Newbie considering 2007 Big Bertha 3W...

[99s]

...I'm struggling with my driver (frequent wicked slice) to the point where I'm using my 19*hybrid from the tee with much better results.

The hybrid has worked out so well I'm thinking about inching down the loft scale to a 3 wood to see if I can get some more distance without sacrificing much control. The Golf Digest review makes me think the new 16* BB might be a forgiving 3 wood for high handicapper like me.

Have any of you tried this club?

99s

[dave s]

What driver are you currently using? What shaft? Are you certain it's the guy swinging it and not (perhaps) the driver itself?

dave

[Gerry18]

I have the Big Bertha 3, 5, and 7 wood.

They are by far the most easy fairway woods I ever hit. From the Deck, Fairway even from the rough. Easy to hit, loooong shoots to expect.

I suffer in the past for a huge slice, this wood and some lessons get rid of that. I am also a high handicap, and I can recommend this ones as the best fairway wood out there.

[HXCarib56]

...I'm struggling with my driver (frequent wicked slice) to the point where I'm using my 19*hybrid from the tee with

Give it a shot. It's an awesome club.

[99s]

What driver are you currently using? What shaft? Are you certain it's the guy swinging it and not (perhaps) the driver itself?

It's me.

When I got started earlier this year and was ready to start upgrading from the $99 full set my wife picked up a few years ago I went to my brother-in-law's to try some of his big barrel 'o unloved clubs off his patio onto the course below. All his drivers were 9.5* with stiff shafts. I seemed to do best with a Taylormade, but figured I'd be better off with more loft, so we went to Dick's and bought a 10.5* T-M R580-XD with a stiff shaft. I hit it decently for a few weeks after, then developed the almost constant nasty slice, which is slowly becoming less frequent. After reading Frankly Golf's articles on drivers, I figured I might be better off with more loft, a regular flex, and a shorter shaft. I bought an inexpensive Nickent 12* R-flex DX square-headed driver that sounds like an empty paint can to try that theory, but really did no better than with the stiff 10.5 T-M. Strengthening my grip, slowing and straightening my takeaway, and trying to keep my left wrist straight has helped with the slice, so now they go left & right, high & low, and occasionally straight. I'm MUCH more consistent with the small-headed hybrid 3, and get nearly the same distance, which boggles my mind. I practice with driver, but use the 3H on the course I don't have a 3W now, and thought the Callaway review sounded encouraging as a next step. 99s, Cb

[99s]

Gerry & HX, thanks for the nudge...it doesn't take much encouragement for me to buy a new toy...

99s

[speedbird]

I'm using a 7 wood big bertha, and is the only wood that forgive my slice.