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From my point of view, a headcover needs to protect the club at the crown which means that the underside of the headcover (when the club is in the bag) is where the padding should be. I have conditioned myself to holding my hand over the iron when I pull it out so my hand hits the woods rather than the iron. But....if you don't do that, you can ding your wood when the iron gets pulled from the bag. In fact, despite my rigorous training, I put a nasty ding in a Titleist 585H that way.

My point.....I have noticed that a lot of modern headcovers offer almost zero protection at the most vulnerable point - and are very poorly designed.
Nike...you are adjudged as............guilty. That Dymo cover is a dreadful piece of design.

Anyone experienced this?
Those furry animal covers do have a use.

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I agree....some of the new headcovers really aren't so hot.

I've got five sticks in my bag with covers.

By far, the best is the one on my putter...full padded coverage that uses magnets to keep it place. When I'm heading over to the green I can leave the cover laying over my wedges/irons...the magnet holds it in place.

Next favorite is the one on my 3 wood. It's the "normal" designed tube sock style neck that goes to a padded head.

The hybrid covers have no neck and are always coming off......you nailed it on the Sumo cover....odd design but it actually does seem to protect the head nicely. I just don't like the sound of velcro bothering my partners.
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I'll admit to not liking the billboard headcovers that come free with the woods.
I've got a big rubber tub almost full of them taking up space.

I've presently got Travis custom knit covers on my fairway woods and, although I'm a Beagle guy off the course, a Great Dane headcover for the "big dog." As much as I love beagles, a beagle headcover doesn't look very ferocious and would only make me miss my buddy and want to go home.
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From my point of view, a headcover needs to protect the club at the crown which means that the underside of the headcover (when the club is in the bag) is where the padding should be. I have conditioned myself to holding my hand over the iron when I pull it out so my hand hits the woods rather than the iron. But....if you don't do that, you can ding your wood when the iron gets pulled from the bag. In fact, despite my rigorous training, I put a nasty ding in a Titleist 585H that way.

I keep my woods at the bottom of my stand bag so it's not so much of an issue when taking them out, maybe you should try that. On another note, I see head covers as more of a protection against bag chatter than against the club being struck by another club and the stock head covers all seem to fill that role just fine.

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