[madmmac]

From my experience it is not the golf club but the golfer. You can buy the most expensive, biggest advertised club and it will not really do that much more or better than something that costs hundreds less.

It is all about swing speed, swing path and angle of approach. The biggest to me is swing speed. Not knowing all the parameters of your swing or ball flight tendencies is like shooting in the dark.

Get somewhere that has a ball launch angle, spin and speed computer and get the right head, face angle, swing weight and shaft fitted for you.

I have a 25 year old wood 7 degree persimmon driver ($15.00 tub buy) that I use on occasion that I can out drive 90% of the people I play with most of the time. The head is smaller than most of the current metal 5 woods. People get a chuckle out of it when they see it, but there is nothing like the feel of hitting it right on the screws that no metal club I have ever played can give you.

Work on your swing, any decent fitted club will do.