I honestly hadn’t thought about lead tape for years, but I was struggling to produce even a slight draw with my Cobra F9 Speedback driver (9 deg). Long story short, I settled on the most upright setting (10Draw), heavy weight forward and added 6 grams of weight towards the heel. This came after testing several different configurations. Result was really surprising. I’ve gained 15-20 yards distance. More importantly, I’m not worried about OB right anymore. Sad part is that I’ve played this driver for 4 years and have just now unlocked its potential for me. Low single digit handicapper old dog learning new tricks! Thank you!

Great stuff! During the COVID lock-downs I started experimenting with my clubs. I once tried The Heavy Putter some years ago and loved it so I figured... hmmmm why not do something like that?. To give everyone a good laugh... I removed my putter grip, used some left-over rebar of small diameter I had kicking around and fit it inside the putter shaft. I epoxied it so that it doesn't rattle. My putter is now incredible!! People ask me to try it and can't believe the results! It's an old Ping putter (copper-beryllium I think) and love the look of it. Funny stuff but hey, I putt much better.

Great video. I have lead tape on almost all of my clubs and it's great.

Thanks for this video! I saved it for future reference. This will definitely help me remember for the future when I want to tinker with my clubs some more. Thanks for the info before regarding lead tape and drivers. Regarding wedges, what would be the reasoning for adding lead tape? Does it raise ball flight? Does it lower ball flight? I feel like you did a video on a topic similar to this with Mr. short game, but I can’t remember the exact video offhand. Thanks for the great content and for helping us learn so much about dialing in our equipment.

Excellent video, went to mid grips on all my clubs and with 3 strips or 6 grams of tape made a world of difference!! Great information AJ!!

Excellent video! Highly informative. Thank you!

As always, great info A. J.

Very good video. Need to make second half of this into separate video. Weight on the shaft , under the grip and on putter really can change players dynamics. Do another video on that aspect. Will be very good.

Another element is I've heard that many tour pros will put lead tape on the toes of their clubs to help induce a fade and prevent the quick closing of the face that leads to a hook. I think it was Justin Thomas that I heard talking about this.

My first use of lead tape was to balance wheels for my RC cars I raced. It was a game changer.

Great tips. Very interesting vid. Well done.

Awesome information! I simply use enough to feel the clubhead.

Almost every putter I own has tape weight on it. I am reluctant to use it on irons and drivers until now as I feel I need to up my head weights across the board. Thanks AJ

Great info -- Thanks AJ

Loved the use of the old school putters!

Lead tape has hugely transformed the performance of my driver. With all the weights and expensive cartridges. It turns out that lead tape was what I needed. Few driving range session and few bit of lead tape. Incredible difference. I like my driver head to weigh around 204g. New drivers are often wayyyy too light and although I can swing them faster , I don’t feel where the head is at all.

Great video. Thanks for making it.

My first hybrid, I was hooking like crazy when I first got it. Put some lead tape out by the toe, and voila! No more hooks! I have never taken it off.

Great info AJ

Great video! How do you get the lead tape to stay on the back of a driver. I put several 3g strips on top of each other then put black Gorilla tape on it and it still flies off after a round or two. These are 3G strips I purchased on Amazon, is the role you show in your video better?

This was really helpful, thank you sir

Yeah I used to put a little strip about 2" long on my Wilson's staff tour blade irons they were perfectly good and about a club longer. Any more ant they loud be too heavy. 2 strips on my Ping 1 and 2 irons..

Hey AJ, Noted lead tape location has negligible impact on COG location (for irons). It also has some impact on MOI properties, and this might effect how the individual swings the club. I'm not convinced that it doesn't matter where you put the tape on irons... I'm sure you have seen the Edel wedge system - the premise there is that moving weight around has a substantial impact. Interested to know your thoughts on this.

Thanks for this video, saved it for future reference. Have you ever done a video regarding lead tape and wedges? I remember you did a video with Mr. short game, but I don’t remember the topic offhand. It may have had to do something with wedges. What would be the effect of adding lead tape two wedges? Does it lower ball flight raise ball flight? Thanks AJ, keep up all the good work and informational videos for us gearheads.

Interesting stuff, I just started out on my new driver. My old driver was (although not explicitly advertised) way more draw biased, this one wants to fade a little more, but I am also doing some swing changes that have made me straighten my path but open the face to path for reasons yet unclear. put 4g on the heel, not seeing significant change yet after hitting 16 shots on the range, but the head feels heavier, which is not unpleasant. Luckily my launch monitor is not reporting any clubhead speed drop.

