When I putt on the practice putting green, which I do a lot, the driving range is about 70 yards away and I can hear them hitting their balls. I will agree with you that an iron is not that noisy, but a fairway metal of today is louder than a fairway wood used to be, and Sergio used a Fairway Metal, more like a .22. I can prove that I play golf by taking a photo of some of my golfing books and posting it, I will include in the photo a foot shot next to the books, with size 13 huaraches on. You call it Right or Left foot, I used to include a thumb shot with my horses ass photos. LOL, anyway you slice it, you lose, no pun intended.