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Callaway Diablo - Hybrid

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The first time I teed off as a beginner in golf, it was with an iron. Teeing off with a driver was a futile and hopeless exercise as it often leads to exasperation. Then a good uncle who is an avid golfer kindly presented me one of his old club, an used Callaway Warbird 3-wood. I tried using it from the tee and immediately fell in love with that club which I'm still keeping to this day. I begin to ask questions like why would most people struggle with a driver and refused to use a 3-wood to tee off? I could hit the Callaway Warbird for 200m and in the fairways. I was also experiencing the feel and the sound of the club compared to some run-of-the-mill type and I got some association with the brand name of Callaway. Later, some other golfers kept suggesting that if you never learned how to use a driver you are putting yourself in a disadvantaged position because you will lose distance which contradicted with my observation that slightly shorter...