I don't. And when I play, I don't put the headcovers back on my metal woods until after the round. I think of them as bedtime pillows for clubs. And it ain't bedtime.
Ok.... you're back in the good graces of LBG. Now I'll pull my driver headcover and leave it off if I happen to be riding (which isn't often), but not the 3-wood or hybrid. I'm pretty anal about not having any nicks or dings on my putter and woods.
Back on topic.... I would like to "hear" more about this sound thing. I've noticed at the tour events I've attended, the iron shots of professionals often sound "thin" to me.
Back on topic.... I would like to "hear" more about this sound thing. I've noticed at the tour events I've attended, the iron shots of professionals often sound "thin" to me.
Hmm? I'm keenly aware of the Sound of Impact. It provides feedback on the line of compression that ball flight alone doesn't provide. I find myself searching it out. I find myself sometimes taking a stronger grip and High #3 Accumulator and a Snap release to compress the Horizontal Hinge over as small a distance as possible.
I think that the Old Range Balls don't deform like new balls and the line of compression becomes vague.
It has surprised me that there have not been more attempts to analyse the sound of impact scientifically...
I have seen published research into putters and balls and impact sounds....because sound is a key factor for players impression of feel... i think the ball manufacturers do this research etc...
There have always been some golfers who just made better sounds...Hogan etc...
Obviously variables such as clubhead speed, head materials and design, ball material and design etc...
But even when irons were solid and irons, balls were balata ...Hogan still had a sound... many used his brand of balls and clubs and did not produce that sound...surely speed is not the only variable that impact... impact geometry also seems critical.
I am not musically inclined but I can imagine that it must be possible to electronicaly record a signature of a real compression impact... which would have signature qualities irrespective of swing speed...maybe speed just increases amplitude of signal rather than pattern...
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