Retro Drivers Rule !

[Macster]

Since I got my 1st Driver about 4yrs ago, Ive always been 'erratic' to say the least with the Big Dog.
Sure I can hang it out there when it goes well, but so often it lands me in trouble.
Even the Titleist 905R i picked up on Fleabay is the same, mahoosive distance but sometimes mahoosive trouble.

So, because my trusty old WarBird 4Wood is soooo reliable and long, and remembering I still had an old cally WarBird 'Deuce' 2 Wood in the garage, I decided to get it re-shafted from the original Graphite shaft to a Steel one exactly the same as the 4 Wood, with the hopes that it would prove as reliable. (True Temper put me onto a Club Maker who happened to have one in his garage )

Well tonight was its 1st use, and what a result, it was simply fantastic.

We were joined by a 5H/C'er, who hits the ball miles, but even his 909D2 was outdriven on 3 occasions by my trusty old 'Deuce'

Highlight was our 469yd Par4 16th, which I hit with the Deuce & a 7iron to 8', which I simply have NEVER done before.

Now while I only did the exercise of re-shafting to hopefully get better consistency and find the short stuff more often, this looks to have been a resounding success, and quite possibly the best £40 I have spent in my bag.

So, to all of you that crave the latest Drivers, pahhh.........look up an old WarBird, they are simply a stunningly powerful Club. Awesome.

 

[Region3]

Glad it's worked out for you Chris.

Are you sure you won't be tempted when the next super straight extra distance driver is released?

 

[AuburnWarrior]

I've got one in my bag - 15 years old - wonderful club!!!

Off the tee, off the deck - it takes it all in it's stride.

Best £150 I ever spent.

 

[Oddsocks]

glad it worked out chris, i remember the other thread when you was in doubt. My taylormade supersteel 3 wood is the same, its just not as good on tighter lies as the newer burner, but im sure it longer!

You now have me thinkging as in the garage i still have an original taylor made burner with the 2 tone flex twist shaft in 12*, can see that getting to the range this week.

 

[GasMan]

Unfortunately you'll never get the manufacturers to see sense and offer the new woods in steel shaft form. Given the choice bar the driver I wouldn't have a graphite shafted stick in my bag. For controllabilty and more than adequate distance steel is the winner in my book.

The next warbid 3 and 5 woods I see pop up with stiff steels in them shall be snapped up quicker than you can say "graphite sucks"!

 

[Macster]

Gasman: - Spot on, Controllability is exactly the term. I can just feel where the Clubhead is far more with Steel than with Graphite.

 

[RGDave]

So, to all of you that crave the latest Drivers, pahhh.........look up an old WarBird, they are simply a stunningly powerful Club. Awesome.

Tell me about it. I had a warbird 3 wood and it was brilliant.
I broke it on a rock-hard fairway one day, drove down to Callaway (Chessington) and got a steelhead (1) for free as a replacement. Never the same again.
I remember the "deuce".....and also the "strong 3"....both great clubs.

 

[bobmac]

The next warbid 3 and 5 woods I see pop up with stiff steels in them shall be snapped up quicker than you can say "graphite sucks"!

Like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/callaway-3-wood-bi...=item2eae4c52a2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Callaway-Big-Berth...=item53e22eaf10

 

[GasMan]

Like them but not from anybody with spelling that a 5 year would be embarrassed by! I might even buy them with regular shafts and just have them reshafted by my pro.

 

[RGDave]

The next warbid 3 and 5 woods I see pop up with stiff steels in them shall be snapped up quicker than you can say "graphite sucks"!

Like these?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/callaway-3-wood-bi...=item2eae4c52a2

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Callaway-Big-Berth...=item53e22eaf10

£39.99 for a 4 wood from last century. I can't even get £40 for my FT-3.

 

[Imurg]

Still struggling for consistency with the driver and this has been on my ideas list for a while. At the moment my 3 wood is flying miles - hit one 300 of the deck yesterday - and its 17 degrees loft! Might look out for the 13 degree version.....