my 3 wood is the new taylormade r7.i do not beleive in puring.as far as the clubs tour players use they are not any different than what you can buy.the only difference is our wedges and putters.my shafts where by trial and error from over the years.i know what it should feel like.the advancements in materials used is about the same from company to company.i have used the gat 75 from grafite design for 4 years now.golf is just like fishing,there are so many things available to choose from. the only reason new equipment is brought out is to increase sales.CRAIG BARLOW who is my neighbor and playing well in l.a. still uses a taylormade driver that came out in 01.remember we get paid very well to play our clubs.new is not always better,ex. calloway went from the penthouse to the outhouse trying to improve on something that was the best back in the late 90s