Driver sound.

[patricks148]

Never really thought about the sound of the shot off the driver before, my mate just got a new ping , the sound is like that of a comedy cowboy from a film spitting into a spittoon. He hits it well, but the sound is very off putting. My M2 doesn't really make a sound. What's the sound like off your driver and does the sound matter to you?

 

[Orikoru]

Everyone says that about the G425. I've never hit one or been in the vicinity of one being hit so I've no idea. I know the G410 I have doesn't have that problem.

Generally I think if my driver was getting good distance and hitting fairways I don't think I'd care too much about the sound. I did have a driver that had an awful tinny sound (a Yonex Nanospeed) but I replaced it for multiple reasons aside from that, and then sold it to my dad for 40 quid. He still uses it so I still get to hear it, ha.

 

[RichA]

My M2 sounds like a shotgun being fired.
The difference between a Supersoft ball and ProV1 is massive though. Depends what I've found recently.

 

[patricks148]

I've used multiple diff balls on my m2/ mark1 and never really noticed what sound it makes tbh, I can sort of feel it when I get one out the middle, which I've been doing a fair bit recently, but never noticed any sound as such

 

[Dando]

I wasn’t a fan of the ping drivers sound when I had my fitting. It
Sounded like someone hitting a dustbin with a baseball bat

 

[davidy233]

My SIM Max D barely makes a sound - I didn't think my SLDR did before I got the SIM - it definetly does - metallic ting - I actually prefer that - audio feedback, though the noise the wife's Cobra driver makes is ridiculously loud.

 

[patricks148]

Wasn't there a Nike, the square one that made a load clang?

 

[PJ87]

Depends on your preference

My mate refuses to play any taylormade driver because to him they sound super loud and it distracts him

 

[Boomy]

Wasn't there a Nike, the square one that made a load clang?

There was a Callaway square one which made a loud clang ?

 

[RichA]

Wasn't there a Nike, the square one that made a load clang?

I think Golf Mates did a video of it. It sounded like an empty coke can. Funnily enough, my 2017 M2 sounds similar with rock hard range balls.

 

[Imurg]

The Cobra drivers from the Square era were the worst. The G10 as well if I remember...
In a driving range you needed ear plugs or you could seriously damage your hearing
The 425 is horrible to listen to.
Lots of people say looks and sound don't matter - and if it doesn't then that's great..
But I couldn't listen to that noise every time I used it.
Sadly Fragger has one and he will use it 13 times in a round......

 

[GG26]

Played with someone recently who had a G425 driver, at first I thought it was broken. It’s an awful sound and I wouldn’t buy one as it would put me off.

 

[clubchamp98]

Played with someone recently who had a G425 driver, at first I thought it was broken. It’s an awful sound and I wouldn’t buy one as it would put me off.

How would it put you off?
You have already hit the ball before you hear any noise!

I must admit I don’t take any notice of the sound a club makes and if it hits it 250yds down the fairway I would play a teapot on a stick.
I have a G425 and I havnt noticed any difference in sound to anyone else’s driver, or had any comments about mine.
But I might be tone deaf.

 

[Imurg]

How would it put you off?
You have already hit the ball before you hear any noise!

I must admit I don’t take any notice of the sound a club makes and if it hits it 250yds down the fairway I would play a teapot on a stick.
I have a G425 and I havnt noticed any difference in sound to anyone else’s driver, or had any comments about mine.
But I might be tone deaf.

Its the expectation of the horrendous noise....it means you may back off from hitting it full on...

 

[Deleted member 29109]

Couldn't give a monkeys what a club sounds like. I only care about how it performs.

 

[Biggleswade Blue]

The manufacturers all consider the sound when designing clubs. https://phys.org/news/2016-08-acoustic-properties-golf-club-drivers.html They do the same with baseball bats too.

 

[clubchamp98]

Its the expectation of the horrendous noise....it means you may back off from hitting it full on...

Yes that old “ I hit it in the trees because I was wincing at the expected noise”
Some of you must have hearing like .Monty.

 

[jim8flog]

My mate has a Ping 425 fairway which he has had for some weeks. I would love to tell you what it sounds like but I have never seen him do anything but top it.

 

[clubchamp98]

The manufacturers all consider the sound when designing clubs. https://phys.org/news/2016-08-acoustic-properties-golf-club-drivers.html They do the same with baseball bats too.

Some of the golfers I know would be better off with a baseball bat!

 

[williamalex1]

The last Cobra I had was vey noisy, even the bad shots sounded good , not that I had many