The heads had weight ports so i swing weighted each at d 1 which meant the shorter drivers were a little heavier. Here is a swing weight conversion chart for your reference. Grip weight is basded onthe average weight of an m58 golf pride mens green victory rubber grip. The weight of the shaft is going to help keep the players swing on plane. Golf by joey golf instruction joey oconnor, custom golf clubs. This is not an exact science but it can be useful in helping golfers determine how much they can feel the weight in the club head during a swing. No matter where you put the lead tape, the actual weight of the club will be identical. From this form, the clubmakers have to cut the shaft, often from both the tip and grip ends, to properly install it into each clubhead. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft flex you go into the pro shop or to your favorite club maker wanting to get your driver cut down one 1 inch what happens to the swing weight and the shaft flex. Mar 25, 2018 when golf shafts are manufactured and shipped to clubmakers and clubmaking companies, they are in what is called a raw, uncut form.
They did a good job with it and i hit it so much better then the 45. Using a swing speed meter i hit several balls with each club and average out the swing speed. I tried hitting a friends driver the other day that was cut down to 43 and i loved it. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and. This will help create a more balanced feel and gain back some of the swing weight lost when cutting down the length of the club. If it feels too light afterwards, put some lead tape on it. Cutting an inch off a shaft changes the swing weight. If you want to change the playability of the club feel, flex to a certain extent, spin rate, dispersion, you will be cutting the tip end of the shaft. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft. The average swing speed, ball speed and distance numbers are pretty similar, regardless of weight or flex.
The shaft flex will play slightly stiffer at 45, the swing weight will be reduced by several points, likely in the range of d2 to c6. Swing weight is universal, and is based on the comparative weights between the clubhead end of the club to the grip end of the club d9 will feel heavy, while c9 will feel light. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind. Swing weight goes down by a little 6 points per inch. Head weights, shaft weights and balance points hireko golf. Lighter or lower swingweight golf drivers tend to fit. Upon further research, i read that cutting a driver shaft will also stiffen the shaft. So you want to cut a little length off your golf shafts. I am finding greater consistency off the tee when gripping down on my 915 d2 driver. Question about cutting a driver down and swingweight. One of the most awarded certified clubmakers shows you how to cut a steel and graphite golf shaft using a variety of tools on tools of the. The addition of weight is obviously easier than its removal. Question about cutting a driver down and swingweight sign in to follow this. Clubs with more weight than usual in the clubhead relative to the grip have higher swingweights, and those with higherthannormal weight in the grip area have lower swingweights.
Jan 15, 2014 the heads had weight ports so i swing weighted each at d 1 which meant the shorter drivers were a little heavier. By bullitt5339, may 15, 2012 in clubs, grips, shafts. Cutting down a shaft 12 should not affect the stiffness of the shaft if you cutt it from the butt grip end. Many golfers believe they can add yards to their drive by making their driver golf club longer and lighter. So adding weight at either end with lead tape, weights, extending or cutting the shaft all effects swing weight. If you are going to shorten a golf club, there are a few things to keep in mind. As with the fitting of the shaft weight, the club fitter also has to evaluate the golfers transition force, tempo. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. You can either add lead tape to the head or get a lighter grip that will affect the swingweight to counteract this. Jul 04, 2012 following a pm discussion with bob yesterday, regarding this very subject, im going to seek out a pro to undertake the adjustments i want making to my driver. Irons master clubmaker ralph maltby says that adding 12 inch length can add about 5 to 7 yards in distance for irons.
So if you add weight to a golf clubs grip, the clubs actual weight increases, but its swingweight decreases. They do this to make their clubs better fit their swing, which might mean cutting the shaft simply to change length, or to change swingweight, flex or other playing characteristics. Information on swing weights in golf clubs golfweek. However, shortening the shaft will effect swingweight a bit, so that might need some compensation if you wish to keep the swingweight the same. Jan 04, 2012 driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you duration. I know it will affect the swing weight obviously which you could. Nov 16, 2018 the lighter weight allows for a longer shaft, but the 3wood shaft is normally cut an inch shorter than the driver to offer more control. I have about a 97 mph driver swing speed leaving me at the border of a stiff shaft. Shortening your driver is a weighty matter youtube.
