D-S
Well-known member
Why the reduction in weight vs. standard? What will the effect of this change be?
Changing Weights in Driver
- Thread starter Orikoru
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harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Swingweight is more about feel and syncing the movements of the swing.
If your slicing your out to in with an open face. If your pulling (straight left for a right handed player) your face is closed but swing is out to in … I do this as well.
I know that my hip alignment sets my shoulder alignment and my hips are aligned by my feet .. so an open stance is partly to blame. But here is where it gets complicated, you could be set up okay but getting no transition of weight which goes to the back foot and should be on the front foot before you finish the backswing.. the weight transfer or lack of it will manifest itself in the driver as a big open slice … no club adjustments will correct this. A quick hack that helps is to set up but have the driver 1-2” behind the ball .. and let your brain figure that all out do not interfere with any other thoughts!
If your slicing your out to in with an open face. If your pulling (straight left for a right handed player) your face is closed but swing is out to in … I do this as well.
I know that my hip alignment sets my shoulder alignment and my hips are aligned by my feet .. so an open stance is partly to blame. But here is where it gets complicated, you could be set up okay but getting no transition of weight which goes to the back foot and should be on the front foot before you finish the backswing.. the weight transfer or lack of it will manifest itself in the driver as a big open slice … no club adjustments will correct this. A quick hack that helps is to set up but have the driver 1-2” behind the ball .. and let your brain figure that all out do not interfere with any other thoughts!
Teebs
Newbie
I'll be perfectly honest, I can't remember the exact details but it's around the front weight being in the heel (to close the face a little easier).
Orikoru
Tour Winner
As I said, I am working on the cause, but it takes a long because I'm not very good. And I'd like to keep it in the course in the meantime.
harpo_72
Journeyman Pro
Just plant and hold your weight on your lead foot neutral alignment to draw and pop the head of the driver 1-2” behind the ball … then crack on
VVega
Assistant Pro
Belive me I tried...did have g30 SFT in 2014 
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Today's round was interesting. Having said I didn't notice the difference at the range, I very much did notice it on the course. Front nine I played with the 28g weight in. Topped the first one, hit some decent ones after that but they seemed to go a lot higher and not as far - full marks to whoever it was who said that might happen.
Then on the back nine I changed back to the 22g weight for comparison's sake. My driver felt light as a feather so I immediately banana sliced one, then topped another one, but once I got used to it again I drove it very well for the rest of the round. I don't think the amount of draw-bias / fade correction was really worth having the extra weight, it was pretty negligible. And it made my driver feel a little bit more unpredictable I would say.
Then on the back nine I changed back to the 22g weight for comparison's sake. My driver felt light as a feather so I immediately banana sliced one, then topped another one, but once I got used to it again I drove it very well for the rest of the round. I don't think the amount of draw-bias / fade correction was really worth having the extra weight, it was pretty negligible. And it made my driver feel a little bit more unpredictable I would say.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
Thanks for that, really interesting. Explains why I didn't really see much benefit in increasing the heel weight. More draw-bias, but at the same time a heavier swing weight potentially making it harder to bring the face back square, so probably cancelled each other out.
Interestingly I've just googled the standard swing weight of my driver and it's C9, which I'm thinking is pretty light compared to a lot of drivers? (Edit: oh no actually, that's with standard shaft, with my Hzrdus it says 1 point higher.. so would be back to D1?? Or D0?)
Neilds
Assistant Pro
Are you getting too deep into the technicalities and science stuff? You are struggling with a dodgy swing and also trying to fiddle with the spec of your driver as though you know better than the people who made it. Sort your swing out with a proper diagnosis from someone who can see your swing from all angles and give you proper advice instead of well meaning advice from amateurs and YouTube. When you get this advice, practice properly (might take all year to groove but persevere) and then, and only then is it worthwhile tinkering with the driver.
Orikoru
Tour Winner
There's no harm in experimenting with something simple. Adding more swing weight might have been perfect for me. I tried it, and I don't think it was the answer. No harm done. But you don't know until you try.
