I finally got around to buying myself a driver, figuring that since I’m hitting my hybrids reasonably well, and have hit some crackers with mates’ drivers, it’s about time I got my own and learned how to hit it consistently.

With the price of new brand-name drivers being north of $500 locally nowadays, I first looked at importing from the US, before opting to hit Australian eBay stores. I also decided to aim for a 2008 model rather than the latest ‘09 version, in the end managing to score a Cobra L4V F/9.0 for $269 which I was pretty happy with.

The obligatory pre-purchase WBR (web-based research) revealed that this driver scored highly on the annual reviews of both the major US golf mags, and user opinions around the web suggest that it’s easy to smash the ball super-long. All I need to do now is ensure the ball lands on my fairway and not ones on either side!