A dedicated reader and professional golf junky recently sent this product review to me, and with Christmas at hand I thought I would pass it a long. I checked and no one received any money or any free stuff for this review… although if Sonic Golf wants to send me money I’d take it.
When I first received the Sonic Golf Swing system I was just as skeptical as ever, but you know me...if it’s after 2 am and the infomercial says I can be a better golfer, I am calling and ordering!
Being a complete golf junky, I have basically seen every golf swing aid ever created. From the PGA merchandise show to homemade devices, I really have tried everything at least once!
Now Sonic Golf is a bit different but it takes on the same persona as some swing aids from the past and gives it a new spin, look and feel. And it uses sound and motion to help ingrain a better swing!
Teaching golf has, for the most part, relied on a teacher examining a person’s golf swing and focusing on the faults and trying to put needed changes into a perspective that each student can understand. Easier said than done! With Sonic Golf you can actually use sound to help your body understand the feel of a perfectly timed golf swing which is a tremendously helpful thing for both student and teacher and with this device you can actually practice these moves on your own to perfect your own swing.
Contents Include: (I got the basic edition for this test drive, but they do have a Pro Edition and Solo Edition. For more information on those packages please visit sonicgolf.com)
- One RX-1 Receiver
- One SX-1 Transmitter
- 2 Golf Pride Grips
- One Roll of Golf Tape
- One Belt Clip
- Instruction DVD (mine did not work, but the web site has good information as well)
- Getting Started Guide
Set up is a bit tricky and if you have not been well instructed in changing grips you may (as Sonic Golf suggests) take the equipment over to your local club fitter and have him/her put the grip on and fit the device onto the club. You will have to have the SX-1 Transmitter fit into the shaft of the club and secure it before you are ready to begin working with the device.
Once I got the club set-up I was ready to give the Sonic Golf system a whirl!
Sonic Golf is an audio feedback device and they would prefer you to use headphones while using the swing aid, it helps to hear the lower tones when swinging the device. I personally used my iPod buds, but the other editions come with earpieces.
Now that I have the club set up (I used a 5-iron) with the transmitter and the receiver in my back pocket I was ready and I must tell you it doesn’t get any easier than taking a few swings to get the device performing. You will hear low tones when swinging slow and higher tones when swinging faster.
Right from the start making my normal swing I noticed that my tempo was a bit slow and I was not accelerating the club at the proper point in my swing. One of the most important things in the golf swing is building consistency; we have all heard that many times before and Sonic Golf makes this as simple as repetition swinging and following the instructions of the training guide. Once you understand what you are going to be listening for and in what part of the swing, it’s very, very simple and the great thing is once you are ready you can actually hit balls while using the device. I thought it would be a hard to listen and hit balls but it really was not and the sounds keep you in tempo and concentrating on acceleration through impact. Swing fixed just like that!
So watch out everyone…Sonic Golf has given me the quick fix I needed to get my feel, tempo and acceleration back in tune!
Oh and by the way, just in case you need any street cred for Sonic Golf… Vijay Singh used this device to help him win the 2008 Fed Ex Cup!
“Sonic Golf has helped me tremendously. I always had a good rhythm, but I never had a consistent rhythm. It’s making my swing a lot more consistent, not just with the driver but the whole game. It’s one rhythm for the whole game instead of having a quicker rhythm for irons or slower rhythm for the driver.”
– 2008 Fed Ex Cup Champion Vijay Singh
Nuff said!
