Quote Originally Posted by MrSplitshot View Post
I know a guy who could play 18 holes with nothing but an old 7-iron and a putter...and probably beat every one of us here. The short game is where it's at!

You're doing the right thing worrying about the driver later. If you can get good with the short irons and dial them in, then learn fundamentals of chipping from around the green...those two areas and the putter is where you score. Smoking a drive 300 yards down the middle is cool, but doesn't mean jack if you can't get on the green and putt. Big drives with no short game to seal the deal would be the equivalent of having a G-Loomis NRX with a shiny new Chronarch, casting a Crankbait 75 yards, and having no treble hooks on it.
I almost bid on a set of Ping Eye 2 clubs that had G-Loomis shafts on ebay. They sold for 200$ but man I have too many as it is.