Mark Twain once said, “A baby is an inestimable blessing.” Whether that holds true for everyday players using the Baby – or mini – drivers popping up on tour and on retail shelves is a different thing altogether. The recent mini- driver craze has been a trend (or a fad, depending on your viewpoint) more than a decade in the making. Ever since Phil Mickelson unleashed the Callaway “Phrankenwood” at the 2013 Masters and followed it by using a 13-degree version of the company’s X Hot 3Deep in winning the Open Championship at Muirfield later that year, smaller drivers have been something of a thing, albeit on and off. Baby Drivers
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