That’s right, hearing. The BBC reports
Players who use a new generation of thin-faced titanium drivers to propel the ball further should consider wearing ear plugs, experts advise.
Ear specialists suspect the “sonic boom” the metal club head makes when it strikes the ball damaged the hearing of a 55-year-old golfer they treated.
They outline the details of this case in the British Medical Journal.
The man had been playing with a King Cobra LD titanium club three times a week for 18 months and commented that the noise of the club hitting the ball was “like a gun going off”.
Thin-faced titanium drivers may produce sufficient sound to induce temporary or even permanent cochlear damage
I thought golf was a quiet sport!
from the Malaysian Medical Resources
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