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| Created: | Tue Feb 15 1994 |
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I was hitting balls into my net the other night and
got to thinking about swingweight. I don't build clubs so
my knowledge is limited to my own experiences. I have a set
of perimeter-weight clubs that have given me fits for the
last 18 months. I recently got back my old set of forged
blades and have started to hit the long irons well again.
The only differnces between the sets are grip-size and
swingweight. The forged set has regular grips and weighs in
at a d-2 swingweight. The p-w set has 1/32 oversize grips
and a swingweight of d-0. I don't feel the gripsize is the
culprit here. The forged set feels better ie. I can feel the
head of the club and know what it is doing whereas with the
p-w set I can hardly tell the clubhead is there. I never thought
that a couple of points could make such a difference but it
sure has for me. Anyone else have interesting experiences with
swing-weighting ??
Mad Hacker
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 969.1 | Exact same shafts...? | MSEE::KELLEY | Custom club fitting/club repairs | Wed Jun 13 1990 14:02 | 6 |
Hi MH,
The two sets or irons have the exact same shafts, brand and flex?
Gene
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| 969.2 | More data !!! | RAYBOK::COOPER | MAD HACKER | Thu Jun 14 1990 12:19 | 9 |
Hi Gene,
The p-w clubs have a stiff flex steel shaft and the forged
irons have the original True Temper regular flex steel shafts.
These shafts are approx. 13 years old. I hit the short irons
best with the p-w irons and have better success in the 2-5
irons using the forged set. I hit the forged short irons fine,
just get more distance with the p-w's.
Mad Hacker
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| 969.3 | Then they aren't the same... | MSEE::KELLEY | Custom club fitting/club repairs | Thu Jun 14 1990 12:27 | 10 |
Hi MH,
Then there are major differences between the two sets, it isn't just
the swingweight and grip size. It is the combination of the 2
swingweight points and the stiff shaft on the PW clubs that is causing
you to have less head feel with them...
Regards
Gene
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| 969.4 | It is always something !!! | RAYBOK::COOPER | MAD HACKER | Thu Jun 14 1990 16:17 | 5 |
Gene,
I figured it had to be more than just swingweight !! That would
be to easy.
MH
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| 969.5 | Location of weight matters, too | BROKE::PAL | Paul Lemaire | Mon Jun 18 1990 15:50 | 4 |
Another factor to consider is the heel/toe weight distribution of
the clubheads.
PL
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