Nickent Golf Launches Innovative PIPE Blade Putters
Nickent Golf sure knows how to bring in the New Year! The
up-and-coming company that took the PGA Tour and the golf
world by storm in 2005 announced today that the PIPE Putter
is now available in two new “blade” version models:
the PP-004 (Plumber-Neck Blade) and the PP-005 (Flare-Tip
Blade).
Initial manufacturer tests show that the innovative
design of the PIPE Blade makes it the highest MOI blade putter
in the game.
“In the era of high-MOI putters, there
are only a few putters out there that have the ability to
be a blade style design and a high MOI putter,” said
Nickent Senior Vice President John Hoeflich. “Our new
PIPE Blade features a classic blade shape combined with a
very high MOI created by the light thermoplastic PIPE scheme
and heavy tungsten back weight. It’s two putter design
elements in one for the best in feel, alignment and traditional
beauty.”
 The
announcement of the Pipe Blades follows the introduction of
three new models of the PIPE Putter in October: the center-shafted
PP-002, the plumber-necked PP-003 and the left-handed version
of the original PIPE. MSRP is set at $199 for all five PIPE
Putter models. All models are available for immediate shipment.
Tour success on the PGA, LPGA and Champions
tours, coupled with an extremely strong consumer reaction
to the revolutionary design, led the PIPE Putter to be one
of the most popular putters of 2005 for retailers worldwide.
According to Golf Datatech off-course sales
numbers, the PIPE was one of the biggest success stories for
new products launched in 2005. This helped Nickent move into
the ranks as a core player in the ultra-competitive putter
market.
Company officials believe the biggest reason
consumers have taken so strongly to the PIPE is because it
works as promised. Independent club testers like Rankmark
ranked the PIPE as their # 1 overall putter and the PIPE was
named a better alignment putter than the Odyssey 2-Ball and
PING Craz-E putters by independent tester GolfTest USA.
More than Meets the Eye
The PIPE is marketed first and foremost as
an alignment putter because of its revolutionary 3D alignment
capabilities. However, it’s a much deeper design than
just alignment.
| PIPE
Product Chart |
| *PP/001 |
Double-Bend Mallet |
| PP/002 |
Center-Shafted Mallet |
| PP/003 |
Plumber-Neck Mallet |
| PP/004 |
Plumber-Neck Blade |
| PP/005 |
Flare-Tip Blade |
| *Left-handed
available |
| Click on model
for more info. |
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The design in both the mallet and blade versions
produces a very high moment of inertia and an extremely low
center of gravity. The main differences between the blade
and mallet versions are that the blade has nearly a half inch
shorter PIPE and that it does not have the perimeter bars
of the mallet design. A tungsten plug in the rear of the pipe
section accounts for 15% of the weight of the putter, pulling
back the CG as far back as possible in a putter design. This
combined with the P-Line® face insert accounts for the
PIPE Blade having 24% less skid than other high MOI putters
and is what has enabled Nickent to design a blade putter with
a substantially higher MOI than other blade putters on the
market. Ask your local retailer about the new blades today,
because with the PIPE, seeing is believing!
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