No, this isn't a joke. Golf Digest has done a short slide show with 4 new clubs, two of which are mini-drivers, which they define as "about half the size of today's drivers--is larger and has a longer shaft than a typical 3-wood." Numerically, the loft is typically more than a regular driver but less than a regular 3-wood. Here's the picture of the Taylormade Aeroburner Mini-Driver.
Now, these mini-drivers have been out for a while although Golf Digest is just now featuring them. In fact, this Taylormade is a new model of an existing club, the SLDR Mini.
The idea behind mini-drivers (as the Golf Digest article suggests) is that they're smaller than a driver (naturally) but the heads are bigger than a 3-wood and have a longer-than-normal shaft. I've often recommended that weekend players simply get a 3-wood with a driver-length shaft in order to gain more consistency off the tee, but the larger heads on these clubs also make the face easier to hit than a normal 3-wood.
Many of those golf equipment are not so easy to hit off the turf. But if you're having trouble hitting your everyday three-timber off the turf, it really is no longer one of these big deal. The article suggests which you get a fairway wooden with more loft to use in region of the three-timber, and upload a mini-driving force for a 2nd alternative off the tee.
There are a number of critiques of those clubs at the Web, if you're interested -- you can just Google the club's call with the word "evaluate" after it. (In reality, here is a latest overview of the Taylormade club from GolfMagic.Com to get you began.) Maybe you will need to test a number of them out -- possibly that is an concept whose time has come.
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