Quarter swing weight test.

[tricket3d]

Hey all,

I read an article about Jack Nicklaus and how he liked a lower swing weight in a heavier club so I started messing with my clubs to add and subtract weight. 
 

I was struggling with everything going left so first I added lead tape to the toe of most of my clubs. What I found for me was one piece of lead tape moved my trajectory to the right about 3 yards (right handed). So I added more lead tape to see if I could center the shot in the middle on my launch monitor. I added but what I found was the more I added the heavier the club felt and it messed with spin quite a bit. My assumption is all the lead tape changed the MOI too much. So after testing adding too much weight to the end of the club created a feel I did not like, and spin that was too low to hold a green. With that I was on to the quarters.

I started looking to counter balance my club, but all the options I found required removing my grip or drilling holes in the grip. I didn’t want to spend a ton of money on testing so I landed on electrical tape and quarters for the first test. I taped 4 quarters to my irons and hybrid for testing. What I found was the club felt much more balanced in my hands and almost forced me to delay my release.
 

It is amazing what adding about 24 grams to the end of my club did. I am excited to see if this is just temporary or if it is in my head. I don’t have a swing weight to measure how much I changed, but my guess is I am around D0 instead of D2 since I googled my Stealths to see what swing weight they usually sit at.

 

Also I figure worse case I will always have money for the vending machine in my clubs if I need it. 
 

Anyone else mess with their swing weights?

[NM01]

2 hours ago, tricket3d said:

I added but what I found was the more I added the heavier the club felt and it messed with spin quite a bit. My assumption is all the lead tape changed the MOI too much. So after testing adding too much weight to the end of the club created a feel I did not like, and spin that was too low to hold a green. With that I was on to the quarters.

It takes a lot of weight to move CG

2 hours ago, tricket3d said:

It is amazing what adding about 24 grams to the end of my club did. I am excited to see if this is just temporary or if it is in my head. I don’t have a swing weight to measure how much I changed, but my guess is I am around D0 instead of D2 since I googled my Stealths to see what swing weight they usually sit at.

2-3 grams is equivalent to 1 swing weight point

Edited February 22 by RickyBobby_PR

[tricket3d]

1 hour ago, RickyBobby_PR said:

It takes a lot of weight to move CG

2-3 grams is equivalent to - swing weight point

I think 2-3 grams is on the head of the club on the butt end I think it is more like 6 or 7. Each quarter is 6 grams, so I added 24 grams plus the tape. 

[tricket3d]

Here are a couple articles I read on it. The second one gives the rule of thumb for swing weights. 

 

https://pluggedingolf.com/can-swing-weight-affect-performance-golf-myths-unplugged/
 

 

https://www.golfalot.com/equipment-news/guide-to-swingweight-2907.aspx