Rather than trial and error, consider it demoing, and yes, that is the best way to determine it. Build a demo club, get a roll of lead tape, get a friend to observe, and head to the range.
Mark LilCallaway wrote: > I haven't looked at DT's site yet, but is it trial and error for me to figure out my >ideal overall weight? How would I know if D1 was better than a D5 besides taking it >out to the range? > > "tflan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >What's most important? You'd get a lot of argument but consider this. You > >can conceivably achieve a swingweight of say, D2, with a telephone pole for > >a shaft. SW is a relationship between headweight, gripweight, and shaft > >weight at the tip end. However, it would be pretty tough to swing a > >telephone pole no matter what the swingweight. So, I believe that SW is a > >relatively unimportant factor in golf club design - as long as there isn't a > >large difference from club to club. Some folks seem to think that the ideal > >SW is D2. Others like D0, and still others are devotees of SW's in the E > >range. I remember the "ADVP" clubs of a few years ago. The metal woods were > >in the high "E" SW range. They didn't feel any different than did heavier > >clubs with SW's in the "C" and "D" ranges. In fact they felt considerably > >less "head heavy" than did many other clubs. There was a line of clubs > >developed by Dave Pelz; they were ultralights with SW's in the "C" range. > >The relationship between head and butt end seemed to be o.k. but since the > >shaft was so light and the heads relatively light, you could feel the head > >even though the SW was in the "C" range. SW really doesn't mean much in the > >great scheme of things. Overall weight is considerably more important, IMO. > > > >Trial and error for SW? Well, depends upon how you define it. If you have a > >particular SW in mind then it is, in a sense, trial and error unless you > >have a system to calculate it. Fortunately for clubmakers, Dave Tutelman has > >provided just such a program on the Clubmaker-online website. DT's program > >gives you all the info you need to calculate SW based upon shaft weight, > >length, etc. Check it out. > > > >TFlan > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "LilCallaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 12:13 PM > >Subject: ShopTalk: Swing weight > > > > > >> Is it only by trial and error that someone figures out proper > >swingweighting for a particular club? What would be more > >important--swingweight or overall weight? > >> Thanx.... > >> > >> P.S. This is what I really wanted to know. I got confused when I asked > >the shaft length question..... > >> > >> -- > >> And you only hit it how far?..........Try the VFT > >> > >> > >> __________________________________________________________________ > >> The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! > >http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > >> > >> Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at > >http://webmail.netscape.com/ > > > > > > -- > And you only hit it how far?..........Try the VFT > > __________________________________________________________________ > The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! >http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com/
