What's the loudest driver ever?

[golferdude54]

What driver have you hit/played has been the loudest at impact? I'm kinda interested in knowing this as I am very hard of hearing and I would like to hear more of that cannon sound!

[jetmech879]

Nike SQ has to be the loudest driver I’ve ever heard! 

[tbone18]

Cobra L4V and Nike SQ square driver.

[scotty_2987]

The Nike like others have posted or Wilson spine. Was almost embarrassing to hit the Wilson spine because how loud it was. 

[gsrjc]

Either Nike SQ or the Callaway FTi

[1s1k]

Another vote for Cobra L4V.

 

People at the driving range were giving me dirty looks whenever I brought that out.

[DWCobraJR]

R11s was no slouch in bringing the decibels.   

[LHGolf4]

Ping G30 LStec also deserves an honorable mention.  Sounded like hitting a metal trash can with an aluminum bat.

[OttoVonBizMarkie]

Cobra L4V and Cleveland HiBore XL. I think the L4V was louder, but the HiBore really made like a screeching sound whenever you hit the ball.

 

Seems that with the square drivers mentioned before and the HiBore, the more irregular it is shaped, the worst it sounds.

[bekgolf]

26 minutes ago, gsrjc said:

Either Nike SQ or the Callaway FTi

 

Exactly what I came on to post.  Square drivers, toaster on a stick, the future of golf, lol.

[Mrgreen36]

My srixon 765 was pretty horrible. It's still a bomb machine for me though. Really need to hit it on trackman to see what the #s really are. 

Edited January 8, 2023 by Mrgreen36
Correction

[JAM01]

Wilson Staff Triton was like an aluminum baseball bat, and not on a good way. 

[Cliffy2020]

PING ISI-Titanium

 

 

 

No shortage of UGLY here - 

Edited January 8, 2023 by Cliffy2020

[gsrjc]

28 minutes ago, Mrgreen36 said:

My srixon 745 was pretty horrible. It's still a bomb machine for me though. Really need to hit it on trackman to see what the #s really are. 

Interesting. I’ve never hit a Srixon driver or known someone who played one. I’ll have to try it one day and see. 

[Cwebb]

Cleveland Hibore XL has to be in the running

[Mrgreen36]

3 minutes ago, gsrjc said:

Interesting. I’ve never hit a Srixon driver or known someone who played one. I’ll have to try it one day and see. 

 

Correction, 765. 

 

Sounds just like a little league bat. 😆 

Probably be horrible inside. 

[steventoo]

Another vote for the Cobra L4V here. I think they're some of the best drivers ever made, but wow - they are loud.

[Roejye]

My personal driver is the r1s, that's probably the loudest of the ones I've played. Loudest would be the square drivers that others have mentioned. Oddly enough I've played with someone that had a knockoff version of the square drivers and it wasn't that loud. I guess it would help that she probably doesn't swing it fast enough to make it loud.

[jlevitt9]

2 hours ago, tbone18 said:

Cobra L4V and Nike SQ square driver.

 
this. Close thread. 

[Admhowarth]

In the early 2000’s there was a Nicklaus Air Bear driver. IMHO that was the most unique and piercing sound from a driver. It was replaced by the Nike Sumo - which stands alone on top of the pinnacle of most unique driver sounds. 

[theboypinoy]

SasQuatch Sumo2/Squared was loudest. Louder than the normal SQ

[Goldenhawk]

The original Nike Sumo Squared Driver and Cleveland’s line of Hi-Bore Drivers.

 

We purposely own a Sumo Squared and bring it to the range every now and then to annoy people.

Edited January 8, 2023 by Goldenhawk

[Dave22]

Cobra X speed and XX speed. I had some direct from Acushnet for LD and did not add rat glue to keep the SW more manageable with 48 length. Would literally sting your ears with hard range balls. 

[Springsteennut]

I had an Adams Super S. People actually would look up at the range when I hit the thing. 

[Pens #1 fan]

 Nike sumo, Macgregor V-Foil, LV4. 

[bcjim]

Cobra F-speed was  also pretty loud. Played it for years and the L4V briefly. Both loud.

[phizzy30]

3 hours ago, jetmech879 said:

Nike SQ has to be the loudest driver I’ve ever heard! 

That sucker sounded like a cow bell coming off the face, lol. 

[Shawn Paul]

The Cobra F6 was also just awful.  I bought one without hitting it first, took it to the range and immediately went home and posted it for sale.  Sounded like a softball bat. 

[Kingcat990]

Basically every loud driver ever manufactured has been named here so I feel I would share a moment I experienced probably 8-9 years ago. My father in law and myself were waiting on tee box one chatting and preparing to go off and heard what sounded like a metal bucket being dropped from a point it reached terminal velocity hitting a sheet of steel. We looked over and a fella teed one up a little too close to the aluminum tee box marker and basically hit it with his driver. Ripped the adjustment hosel right off. 

[grm24]

Non OEM category. Bang Golf's Big Big Bang 525.  Made the Nike SQ and Cobra drivers sound quiet in comparison. Played behind a group in a scramble some time back in which a guy used the Bang driver. It was ridiculously loud. Guy hit the ball a mile with it.  Was amazing to watch.