Adding a lot of weight to a putter head

[GGjdhbs]

I have some fine tuning to figure out, but I came across a new Yes Madison on eBay (head still in plastic, even if the grip was disintegrated.)and had to give it a chance. Google seems to say that these have 340 gram heads, so I'm already down 10 grams from the Yes Tiffany I've been using. I also have cut it to 32.5, the Tiffany is a 34 but too long for me, I was going to cut it too but didn't feel like re-gripping it right now.

So anyways, using the swingweight charts that's a loss of 9 points to the shaft, and another 5 from the lighter head, so then about 28 grams to get back to where I was with the Tiffany. Testing confirmed that it feels extremely light (has a irritating to me ping sound too.)

Using my very scientific method of two way tape and some 45/70 bullets I'm going back and forth between adding 39 and 58 grams of weight. I'll find some other bullets for fine tuning, but this much weight is probably past what lead tape can accomplish without looking like an abomination.

The putter is obviously hollow, and I'm considering drilling a neat hole in the bottom to allow filling it with lead or tungsten... the tungsten would need to be powder or putty but lead I might be able to melt and pour.

Other than that, I'm not sure. The putter has no cavities to fill. Maybe a tungsten disc on the bottom? Something I'm not thinking of?

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6 hours ago, GGjdhbs said:

I have some fine tuning to figure out, but I came across a new Yes Madison on eBay (head still in plastic, even if the grip was disintegrated.)and had to give it a chance. Google seems to say that these have 340 gram heads, so I'm already down 10 grams from the Yes Tiffany I've been using. I also have cut it to 32.5, the Tiffany is a 34 but too long for me, I was going to cut it too but didn't feel like re-gripping it right now.

So anyways, using the swingweight charts that's a loss of 9 points to the shaft, and another 5 from the lighter head, so then about 28 grams to get back to where I was with the Tiffany. Testing confirmed that it feels extremely light (has a irritating to me ping sound too.)

Using my very scientific method of two way tape and some 45/70 bullets I'm going back and forth between adding 39 and 58 grams of weight. I'll find some other bullets for fine tuning, but this much weight is probably past what lead tape can accomplish without looking like an abomination.

The putter is obviously hollow, and I'm considering drilling a neat hole in the bottom to allow filling it with lead or tungsten... the tungsten would need to be powder or putty but lead I might be able to melt and pour.

Other than that, I'm not sure. The putter has no cavities to fill. Maybe a tungsten disc on the bottom? Something I'm not thinking of?

Ping and a lot of other putter manufactures use tungsten plugs all the time in order to add weight to the putter head. Most of the time this is done at the bumpers or low and on the edges of the face. 

It's important that you laterally balance any weight you add or you can throw off the balance/feel/closure rate of the putter

[KOG]

There’s the old fashioned way of adding sand to the shaft and corking the top. I added 10g sand to my current putter. Good part of this is you can experiment with weight before you  compact the cork

[Javs]

54 minutes ago, KOG said:

There’s the old fashioned way of adding sand to the shaft and corking the top. I added 10g sand to my current putter. Good part of this is you can experiment with weight before you  compact the cork

You can add lead tape as well. However, if not careful you can throw off the balance of the putter as mention previously. 

[GGjdhbs]

50 grams in the shaft is gonna make the balance wonky imo.

Tungsten plugs might be workable, although how to mount them on this particular body I'm not sure. The body seems very thin.

I've got the weight at the back of the mallet right now and results seem pretty good.

[Javs]

10 minutes ago, GGjdhbs said:

50 grams in the shaft is gonna make the balance wonky imo.

Tungsten plugs might be workable, although how to mount them on this particular body I'm not sure. The body seems very thin.

I've got the weight at the back of the mallet right now and results seem pretty good.

Lead tape could work and you can move it around or remove it if you don’t like the result 

[GGjdhbs]

50 grams of lead tape is covering the top with around 6-7 layers of high density tape. Hoping for something slightly less unwieldy.

[Javs]

18 minutes ago, GGjdhbs said:

50 grams of lead tape is covering the top with around 6-7 layers of high density tape. Hoping for something slightly less unwieldy.

I didn’t realize you wanted that much weight

[KOG]

Why not just grab a Heavy Putter? Theyre kinda exacty what you want.

 

 

 

Its a great putter and promotes a smooth stroke. My father has the original blade version that comes with extra weights of two 25g, 50g, 75 g.... so you can get 50-150g of adjustment. Only negative is if you walk, its is very heavy (more than you think) and weigh down your bag. If you got a cart no prob.  

 

I actually bought a head only of the midweight mallet version and added a slant toe hang adapter and built a one of a kind wide blade heavy putter w 45 degree toehang. With a double bend shaft ($15) its face balanced. Mid weight is 450 g, typical putter head is 350g. They range from 350 - 600 g heads. I also counterbalanced the shaft.

 

 

 

Look up Boccieri on Ebay. You can get these at a great price especially if you want to built a custom heavy putter like I did

So you see the new heads going for $50ish and a shaft if you want to buy one is 10-20 or unless not a straight shaft. If so, you can use a iron/wedge shaft you have (stiff preferably) then a grip and youre under $80 for a new custom heavy putter. 

Or just buy assembled for cheap and not mess up the yes! putter. This below is a nice one and like $60. These are very good putters and extremely well built. 

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304793983651

 

Edited March 9, 2023 by KOG