You bet there is.
In the golf world of club fitting and repair and tinkering, it's known by the name 'lead tape.'
I like lead tape. I feel it is such a useful tool for those who know how to use it for adjusting a golf club that I call it 'Magic Dust.'
It's a valuable tool for me personally, and I have used it in my lessons to tweak a student's clubs. I always have a roll in my golf bag.
Think of it as the Duct Tape of Golf.
Many of you might be scratching your heads wondering why and for what lead tape is used in golf?
It's used to change the swing weight or center of gravity of a club head to affect impact and ball flight. It is stuck to the back or bottom of both woods and irons which is a fast way to modify the weight characteristics of a club head.
Adding weight to the back of a wood or iron changes it's swing weight.
Why would we want to make a club head heavier?
Because the shaft may feel a little too stiff or light.
A little more weight will cause the shaft to load (flex in the backswing) and thus kick or unload more into impact. This can change the flight trajectory and shot shape of the ball.
Also, the clubhead may feel more solid.
Adding weight, more mass to the club head, can also help you hit it longer.
On irons, lead tape is added on the back of the club head.
With woods the lead tape can be put on the back as well as on the sole.
If you want to change your ball flight, the tape can be placed more on the toe or heel of the club. Toward the toe will slow the club head squaring up at impact and reduce a draw or hook,or, if hitting it straight, it helps you hit cut shots. Placing the weight on the heel will slow the heel and let the toe catch up, helping increase a draw to hook and reducing a fade or slice.
I have strips of lead tape on every club in my bag.
All my clubs are shorter than standards for length used by most club manufacturers. They are shorter because my arms are longer than is normal for my height.
D.J. and I have the same length arms, but he is 6 inches taller than me and plays standard length clubs. With my clubs shorter than standard length, the heads are too light for my shorter shaft length.
So, I need to put the lead tape on them primarily to add weight and mass.
With the tape, I can have a more solid feel of the ball as well as get more load and kick at impact.
So what does this mean for golfers of all skill levels.
You can make adjustments to any or all of your clubs easily and simply.
If your shaft feels a little stiff, you can use lead tape to see if a little more weight can make the head and shaft feel and perform better and maybe save re-shafting it.
The key to putting lead tape on any club is put a strip on and see if it feels and performs better.
You can try moving it a little right or left, or up or down, to see if another place improves performance.
When you find the best spot, then add another strip to see if that helps. If it does then add another to see if one more is better.
Keep adding until better performance begins to go bad.
Using lead tape is an operation of trial and error and can take some time to get it right. And right is based solely on your feel of the shaft and head, and the desired results of ball fight you want to hit.
If you don't know what you are doing, or want to learn more about how to use lead tape, most pros and club fitters and repair experts can help.
They usually have lead tape for sale and can give you advice and help you in how and where to put it on your clubs for adding weight or for helping change the shape of your shots.
It is really amazing how a little lead (Magic Dust) tape can work wonders on any golf club.
Of course, magic dust or not, a consistent, solid swing is still #1.
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