Swing weight with new shaft

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By Scott L

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  1. Scott L

    Scott L
    Houston, TX

    I am changing out shafts on a 50* vokey wedge and noticed there is a weight in the bottom of the current shaft. Current shaft is a Nippon 3 120 stiff. New shaft is TT Dynamic Gold 120 s300. My question is, if I use the same weight as in the Nippon, will the swing weight be the same of is the new shaft different enough that I will need a different amount of weight?

  2. scooterhd

    scooterhd
    Arizona

    Scott L said:

    I am changing out shafts on a 50* vokey wedge and noticed there is a weight in the bottom of the current shaft. Current shaft is a Nippon 3 120 stiff. New shaft is TT Dynamic Gold 120 s300. My question is, if I use the same weight as in the Nippon, will the swing weight be the same of is the new shaft different enough that I will need a different amount of weight?

    Doubtful that it would be exactly the same. The Nippon 120S is 114 grams. The DG 120 S300 is 118 grams. Of course that is the raw weight and I do not know the weight distribution when you cut it to length. Assuming they had similar weight distributions, a general rule is 9 grams of shaft weight = 1 SW point. Since 4 grams is roughly half, the smart guess would be you would increase the SW by 1/2 a point.
  3. Don O

    Don O
    Madison, WI

    Titleist adds the weights to adjust the swing weight for each club they assemble. Casting and forging processes do not produce all heads of identical weight. Titleist receives them sorted in weight ranges.

    So the weight was added to match the specific shaft, grip, and head for a specific swing weight. Using a similar weight shaft, the weight will likely be needed. But building a club, you should check the sw prior to gluing the assembly.

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