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Don’t buy new clubs…yet. Try one (or both) of these to see if the higher swingweight helps. 1. Put on lighter grips….much less expensive than new clubs. 2. Add some lead tape to the heads….even cheaper that new grips! Both will increase swingweight – which means the club will feel more "head heavy". #1 will obviously decrease the total weight of the club, which #2 will increase it – the choice is yours. If you do both, you can increase the swingweight more, and keep the total weight close to what you now have. — http://home.midsouth.rr.com/joecartpath RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/reedj.htm
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am having trouble finding the feel of the club head as I try to learn timing in my swing. I hope that made sense 
. I am fine as long as everything starts right. However, when I lose the timing, I am having trouble finding it again. I know this is all about practice; and am willing to do so. I also asked my teacher about clubs and he weighed my 5 iron. He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club and while the clubs can’t make me swing well, that the light weight makes learning difficult. I have to admit that I have virtually no sensation of weight at the end of the club, even when I grip very, very lightly. I only really have sensation of body and arms moving; which becomes doubly frustrating as I try to make the old body parts do what they are supposed to – which results in worse not better swings and I stay in a funk for awhile until I luck out and magically find better timing again. And the cycle repeats. I welcome comments as to 1) whether investing in other clubs might help the learning curve (no sales offers please) 2) what is a custom fit club anyway? 3) any drills to help get arms and body together. Thank you for your response. Jeff Finkbiner
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He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club
Just so you know there is usually no difference between the weight of a ladies clubhead and a men’s club head. The only difference between most men’s and womens clubs are cosmetics and shaft flexes
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He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club Just so you know there is usually no difference between the weight of a ladies clubhead and a men’s club head. The only difference between most men’s and womens clubs are cosmetics and shaft flexes
I believe that this is correct – the standard weight of a men’s or lady’s 5 iron head is about 256 grams. However I think that in general woman’s drivers are a couple of grams lighter than men’s.
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A little clarification is in order. Lighter grips will indeed increase the swingweight of the clubs, but they will not make them feel heavier. Remember that swingweight is an estimation of the heft of the club, and it is measured statically with a kind of balance. By lightening the grip end of the club, the balance point moves toward the head, and makes the swingweight scale read higher, but it does not change the way the club feels when you swing it. The only way to increase the heft of a club without reshafting with a longer shaft is to add weight to the head, either in the shaft, with swingweight powder, or on the head with the tape Joe suggested. I just made myself some clubs that are swingweighted heavier than standard, and I like them. Good luck! – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Don’t buy new clubs…yet. Try one (or both) of these to see if the higher swingweight helps. 1. Put on lighter grips….much less expensive than new clubs. 2. Add some lead tape to the heads….even cheaper that new grips! Both will increase swingweight – which means the club will feel more "head heavy". #1 will obviously decrease the total weight of the club, which #2 will increase it – the choice is yours. If you do both, you can increase the swingweight more, and keep the total weight close to what you now have. — http://home.midsouth.rr.com/joecartpath RSG Roll Call: http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/reedj.htm I am having trouble finding the feel of the club head as I try to learn timing in my swing. I hope that made sense . I am fine as long as everything starts right. However, when I lose the timing, I am having trouble finding it again. I know this is all about practice; and am willing to do so. I also asked my teacher about clubs and he weighed my 5 iron. He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club and while the clubs can’t make me swing well, that the light weight makes learning difficult. I have to admit that I have virtually no sensation of weight at the end of the club, even when I grip very, very lightly. I only really have sensation of body and arms moving; which becomes doubly frustrating as I try to make the old body parts do what they are supposed to – which results in worse not better swings and I stay in a funk for awhile until I luck out and magically find better timing again. And the cycle repeats. I welcome comments as to 1) whether investing in other clubs might help the learning curve (no sales offers please) 2) what is a custom fit club anyway? 3) any drills to help get arms and body together. Thank you for your response. Jeff Finkbiner
