How much lead tape does it take to alter shot shape? We found out

GOLF's Ryan Barath is joined by Gene Parente and his robot to figure out exactly how much lead tape it takes to alter your shot shape.

[@Gramkan]

What a great video, good to see these things we know and feel shown visually

[@Amzseller90]

would you love to help us test our lead tape and have a try with lead tape on your golf club

[@abnercarrera]

I'm putting 30 grams of lead on the heel of my driver!!! LOL

[@dangemmell9124]

I'm putting 60g lol. I'll still slice it 😅

[@JojohnWick]

​@@dangemmell9124really 😅 man

[@TonyNeri-s3e]

super useful video, never thought that lead tape could hsve such importance on the ball flight

[@jacobmccain8082]

Every one of my irons has lead tape on them. Helps me make sure my swingweight is perfect and I generally put it a little on the toe to help fight an overdraw.

[@eugenedizon48]

Try flattening your lie angle by 1-2 degrees

[@Pwilli-hs6yi]

I have 5g lead strip in centre bottom 7i- PW. ( SRIXON i- 403 ad irons. With stiff graphite shafts) it raises the swing weight enough to stop me casting the club too early. Works brilliant.

[@Amzseller90]

would you love to help us test our lead tape？

[@AllTradesGeorge]

This is nitpicking, but this didn't really answer the question posed in the video's title. It's a great demonstration of the fact that adding weight to different parts of the driver affects performance, but we didn't see how much weight you have to add before it actually changes performance as opposed to merely changing how the club feels. You went from zero straight to 15.5 grams...that leaves a lot of room in between.

[@JojohnWick]

Its a free video and yet you always complaining

[@AllTradesGeorge]

@@JojohnWick just pointing out that they didn't really address the question that got me here in the first place. That can be the difference between, "Yes, I'll subscribe to this channel and like this video", and "Well, I guess I can ignore the rest of their content." I figured people who are trying to attract an audience by answering questions about golf might appreciate feedback on whether or not their prospective audience actually found their answer satisfactory. Yeah, it's free content...but so is just about everything else on this platform, which means they need to stand out somehow if they want to maintain an audience.

[@foodog3026]

@@AllTradesGeorgethanks for saving 8 mins of my life

[@knotthead17]

What causes the movement? is the club face just pointing a different direction? Is the strike the same location on the face?

[@andrewhay8033]

Can you do this test moving just the adjustable weight in the ping g430 from centre to draw to fade setting to see how much difference it makes.

[@Amzseller90]

would you love to help us test our lead tape and have a try with lead tape on your golf club?

[@rbann7135]

I put an ankle weight on my driver to get that boomerang draw

[@leocalquin5558]

Where is the “skirt” of the club that you moved the tape to to get the big draw?

[@leocalquin5558]

Pleaseeeeeeee answer 😭😭

[@ericdixon1406]

Wondering same thing

[@alexstemple1770]

under the hosel around the heel

[@mikeneylon1843]

Skirt is where the side of the club meets the sole . That edge is the skirt

[@roythomson638]

Can you do the same test with irons? And another test with toe and heel strikes with the driver

[@Amzseller90]

how about testing our lead tape and have a try with lead tape on your golf club?

[@nellynelson9387]

How much would putting the near yheface reduce thime spin by?

[@DrGurple]

I probably have 20 grams of lead tape hiding in the toe of my driver

[@dippy4002]

If you pause the frames that show the flight of the draw and fade with the same camera angle, you'll see that the fade starts to the left - a pull - while the draw starts to the right - a push. I don't see how this can happen. If the swing plane is the same, the face should be open to produce a fade and closed to produce a draw. Consequently, the draw should start to the left (because of the closed face) compared to the fade. (with the open face). But it doesn't. Something is strange. Also, putting that much weight on the toe/heel will change the sweet spot toward the side of the lead tape. If the club hits the ball in the same place, the change in sweet spot will then produce a gear effect causing the ball to draw/fade just as it did in the video. So, is that why the ball fades/draws? If so, an actual golfer is likely to adjust their swing to find the sweet spot so that there will be no gear effect. In other words, I can't figure out why, for example, the ball draws/fades with weight on the heel/toe. If it's because the face closes/opens more easily, then the fade should start to the right of the draw. But that doesn't happen. If it's because of the gear effect (as I mention above), then the average golfer is likely to compensate - that is, find the new sweet spot.

[@joececcgon]

How much weight to fix my snap hook? 85g on the toe?

[@hoefmiester]

This test is entirely dependent on how the robot turns the face over. If the robot holds the face angle fixed through the swing tape shouldn’t make any difference. I could see the launch angle changing though.

[@XSR_RUGGER]

I was thinking it was changing the torque on the shaft which ends up changing the club face at impact, but I’m just speculating.

[@pbode1]

Shouldn't it also be mentioned that at some point the head becomes too heavy to sustain one's normal clubhead speed?

[@craiggagnon8407]

Gold industry doesnt want people getting better. A huge amount of PGA players, including the best ever, hell Hogan had cement weights for clubs, Mo norman swung at like E6.... It's crazy how little you get to hear from Teaching pros or Brands about it.

[@tompem]

At 6:42....."the heel (weighting) allows that club face to close". I don't think so. It is NOT a "closed" face angle at impact that causes right to left spin. A closed (to the path) club face will merely hit a pull. It is the increased GEAR EFFECT of the increased heel weighting that causes right to left spin.

[@Pwilli-hs6yi]

FINALLY. Someone who knows what they are talking about. I could never figure out how weight in the heel goes left, weight in the toe goes right. GEAR EFFECT! of course. Same as playing pool when you want to spin the ball left to right you hit left of centre and it spins to the right. Thank you.😊

[@davehicks4483]

I disagree. A face closed to path causes a left curve for right handed player

[@sstone01]

A closed club face relative to the swing path will produce a left curve. A straight club face to the same swing path will just hit a straight shot, but left of target ( or a pull in other words). opposite is true of course for an open club face. the confusion is when golfers mistake square to path vs target. if your coming over the top with a square club face to your new path, it will just be a straight pull with no draw.

[@garylawrence7547]

This test with the robot is absolutely the only way you can see the true effect of the tape. Doing the same with a human golfer would be inclusive due to variations in the way the ball is struck.

[@aliasErEf]

Fine …..but how about back front and rear back ?

[@dso1986]

I think whats lost here is how the different weights affect how the person reacts to it

[@MJ-LazyBones]

I'd like to know how the robots fingers, wrist, elbow joints all respond to the weight....oh wait

[@Amzseller90]

hi would you help us test our lead tape？

[@EFFTrudeau-001]

Send some to me so I can test on my simulator

[@D.WhiteJr]

I choke down on my driver like a half inch So I use ton of lead tape and I think Titleist should study my driver cuz I swear it’s the most for giving thing on the market 😂

[@TheBenomm]

How do u make it more forgiving with lead tape?

[@Lagegooper1989]

​@@TheBenommincreases moi with any amount of weight increase

[@arthurolivares5636]

Same my driver is so forgiving I either draw the ball or it goes straight

[@glenncarruthers3355]

You know that lead tape is a very Hazardous material? Please wear rubber gloves.

[@snapper1948]

might as well quit breathing because the air is full of crap humans shouldn't have in their lungs