That's hard. For me the best sounding drivers were the TM R510TP ,R7TP, R7460TP and the Nike Covert. I prefer a more muted sound. I don't like to hear aluminum baseball bat sounds. Prefer wood
I was told the same about carpet damage and you could see it . With plastic, they had to start treat greens for fungus . People with leather soles and metal spikes had a tendency to clean their shoes . Many with plastic hardly did and would track grass from course to course creating another issue