Last Updated: Nov 03, 2023
How to Swing-Weight a Golf Club Using Lead Powder
An alternative to tip weighting or lead tape, lead powder is inserted into the tip of a golf shaft to add swing weight points.
Written By: Zach Gollwitzer
Posted in: DIY Clubmaking
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Lead powder is a great tool for professionally swing-weighting a golf club. I use this when I want to increase the swing-weight a few points, but avoid the messy look of lead tape. Tip weighting is another alternative to this, but sometimes, you won't have the right sized tip weight for the shaft size that you are dealing with, especially with various putter shafts. In this case, using lead powder is a quick and versatile method to achieve the same results.
Materials Needed
- High Density Tungsten Powder
- 5/16" Diameter Ram Rod
- Swing-Weighting Cork (for irons, and for woods- putters vary)
- Brampton Pro Fix 20/20 Epoxy
- Gram Scale (This is nice to have for all forms of swing-weighting, especially for the Swing-weight DIY Calculator.)
*Note: In the video, I already have a hole drilled at the end of the grip because I had previously used this club with Tour Lock weights . If you are like most golfers, you won't have this hole drilled out already, and will have three choices:
- Use a funnel with a fine point, and stick this in the small hole at the end of the grip.
- Save and remove the grip
- Cut the grip off entirely
About the author: Zach Gollwitzer
Hey, I‘m Zach, the founder of The DIY Golfer! I created this site while playing D1 collegiate golf with a simple mission—I wanted to learn the golf swing and get better at golf myself.
Fast forward a few years, and my “journal“, The DIY Golfer, has been viewed by millions of golfers worldwide looking to do the same with their games. my mission is to make golfers more consistent in just a few hours a week through advanced practice strategies and timeless, first-principle golf instruction.