chief301

Question for Lowpost. If you have a customer come in be fitted, pick out shafts, grips, and clubheads but can not decide on swingweights what do you do or recommend?

What do you mean? They've brought all the product and have the specs they want, but don't know what swingweight they want their clubs built to?

First, I'll excuse myself and mock them privately for telling me my business.

Then, when I'm all done laughing (as most folk that have very specific specs know all their specs specifically) I'd simply ask for their current favourite club, blueprint it, and use it's swingweight as a guide.

However, let it be known that a) I was joking about the mocking, b) If you bring me gear my labour charge increases and c) IMO swingweight largely a result of a build, not necessarily a target to build to; mostly because a little lead tape under the grip or in the head can drastically change the resultant swingweight. As we like to say - I can make you a club that swingweights at C0 but swings like a sledgehammer. You have to remember that swingweight is simply a simple lever function - move the fulcrum or change the weight at either end and the number changes.

Now, all this said, I personally MOI match based on dry-fit parameters. In other words, I'll dry fit all the gear, then figure out how I need to manipulate the weight to get my desired SW slope. Don't misunderstand: swingweight is important, but an average guy who demands a D4 swingwight will most likely swing anything D2-D6 just as well (IOW, most golfers can barely detect a 2 sw point change).

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