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Buy a roll of lead tape. Any decent golf shop should have it. You can turn your light clubs into very heavy ones for $5. Just make sure that any addition is centered on the back of the clubface or around the perimeter of the back of the clubface; this will insure that you don’t move its center of gravity much. The shaft gets whippier as more weight is added to the head, so don’t overdo it. Try to find a shop that has a swingweight scale and ask if you can use it as you apply the tape. You want to keep it around C-8 to D-3 to start. A custom fit club is one that is built with your characteristics in mind. Most important are the length to lie angle relationship, and possibly shaft flex. To keep arms and body synchronized, try to accentuate the pinning of the upper inner arms to the sides or top of the chest. Jeff – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -I am having trouble finding the feel of the club head as I try to learn timing in my swing. I hope that made sense . I am fine as long as everything starts right. However, when I lose the timing, I am having trouble finding it again. I know this is all about practice; and am willing to do so. I also asked my teacher about clubs and he weighed my 5 iron. He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club and while the clubs can’t make me swing well, that the light weight makes learning difficult. I have to admit that I have virtually no sensation of weight at the end of the club, even when I grip very, very lightly. I only really have sensation of body and arms moving; which becomes doubly frustrating as I try to make the old body parts do what they are supposed to – which results in worse not better swings and I stay in a funk for awhile until I luck out and magically find better timing again. And the cycle repeats. I welcome comments as to 1) whether investing in other clubs might help the learning curve (no sales offers please) 2) what is a custom fit club anyway? 3) any drills to help get arms and body together. Thank you for your response. Jeff Finkbiner
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I am having trouble finding the feel of the club head as I try to learn timing in my swing. I hope that made sense . I am fine as long as everything starts right. However, when I lose the timing, I am having trouble finding it again. I know this is all about practice; and am willing to do so. I also asked my teacher about clubs and he weighed my 5 iron. He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club and while the clubs can’t make me swing well, that the light weight makes learning difficult. I have to admit that I have virtually no sensation of weight at the end of the club, even when I grip very, very lightly.
Had a few minutes before an appointment yesterday and stopped in my fav. golf shop. I asked about the Callaway Tung/Ti irons that have been discontinued, and got to hit a few clubs in their cage. I liked them just a little better than the X12s, both in graphite. Then I picked up a ping steel shafted ISI 5i and loved it! I play w/ steel shafts in my irons, and almost all my woods. And my clubs don’t swingweight anything less than D0, or I have the same feelings you do — where is that clubhead? BTW, I have a hitter’s ’swing.’ Wrap some duck-tape around a golf pencil and throw it in your bag. When you want to play with swingweights, tape a dime (approx. one swingweight point) or a quarter (approx 3 SW points) on the bak of the club and see how it goes. Sometimes it isn’t just the head weight but the shaft (like the graphite examples above.) Gotta run, –Coops – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I only really have sensation of body and arms moving; which becomes doubly frustrating as I try to make the old body parts do what they are supposed to – which results in worse not better swings and I stay in a funk for awhile until I luck out and magically find better timing again. And the cycle repeats. I welcome comments as to 1) whether investing in other clubs might help the learning curve (no sales offers please) 2) what is a custom fit club anyway? 3) any drills to help get arms and body together. Thank you for your response. Jeff Finkbiner
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I am having trouble finding the feel of the club head as I try to learn timing in my swing. I hope that made sense . I am fine as long as everything starts right. However, when I lose the timing, I am having trouble finding it again. I know this is all about practice; and am willing to do so. I also asked my teacher about clubs and he weighed my 5 iron. He said that the weight of the club head is comparable to a ladies club and while the clubs can’t make me swing well, that the light weight makes learning difficult. I have to admit that I have virtually no sensation of weight at the end of the club, even when I grip very, very lightly. I only really have sensation of body and arms moving; which becomes doubly frustrating as I try to make the old body parts do what they are supposed to – which results in worse not better swings and I stay in a funk for awhile until I luck out and magically find better timing again. And the cycle repeats. I welcome comments as to 1) whether investing in other clubs might help the learning curve (no sales offers please) 2) what is a custom fit club anyway? 3) any drills to help get arms and body together. Thank you for your response. Jeff Finkbiner