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Cut my driver down 1.5" to about 43 5/8" Hoping to find center of face more often and put this club back in my bag.   See if this helps while I get my tee box game back in order. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

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Did you increase the weight of the head at all?

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1 hour ago, Green Sheep Productions said:

Did you increase the weight of the head at all?

for what reason?

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Wedges    Callaway Mack Daddy forged in black 50* and 54*  :callaway-small:   KBS Tour in 'R'

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25 minutes ago, perseveringgolfer said:

for what reason?

Swingweight. Cutting 1.5" off a driver could reduce club swingweight by like 9 points. So if you started in the D2-D4 range, you'd be in the low-mid C range. 

The biggest concern would be that you would lose feeling of where the club head is in the swing at the lighter swingweight.

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15 hours ago, Green Sheep Productions said:

Did you increase the weight of the head at all?

I did not because I wanted to see how it felt with a lighter SW. I believe it was a D5 (forgot ro check it b4 I cut) and It ended up at C6. 

Played 9 tonight with it. Played 2 balls with it on 4 holes in 50 degree and dropping temp. First ball found fairway dead center but shorter than normal. My first reaction was it was way too light. Actually felt like the head flew off it was so light. 2nd ball was right side fairway and within a yard or two distance wise. As i played more I got more used to it but SW does need increased. My dispersion greatly improved but distance was noticably shorter.  How much? Not sure as I have not played this club since summer.  Bunkers I normally carry on #2 I fell short 10 yards. I was also tentative. By #5 and then on #9 I had it dialed pretty well and was comfortable with it. Cold and no roll is not a good indicator. I will pull the head and go to D2. Not sure why D2 though?

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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11 hours ago, pulledabill said:

I will pull the head and go to D2. Not sure why D2 though?

Do you have a means to adjust the weight in increments back up to D2 or so? There's certainly nothing wrong with playing a lighter swing weighted club (junior and women's clubs are often in the upper C range, I believe), it's just typically there is a trade off with head feel. 

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1 hour ago, edingc said:

Do you have a means to adjust the weight in increments back up to D2 or so? There's certainly nothing wrong with playing a lighter swing weighted club (junior and women's clubs are often in the upper C range, I believe), it's just typically there is a trade off with head feel. 

It is way too light. I will probably  dial it into my liking with lead tape before I pull the head and insert a shaft weight. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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Working on an experiment with this right now. I'm going to be building up a shorter shaft for my Rogue, so I went to eBay and ordered some Chinese knock-off weight screws. (I view these as pretty low risk; if they fit and they have weight, I'm good.) I don't have a swingweight scale, but I'm planning to use something like this website to give me an approximation based on the overall weight and the balance point.

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... Welcome to the club fellas! I hope you guys stick with this for a good amount of time and as I am sure you know, you should be hitting the center more often. Hitting the center trumps 1.5" extra inches in shaft length every time. For every 1/4" you miss the center you lose 5-7yds, so a typical 1" toward the toe miss can lose 20-28 yds and poor directional control!!! I am a huge believer in shorter shaft length and finding the right head weight is a big part of the puzzle, so keep experimenting til you find what works best. I have found D0-D2 produces the best results for the widest range of players, but going heavier D2-D5 has also helped some. Good luck and keep us posted. 

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Fairway:  :cobra-small: Aerojet 3/5 ... Kai'li Blue 60R
Hybrids:  :ping-small:      430 Hybrid 22*... Steelfiber 780Hy 
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3 hours ago, chisag said:

... Welcome to the club fellas! I hope you guys stick with this for a good amount of time and as I am sure you know, you should be hitting the center more often. Hitting the center trumps 1.5" extra inches in shaft length every time. For every 1/4" you miss the center you lose 5-7yds, so a typical 1" toward the toe miss can lose 20-28 yds and poor directional control!!! I am a huge believer in shorter shaft length and finding the right head weight is a big part of the puzzle, so keep experimenting til you find what works best. I have found D0-D2 produces the best results for the widest range of players, but going heavier D2-D5 has also helped some. Good luck and keep us posted. 

Ive already seen better results. I will get the 3w out with it next time and see the distance variation between the two. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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On 12/17/2019 at 12:24 PM, chisag said:

... Welcome to the club fellas! I hope you guys stick with this for a good amount of time and as I am sure you know, you should be hitting the center more often. Hitting the center trumps 1.5" extra inches in shaft length every time. For every 1/4" you miss the center you lose 5-7yds, so a typical 1" toward the toe miss can lose 20-28 yds and poor directional control!!! I am a huge believer in shorter shaft length and finding the right head weight is a big part of the puzzle, so keep experimenting til you find what works best. I have found D0-D2 produces the best results for the widest range of players, but going heavier D2-D5 has also helped some. Good luck and keep us posted. 

If I was to have an inch cut off of my F9, could I just order additional heavier weights from Cobra to replace the lighter ones with?  

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19 minutes ago, the great spinks said:

If I was to have an inch cut off of my F9, could I just order additional heavier weights from Cobra to replace the lighter ones with?  

 

... Yup. That is what I did with mine. 

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Added lead tape  and brought SW to D1.Hit a few tonight and certainly felt the difference. Headed back tomorrow with it at a D4 to feel that. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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Played driver on the course yesterday.  Hit 69% of the fairways which is high for me especially if I was hitting the driver all the time especially since I played driver on 3 holes I don't normally play the driver.  Confidence is high.

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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1 hour ago, pulledabill said:

Played driver on the course yesterday.  Hit 69% of the fairways which is high for me especially if I was hitting the driver all the time especially since I played driver on 3 holes I don't normally play the driver.  Confidence is high.

Better contact with same or more distance?

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41 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Better contact with same or more distance?

