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3.47K viewsOctober 19, 2022

millanas 32 October 18, 2022 2 Comments

Wondering how others feel about adding a decent amount of weight in the tip of steel shafts. Built a few TSW wedges this weekend (DRM finish which looks outstanding), and despite requesting heavy heads, I still had to add 6gm weights to the shaft tips to get a “standard” SW. I don’t like the idea of adding that much weight to the tips and wondering what people thing it does to the CG of a wedge. Not sure why the weights of these heads are lighter than others from Golfworks, in fact the new Maltby MAX Milled wedges are 5-9gms heavier, loft dependent, and they also have the weights out at the toe, which makes more sense to me. I didn’t buy those due to the amount of offset. Appreciate any feedback.

millanas Posted new comment October 19, 2022

statechamp commented October 19, 2022

What shafts did you use? Sometimes the KBS steel shafts need more tip weights due to being counter balanced.

millanas commented October 19, 2022

decided to use the Score LT provider with the club pak. A heavy enough shaft that it wouldn’t negatively impact SW. Clubs were built to standard (if there’s such a thing) length.

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What shafts did you use? Sometimes the KBS steel shafts need more tip weights due to being counter balanced.
decided to use the Score LT provider with the club pak. A heavy enough shaft that it wouldn’t negatively impact SW. Clubs were built to standard (if there’s such a thing) length.

Answer 1 · 2022-10-19T12:39:24+00:00

We have always said that using shaft tip weight or weight in the hosel of irons or wedges is OK, but only up to about 8 grams. 10 grams will move the cg a little less than 3/32″ or approximately 2.3mm. Not that much and not that much of an impact on playabilty, especially on wedges. Of course we would prefer to not have any weight added in the hosel, but understand that it is necessary in some cases. I always preferred lead tape because I could put it in a better position, and I didn’t care what it looked like. Still, 6 – 8 grams in the shaft tip should not be a concern.

As far as the head weights on the TSW DRM wedges, they are slightly lighter than the MAX wedges, but actually are more in line with the weight progression you would expect in a set. The MAX wedges are just slightly heavier, by design, to give those of us an option that like the wedges to be just slightly heavier. For most, the difference in feel is negligible.

Britt Lindsey

Thanks for the info Britt. Still hoping to see a photo or two of the inbound TS1 IM:)
The amount of CG movement is relative to the weight of the head before adding weight. The higher the head weight, the less affect added weight will have on moving the CG. It can be easily calculated using statics. If you add the weight in line with the hosel, and the original CG distance is say 2″ from the hosel centerline, the new CG location can be calculated by taking the original mass of the clubhead in grams, the multiplying by the original CG distance from the hosel, then dividing by the new total weight of the club. For instance, with a wedge of original weight to be 290 grams (an example), with an original CG distance 2″ from the shaft centerline, and adding 8 grams, the new CG will be located (290 x 2)/(298) = 1.95″ from the shaft centerline. So adding 8 grams in line with the hosel on an original 290 gram clubhead only moves the CG by .05″. A driver CG will move the most as the clubhead weight is the lightest throughout the set.