Add a piece of lead tape to the back of your driver, close to the heel by peeling off the backing from the tape 2. Some of the most asked questions in regards to golf clubs is what is swing weight, what does it do, how is it measured and should i even worry about. Swing weight is the measurement of the headweight feel of a club. But by focusing on the spot you put your lead tape on, it can make a difference to your golf swing. Feb 12, 2018 in this video we examine how swing weight influences your performance with a golf club. As you can see, this driver doesnt have many places to put the lead tape, but the spot ive located should work. My advice would be to have some place ship it back to callaway and have them do the work for you. How to attach lead tape to a golf club driver healthfully.
Where to place lead tape on your driver to fix your common miss. This tape is thirty percent heavier than standard lead tape and has an adhesive back for easy use. Illustrated guide to put a lead tape on a driver golf tips. Depending on the type of shot you want to hit, or flaws you are trying to correct, you can place tape on different parts of the club. Swingweight is a function of balance between the head and the shaft along with physical weight. 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. How to change the swing weight of a golf club golfweek.
How much lead tape, g or size of patch, do i need to add to increase sw by 1. Place lead insert into the shaft at the grip end to reduce swingweight or add lead tape just below the grip. Golf club head lead tape perfect for increasing the swing weight. Swingweight the ideal swing reference point wishon golf. Add weight to your driver golf club for more distance pga. Adding weight lead tape can it help want to learn more about the vertical golf. It is adhesive backed and can be applied quickly and easily or left on permanently. But remember that each 4inchlong strip of halfinchwide lead tape equals one swingweight point.
Many golfers attach lead tape to their clubs to alter the balls trajectory, to help cure a swing defect or to. Remember 2 grams is equal to approximately 1 swingweight. Adding lead tape to your golf club driver can slow down your swing and help you correct swing flaws, which can ultimately help you to drive the ball onto the fairway rather than into the trees and in the rough 2. If you can make square contact with the ball in the optimal spot on your driver golf club, you stand a chance of hitting the ball. Expert opinion isnt unanimous on lead tapes benefits, but some pga tour pros phil mickelson, for example have used lead tape on their clubs. So adding weight at either end with lead tape, weights, extending or cutting the shaft all effects swing weight. To keep the toe from releasing too much through impact, place lead tape on the toe portion of the driver sole. If you switch to a speeder evo ts 661 with the same grip at std length, it will build out 1 swingweight heavier due to the different balance point of that shaft. Yes, lead tape will make the club feel heavier, but it might not correct your problem. Adding lead tape to a club can alter trajectory, swing weight or feel. Then it will take more than of lead tape to raise the swing weight of a club 3 points. Ive been doing a bit of experimenting with golf clubs since 2006 and constructed a set of irons snake eyes q3i 5sw, a wedge 600w lob, a couple hybrids q3a 38 and. First application is a new tour edge putter that had a lighter cluhead weight than i find comfortable.
But if adding this much weight via lead tape, the swingweight of the club would become prohibitively heavy. Albeit theres a bit of variance from brand to brand, most 12 tapes are around 2 12 per 2g swingweight point. This tape is perfect for the task of adding a bit of weight to golf club heads. My maths is a bit rusty, but by my reckoning one inch of 1 lead tape is going to be about 1.
Club experts say the results are only psychological. If you think it may help, take your driver and a roll of tape to the driving range and experiment. A club with a heavy swingweight has more weight toward the clubs head in relation to the grip end. Not to worry, a call to amazon and two days later the lead tape arrived. In the simplest way i can say it, swingweight is how the club feels in your hand. Lead tape can change feel of golf club swing surgeon don. Tried using foil tape and 2 quarters on the back of the sole, but they were gone pretty quickly. Lead tape is still an important tool that can help your game, if you use it right.
He explains what lead tape which weighs less than a gram per inch does to affect your swing, then talks about the impact it might have on your swing troubles. Swingweight, in fact, is the primary reason to use lead tape. Assuming my math is correct i need to add 11 swing weight points worth of lead tape to the head of my driver to get it back to a d3 swing. Place it on the sole or around the back of the head and youll be fine. As the opposite effect of the previous photo, when we apply lead tape to the heel of the club, it speeds up the closing or rotation of the clubface, promoting a right to left shot for the righthanded golfer, or a. You can put it on at the range, and take it off as well. Oct 17, 2018 but there is another reason for using lead tape on a golf club, and this one is legit. Pga professional george roy shows us how to add weight to sand wedges thats not only functional, but much more aesthetically pleasing. How do i go about adding swing weight to my driver. Adding lead tape will increase the swingweight of a golf club, increasing the feel of more weight or heft during the swing.
