Carry On with Irons or Start Adding Clubs

Hello Everyone.

I've been lurking for a while and I have read a lot of posts and articles and really appreciate the advice that you guys give. I was hoping that you could offer your advice on the situation that I find myself in at the moment.

I've been using Irons (Callaway Diablo's) at the driving range and on a short 6 hole course and feel like I've bonded to a reasonable level with them, I'm by no means fully capable with them but I like to think that I can wield them with a certain degree of elegance. My 6 Iron shots average around the 165 yard mark, my 5 Iron slightly farther at 180 and the ball tends to land within a 30 yard radius of where I'm aiming. I would say that 7 out of 10 shots are within that radius and the remaining 3 are out of it, I have also being using the shorter Irons and Pitch Wedge with a degree of accuracy. I don't want you to think I have over looked the shorter clubs and just want to hammer the ball as far as I can.

My question is should I look at adding more clubs to my bag now, perhaps a Driver or a 3 Wood or should I really knuckle down and get my Iron shots as reliable as I can. I've only been playing since just before Christmas so I have very very limited knowledge or experience, and I have never even watched Golf on TV.

What do you guys think?

Cheers

Dave

Thanks guys, I've just picked up a bit of cheap driver for the time being, I don't think its going to last me too long but then again I never know.

I went into the American Golf store on lunch to have a look at a few and ended up trying a couple. I originally picked up the Callaway Diablo Driver simply because I use the Iron's and logic told me that sticking with the same brand would be the right thing to do, I hit a few shots and the assistant got me a few more to try out. In the end I've ended up with a Nicklaus Airdraw V2 (Flex Shaft and 10.5), looks quite a nice club and felt right swinging it, just felt like it was the one.

I also got some swing speeds done and I'm averaging in the high 70's mph which isn't great but he did say that my technique was pretty good. According to the machine they use I have very low spin speed on the ball and the ball speed was pretty solid too which I am assuming is good due to the tonality of his voice, also I tend to hit a slight draw as well however the machine stated that my drive was around 200-220 yards. What are your thoughts on those stats?

I would think that with a swing speed as slow as mine would result in a very short drive but I think I need to learn a bit more about the mechanics of Golf and indeed Ball Behaviour as everything that seems logical to me doesn't seem to apply. Any thoughts?

By the way,I know my swing speed is pathetic but in my defense I have only been playing since late December and I've never hit a Driver before :)

I do intend on getting some lessons, I've had two so far, one which was really useful and one which wasn't so much but I got the feeling that I should only have a lesson every 3 or 4 weeks so I can fully understand and appreciate the advice that is given to me in the previous lesson.

Cheers

Dave