What is more important to you? Swing weight or static weight?

dphatt

I am looking at some new irons for next year and I always seem to hit MCC Plus 4 grips well but I am hesitant to change to them. I am very sensitive to swing weight and I can’t go over D3 or else I just hit them terribly. I have done a blind test on this multiple times so I know I can go D3 or lighter and it works. My question is with the Plus 4 grips my swing weight will be lighter so do I build the clubs to be D3 or leave them alone.

MatthewASim

This is a very tricky one and depends on the person, personally I know I have to play a 125-130g shaft in my irons and usually the 130 DG feels better to me. But I have always played D4 swingweight as well. When I made a grip change to a slightly smaller grip (2g lighter ~ 1/2 point) I had to make the swingweight back to D4 to make the feel the same to me. Some people feel the total weight more some people feel the swingweight more.

ckay

I prefer a heavier static weight and prefer a lighter swingweight. Once I get past D3 I feel like I have to work harder to deliver the club properly and not get stuck.

aharrelson358

I've always liked a heavier swing weight because I like feeling the head in space vs. the club as a whole. ckay maybe I'm thinking of it incorrectly though, because I have always fought getting stuck and the snap hook. Maybe there is something to the whole "getting fit" thing hahaha

dbenick3

Get them built to do with mcc +4(52g). The normal mcc are 50g. It is easy to counterbalance with a little lead tape under the grip if you decide to change.

southpawfox

I'm in the same boat. D2.5/D3 is my sweet spot. My current irons came out to D4 and feel like swinging sledge hammers. Might have to pick up some heavy grips 🤣

mljones99

My irons are E0.... bunch of pansies with your D2 swing weights lol.

I kid of course.

dbenick3

The only time I ran into swing weight problems is when I played my mp 18s .5" short

javivento8

I personally don't care about the actual weight of the club. I only care about the swing weight because that is all feel. Maybe that's me being more of a feel player. I like my irons around that D3 mark. Put 4 wraps of tape under my MCC Aligns and had to put tape back in the head to get it back.

dbenick3

javivento8 why didn't you go just midsize?

javivento8

dbenick3 still in between, plus I knew how the align would be if I just added wraps. I thought the align might mess with things.

dbenick3

Golf pride is good with weight. There isn't a big difference with that. The tape adds a little more weight tho