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I was browsing Overstock.com today and thought this driver would make an excellent birthday present for me at the end of April.

Taylor Made 360XD RH Driver

What do you all think? Decent investment for a newbie like myself who has a $100 SET of Knight clubs?

Does anyone have any experience with Overstock.com? The club may not even be available by the time my birthday rolls around.

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I'd pass on it, it's a good driver, but a 360cc head is a little small. If you're still learning take advantage of larger club head sizes for more forgiveness and larger sweetspots. I think you'd be better off with something 400cc +. Take a look at this:

Taylor Made R580 which isn't much more, but will give you a low spin deep face option.

Oh yeah, before you buy retail take a look around ebay, if you buy from a reputable seller you'll never find a better value. Or buy used. You can probably find the XD R580 on ebay for that price.

Hope that helps.
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I'd pass on it, it's a good driver, but a 360cc head is a little small. If you're still learning take advantage of larger club head sizes for more forgiveness and larger sweetspots. I think you'd be better off with something 400cc +.

983K - 365 cc.

983E - 350cc That's all I have to say about that.

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i bought a 580 XD off ebay last august.brand new for $160 with shipping.a $100 savings from what they had them in Dick`s Sporting Goods for.although i only got to use it about 3 weeks it did give me a more boring ball flight.but i couldnt seem to work it the way i could with my old driver.
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