Can you stress the importance of swingweight to me?

[zbennett]

So lo-and-behold I messed up my clubs trying to be a club maker. I bought a 714 mb/cb pro combo set and the person whom I bought them from told me the shafts were 3/4” longer than standard and at a standard swingweight. Shortly after, I took to my own measures to cut an inch off and somehow it turned out to be 1.5.” I went in to my local golf shop to find out I cut off too much length and as a result the swingweight was a C4. I have been hitting towering iron shots with a significant drop in distance as of late, does swingweight play a role in this problem? Im a young, athletic golfer who has a driver swing speed of 113 to give you an idea about my swing.

 

 

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[BrookseyNZ]

Heavier at high speeds will yield better results a lot of the time, I have seen it first hand many times in my fittings...

Driver especially!!!

Go heavy!

Overall weight won't change a lot but the “feel” will

 

Rory is at D8......

I use D9 at 44.5”

 

 

 

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[null]

What may work for for someone might not work for for someone else. There are a norms which often worked for the majority of the golfers, but once you start going away from those norms the impact on the golf swing will change from golfer to golfer

[p3ga]

The change in swingweight is a direct result of the length removed from the shaft. If I follow you correctly, 1 1/2" has been removed from the shaft, net the clubs are now 3/4" shorter than the standard Titleist length.

 

Yes, that will reduce the swigweight. But the distance loss is tied to the clubs being shorter:If you hacked the five iron 3/4", it's now somewhere between a six and seven iron in length.

 

It could also be a terribly bad shaft match for you.

 

Tiitleist may be able to give you the build specs if you provide the serial numbers for the clubs.I can't recall if they will build to a longer length and a requested swingweight, or just accommodate changes in length. Big Stu might know,

[Kenny B]

So lo-and-behold I messed up my clubs trying to be a club maker. I bought a 714 mb/cb pro combo set and the person whom I bought them from told me the shafts were 3/4” longer than standard and at a standard swingweight. Shortly after, I took to my own measures to cut an inch off and somehow it turned out to be 1.5.” I went in to my local golf shop to find out I cut off too much length and as a result the swingweight was a C4. I have been hitting towering iron shots with a significant drop in distance as of late, does swingweight play a role in this problem? Im a young, athletic golfer who has a driver swing speed of 113 to give you an idea about my swing.

 

 

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Measure twice; cut once.  

 

The shafts can be lengthened, but I tend to agree with P3ga; likely the shafts are a bad match for you.

[chemclub]

I have cut my shafts down 3 times already and they're still too short!

 

I agree you should make sure the shaft is right for you, but too light a swing weight can affect how the club feels during the swing.

 

You could have some fun with lead tape and a trip to the range. I think it is 2" of tape for every point of swing weight. Add 1" of tape a little at a time to the head until the club FEELS too heavy. Remove a little of that last strip of tape until it feels right and that is an indicator of a good swing weight for you. 

 

If you really want to dive into the weeds... As an alternative, many club fitters ignore swing weight and instead fit by MOI (moment of inertia). MOI matching means every club requires the same amount of effort to swing—not true with swing weight matching.

[Gisle]

That is easy.  Swingweight has nothing to do with how a golf club behaves when swung.  The only properties of a golf club that affect how it moves when swung are Mass and Moment of Inertia.  The Mass of the club can be adjusted so that you will have the same swing for all your clubs.  Check out www.rational-golf.com/blog

Inside Golf Magazine.pdf

[hckymeyer]

I'm going with swing weight is very important.  Call it whatever you want (MOI matching, swing weighting etc) but the way the club feels in your hand while you swing is hugely important.

 

Every iron fitting I've been through has confirmed I need heavier swing weighted clubs.  A lot of stock clubs are around D1 or D2.  When I swing those my contact is all over the map and I come in very steep.  The last fitting I had at Club Champion I snapped 3 of their club connex fittings because I was basically slamming the club into the ground.  The fitter put on some lead tape and bumped up the swing weight to D6 and my strike pattern went from the size of a silver dollar to the size of a nickel.  Center of the face contact bumped up ball speed and distance and my dispersion greatly improved.  No other change than a few inches of lead tape on the club head.

 

So yes, while there are a lot of factors that go in to finding the right club setup for you, swing weight can be a huge part of it.  Like Chemclub mentioned, grab some lead tape and head to the range, it's an easy fix.  Once you find out how much weight you need to add you can decide if you want to use lead tape, tungsten powder or tip weights.

[tommc23]

I'm going with swing weight is very important. Call it whatever you want (MOI matching, swing weighting etc) but the way the club feels in your hand while you swing is hugely important.

 

Every iron fitting I've been through has confirmed I need heavier swing weighted clubs. A lot of stock clubs are around D1 or D2. When I swing those my contact is all over the map and I come in very steep. The last fitting I had at Club Champion I snapped 3 of their club connex fittings because I was basically slamming the club into the ground. The fitter put on some lead tape and bumped up the swing weight to D6 and my strike pattern went from the size of a silver dollar to the size of a nickel. Center of the face contact bumped up ball speed and distance and my dispersion greatly improved. No other change than a few inches of lead tape on the club head.

 

So yes, while there are a lot of factors that go in to finding the right club setup for you, swing weight can be a huge part of it. Like Chemclub mentioned, grab some lead tape and head to the range, it's an easy fix. Once you find out how much weight you need to add you can decide if you want to use lead tape, tungsten powder or tip weights.

Where on the head did the fitter put it that it made such a difference?

 

 

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[hckymeyer]

Where on the head did the fitter put it that it made such a difference?

 

 

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Less important is where.  More important is just that's it there for me.

 

But the last fitting they had strips they just wrapped around the hosel.  Same place a tip weight in the shaft or tungsten powder would end up.  

[revkev]

Why not get fit? It will be easy entry ugh this reshaft your current irons with the proper shaft and We no weight for your swing.

 

Sounds like a great thing to ask of Santa Claus for Christmas.

 

 

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