David, I think there may be some confusion. SW means two different things to a clubmaker: - Sand Wedge - SwingWeight
Looking at it in context, I think (can't be sure) that Tom meant swingweight and you meant sand wedge. Hope this helps, and doesn't just confuse. DaveT ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:42 PM Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Vertical COG of irons > In a message dated 6/20/2002 6:32:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > David, > > The clubs I had before were purchased before I started building clubs. > > They were called Tour Gear and were basically Hawkeye wannabes (I think > > Hierko sells them). When I originally built the TX-90's they were shorter > > than the Tour Gear set, which, by the way, had budget Aldila shafts in > > them. I didn't like them shorter so I lengthed them>>problem is SW is > > about D-5 now, which could affect swingspeed and distance also. Listed > > lofts are 1* different with the DFS's being stronger. The TX-90 shafted > > set is easily more accurate>>course maybe I'm a better golfer now:-). > > Also, the Tour Gear set isn't uniform>>sw's vary from D-1 to D-4, their not > > FLOed and the cpms do not consistently increase through the set. > > > > Tom > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > >> To: <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";>[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> > >> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 8:45 PM > >> Subject: Re: ShopTalk: Vertical COG of irons > >> > >> > >> In a message dated 6/19/2002 12:17:10 PM Pacific Daylight Time, <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]";> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> writes: > >> > >> Snip > >> >>> Don't > >>> like the TX-90 shafts though>>at least on club short than my previous > >>> graphite shafted set. > >>> > >>> Tom > >>> > >> > >> Hi Tom, I just got TX-90's in and built a 5 iron that is drying now, IM > >> curious, what graphite were you hitting in your previous set? And are both > >> the same heads? could the difference in your loss of distance be due to > >> weaker lofted heads? Shorter length? How about accuracy? > >> David > > > > Hi Tom, Thanks for your reply, d-5 in a SW should be fine. I've always played > about d-1 in my 3-9, d-3 pw, and d-6 SW of course making the 9,p,s the same > length. > Lately I tend to prefer even a little more weight. > Don't worry about distance on your SW, that extra weight makes it not want to > "stall" in the sand. > With the cpm's not increasing in your old set that means the shafts are > getting weaker as the clubs get shorter, as compared to your new set, its > possible that these softer frequency's are closer to the number your > individual swing requires. > David >