I used lead tape on some graphite shafts that were too light. I found the balance point of the iron, and that’s where I put the lead tape. 👍🏼

Now that was a great video there..i try lead tape but i hit the driver so hard it would not stay on there nomatter were i put the tape it comes flying off everytime i try...NOW i put a wrap under my grip that will take them long driver shafts that is like E weight down to D4 I LEARNED THAT FROM JACK WHAT HE DID UNDER THE GRIP it works GREAT

Hey AJ. I’m a new golfer looking to put together a bag. I’ve watched a few of your videos and was intrigued by the the maltby clubs that you mentioned. I am going to buy a used driver, 3 wood, 4/5 hybrid, and putter. After that I need irons and wedges. I’m considering buying Lazrus 6-Pw or Maltby 6-Pw. I can’t find many in depth reviews of maltby and was wondering if you could give me your opinion. Thanks AJ love the videos

Very useful and informative vid. Use of lead tape is a game changer for us finicky golfers. One thing I don’t believe you alluded to when placing lead tape on a driver is if you place the lead tape on the back of the head toward the heel it will promote a draw and conversely if you place it on the toe it promotes a fade. I even place lead tape out toward the toe of my putter because my right hand tends to flip the putter head closed on I pull outs as a consequence. Lead tape on the toe of my putter prevents the flipping action and my putts go straighter.

I love this video this is awesome. I have a quick question if you don't mind. I am high handicap 20+ just strating to break high 90's. 1 or 2 lessons and some what self taught. I want to get fitted full bag. My question is should I do that or take more lessons first? I have not that my driver I bought 2 years ago was regular flex. But now I am swing at 96 MPH plus . I feel that maybe I'm not playing as well because my clubs are not for me. Second hand from my son. Again can I get fitted with what I k ow or should O get more lessons before hand? Thank you . I love your channel

Great upload! How much lead tape should I add to my irons when counterbalancing a mid size grip over a standard size grip? Thanks.

i recently added lead tape to my wedges. i always hated my gap wedge. i got the weight just right and love the club now.

Nice video, AJ. Quick question: I had regular shafts with medium size grips and 3 wraps and went to a jumbo grip with 1 wrap plus I added Arccos sensors to the butt end. What does this do the the weight of the irons? Should I have them rebalanced or counter-balanced? How does it affect my swing?

Good content..Carry on

Good video good information. Am I understanding correctly that if I put lead tape on the butt end of a shaft ( 3 wood) I could lower the swing weight? How far down the shaft should I apply the tape?

I’ve added 4g to 5g of weight to he back of my 20 year old driver because I can’t hit the new large ones. It goes, far and straight. I outdrive my 20 year old son when I hit it flush. And when I don’t I’m only 10 to 15 yards behind him. (He crushes it every time) back in my high school days there weren’t adjustable clubs and I always used lead tape. Recently went back to using it on the driver like I said and also been adding to my wedges and a few others. Been a game changer. I wish I only went back to using it years ago

Nice video. Loved the info about not mattering where the weight was placed as much as it is placed on the back of the irons, right?

I recently tried out an Evnroll putter with a gravity grip and though the grip was a potential game changer for me. However, I’m pretty nervous about going from a 50-60gram grip to a 105gram grip and the head feeling like it’s too light. Based on your video, it seems like a little bit of lead tape might not make up the difference. Any thoughts or direction on this?

Great video! Adding weight to my driver head on the toe area has helped get the face a little more open at impact. I didn't think it would work but it seems to or I am using jedi mind tricks on myself. lol!

Great info. Where would I put lead tape on the Driver sole to reduce the height I get with my Drives? I am hitting 260 yds but the flight looks like it is a high Loop and the ball falls out of the sky around 250 and just bounces on a few yds. Sometimes it plugs and does not roll at all so obviously has a steep descent angle. I would prefer a lower flight parabola that give me a lot more roll out. Thanks.

I would have imagined if you put the tape vertical and not horzintal it might change the COG more for the irons.. also you can have a heavy shaft and it fill like air because the balance point is high.. and a light shaft that feels real heavy because the balance point is super low

Would it be a good idea to add weight in my driver where the weight is already attatched? I have an old Cobra ZL Encore that had three weight sizes but could never find the heavier one, Only 5 gr. differences, but curious how the extra would feel, and if spin is affected...?

Hi, I have previously putted well with a 35 inch counterbalanced odyssey v line tank. I'm not a great fan of the odyssey face and was wondering can I counterbalance a different putter. If so can you give some assistance as normal putter weights seem to be 350g to 380g while the cb ones are about 400g with 50g weight in handle

FYI, I put some lead tape on my Mizuno 921 Forged irons and when I peeled it off, most of the powder coating around the stability frame came off with it.

Awesome video !! Thoughts on adding lead tape below the grip of irons, woods, etc to increase swing speed? Is it a myth or a process that works, thx

I have wrongly had 105g shafts put in my p770’s. They are far to light and I’m hoping to improve them whilst I wait for my new irons. I’m going to be adding tape to the heads temporarily but can’t get my head round the difference in effect on swing weight from shaft weight to head weight. Am I correct in thinking that 9g of shaft weight is equivalent to 2g of head weight as far as swing point goes? I’m hoping to get this set to feel something like it would with s300’s but that’s 25g. I’m so confused 🤣

Can you wrap lead tape around base of shaft just above driver adapter if so what influence would it have

I put lead tape on the back of my (chrome) 8802 to eliminate the sun's reflective shine.

hello have a question about a g425 the head weight is 202 ,i would like to take it down to 198.right or wrong.getting a little older and need a little more head speed. thank you art

I put solder 6.4 g at heal it slowed my swing took it off get more distance off drives now

What about tungsten tape? I just used a lot of lead tape on one set of irons and was thinking about tungsten tape for the other set. Any drawbacks besides cost?

what about with hybrids, where would you put it on them? i get from this video lead tape can be used if your club does not have any adjustable weights in it.

