CITY OF INDUSTRY, Calif. --The 3DX Ironwood by Nickent Golf once again scored the # 1 hybrid ranking this week with one of the highest club counts of the year on the PGA Tours. Thirty-seven 3DX hybrids in play at the Nationwide Tour’s Cleveland Open bested the next closest hybrid manufacturer by 16 clubs.

The number of 3DX clubs in play was so large and the margin of victory so lopsided that the 3DX actually ranked as the # 2 overall wood model in the field, including all drivers, fairway woods and hybrid models in play. Only Taylor Made’s R7 driver had more of any wood model in play.

“The hybrid category has grown astronomically on the tours in the last year, almost to the point of being considered as important as your driver!” said Nickent Director of Marketing Jon Claffey. “At this time last year, the Nationwide Tour had about 50 total hybrids in play per event. At the Cleveland Open, it reached a new record with 94 hybrids in play. That’s 60% of every player playing a hybrid golf club! We are happy to be a large part of that growth.”

The 3DX Ironwood accounts for one-third of all hybrids in play on the Nationwide Tour in 2005. It is by far the # 2 most played hybrid on the PGA and Nationwide Tours in 2005 with over 700 units in play on the year, all without Nickent endorsing a single player to use the club.