ball near the pin fine with any decent hint of a HW.  I am sure you can do that with more flexibility with a higher loft driver though.  Certainly I think I need a some HW to do that, but running it up also seems to have worked pretty good when not.  I think the L100 Nike must win that 1 for choice, but actual score wise I doubt I would see a difference too often..hmmmm ?....well not enough doubt to make me buy a driver when I think we must be due something a bit funkier.

  #15 I probably need to think that one through a bit more depending on wind, but not seen any real issues.

  I do use the L81 ball though, and that sticks better than the L61 I would think in those situations. Overall though that course, that set and those conditions the L100 I would think would be the go to choice.

  Icons bounce over the water (byrne) challenge I was stuffed with the R1, but that was starter ball for fun. Come L103 will I be finally prized from my trusty old R1, LOL.  I like new toys but I don't bother swapping clubs per course etc either..probably try it in a free rental and then hand it back.

• SweetiePie 4,925 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 9:26 AM

  Jimbog1964:

  I would say just on that latest St As Old Tom challenge it probably is a place where the L100 / 103 dvrs are probably the weapon I would choose if I had them. 

  Very cool to read Jimbo ! It shows me, in vivid visuals, what I seek...a nature to slow down and smell the flowers as I play ;-}

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 9:40 AM

  Amen to that , Lily.  Seek excellence, not perfection.   While I strive to perform at my best, I try to remember that it's just a game.  I'll never be a player on the order of Fmags.  Or probably even you.  I simply try to learn from my mistakes and improve my game.  And enjoy the process.

  Jeff

• fatdan 3,379 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 10:11 AM

  Jimbogs post compared to mine is the perfect example of it is the player as much as it is the club....I use the lvl 61 nike ball mostly but I also use the lvl 81(same as Jim) on some courses and was using the 81 at the Old Tom tourny.

  on #12 when I ran the R1 up on the green I depended on the bounce being favorable and it brought the bunker into play on a slight mishit...where as the Nike was easier to dial in and you have a 2ft - 18ft putt for eagle every time...

  on #15 with a tail wind I aim the nike at the right fairway bunker and it goes long but dies short of it, where with the R1 I was in it once and close a 2nd time...but I'm not used to it!

  Theeeeeen on icons challenge, I couldn't get the Nike driver over the water, so I switched to the R1 and I could, exactly the opposite of Jim and others...LOL

   

  In short, if you can make the adjustment needed with the R1 on #12 and #15, you might also have an eagle putt on #10 and you will be a little closer on every hole...I couldn't with a limited effort.

• Jimbog1964 8,378 Posts

  Thu, Jun 18 2015 8:49 PM

  fatdan:

  on #12 when I ran the R1 up on the green I depended on the bounce being favorable and it brought the bunker into play on a slight mishit...where as the Nike was easier to dial in and you have a 2ft - 18ft putt for eagle every time...

  Were you able to land the green and stick it there most time any wind including direct TW?

  The R1 I was usually OK working it with wind, but certainly ended up pitching or even punching a few times.  Arguably I am as likely to sink a 15 yard pitch (punch from say 20 not far behind if at all) as I am an 18 foot putt on that green, but dance floor has to be the goal I think.

  fatdan:

  I couldn't get the Nike driver over the water, so I switched to the R1 and I could

  There my R1 got over OK, just saw no chance of stopping it near the hole.  Starter ball only fun comp as say though, and so fair enough there I think.

  fatdan:

  In short, if you can make the adjustment needed with the R1 on #12 and #15, you might also have an eagle putt on #10 and you will be a little closer on every hole

  #10 I never quite made the actual green with the R1.  The couple of eagles I got were from pitches and punches. 

  #15 like I say i never saw as an issue, but so used to the R1 anyway.  Maybe I left a slightly longer approach for safety sometimes, but this game any short iron is just so good.

  Cheers