sunshine
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Yep I remember it - my mate had one and I was about to type "it sounded like a frying pan"... but wok will do!
Driver sound.
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Yep I remember it - my mate had one and I was about to type "it sounded like a frying pan"... but wok will do!
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Played with a lad the other week who had a Sim2.
Never heard anything as awful as that. Don't know if it was the shaft or as I suspect he had it teed way too low and was hitting it below the sweet spot. Whatever it was, I'm certainly not getting one ?
Never heard anything as awful as that. Don't know if it was the shaft or as I suspect he had it teed way too low and was hitting it below the sweet spot. Whatever it was, I'm certainly not getting one ?
SwingsitlikeHogan
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My G425 driver sounded just lovely today…and the more I get used to it; and the better I hit it - the less ‘tin drum’ (no not the place in Argyll) it sounds.?
Boomy
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“Sound makes a massive contribution to feel” ? The feel part happens before the sound part so I’d comfortably say that’s a no!
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hovis
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I've never understood how sound can be a deciding factor when buying a driver. However........... When I hit the ping g425 I wanted to throw up. The fact that the ball sailed 280 down the middle and felt buttery soft is irrelevant. It even scared the birds out the trees. My friend who it belongs to has put it up for sale as he is genuinely embarrassed when he hits it.
hovis
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The Sim 2 is universally accepted as the best sounding and feeling driver ?
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The Sim 2 is universally accepted as the best sounding and feeling driver ?
Believe me his does not sound good.
Got to be the fact it is teed so low and he hits it like an iron with a decsending blow so not getting anywhere near the sweet spot. Worse that one of the illegal Cobra's back in the day, loud and tinny, makes you want to be elsewhere when he hits it
Boomy
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You could get one of those guest spots on Jackanory with stories like that ?
clubchamp98
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Anyone ever hit a ball with a wok to verify this
garyinderry
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Believe me his does not sound good.
Got to be the fact it is teed so low and he hits it like an iron with a decsending blow so not getting anywhere near the sweet spot. Worse that one of the illegal Cobra's back in the day, loud and tinny, makes you want to be elsewhere when he hits it
Most of those cobras back in the day sounded absolutely brutal.
I couldn't resist giving it go this morning.... very similar to the sound of the ping tbh?Anyone ever hit a ball with a wok to verify this
sunshine
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Hmm. "The feel part happens before the sound part"
So you are saying that you feel the contact with the ball before you hear it? How is that possible? Do you have really long arms so you are swinging the club a long way from your body? Are you Mr Tickle? Or maybe Inspector Gadget? Or does your brain take a long time to process sound?
Personally, I hear the sound of contact at the moment of contact. Sound travels at 767mph, so the time delay from club face to ear is imperceptible.
sunshine
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Boomy
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Ha ha
Oh my days, yes, I concentrate on the feel aspect ahead of the sound... perhaps that is where you are going wrong! The sound might be a split second after the contact but to be honest I'm concentrating on the strike so the sound isn't my focus.. you can't have the sound without the strike, or maybe you hit yours backwards? Anyway would love to chat more but i'm off to hit golf balls with a drum, after all, its all about the sound.
clubchamp98
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So come on then how far on the track man?
I would also add it’s not very scientific as with the short shaft ( handle ) on your Wok your wok head speed can’t have been that high.
I think the handle was too stiff for meSo come on then how far on the track man?
I would also add it’s not very scientific as with the short shaft ( handle ) on your Wok your wok head speed can’t have been that high.
sunshine
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Foxholer
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Having previously used (Tour Issue/Rejected) Callaway FT3 (the Donk) and a Nike SQ (the previous Sasquatch was even worse!), I may not be fully (or perfectly) qualified to comment, but the sound is far less important to me than 'feel'. What PPs etc hear is unimportant! Remember the Cobra M series - that could be heard from any part of a course?
And FWIW, 2 of my regular PPs have 425s which do sound tinnier than earlier models, but go a very long way!
There used to be a few heads (including that FT3) that had ports for hot-melt that could soften the sound if wanted. I doubt the 425 has one though.
FWIW, the head that sounded the best (on rare centred strikes) was a TM501TP - again Tour Issue (as were all 501TPs) and 'rejected'.
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No it's the wifesI think the handle was too stiff for me
Voyager EMH
Slipper Wearing Plucker of Pheasants
All metals go, "Ding". They all sound the same, just varying tones. To my ears, anyway.
Proper wooden woods go, "Thwack", which I prefer, is more pleasing to my ears and I am nostalgic about it.
The experience of hearing the first popular metals being used has probably had a lasting effect in my case.
Proper wooden woods go, "Thwack", which I prefer, is more pleasing to my ears and I am nostalgic about it.
The experience of hearing the first popular metals being used has probably had a lasting effect in my case.
