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Carly Cummins

I Tested The Mini Driver. Here’s Why I Still Prefer My 3-Wood

Carly Cummins using a mini driver off the fairway.

The mini driver is exactly what it sounds like - it’s just a smaller version of a driver. About a third smaller in terms of its volume in fact. Addressing the ball with this club was like stepping back in a time machine for me, to three decades ago when I learned to play golf with an old metal-headed driver very similar in size to this in my teens.

In those days, driving was my nemesis. I used to really struggle off the tee, hitting wayward shots into trouble, so for a number of years as a floundering beginner, I refused to take it out of the bag and would favour my more lofted 5-wood to help me find fairways.

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