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The last 3 rounds I have played my driver has given me headaches. I think it is an equipment problem but I don't know how to fix it. If you have had this problem could you please share how to fix it
 
Next time you go golfing, take the driver out of your bag and explain to it, in frank terms, that it will be staying in the trunk until it fixes it's attitude problem. Tell it that you'd much rather use the three wood and lose the yards than put up with another round of it's B.S.

I've seen other drivers with the same sort of problems that you've shared with us tonight. If you don't nip these things in the bud early on you are asking for trouble down the road.

Ground it!
 
can you explain your issues with the driver? are you hooking slicing topping ballooning or do you mean you driver as in your playing partner who drives you to the course is giving you head ache?
 
More info is definitely needed here. What was your old driver and what is your new driver? What lofts are each? Are either adjustable (could it be a simple setting issue)? Are you slicing, hooking, topping, missing?
 
aca247 said:
The last 3 rounds I have played my driver has given me headaches. I think it is an equipment problem but I don't know how to fix it. If you have had this problem could you please share how to fix it
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If it is the Cleveland Monster no wonder you are having headaches, that thing is loud!

Seriously though, we need more info to help. One thing that jumps to mind is the length of the club. Is it longer than what you were hitting? All could be shaft related. Tell us what is going wrong and tell us what 2 drivers you are using.
 
Try taking a couple of Excedrin before your round. :confused2:
 
Fitting is the answer, I will never buy a driver without being fit again. It is preached here and I am now a believer.
 
My driver from the starter set I got 12 years ago was a 44". Last fall I went and got fitted for a cobra S2 and they put me in a regular flex, unfortunately I had a bum shoulder so I am now combating the issue of a flex thats too soft,. The other issue I've really had problems with is adjusting to the length of a 46" driver. I've been having real troubles with it. I've gotten to swing a couple of shorter drivers at GG and they have been much better for me.

I just cut it down to 44.5" last night and ordered up a light grip for it. After some mathing it looks like it will go from a D5 to a D3/D4ish swingweight so the club will be slightly different but I am not concerned about that small of a change, I'm not good enough to notice. Ultimately I am throwing $8 at the driver to see if I can tolerate it until next year and then replace it next spring. I really don't want to shell out more money for another driver 7 months after buying one.

Not saying you have an issue similar to mine, I just was sharing my frustrations and resulting actions with my current driver issues and shaft length.
 
I have the XL, and when you really step on a drive, that thing is LOUD. It has given me a headache before. If this is the type of headache he is referring to(not the fact that the driver is giving him poor results), it is not uncommon: See Article

'Sonic Boom' from golf club may 'damage hearing'

Golf isn't exactly known as a sport of deafening noises, but a provocative (albeit suspiciously anecdotal) study is making the rounds claiming golfers may risk losing their hearing by using newfangled thin-faced titanium drivers.

The latest generation of titanium drivers can apparently produce an ear-shattering "sonic boom" when the club strikes the ball. Impressive, yes, but also sufficient to induce temporary or even permanent cochlear damage, according to the study.

Doctors even go so far as to recommend avid golfers consider wearing ear plugs.

The research was carried out by a team of ear, nose, and throat specialists based in Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital after a 55-year-old patient developed unexplained tinnitus and hearing loss in his right ear. The docs determined it was likely exposure to loud noises — which they eventually linked to the man having played golf three days a week for 18 months with the extreme tintinnabulation of thin-faced titanium clubs. The man reported the noise was "like a gun going off."

The doctors recruited a professional golfer to hit shots with six different thin-faced titanium clubs and six thicker-faced stainless steel models and did in fact find the former produced a greater racket.

The loudest offender made a sound of more than 130 decibels — somewhere between the equivalent of a jet engine and a gunshot. Long or repeated exposure to sounds at or above 85 decibels can cause hearing loss, according to the National Institute of Deafness and Communication Disorders.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/01/06/golf_club_sonic_boom_damage_hearing/
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My old driver was a begginers set driver and the current one is the monster. They both have the same loft. The head ache usually happens when i miss hit it and it hooks
 
When you say headache, do you mean the sound actually gives you a headache?? Or do you mean it gives you a headache as it its giving you troubles, not performing the way you hope, etc.?
aca247 said:
My old driver was a begginers set driver and the current one is the monster. They both have the same loft. The head ache usually happens when i miss hit it and it hooks
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Thainer said:
When you say headache, do you mean the sound actually gives you a headache?? Or do you mean it gives you a headache as it its giving you troubles, not performing the way you hope, etc.?
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the sound
 
aca247 said:
the sound
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I say get rid of it and go get fit for a new driver. Life's yo short to play with a bad driver. Especially one that gives you headaches. either type.
 
aca247 said:
the sound
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Hey, welcome back, junior! Glad to see you around. I've missed having you post.

So you're literally getting headaches from the sound the club makes? Other than getting rid of it, you're kind of stuck. Maybe ear plugs? The squishy kind that look like little carrots. I think you can hear someone talk, but they take out the harshest sounds.

Kevin
 
If you like the driver but just cant have the sound you could send it off to have it hot melted, that will deaden the sound allot and you shouldnt have that problem anymore, if you had a way to put cotton in the head you could do that but there are no weight ports or anything like the new adjustable drivers for you to stick it in through. I have severe migrains and have been on meds for years for it so i know what ya mean about getting a headache from the sound, it use to happen to me all the time when i had a older cobra
 
Unfortunately I am short on funds and in the middle of golf season. I am trying to choose between the Dymo SQ2, Callaway FT-5, Cobra S9-1F, and Cobra L5V. If anyone wants to give me thoughts on these that would be fantastic.
 
aca247 said:
Unfortunately I am short on funds and in the middle of golf season. I am trying to choose between the Dymo SQ2, Callaway FT-5, Cobra S9-1F, and Cobra L5V. If anyone wants to give me thoughts on these that would be fantastic.
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it would be allot cheaper to have it hotmelted than buy a new driver, its only like 25-35 bucks. The FT-5 was a good driver, also the Cobra L4V was a bomb, i never hit the L5V
 
aca247 said:
Unfortunately I am short on funds and in the middle of golf season. I am trying to choose between the Dymo SQ2, Callaway FT-5, Cobra S9-1F, and Cobra L5V. If anyone wants to give me thoughts on these that would be fantastic.
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If the Hibore is literally giving you headaches due to the sound, then i'd shy away from the Cobras buddy. They are audible as well. I like the FT-5 quite a bit myself.
 
TC said:
If the Hibore is literally giving you headaches due to the sound, then i'd shy away from the Cobras buddy. They are audible as well. I like the FT-5 quite a bit myself.
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lol i didnt even think about how loud the cobras are when i mentioned the L4V, ya you wanna stay away from Cobra. The FT-5 is a great driver
 
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