Nike Sasquatch Sumo Square 5900 Driver
I am a big fan of the original Squared Sumo driver and I was obviously excited about the new Sumo 5900. I would be lying if I didn’t say I was expecting big things from this club and the sleek new look certainly was pleasing on the eye. I’m not sure if I am a little disappointed though when I say it isn’t actually that much better than the one I already have.
I’m sure the max’d out MOI at 5900 technically has made some improvements on those off centre shots and the new powerbow weighting which has been designed to offer greater head stability and accuracy will be more reassuring, but for me it wasn’t enough to make a visible difference to my drive. Maybe I need a bit of time with it to really see the benefits of this club, after all I’m sure it hasn’t added 600 MOI to the original Sumo for no good reason.
But even with all this new technology if I had the choice of picking the old Sumo up for £100 or the new one for £230 I still think I’d go for the original.
Via GolfGearDirect.
April 14th, 2008 at 12:58 am
I agree! How much MOI can a club actually achieve. Companies are pushing the limits of MOI. Just like shaft length to far and the specifications will have an adverse affect. Funny the components companies all have Trampoline, COR, or Spring Faces (whatever you want to call them) and now they need high MOI to counter the affects of a Spring Face. Is is really worth 5-10 yards extra per drive if it will lose significant accuracy?
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