I served on the Nike playing staff for my first two years going through PGA certification, so I have used all of the products that they have introduced. The SQ is far and away their best effort ever. I recently tried the Tour model driver and fairway wood for a few rounds and came away very impressed.

With the launch of the SasQuatch line, Nike has placed itself in the middle of the race for golf club supremacy. The SasQuatch fairway wood offers many of the same characteristics as the SQ driver, a longer heel to toe length, Power Bow technology to lower the center of gravity and move it further back in the club for increased accuracy and height. The club face is made of 455 stainless steel which is a thinner, lighter, and harder steel than 17-4 stainless used in most fairway woods. The 11 grams saved through the use of lighter steel is moved to the perimeter for increased MOI and forgiveness. I used the 3 wood with a Fujikura Vista Pro 80 shaft S flex.

On the range I found that the ball was flying a little higher than with my R7 three wood. I usually carry that around 250-270 with a slight draw. The SQ would typically go around 240-260, I attribute that to the fact that the R7 has a titanium face as opposed to the steel face on the SQ. I was able to hit a wide variety of shots with the SQ, a high cut and low draw with little extra effort. I felt that I had a little more control with the SQ than the R7 because the ball stays in contact just a fraction of a second longer on the steel face than with titanium. The silver crescent on the back of the club is much smaller and thinner than that on the driver, so it doesn’t catch your eye as much, but it does invoke confidence that the club is squarely behind the ball. The club feels very solid on contact as well and you can really tell when you catch it dead center.

As far as performance on the course, the SQ more than held its own. It was very easy to hit off the tee or the deck, the higher ball flight gave me a few more options when it came to dealing with dog legs, I could try to go over as well as around them. Accuracy was very good as well, even slightly off center hits would come back to the target line while bad miss hits would only veer a little off line. What little distance I may have sacrificed was made up for by the ability to hit high flying, soft landing shots with a three wood, something that used to be almost impossible to do. I felt very confident taking the three wood off the tee and cutting the corner of this one par four on my course that I usually have some trouble getting the ball over with my R7 three wood and the driver goes too far. The one thing that I don’t like about this club is the grip, it has an odd feel to it and it can be hard to hold when it’s wet.

I would recommend this product to anyone, the forgiveness makes it a tremendous option for the higher handicap while the low handicap player will enjoy the ability to control the ball both from the fairway and off the tee. With a $200 MSRP, it is right inline with other top of the line fairway woods on the market.

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