Oh they aren't the problem lol. It has been two holes a round that I have just melted down. Shot my first 18 of the year and struggled mighty on holes 1, 2 & 3 (double, double, boogie) and still pulled a 45 out on the front by stringing some pars and birdie together. Hard to have a good round when you are +5 for the first three holes.
Shot better on the back but same story had one hole ruin my round a par 3 that usually never gives me much trouble I dubbed two into the water and took a 7, came back the next hole and birdied. So in 4 holes I gave up 8 strokes. The other 14 holes I shot OK on and didn't feel like I struggled. Hell if you took my best 9 holes out of the 18 I played I had a 38 on the card.
I just haven't been able to string it all together but the good news is I've played more this year so far than last so it will come. Gotta hit the range this week and I have a caption and crew on Saturday. So far I love the Calloways, I haven't gave up any distance at all and they feel nice even the mis-hits.
Glad to hear you like the Calloways. I looked at those when I was in the market but ended up with Mizuno's. Both were game improvement irons and had a great feel, but with golf clubs, it is more the way it looks when you set up than anything else...if you feel like you can hit it.....then you can hit it.
I hear you about the meltdown holes. I have two buddies I play with every weekend and both can hit the ball pretty well....but......like clockwork they will have a snowman or two on each side which just kills their score. Both shoot in the upper 90's and could definitely do better if they managed to avoid these high scores. As you mentioned above, you can bogey or double bogey a few holes and recover, but 7's and 8's add up pretty fast.