Guess my pondering is done for now. Manned up and bought the Mashie 3W and hybrid. Gonna go driverless for a bit while my swing is a work in progress. Next driver I get will probably have to be cut down.
Man Ive been in the same boat. Really been struggling with the driver so I started the lessons a few weeks back. And then I found that TM SuperTri driver at GG for $75 which I had cut down to 44". I havent really had much practice time with it but I have played 3 times now. Saturday I played 9 and only missed 2 FW's with it and both were just off in the first cut. Distance was pretty short, in the 230 ish range but it was also cold and wet. I just dropped off a Matrix Radix shaft to have the TM adapter put on and Im going to see what difference the shaft + 45" makes for my distance and accuracy. This course Sunday is tight and lined with woods so keeping it in play is huge or you lose a bunch of balls. I lost none. So a shorter shaft can definitely help and is a solid ponder.