Hi Dave 1. The first sentence I snipped is absolutely correct in my mind. Variation (or should I say lack of variation) reduces % Error. I would take No Variation club-to-club any day over the Perfect Operating Level. In other words no variation is far better than operating level. Most players can adjust to the wrong operating level but cannot adjust to excess club-to-club variation in a set. 2 months ago people asked what is a "cut and glue" set and how can you tell the difference > its all about variation club-to-club. This is also how we can compete with the OEM who don't understand quality, nor have the desire or the time to dial things in near perfect. Yes Dave, the real issue is variation as you stated, for that perfect set! 2. When my son built his 15 year old MacGregor Jack Nicklaus LH forged blades the PW was lighter than the 9 iron (thanks MacGregor), so he installed a 10 gram tip weight (they range from 2 to 10 grams). Later he bumped all the irons up to D4 using lead tape on back of head. The next week he shot consecutive rounds of 66, 67 and 68. You might call these irons a hybrid with both tip weights and lead weight. I think for graphite shafts, tip (plug) weights range from 2 to 6 grams. Thanks HarryS www.Golf54.com
SNIP from Dave Tutleman Post: But I think that the real issue is the variation from the target, or from some best-fit straight line. At any rate, that is what I try to control. In your case, I don't think there's a tip weight of more than 4 grams. SNIP, SNIP ... Hope this helps. DaveT
