Why Do Some Golfers Add Lead Tape to Their Clubs, and What is the Effect?
Why Do Some Golfers Add Lead Tape to Their Clubs, and What is the Effect?Answer: There are two reasons golfers add lead tape to their clubheads. One reason is a good one, and works; the other reason is a myth and does not work. For the bogus one first: Adding lead tape in an effort to change the center of gravity of the head (to make the ball fly higher, lower, more to the right or left) simply will not work. The CG has to be moved at least a quarter-inch for the golfer to notice a flight change in the ball with the same clubhead. To move the CG by a quarter-inch requires no less than the addition of 10 4-inch-long strips of half-inch wide lead tape, all placed in the same area of the head toward which the CG movement is desired. The right reason for using lead tape is to increase the swingweight of the club; i.e., to increase the feel of more weight