Lead tape wont completely cure a bad golf swing, but it may help smooth out a rough spot. If some weight were removed by grinding or drilling somewhere on the head and then large amounts of tape added, some playability differences could certainly be noticed, but such. More technically, its how much the club tips towards the club head when you balance the club on a fulcrum. Nov 17, 2017 some of the most asked questions in regards to golf clubs is what is swing weight, what does it do, how is it measured and should i even worry about. But where lead tape will definitely make a difference is in a clubs total weight and swingweight. D0d6 are probably the most common swingweights anything you buy at a golf store off the rack swingweight is not a measurement of total club weight. Pga professional eric hogge explains why adding even the tiniest amount of weight to your driver golf club can have a big impact on the distance you get off the tee. Would adding some lead tape increase the feel of a heavier head. Swing weights range from a0 at the lightest to g10 at the. Adding weight to the grip end wont affect the balls flight, but it can improve a clubs feel. Lead tape is by far the easiest way to change the swing weight of a golf. For that purpose, one 4inchlong strip of halfinch wide lead tape will increase the swingweight of any. Custom clubmakers can also adjust swingweight in some cases by adding different types of fill material inside shafts at different points, or inside clubheads.
Erics secret for how to fix a slice in golf is a little bit of lead tape applied to the heel of your drive. I picked up some presized lead tape adhesives from a local golf store. Lead tape on shaft vs head to increase swingweight. How to attach lead tape to a golf club driver golfweek. For example, adding tape to the clubheads heel the portion closest to the shaft can help reduce a slice, they believe. That also equates to about one swingweight, so be careful not to. I recommend lead tape because it can be applied and removed. When feel is the deal, tour pros are quick to check swingweights. Some other golfers, including jack nicklaus and sergio garcia, have used lead tape under the grip to reduce the clubheads swingweight. Dec 03, 2008 assuming lead tape is typically available in 12 wide strips. Waiting on my lead tape and lighter grip to show up in the mail but i couldnt help myself and cut the driver to 44 today i played it as is at c2. Would like to bring it up a couple swingweight points.
The swingweight refers to the weight distribution of your club. In order to get the lead tape to stick to the area that you are applying it, you must make sure that the area is clean. In this way, i use less lead tape on the finished clubs. Apr 25, 2016 when i build a new set of clubs, i purposely add tip weights to set up a baseline swingweight progression, so the longest club usually a 4 iron is lightest about a c8 or 9 and the shortest club usually the pwgw is a heaviest about d3 or 4. He shows you what happens when he takes a normal swing with his driver golf club as is, then demonstrates the effect of a little bit of lead tape in terms of centeredness of contact.
Swing weight is measured on a swing weight scale and is referenced with an alphanumeric code. Does adding lead tape to golf clubheads change the swingweight. Aug 09, 2019 but where lead tape will definitely make a difference is in a clubs total weight and swingweight. Where do i put tape on my driver if i want to hit a draw. This makes the club feel lighter and theoretically, can.
Many golfers attach lead tape to their clubs to alter the balls trajectory, to help cure a swing defect or to adjust the clubs feel. Each adhesive strip is approx 4g and is supposed to add 2 sw points. May 15, 2012 in theory you could compensate for the loss in swingweight and increased stiffness by adding lead tape to the clubhead. Personally, i play my driver and 3 wood at d3, my irons and hybrid at d5. It takes 4 12 of this tape to add approximately 1 swing weight to the head. The best and easiest way to add swing weight to your driver is to add strips of lead tape. Weighting wedges with lead tape tips and tricks tutorial youtube. The lighter grip makes it feel heavier even though it may be physically lighter. Where to place lead tape on your driver to fix your common. As you get longer a driver the extreme example then small amounts of weight adjustment to the head will dramatically alter swing weight and.
The cg of the head is not changed by the addition of lead tape. Lead tape is a great way to experiment with different swingweights because it is so versatile. Brent kelley is an awardwinning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. Another way to think of this is with more weight in the head the swing weight increases, and with more weight in the handle the swing weight decreases. Take your golf club driver to the driving range and hit five or six golf balls to warm up your swing. Change the swingweight of your driver by adding lead tape around the shaft at the base of the grip or underneath the grip. You have a really nice driver, so i would be hesitant to do it.
As ive said, experimentation is the best way to do this, but i would recommend starting with lead tape until you have. The golfworks high density lead foil tape dicks sporting goods. But there is another reason for using lead tape on a golf club, and this one is legit. In simple terms, swing weight is how heavy the club head feels when you swing it. I would actually like to bring it up to about a d4. Depending on the size of the roll, a 1inch strip of lead tape typically weighs about 1 gram. My guess would be both would have very similar effects in terms of softening the flex of the shaft, since effectively they are both weights added to the tip end of the shaft. While many feel the application of lead tape detracts from the cosmetics of the clubhead, it may be the only option in certain unusual applications, and thus deserves noting. This is the quickest and easiest method to increase swingweight.
Adding lead tape can improve your distance and accuracy. In general, the lead tape is for slight adjustment. How to fix a slice in golf swing with lead tape pga digital. One of my earliest encounters with golf technologybeyond just owning and using standard golf clubswas the time a childhood friend added strips of lead tape to the clubhead of his driver. Obviously, the more tape you add, the heavier your club gets. Add some weight to that club with this high density lead tape from the golfworks.