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Funny, Tiger hit dozens of snap hooks and no one was jumping out of their seats. Except the people that his ball was flying towards. :-P

Bridgestone e6 would be a good choice. Not expensive. Durable finish. Designed to reduce sidespin. Look good. Putt well.

My dad got me started when I was a kid. We'd play pretty much every Sunday, dad, me and my brother.Good times.

My dad would take me sometimes when I was younger,, probably 6 or so. Then at 12 or 13 I remember I got so mad at golf because I was bad, I threw a ball down, whipped out my 3 wood, and crushed the ball and it went left and in the woods. AT THAT MOMENT I fell in love with the game and dedicated myself to the game. It was pretty neat. I don't remember anything from that round but that shot. An important shot in my golf career.

An old friend of mine from my high school golf team is now the head pro at Sharon CC in Sharon Center, Ohio - Dwight Axtell. A very private, mens only club. Used to be a qualifying site for the US Open before the uproar of Shoal Creek & the USGA dropped it as a qualifying site. Anyway, Dwight invited me to play it. I told my sister & she had a fit (she golfs). She said 'I can't believe you're going to play Sharon CC' I said why & she said cuz it's mens only. I said 'Are you effin' serious? You're damn right I'm gonna play it.' 'Well I think that's disgusting that they don'

Why is it an either/or question? Surely some people would prefer to see neither. The computer programmer in me was really tempted to say "yes" and nothing else. Which reminds me of this: A wife asks her husband, a software engineer, "Could you please go shopping for me and buy one gallon of milk, and if they have eggs, get a dozen?" A short time later the husband comes back with a dozen gallons of milk. The wife asks him, "Why did you buy so much milk?" He replied, "They had eggs."

Ray - welcome to golf! What a great game! Really, you're all set with what you have. IMO, as a beginner you don't need a full set. I wouldn't spend the money on anymore clubs, hold off until you get a little more accustomed to the game and know what you really need to fit your game. You'll save yourself a bit of money this way too. Maybe a good idea is to spend you money you save on clubs to get a series of lessons, which will pay back your game much more than any new club would. Don't worry about the 3-wood being old. Yes, technology is better these days, but at this point