Heavier club head = ball goes farther?

[joro]

There is an old book called the Search For The Perfect Golf Swing that was the Club Makers Bible in the 60s and still holds true today.   It has a ton of info about the swing, stance, etc. but it is the concensus that a Driver should be as light as feels good  for speed and Irons as heavy as you can handle for stability, distance and accuracy.     A great old good, if you can find one it is full of good stuff, still effective today.

[Lihu]

10 minutes ago, joro said:

There is an old book called the Search For The Perfect Golf Swing that was the Club Makers Bible in the 60s and still holds true today.   It has a ton of info about the swing, stance, etc. but it is the concensus that a Driver should be as light as feels good  for speed and Irons as heavy as you can handle for stability, distance and accuracy.     A great old good, if you can find one it is full of good stuff, still effective today.

From reading about the past a bit and getting stories from many older partners, I don't think golf has changed all that much. Sure, the number of people able to hit farther because more golfers are fitter, but that's kind of true of the general population of people. Fitness is a good trend throughout the entire population.

The equipment technology has made it easier for fitter people to hit farther, but based upon the Tutleman data it looks like the best weight is around 200gm.

[Sclaffer]

I have been struggling with consistency with my latest Ping s58 irons and find they are about C8. My old irons were about D2. I am not big or strong but feel that the D2 allowed me to sense the club head a bit better.  Does that make sense?

Can anyone tell me how to add weight to my Ping s58s?

I am in South Africa so I have been unable to buy lead tape to try and doubt I will find someone to do them for me.

[joro]

Hey Sciaffer,  If you can find some lead powder you can put it down the shaft and cork it or even sand will do it.     It has been found you can add up to 5 points down the shaft and not affect the club other than to ass Swinweight, which is 1 pt. per 2 grams of weight.    You may have to remove the grips, pout the material down the shaft and with a rod pound a small cork down to hold the material, like we used to do it in the day.     Today they use tip weights where the shafts have to be removed to add them.     Good luck and hope this helped.

[Hacker James]

9 minutes ago, joro said:

Hey Sciaffer,  If you can find some lead powder you can put it down the shaft and cork it or even sand will do it.     It has been found you can add up to 5 points down the shaft and not affect the club other than to ass Swinweight, which is 1 pt. per 2 grams of weight.    You may have to remove the grips, pout the material down the shaft and with a rod pound a small cork down to hold the material, like we used to do it in the day.     Today they use tip weights where the shafts have to be removed to add them.     Good luck and hope this helped.

I am not a club maker, but I would be careful about pouring anything down the shaft. To me it sounds as if doing so would mess up the dynamics of the shaft in terms of kick point and overall balance. I have even simply taped coins to the bottom of the golf head (do not really recommend it though).

[iacas]

3 hours ago, Sclaffer said:

I have been struggling with consistency with my latest Ping s58 irons and find they are about C8. My old irons were about D2. I am not big or strong but feel that the D2 allowed me to sense the club head a bit better.  Does that make sense?

Can anyone tell me how to add weight to my Ping s58s?

I am in South Africa so I have been unable to buy lead tape to try and doubt I will find someone to do them for me.

A PING fitter could get new weights for your irons and replace the weights you have in there now. That's the best option IMO.