The Sound of the Callaway FT-5

[Coogee Beach]

Righto - so I reckon I've probably bought a fake Callaway FT-5 ... but not totally sure.

Paid $276 for it, new, on Ebay, who told me not to pay the guy three weeks after I had.

So I'm suss.

anyway - what does a real FT-5 sound like?

This from golf.com - "hollow sound -- like an aluminum bat hitting a baseball -- is not awe-inspiring."

Mine doesn't sound unlike that. It's a high "dong" sound ... rather than a thock ... it like it resonates after you've hit it.

Ball still goes a fair way. But should it be going further? Should it be thocking? Or is the donging sound what they're meant to sound like?

[Chris32]

does a magnet stick to the face?

[PeteyD]

FT's make a definate TONK sound. Bong sounds totally wrong, more like the R7 copies called a T7, so sounds rather suspect to me.

[sms316]

A bong would be legal in the ACT and SA. Not sure about the other states.

[Coogee Beach]

does a magnet stick to the face?

Dunno. I assume one ... should?

[LarryLong]

Not if it's titanium. Magnets don't stick to titanium, apparently.

More importantly, are you donging them down the fairway? That's probably all that counts, even if it is a fake. :)

[PeteyD]

Yep there is that. Go to a demo night and hit a real one. If the sound is the same you are laffing, and if not you could have a fake.