If you're a golfer. Which I'm not. So I'm not worried

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/health/news/article.cfm?c_id=204&objectid=10550590

It is the sound every would-be Tiger Woods yearns for - the sweet,
high-pitched "thunk" as the oversized head of their favourite driver
sends the ball soaring up the fairway.

Yet the latest must-have titanium clubs, which can cost hundreds of
dollars each on the promise of delivering extra yardage, could be hurting
more than your bank balance.

Ear specialists have found that one 55-year-old player's hearing could
have been damaged by the sound of his new ultra-thin club striking the
ball and suggest golfers wear earplugs to minimise the threat to health

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