It’s not going to make a huge difference, but adding weight to the CENTER of the back of an iron head is going to make it less forgiving. Think of it this way: the more weight you add to the center of a cavity back, the more you are turning your cavity back into a blade). For this reason, I add my lead tape around the perimeter of my iron heads (and try to keep it as evenly distributed as possible). This can be a little tricky, but it’s worth it to preserve forgiveness I think.

I have Ping i59, how would you recommend I tape them up, especially the longer irons?

can i put the tape around the lowest point of the shaft on an iron? Reason being is because my 4,5,6 are different shafts comapred to 7,8,9,P and they're 10g lighter which bothers me

So does increased mass of clubhead positively impact distance with driver?

I have a buddy who put lead tape around the tip of the shaft basically where the head and the shaft connect. The hosel I guess. I never understood what that did. Any ideas??

I recently added lead tape to my irons & it gave me great awareness of my clubhead. But it seems like after a week ive gotten used to the swing weight and ive lost my clubhead awareness. Do i just keep adding weight at what point do i stop?

If I tend to open the club face on my driver where would lead tape be best to put, also if I tend to make contact more towards the heel where would be best to put.

My goal is to keep same swing weight but flatter ball flight for shallower decent angle. I have the aerojet and it has the 12 gr weight in the back. If I put a 6 gram in there and add 6 grams tape to the bottom front will this achieve my goal? Or a variation of that.

So what are you trying to influence with the weight, rotation or swing weight. Putting weight on the toe end of a putter must influence the toe hang.

Cool. So hosel weights aren’t going to start me hooking. I have a short set, PW 8 6 4. The PW IS C6 so I’ll add 15 grams to get to D1.5 The 8 is D0 so I’ll add 3 grams 6i is already D1.5 And the 4 is D0.5 so I’ll add 2.25 grams. Hopefully evening out at D2 after glue up.. and I can add tape from there. Pretty much trying to put together lighter softer shafted set while I recover from a back injury. This helped. Cheers!

If I don't like the 1 Length clubs can I re-shaft them to standard shafted length? Thanks

Might not move cg placement, I wander what path and delivery changes it makes

What is the lightest heads made mens, ladies ,youth?

It would also have been good to add a bit of info on how to apply lead tape. clean the club surface with white spirt etc. warm the club and tape with a fan heater etc. once tape it on using a tea spoon of something firm and rounded press the tape all over and round off any corner. You tape with now never fall off.

Look at John Daly's bag..😆

The one thing i've noticed over the years is that on the wedges I've played the COG has been closer to the heel than the center of the face. Not sure why it's been that way. Or maybe it's just me..

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Do you recommend a nicer brand of lead tape that won't make my new clubs look like it was patched up with duct tape?

What would you do with a hybrid iron, would you treat it the same as a driver ?.

I put it on the sole of my hybrids and woods

hey.... 14:45 in, is that my driver??? lol. the tees slowly rips the tape off.

Where do you put lead tape on a hybrid to stop the hooking?

Do you have Takomo clubs that I could try? I was told by Takomo that you did.

Grip question if i may - i brought some 2nd hand Katana irons from Japan and the grips were knackered, so i went to change them, butt end of the graphite shafts are too big/wide to get any grips on, i did try to stretch the opening of the grip to slide it on but it ended in swearing! Any clues/tips/tricks to get the grips on? Sorry i didn't measure the end of the shaft (doh)

How do i stop it constantly falling off my driver head, it lasts about 2 rounds then falls off again?

non lead tape question: What brand shirt is that?

I just asked about this two days ago. Lol

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What about putting the lead tape on the front/back of the driver?

One inch of lead tape weighs ?

Only saw where to stick it lol 😆

Is it legal?

bravo ma prolisso

The issue in your review is that it doesn't take into account the dynamic effect of adding weight, how it affects the club head angle at impact of an actual swing: does it de loft, change the side angle at impact, gives more distance, etc.

Could you help me do a video for introducing our lead tape ?pay for it

LEAD TAPE WHERE TO PUT ON DRIVER FOR LESS SPINNING BALL?

How do i remove it?

The problem with that is it’s a big pain to remove!!!

1/16 inch. Such an American ! 2mm might be easier for me to understand.

you should wear latex gloves.

Ok question answered

I feel like people who think lead tape makes a difference are weirdos

Might as well put led tape on your head covers, tees, shoes, and caps. Not gonna do a thing for your clubs!!

AGAIN... AGAIN... AGAIN... AGAIN.

.......and poisonous. So clean your hands and remember, you cannot take it off or put more on during a competition round.

Stick it on your elbow and wrap it around your wrist 🤭🤪🇺🇲

FYI, I put some lead tape on my Mizuno 921 Forged irons and when I peeled it off, most of the powder coating around the stability frame came off with it.