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10:17 AM ET 11.20 | Nickent Golf, which just a few years ago gained acclaim for its popular hybrid clubs, is preparing to liquidate its business. Struggling with cash-flow issues since the first quarter of this year, Nickent's mercurial run in the equipment market has come to an end. The equipment maker's fortunes turned in early 2008 when it made an ill-fated gamble on the nascent adjustable-driver market. Hoping to make inroads into the driver category, Nickent pushed aggressively to be among the first to unveil a conforming driver that could easily swap shafts for immediate play. At the 2008 PGA Merchandise Show, the company unveiled its adjustable driver package -- a clubhead, two shafts and a wrench -- for $479. But neither its driver, nor the product category as a whole, captured much consumer interest.
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Woohoo, might be a chance to get some good equipment cheap. Anybody use their clubs? Are they any good?
Jakester
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wonder why no one buys them?
808Surfer
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i had one of the 3dx drivers and loved it. dont use it now, just because i won a new cobra and get about 10 more yards out of it.
it was straight as an arrow. have a friend who has a hybrid and swears by it!
andyaveritt
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i have a set that i got a few years back when they first put out the hybrids...love em
KRAIN
Chevy Chase , MD
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their hybrids are as anything on the market
West Coast Terp
Oxnard , CA
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as good as anything...
picked the wrong day to quit sniffin glue
West Coast Terp
Oxnard , CA
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