Nickent Golf Claims 9th PGA Tours Victory of 2006

Celebrating their homecoming event and their third year anniversary of becoming the #1 hybrid on the Nationwide Tour, Nickent Golf was hoping for a big week at the Mark Christopher Charity Classic this weekend.

They got the big week they were looking for in Rancho Cucamonga, just 20 miles from the Nickent headquarters, when the home town champion posted a wire-to-wire victory with a Nickent 3DX DC Ironwood in his bag.

Nickent also had a hybrid in the bag of the second place finisher, their “on-fire” staff player Jeff Quinney, who now ranks 3rd on the Nationwide Tour money list and is guaranteed to graduate to the PGA Tour next year. It was the 3rd 1-2 finish for Nickent on the PGA Tour this year and their 9th victory on the PGA Tours this season. This makes 3DX hybrids the winningest hybrid on the 2006 PGA and Nationwide tours.

 

The winner of the Mark Christopher, a fulltime PGA Tour player, was playing this week as a rehabilitation assignment before he makes his first PGA Tour start in nearly six months after suffering a hand injury in January. In his first event back, he collected the $90,000 first-place prize and a much needed confidence boost.

“I was hoping I’d have a chance to win because this is my home course and in my hometown,” said the 23-year-old native of Seoul, South Korea. “Playing on my home course was a huge advantage this week. The course was playing so difficult. Most everyone today was near even-par which shows how tough it was playing.”

Nickent has now had seven different winners on the Nationwide Tour in 2006, plus two wins by the #2 ranking player on the PGA Tour this season. Their extremely popular line of 3DX hybrids have won more than any manufacturer on these two tours this year, and have earned more top 10 finishes than any other company on the PGA Tour and Nationwide tours combined. Fifty percent of the players in the Top 10 on the 2006 Nationwide Tour money list, all of whom are virtually guaranteed a spot on the PGA Tour next year, have played Nickent hybrids this year.

“It has been such an amazing year for us on tour,” said Nickent CEO Michael Lee. “We congratulate Kevin on his wonderful win and all of the players who have succeeded this year with our clubs on tour. We are very appreciative of their support of Nickent and we are honored to help out their golf game with our unique hybrids. We have made the Nationwide Tour our home as a way to form relationships with the future of the game. We are proud to be the most successful hybrid on this tour and to be in a position to help so many players realize their dream of playing on the PGA Tour.”

Nickent has also realized their dream in the last three years, becoming one of the biggest forces in the booming hybrid market. After their third year on the Nationwide Tour ruling the hybrid kingdom as the #1 ranking hybrid, Nickent is now dominating the leader board, with the best players in the world choosing their clubs, in many cases without endorsement.

“If you ever need a measuring stick to see how you are doing on tour, you look at the wins and how many of the best players are using your sticks,” said Lee. “Five players in the Top 10 used a 3DX DC hybrid in Rancho, including the first and second place finishers. This was a nice way to tell that we are still the top dog on the Nationwide Tour.”

2006 Nationwide Tour	#1 Hybrid Ranking	Victories	Top 10's
NICKENT	12 events	7	72
Manufacturer	11 events	3	52
Manufacturer	4 events	4	39