The Bottom Line
Pros
- Club looks great in your hands and at setup.
- Carbon/Titanium Composite construction ramps up game-improvement qualities.
- 400cc plenty big for oversized benefits, but not big enough to scare anyway away.
Cons
- Hmmm ...
Description
- Genex Cross clubhead features a carbon graphite crown and titanium body.
- Clubhead size is 400c.
- Carbon crown is 65-percent lighter than titanium; that weight is repositioned to sole of the club.
- Proprietary construction method allows for same structural strength of "normal" clubhead.
- Properties favor high launch angle and low spin rate, aiding both distance and accuracy.
- Standard shafts are SpeedRated 55 Shaft System; UST ProForce 65, Grafalloy Prolite 3.5 available.
- Six other shafts are available as custom options; standard lengths 45 inches for men, 44 for women.
- Winn V-17 grip is standard; 11 Golf Pride, 1 Winn, 1 Lamkin grips also available as stock options.
- Available lofts are 7.5, 8.5, 9.5, 10.5, 11.5 and 14; all but 7.5 and 14 also available LH.
- MSRP at launch of $349.
Guide Review - Nickent Genex Cross Driver
The Nickent Genex Cross is part of the new breed of "composite" drivers, drivers whose clubhead is a melding of two materials. As with most composites, what's being crossed in the Genex Cross is carbon graphite and titanium. The crown is carbon graphite, the face and body titanium.
The carbon graphite crown is 65 percent lighter than titanium and 80 percent lighter than steel. That allows weight to be repositioned to the sole, where it creates a lower, deeper center of gravity and expanded sweet spot.
The key for Nickent was finding a way to get the same structural integrity in a composite clubhead that is found in clubheads made of one material.
"Our design brief called for a composite driver that would match the rigidity and strength of a standard titanium or steel product," said Michael Lee, Nickent CEO and head of product development, "and therefore transfer the greatest amount of energy back to the golf ball."
The company developed a patent-pending proprietary process to do that. And in the process, Nickent has developed yet another winning golf club.
