is easy, especially when you’re tal

is easy, especially when you’re talking about the sometimes more-art-than-science business of putter design, to believe sound is something ephemeral and, for lack of a better word, un-engineerable. It’s something you might arrive at, but not something you orchestrate.

Wrong. The team at Odyssey took a decidedly scientific approach to achieve the right sound with its latest series of milled putters, the new Milled Collection RSX.

According to Odyssey’s chief designer Austie Rollinson, the sound they were after was based on a successful putter model originally introduced by Odyssey in Japan from 2008, the Tour Authentic Prototype #1. The challenge was to capture the slightly higher pitched sound of that solid-faced, single-piece milled design in a two-piece milled insert putter. The original was milled from a single billet of 303 stainless steel, while the new RSX is milled from 1025 carbon steel with a 17-4 stainless steel face insert.

“We went to our computer modelers to do some finite element analysis and actually took that old model and saw how it vibrates, what parts of that putter moved, what sort of frequencies did it generate,” Rollinson says. “Then we created a new design with an insert to try to make the same sound.”

The key element is a pocket milled behind the putter’s stainless steel face insert, or what the company is calling the “sound chamber.” When measured, sound is characterized in two ways: amplitude (basically the volume) and frequency (basically the tone or pitch).

“The sound chamber takes weight out of the middle of the putter, and that changes how that putter will bend, how it will vibrate when impacted with the ball,” Rollinson says. "We dialed it in to get as high a volume at that peak frequency. Peak frequency is what the players heard and what they liked. It wasn’t a thunk, it was a nice little ‘tink.’”

In addition to the sound engineering, the Milled Collection RSX putters feature Odyssey’s trademark pattern of milled ovals on the face insert known as “Metal-X.” The surface roughness is designed to improve how quickly the ball produces a consistent end-over-end roll.

“A lot of times a flat, hard metal face, unless you put some sort of texture on it, you’re not going to get some good friction and good roll,” Rollinson says.

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maklik, veral wanneer jy praat oor die soms meer gevorderde-as-wetenskap besigheid van Putter ontwerp, om te glo klank is iets efemere en, by gebrek aan 'n beter woord, un-engineerable. Dit is iets wat jy kan Arriveer by, maar nie iets wat jy orkestreer. Verkeerd. Die span by Odyssey het 'n beslis Wetenskaplike benadering tot die reg klink bereik met sy jongste reeks van wit putters, die Nuwe Volwitte Versameling RSX. Volgens hoofontwerper Odyssey se Austie Rollinson, die Sound hulle na is gebaseer op 'n suksesvolle Putter Model Oorspronklik bekend gestel. deur Odyssey in Japan vanaf 2008, die Tour Authentic Prototipe # 1. Die uitdaging was om die effens hoër frekwensie klank van daardie vaste-faced, enkel-stuk wit ontwerp in 'n twee-stuk gemaal insetsel Putter vang. Is gemaal van 'n enkele billet die oorspronklike vlekvrye staal van 303, terwyl die Nuwe RSX is gemaal van 'n 17-4 vlekvrye staal 1025 Carbon Steel met Face INSERT. "Ons het na ons rekenaar modelers te doen eindige element analise en Sommige eintlik het dit. ou model en sien hoe dit vibreer, wat dele van daardie Putter het, watter soort frekwensies het dit genereer, "sê Rollinson. "Dan het ons 'n nuwe ontwerp met 'n insetsel om te probeer om dieselfde klank te maak." Die belangrikste element is 'n Pocket gemaal Agter die Putter se vlekvrye staal Face INSERT, of wat die maatskappy doen 'n beroep die "Sound kamer." Wanneer gemeet, Sound. gekenmerk word op twee maniere:. amplitude (basies die volume) en frekwensie (basies die toon of pitch) "The Sound kamer Neem gewig uit die middel van die speler, en dat veranderinge Hoe dat Putter buig, hoe dit sal vibreer wanneer. geraak met die bal, "sê Rollinson. "Ons geskakel dit in te kry 'n hoë as 'n volume op daardie frekwensie Peak. Peak frekwensie is wat hulle graag en wat die spelers gehoor het. Dit was nie 'n thunk, dit was 'n mooi klein 'Tink." Benewens die Sound. Ingenieur, die volwitte Versameling RSX putters Feature Odyssey se handelsmerk Patroon van gemaal ovale op die gesig INSERT bekend staan ​​as "Metal-X." die oppervlak grof is ontwerp om te verbeter Hoe vinnig die bal produseer 'n konsekwente End-oor-End Roll. " 'n baie. keer 'n plat, harde metaal gesig, tensy jy 'n soort van tekstuur op dit, jy gaan nie 'n paar goeie wrywing en 'n goeie rol te kry, "sê Rollinson.