Nikko 360 during competitive rounds

[optidiscic]

Unbelievable distance he is getting using this
I haven't seen any other players doing this during actual competition

I was shocked he did it multiple times during the DDGC on Dg monthly at brandy wine and more amazed that he actually eagled hole 18 which is basically unheard of and quickly becoming legendary round these parts

Anyone ever truly tried to master this 360 craziness

 

[BirdieMachine]

I've seen others do it sometimes, Ken Climo at Hyland. Paul McBeth (forget which course). I think that when it's wide open and distance is priority it is not as uncommon as you think.

 

[Subicon]

It was very cool to see it executed so well. I think I'd break my face if I tried to do a 360 drive.

 

[optidiscic]

I've seen it during distance competitions
I was just amazed at some of his pulls with the 360 basically out driving wysocki and ulibarri by 100 ft
I was impressed but I have vertigo and bad knees n ankles so no 360 for me
Perhaps I spend too much time on wooded courses lol

 

[BirdieMachine]

Climo also outdrove the young guns when he did it, MN Majestic 2011 or 2012, not sure on the year but it was the safari 9. Shusterick and Feldly were in the group I think.

Nikkos does do it quite a bit, out of all the Pros he seems to be one of if not the most aggressive players.

 

[B3NDER]

Video clips?

Otherwise - :\

 

[Um...]

Video clips?

Otherwise - :\

...during the DDGC on Dg monthly at brandy wine...

via youtube :|

 

[nolangherity]

sometimes I 360 putt in the circle...

 

[Royalhghnss]

He also did it during the Wintertime Open

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EW-pB6MpN4

It didn't go so well there. I've also seen Steve Rico do it during a Final 9.

 

[tomte]

His accuracy defenitly goes down. But even without the 360 his drives are quite crazy. He really is explosive of the tee. I think he does it for show sometimes as well - he knows he has to give the fans/gallery something to get excited about.

 

[HiFi]

I'd rather not comb thru two 50+ minute videos to see a drive or two, what time does he use this style of drive at?

 

[BradC]

I'd rather not comb thru two 50+ minute videos to see a drive or two, what time does he use this style of drive at?

http://youtu.be/yvteAZ1HPP8?t=51m26s

It is pretty impressive, he is a ballsy player for sure. Doesn't always work, but makes for great viewing.

 

[oddjob]

He also breaks out the lefty BH in tournaments, Music City Open was the first I recall. I know he did it this past weekend on at least one hole.

 

[tbird888]

I've seen several pros do it on 15 at Idlewild.

 

[elmexdela]

if your going to post a youtube link post the specific time. im not sitting through an hour long video going to look for 5 seconds of relevant footage to this topic

 

[mullethead326]

Hosfeld is unbelievably smooth at this. 3:45 or so.

 

[_MTL_]

My first thought was Hos. I've seen him do more in competition than pretty much everyone else combined.

 

[threevok]

I've seen others do it sometimes, Ken Climo at Hyland. Paul McBeth (forget which course). I think that when it's wide open and distance is priority it is not as uncommon as you think.

Paul McBeth 27:45

 

[primal dg]

Climo also outdrove the young guns when he did it, MN Majestic 2011 or 2012, not sure on the year but it was the safari 9. Shusterick and Feldly were in the group I think.

Nikkos does do it quite a bit, out of all the Pros he seems to be one of if not the most aggressive players.

yeah you will see him run a lot of his upshots, even with dangerous OB nearby

 

[Mixed Bag Madness]

"The Whip" aka Dion Arlyn is the first person that came to mind for me. I've saw him smash these at a lot of Oregon tournaments including the Beaver State Fling.