I learned on the course not a driving range so fixing a bad swing with a particular club as fast as possible became as much a part of golf for me as filling out the scorecard. I picked up the 10.5 3DX and went right to the course with one of my golf buddies. No range, just a few practice swings and a box of balls.

I have had days where I was crushing 320s and even a few 340+ but not since I started playing harder courses and had to really start dialing in accuracy. In the last few weeks I have been lucky to hit 260 with all of the stuff I have done to work on accuracy.

As we got to the first tee I noticed my iron stroking green assassin golf buddy had left his driver in his bag. There he was with a big smile and his hand out. How could I refuse.

3 practice swings later he crushed one about 285 yards dead straight down the left side of the fairway. I may have mentioned that this guy is an artist with his irons but 285 yards with a driver is something that just doesn't happen for him. More importantly, its that "straight" part that is even more rare. Its kind of a running joke about his driver. Its always a low slice with lots of roll, which explains why his first shot with it was along the left side. ( I think he plays an FT3)

I got all giddy and duffed the first 2 shots (rookie!) but slowed down my swing and shot right over him another 20-30 yards flying the fairway entirely because it dogs right. We normally only allow a single mully on 1 or 10 but we each put three down the fairway with increasing distance and accuracy. My buddy was a chatterbox talking about the holes he couldn't wait to try this club out on as we shagged our shots, played our "firsts", and putted in.

I noticed right away that the club likes the ball a bit more to center than the other drivers I have tried and you really feel a bad swing so corrections are much easier. The sound tells you a lot about your ball striking too. It goes from a ping more to a pong the closer you get to the center of the gigantic sweet spot.

Hole 17( I think) on this course (River Oaks, Utah) has a blue tee that looks down about 150 feet to a fairway that extends to the left at about a 70 degree angle and goes for 400+. Its fun but dangerous to launch a ball off to the left and try to bomb at the green. Lots of big trees, shrubs, poison oak, and I think a small creek buried along the left edge of the fairway. To hit the green, it would have to fly an obscene 400 or so yards but what a place flew up on the new driver. We both grabbed three balls and started the "after you" routine.

After two balls a piece the marshall came rolling up the hill.... and stopped.

DAMN!

He waited for me to stroke another and then walked up and held out his hand. I thought we would get some grief for hitting a few but he wanted to try out my club. Nice.

We watched this 65+ year old guy wave two couples by as he got his fill of banging "junkers" off the hill and chatting about what he had read in magazines and heard from players about the square drivers. He said that he had heard the sound and just had to see what we were using. By his 2nd ball he was adjusting further down to the left because he was flying the fairway. We got to our "firsts" and were picking up our junkers as close as 40 yards from the green. Also nice.

We finished the course with new course records, balls to spare, and some observations.

This club will hit as far as any driver we have tried.

A bad strike will likely still have you on the short grass unless you fly the fairway.

Players that under-hit their drivers because of a clunky swing will enjoy watching the ball sail down the fairway again and will start playing more aggressively.

Its easier to feel what was wrong during a bad swing. It "wants" to swing correctly. When something is off you can really feel it.

The sound of the strike is different but quite informative. Not a smack. More of a ping around the outside and a very pleasant BONG! when you get the center

You can still play a fade or a draw. You have to mean to do it though. The square head gives you a better visual of your open/close angles so it may actually be more predictable than with conventional drivers.

The club doesnt seem to loft as much as I had heard about whe reading about other square drivers. The club this one replaces had me wanting to look at a 9 degree driver but as this is my first year I went with a conventional 10.5. I no longer see the need for the 9.

Golf "purists" should start using wooden clubs or shut up about these square drivers "ruining golf". Bitter people who didn't have access to these when they were learning will talk their line but the people I ran into at the golf course were very curious and wanted to try it. Even the 65 year old marshal.

I would strongly recommend this driver to newer or older players. I see no reason why the square head would be a limitation to a scratch golfer either. If anything it will help make more scratch golfers. I cant believe this thing is only $200. Iv'e checked around, you can spend twice as much and not get a better or even equal square driver.