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Tip weights in irons?


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Hi guys,

I just bought new iron heads and going to shaft them up with my Shimadas..
My wedges are d5-d6 and currently my PW is d1.. I want to add 5 swingweights but I've heard adding more than 8 grams of tipweights is not that great to ironshafts...


What is your take on this? Is 10 grams totally fine as tipweights for irons? Or should I just go wtih 8? or even just 6? =)

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Lighter grips? I personally prefer 6 maybe 7g tip weights max.

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The thing is I use the masda grips so they are 50 grams each.. And I'm moi-matching the clubs, hence, the need to tipweight some.. But maybe I should just go with 6 grams then.. Does the club feel strange with more than 6 gram? =)

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Being a natural draw ball i always believed more heel biased weight accentuated it even more. I could be wrong.

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First thing to do is to weigh the new iron heads. Most heads are lighter than standard. If so they would require even more weight.

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how about adding a quarter inch in length and 6g in tip, that should get u where u want to be

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how about adding a quarter inch in length and 6g in tip, that should get u where u want to be

The thing is im going to moi match them.. Hence adding length is not an option.. But I will buy 6 grams instead of 8 and 10.. seems like everyone think its better? =)

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You are talking about adding 4g more (6g instead of 10g) to an iron head that weighs approx 245g (this is a 1.6% weight change in a 4i). This gets even less significant as you go down to a PW (approx 290g 1.38%)

In most iron heads you are talking about a COG located 28mm to 30.5mm from the shaft axis. The additional 4g is going to move this COG approx 0.466mm towards the hosel in a 4i. (0.4mm in a PW)

Personally (I use 10g occasionally), I don't notice the difference.

Cheers,

ben

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