You can readjust the swingweight by adding lead tape to the head of the club. A golfer can manipulate either end of the golf club to adjust his swingweight. How much weight you feel you are swinging will be different depending on where the lead tape has been added even though the total weight of the club is identical in all three instances. The ratio is the bottom 23 weight to the of a golf driver or golf club. Again, as mentioned before, the key is finding the driver shaft length that best provides your unique swing and ability with the most distance, and more importantly, consistent accuracy. The swing weight of a golf club specifies how heavy the club feels to a player swinging it, based on weight distribution. For clubmakers out there, you are used to purchasing graphite shafts that are for the most part 46 long. The lighter weight allows for a longer shaft, but the 3wood shaft is normally cut an inch shorter than the driver to offer more control. But you can counter weight the grip or lighten the head weight to regain d4. With steel shafts, use a tubing cutter to trim the shaft. If i decide to cut down a driver shaft by a couple inches. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity.
A club with a heavier swing weight will feel heavier to a golfer than one with a lighter swing weight, because its balance point is closer to the club head. One other common method of adding weight should be mentioned. From what i read, the r9 comes out of the box at d4 but today at ny golf center, they told me it was now c9 with newly cut down shaft and new grip, lamkin crossline. If clubs are shortened and no weight is added back to the clubhead, the chances of the. Following a pm discussion with bob yesterday, regarding this very subject, im going to seek out a pro to undertake the adjustments i want making to my driver. To make a club play lighter, you could cut the shaft down from the butt end. Swing weight is the measurement of the headweight feel of a club. I currently play a mid60 gram shaft but if i went to a mid70 gram shaft and cut that one down approx. To read more about the effects of tipping a golf shaft, here is an article on golfworks that explains it well. To restore swingweight, you need to add approx 2g of weight for each point so. For every 12 inch that is cut away from your golf club shaft, you will end up doing away with about three swing weight points. Regardless, op, if driving is one of your main struggles, ditch the sldr tp. Mar 28, 2016 the quest for a more accurate driver everyone wants to find out how to have a more accurate driver including me.
For every 12 inch you remove, you will lose approximately three swingweight points. What happens to other characteristics depends on the profile of the shaft as this varies over the its length. In the modern 460cc driver, the shaft now rests close to 1 916 above that ground line meaning that the cut length of a shaft for a 45 driver is 43. What exactly happens to club if you shorten the shaft. Cutting down a fairway shaft mygolfspy forum golf product. Apr 25, 2016 cutting an inch off a shaft changes the swing weight. Jun 02, 2016 the swing weight of a golf club specifies how heavy the club feels to a player swinging it, based on weight distribution. Contrary to popular opinion, cutting the shaft from the butt does not make it play stiffer. Youll hear about how the 2 will effect swing weight, etc. For what its worth, ive cut a few shafts down when i first started playing to give me accuracy, but as i got more comfortable with my swing, i began playing stock length 45 in the 9 d2 with success. Cutting a shaft from the tip will effectively stiffen it a bit this is called tipping. Shortening driver changing shaft swingweight golfwrx. With proper trimming and installation, each shaft s weight will drop slightly through the set.
How to change the swing weight of a golf club golfweek. So, you can get the swing weight back up by either putting lead tape on the head but that gets real messy sometimes, doesnt look good, and actually adds head weight which will make the shaft s flex weaker so it is now recommended and why golf grip companies are making these now to put on an ultra light weight grip. But some doityourself golfers also cut down golf shafts, then reinstall them in their clubs. Swingweight measures the distribution of a golf clubs weight, rather than a clubs actual weight. One thing i shall touch on in the next article which is about swingweight i. Raw shaft weight is based on a 45 udws parallel tip true temper dynamic sflex for woods and a 39 udic parallel tip true temper dynamic sflex for irons. If you didnt add weight, you softened the shaft slightly, and it lowered the swingweight, which. Now imagine swinging that 5iron with the lead tape on the clubhead, then at the middle of the shaft, then on the grip. I repeated that exercise so i would have more data. So to jump right in ive been experimenting with fairway wood accuracy in regular grip and choked up over the past month. Grip weight is basded onthe average weight of an m58 golf pride mens green victory rubber. You will be cutting it down less so the sw should go up. Ive gone through a long series of cobra drivers, and cut them all down to 44. Thinking about cutting my driver shaft down an inch.
