Callaway Steelhead Plus 3-wood suitable for beginner?

[pancake]

I'm a beginner just building up a set of pre-owned clubs - and am looking for a 3-wood. My store has a 2003 Callaway Steelhead Plus, regular flex, for a good price, but can't find much information saying whether it's suitable as a game improvement / super game improvement club. Is it suitable as a beginner's club? If not - what should I look for?

Thanks for any advice.

[goblue107501]

If it is a good price, it is a great club for anyone. As long as the loft is 15 degrees of more you should be fine. Anything less than that would be harder to hit off the ground.

I have a Callaway 3-wood that is about 15 years old and still going strong. That is one of the few clubs over the years that I would have replaced mine with, but just didn't want to give mine up just yet.

[buddycris75]

i think that'd be a great club. the 3wood i still use is the callaway steelhead III. best club ive ever had.

[zeg]

IMO almost any club by a major manufacturer you can get a good deal on is fine for a beginner, particularly in the fairway woods. I'd just take a few swings with it to make sure it feels comfortable, but it's not likely to cause any major problems. For a 3W, it's worth thinking about whether you want to use it off the turf or just as a driver stand-in; they make some 3W that are basically just small-headed drivers, and others that are better from the turf or light rough. In my case, I wanted to be sure to get one that hits well from the ground since I do driver-3W or 3W-3W to reach a lot of long par 4s.