For Christmas i have been looking at these for a while. i like both of them and they are within my budget. I'm just wondering about anybody's opinion on this and what would you recommend?
The Nike in my opinion just felt horrible and it was the S9-1 Pro that I tried. I loved it, it looked nice, sat nice but it was just a tad too stiff for me with the Matrix Ozik shaft.
I had S9-1 F Speed for 3 months this summer. Lovely looking club and nice feel and distance but it has a slight draw bias and I was more often than not left side of the fairway or rough.
My swing was possibly more to blame than the club though.
Been looking for a new driver myself. I currently have a Cobra LD-F speed, which I've had for a couple of years. Went to AG and tried about 5 clubs, including the Nike and the S-91.
Whether or not it was the similarity to the one I already have or not, the Cobra came out tops for me. The Nike was awful, as was the R9, which was a disappointment for me, because I was hoping to go TM. Also tried the L5V, which was as bad as the TM and Nike. The only one that came close to the S-91 for feel was the new Ping driver.
Unfortunately, the AG flight monitor was out of action, so I couldn't measure swing speed, ball spin etc, I could only go on the feel of the strike. The Cobra and Ping were both far more consistent than the other three, The ball came off the face quite badly on the 3 models mentioned, whilst the cobra and ping both seemed to fly straight and true pretty much every time, and the feel of the club striking the ball was much sweeter.
I've got the S9-1 atm, not the black Pro verison - just the regular, and its the best I've ever driven.
Last weekend in fact, I creamed a drive right down the middle of a long par 4, maybe 5 or ten yards shorter than usual, but it didn't feel quite right, so I had a look at the face and saw the ball impression right on the toe end of the face ! Does what it says on the tin as far as I'm concerned...
I have the S91 pro and love it. The face sits open compared the the regular s91. By far the longest driver I have hit. Have you looked at the new driver Cobra have out? The Zero Limits one - it looks awesome.