Dude, isn’t that the truth! I dabbled at being relatively good once upon a time, but I caddied for a guy who was actually good. I swear I never saw him miss a shot on the range; he swore he never hit one solid. Just sounded different, as you said.
Just a quick aside before we get back to regularly scheduled programming: I was at Riviera two years back and followed Morikawa for a few holes. He had a wedge into a par four on the back 9 right on the ropes where I was standing about four feet away. I swear to God when he hit it I felt it in my feet. Sorry for the long post; it struck a nerve.