Better contact with improved accuracy.  Tough call on distance as it was windy and soggy so little to no roll.  Average distance over say 10 drives was higher as I found the screws way more often so the mishits were minimal if any loss of distance. 

I will say on one hole I normally  carry the bunkers.  Yesterday I hit dead center between the bunkers and that would be about 10-15 yards of carry.  Verdict will be out until spring or summer on overall distance. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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7 hours ago, pulledabill said:

Better contact with improved accuracy.  Tough call on distance as it was windy and soggy so little to no roll.  Average distance over say 10 drives was higher as I found the screws way more often so the mishits were minimal if any loss of distance. 

I will say on one hole I normally  carry the bunkers.  Yesterday I hit dead center between the bunkers and that would be about 10-15 yards of carry.  Verdict will be out until spring or summer on overall distance. 

Keep thinking about triming one of my driver shaft down to see how it works.  

Driver:  :ping-small: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven
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48 minutes ago, cnosil said:

Keep thinking about triming one of my driver shaft down to see how it works.  

Ive never loved the shaft in it so if it ended up being a fail it wouldnt bother me. 

DRIVER: Cobra F9 10.5  Tensei AV Blue 65g

3W- Callway XR PRO 16 stiff

5W- Alpha- Mitsubishi Diamana  Redboard w/band

Irons- Mizuno JPX 919 Tours with S KBS Tour shafts

Hyrbid- TM 4h mid-rescue

Vokey- Vokey SM5 51 degrees,  SM7 Wedges 54 and 58 1/2 half 3 degrees upright

Putter- Taylor Made Rossa Monza Mini Spider

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Before shortening the driver why not just choke down on it to see what the results would be.


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10 minutes ago, tony@CIC said:

Before shortening the driver why not just choke down on it to see what the results would be.
 

Mental thing, can't remember to do it over the course of a round. 

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9 hours ago, cnosil said:

Mental thing, can't remember to do it over the course of a round. 

in a non comp round, just put a thin elastic band on the grip an inch down the shaft- result

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9 hours ago, cnosil said:

Mental thing, can't remember to do it over the course of a round. 

I wasn't thinking of playing that way - just trying it to see the effect on your drives before cutting it down.. Before the fitter got me in a shortened driver, I tried choking down on the range and recorded distance and ball flight (also used impact tape). FYI the fitter only had it cut down 1/2 inch but it made a big difference. 

If you really want to see someone choking down on a driver - watch Brooke Henderson - she has her hands about halfway down the driver. 

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2 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

I wasn't thinking of playing that way - just trying it to see the effect on your drives before cutting it down.. Before the fitter got me in a shortened driver, I tried choking down on the range and recorded distance and ball flight (also used impact tape). FYI the fitter only had it cut down 1/2 inch but it made a big difference. 

If you really want to see someone choking down on a driver - watch Brooke Henderson - she has her hands about halfway down the driver. 

I have seen Brooke Henderson,  was her walking scorer a few years ago at an LPGA event.   

 

For me, distance is almost impossible to check on the range.  I know you can see things,  but for me it is hard to tell actual landing spot that far out.  I will try @perseveringgolfer suggestion as I didn't think of doing that and try to visit MGS and use the GC Quad. 

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Fairway: :titelist-small: TS3 15*  w/Project X Hzardous Smoke
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14 hours ago, tony@CIC said:

Before shortening the driver why not just choke down on it to see what the results would be.


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I did that with mine especially when struggling to find a fairway with it.  I will say that there is a feel difference in my opinion from the cut down version compared to the choked down version. 

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I've grabbed an old shaft (Aldila Phenom) and cut it short, and put a tungsten counterweight in, and increased the head weight some more (Already rocking a 16g weight and a 25g in the back). Just tape at this stage.

 

 

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I've grabbed an old shaft (Aldila Phenom) and cut it short, and put a tungsten counterweight in, and increased the head weight some more (Already rocking a 16g weight and a 25g in the back). Just tape at this stage.
 
 

This may not be the thread for this question but......does weight affect swing speed?


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3 hours ago, tony@CIC said:


This may not be the thread for this question but......does weight affect swing speed?


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Yes.  think of the superspeed sticks.  You can swing the lighter sticks faster than the heavier sticks.     But there is a tradeoff between speed and mass.   If you lower the mass too much,  you lose distance just like if you lower your speed.   It is all that physics stuff that I don't remember 🙂   

 

 

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1 hour ago, cnosil said:

Yes.  think of the superspeed sticks.  You can swing the lighter sticks faster than the heavier sticks.     But there is a tradeoff between speed and mass.   If you lower the mass too much,  you lose distance just like if you lower your speed.   It is all that physics stuff that I don't remember 🙂   

 

 

Two ways to view it... One is a momentum collision, where mass and velocity are as good as each other (And the low mass of the golf ball means it goes off), ie total momentum before has to be the same after. [p=mv]

The other way is kinetic energy, where the velocity is more important to keep up (m vs v^2). That energy transfers to the ball. [E=0.5mv^2].

 

So in both you can increase mass to hit it further, but can't be at the expense of velocity, but could be more effect to work on speed instead.

But then you get the odd person like me who can muscle, but not do it quickly.

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9 hours ago, Green Sheep Productions said:

Two ways to view it... One is a momentum collision, where mass and velocity are as good as each other (And the low mass of the golf ball means it goes off), ie total momentum before has to be the same after. [p=mv]

The other way is kinetic energy, where the velocity is more important to keep up (m vs v^2). That energy transfers to the ball. [E=0.5mv^2].

Thank - that's as clear as mud 😂. Seriously though I think I get it. 

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:titelist-small: SM7 54* Wedge

:ping-small: Glide 3.0  60* Wedge

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