Shaft weight and torque make a bigger difference than shaft flex. Aug 28, 20 so to jump right in ive been experimenting with fairway wood accuracy in regular grip and choked up over the past month. Now i think swing weight is a ratio of head weight to shaft, but i dont have a. If you try to cut down some existing clubs, you will likely stiffen them some. This option is less permanent than cutting a shaft down, and will be cheaper than cutting a shaft down. Feb 25, 2015 and the drop in shaft weight from trimming a driver from say 45. The swingweight scale is measured using a fulcrum point, i believe it is 14 from the butt end of the shaft. Standard is d2, so if you shortened the shaft, the had to have added weight to the head. Question related to the swing weight impact by cutting the shaft. Driver distance secrets what manufacturers wont tell you duration. On the other hand, cutting at the gripend does not cause as much stiffening as the tip end. Im assuming choking down an inch on a club changes the swing weight even more since now the inch at the end of a club acts as the club being backweighted, which also lowers swing weight.
Now i think swing weight is a ratio of head weight to shaft, but i dont have a great feel for what that means in my swing or how to fix it. The farther the down the club toward the head the lead tape is. Cutting down driver shaft and swing weight golfwrx. When building shorter clubs, weight can be added to meet swingweight requirements, either in the shafts of irons or in the weight ports or shafts of woods. Ive concluded just as mgs has shown that in general contact improved with the shorter shaft length and convinced myself that cutting off 1 inch from the butt on my fuel 70x fariway shaft down to 42 now was a good idea. I have a further question regarding cutting down a graphite shaft. My primary golfing buddy has the same club at factory length and although mine.
What do half inch long shafts do to your golf shot. Add weight to your driver golf club for more distance pga. Cutting driver shaft the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. You can add weight to the head to keep the swing weight up and this will also soften the flex slightly. Once you determine the proper shaft length a quick tip would be to have a local golf store or pro shop cut your current driver shaft down to the appropriate. I didnt have a problem with the weight afterwards but everyone is different. If you choked down so it plays like a 44 inch shaft, would it go further, the same, or shorter than if you had a shaft cut down to 44 inches and didnt choke down at all. When building shorter clubs, weight can be added to meet swing weight requirements, either in the shafts of irons or in the weight ports or shafts of woods. Nov 11, 2014 how to swing weight a golf club duration.
The general golfing public has been conditioned and educated that shaft flex is the endallbeall when it comes to shafts and that simply is not true. And the drop in shaft weight from trimming a driver from say 45. That is, if the lead tape is placed on the clubhead, or at the middle of the shaft, or on the grip, the clubs actual weight will be the same the original weight of the club plus the weight of the lead tape. Thanks for your replies i just have a shaft laying round so i figure i might as well put it into good use. With proper trimming and installation, each shafts weight will drop slightly through the set.
A golf clubs swingweight can be changed by altering the club head, shaft, grip or length of. Any amount of cutting will slightly stiffen the club. I asked this same question to the callaway fitters and they called their service center and recommended i do not shave 1 inch off the grip part of my stiff shaft. After a comprehensive overview of my stats last year i came to the conclusion that if i want to get to the next level as a golfer, i am going to have to hit more greens, and that all starts with how i position myself off the tee. Is it as simple as just cutting 2 off the butt end of the shaft. Reinstall a grip on the newly shortened shaft and, most importantly, wishon says, add weight to the clubhead in some manner to restore the swingweight feel of the club.
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